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Originally published as The Collected Works of A. J. Fikry. "Who the hell are you?" A.J. asks the baby. For no apparent reason, she stops crying and smiles at him. "Maya," she answers. That was easy, A.J. thinks. "How old are you?" he asks. Maya holds up two fingers. "You're two?" Maya smiles again and holds up her arms to him." A.J. Fikry, the grumpy owner of Island Books, is going through a hard time: his bookshop is failing, he has lost his beloved wife, and a prized rare first edition has been stolen. But one day A.J. finds two-year-old Maya sitting on the bookshop floor, with a note attached to her asking the owner to look after her. His life - and Maya's - is changed forever.

Authentic Listening Resource Pack provides an invaluable bank of selected audio and video material offering authentic listening practice, essential in developing students’ listening skills in preparation for being exposed to “real” English.

Authentic Listening Resource Pack consists of over 4 hours of authentic audio and video materials supported by photocopiable worksheets.  The recordings are broken down into segments, including micro-listenings, so that students can develop a range of listening competences, and comprehensively practice listening techniques that develop the skills they need to cope with real spoken language in the outside world.

Level B1-B2, photocopiable

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Your direct route to English success

A brand new adult course based on academic research as to how adults best learn languages and extensive classroom research.

Navigate is a brand new, six-level General English course tailored exclusively to adults. The course takes an innovative approach to reading and listening based on academic research as to how adults best learn languages. It teaches reading and listening from the bottom up, giving learners the skills they need to understand the next text they will read and hear, not just the one they are reading or hearing now. The content has been extensively piloted and reviewed in ELT classrooms across the world, giving teachers the confi

Your direct route to English success

A brand new adult course based on academic research as to how adults best learn languages and extensive classroom research.

Navigate is a brand new, six-level General English course tailored exclusively to adults. The course takes an innovative approach to reading and listening based on academic research as to how adults best learn languages. It teaches reading and listening from the bottom up, giving learners the skills they need to understand the next text they will read and hear, not just the one they are reading or hearing now. The content has been extensively piloted and reviewed in ELT classrooms across the world, giving teachers the confi

Your direct route to English success

A brand new adult course based on academic research as to how adults best learn languages and extensive classroom research.

Navigate is a brand new, six-level General English course tailored exclusively to adults. The course takes an innovative approach to reading and listening based on academic research as to how adults best learn languages. It teaches reading and listening from the bottom up, giving learners the skills they need to understand the next text they will read and hear, not just the one they are reading or hearing now. The content has been extensively piloted and reviewed in ELT classrooms across the world, giving teachers the confi

Pracovní sešit procvičuje látku z učebnice, vede k sebehodnocení a nabízí náměty na projekty. Součástí pracovního sešitu je i přehled gramatiky s českým komentářem a slovníček po lekcích s výslovností a překladem do češtiny.

Your Space je čtyřdílný soubor učebnic určený pro výuku angličtiny na druhém stupni základní školy a odpovídající ročníky víceletých gymnázií.

Učebnice vychází z britského prostředí a vybízí ke srovnávání s  naší českou kulturou. Pokrytá témata odpovídají RVP ZV (včetně průřezových témat a mezipředmětových vztahů) a jsou zpracována způsobem

Angličtina – hravé kartičky jsou určené pro děti předškolního a školního věku. Pomocí jednoduchých aktivit se děti učí a procvičují si základní anglická slova a fráze.

Everyone knows Brazil's beautiful beaches, the Amazon Rainforest, and the wonderful Carnival of Rio de Janiero. But there is a lot more to Brazil than this: here you can find interesting old towns, modern cities, amazing waterfalls, and the biggest wetland in the world.

Brazil has thousands of different kinds of animals and plants, too. It is home to world-fanous artists and writers, and international sporting events like the World Cup and the Olympics. What other interesting things can you see here? Why is there music and dancing on its streets? And who are the people of this amazing country?

Oxford Bookworms enjoy a world-wide reputation for high-quality storytelling and a great

To write confidently in English you need to practise different styles of written English.

Collins Writing helps you recognize different styles and choose the right language to get your message across. The twenty units focus on a wide variety of texts so that you can feel just as comfortable writing a postcard or using social media online.

Learn to write as fluently as you speak, use the right tone, and use persuasive language to get the response you need.

Featured writing styles include:

• online reviews
• tweets
• instant messaging
• thank you letters
• emails
• job applications

Collins Writing is part of the new English for Life series and uses authentic material from the Collins Corpus, the w

If you want to get better at writing in English you need to practise writing different kinds of texts. Collins Writing (A2) presents 20 styles of writing for everyday situations, to help you choose the right style of writing and the right words and phrases.

Improve your writing for:
• text messages • postcards • making plans • invitations • advertisements • job applications • social networking sites e.g. Facebook and Twitter •

Collins Writing (A2) is part of the English for Life series. It is suitable for self-study and classroom use, and can help towards Cambridge ESOL KET exam preparation. Suitable for pre-intermediate learners of English (CEF level A2).

• Twenty units with a clear design in full colour
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Reading in English at advanced levels involves more than just words and grammar – it requires an interpretation of tone, context, aims and more. But sometimes the English you can learn from your coursebook just isn’t enough for real life. Using real life examples and language English for Life: Reading (B2+) will help you to appreciate the finer details of a reading piece and so to get much more out of reading in English.

> Study the language people really use when they are writing – and why
> Compare and contrast writing styles in lots of different environments
> Useful ‘language notes’ to increase your understanding of tone, slang and social context

Includes practice of reading in the following contexts:
• Correspondence