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Unlock is a four-level academic skills course that combines thought-provoking video from Discovery Education™ with carefully scaffolded exercises and a fresh approach to critical thinking skills. Unlock Reading and Writing Skills Level 1 provides 60-90 hours of classroom material. Access to the Online Workbook is provided via a code packaged with the Student's Book. Critical Thinking sections give students frameworks to formulate their own opinions and express themselves effectively in the end-of-unit academic tasks. Unique research into common learner errors (using the Cambridge English Corpus) focuses the language used in Unlock on those areas learners find most challenging. Videos from Discovery Education™ (accessible via the Cambridge Learning Management System and supplied on

Reading Explorer is a six-level reading series which uses carefully adapted National Geographic text, images and video to develop reading and vocabulary skills for learners of English.

• Stunning real-world content supported by stunning visuals develops learners' understanding of the wider world in which they live.
• Reading passages introduce a variety of text types, develop visual literacy, and incorporate graphic organizers, to help learners become better readers in English.
• Reading Comprehension activities include question types commonly found on high-stakes international exams.
• Vocabulary Practice activities build awareness of high-frequency vocabulary items and provide additional mini-passages for reading practice.
• Vocabul

North American short stories enhance students' reading skills, language learning, and enjoyment of literature. Discovering Fiction, Second Edition, Student's Book 2 presents stories with universal appeal to engage students and make them think. Among the authors included are Nathaniel Hawthorne, Kate Chopin, Langston Hughes, Ernest Hemingway, and Shirley Jackson. Pre-reading and post-reading activities arouse students' interest, check their comprehension, increase their knowledge of grammar and vocabulary, and provide thought-provoking discussion and writing assignments. Literary term explanations enhance students' appreciation of literature. In addition, WebQuests take students beyond the reading to expand their knowledge of the topic while building Internet reading skills.

North American short stories enhance students' reading skills, language learning, and enjoyment of literature. Discovering Fiction, Second Edition, Student's Book 1 presents stories with universal appeal to engage students and make them think critically. Among the authors included are O. Henry, William Saroyan, Gwendolyn Brooks, Isaac Asimov, and Sandra Cisneros. Extensive pre-reading activities capture students' interest. Post-reading activities check their comprehension, increase their knowledge of grammar and vocabulary, and provide thought-provoking discussion and writing assignments. Literary term explanations and tasks enhance students' appreciation of literature. In addition, WebQuests take students beyond the reading to expand their knowledge of the topic while building Interne

Select Readings Second Edition contains a range of high interest reading texts approved by experienced teachers.

This four-level American English reading course uses carefully selected reading texts to help students read effectively. Exercises before and after reading practise reading skills, check comprehension and build vocabulary.

Select Readings also helps students prepare for exams, with the new Testing Program CD-ROM featuring tests in the style of TOEFL®, TOEIC®, IELTS and GEPT exams.

Key features:

Publikace je určená všem studentům angličtiny, kteří chtějí své znalosti dále rozvíjet a úspěšně složit některou z následujících zkoušek z angličtiny:

• maturitní zkoušku
• přijímací zkoušku na vysokou školu
• některou mezinárodní zkoušku
• státní zkoušku na jezykové škole

Tipy:

* JAK studovat angličtinu

* JAK se efektivně připravovat ke zkouškám

Obsahuje:

• podrobný popis jednotlivých autentických typů přijímacích testů
• samotné testy z posledních deseti let s klíčem a s komentáři: cloze testy (doplňování chybějícího slova), porozumění čtenému textu, hledání chyb, tvoření slov, slovesné časy, transformace
 Skladem (ihned expedujeme)

Study Reading is a course for learners of intermediate level or above who need to advance their reading skills for study purposes. Study Reading: * adopts a learner centred approach suitable for classroom as well as self-study use. * has clearly labelled sections which allow users to select and focus on the skills areas most appropriate to their needs. * includes authentic texts from textbooks, journals, reference works and study guides currently used in universities, colleges, and other institutions of higher learning. * encourages students to refine their reading strategies through a variety of task-based and problem-solving activities. * gives direct advice on how to improve reading efficiency. This Second edition has been updated to include not only more recent texts in the discipl

Gutenbergova čítanka moderní britské literatury přináší reprezentativní výběr z tvorby deseti významných současných britských prozaiků. Každá ukázka v anglickém originále je zrcadlově doplněna českým překladem, medailony autorů a výběrem dalších doporučených titulů, které byly v posledních desetiletích přeloženy do češtiny. Kniha je určena jak studentům a zájemcům o anglický jazyk, tak i těm, kdo vyhledávají kvalitní moderní beletrii. Čítanka vychází v nakladatelství Gutenberg ve spolupráci s kulturním časopisem Labyrint revue. Originální texty: Salman Rushdie, Graham Swift, Julian Barnes, Ian McEwan, Kazuo Ishiguro, Angela Carter, Martin Amis, John Banville, Jeanette Winterson, Romesh Gunesekera

Teacher´s book + 2 Audio CDs

This series provides enjoyable practice for the Cambridge Young Learners English (YLE) Tests. Each book contains ten fully-illustrated stories followed by fun activities and exam-style questions designed to check learners' understanding, and practise the grammar, vocabulary and skills needed at each level. Each story unit provides enough material to cover between 90-180 minutes class time. The Teacher's Book comes with audio recordings of all the stories and listening activities. It also includes step-by-step guidance on how to approach the activities, extra photocopiable materials and a summary of the main grammar and vocabulary points covered in each story.

Reading Explorer is a four-level series which uses adapted National Geographic text, images, and video to develop reading and vocabulary skills for learners of English.

Each unit of Reading Explorer contaions two reading passages, and an optional video activity. Reading passages cover a wide range of real-world topics covering culture, science, social issues, and travel and adventure. Video activities can be done in class or at home using the Student's CD-ROM.

• Motivating real-world content supported by stunning visuals develops learners' understanding of the wider world in which they live.

• Reading passages develop visual literacy, and incorporate graphic organizers, to help learners be