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Based on over forty hours of recorded interviews,the People Like Us series helps students find out about other cultures,find out more about their own culture and improve their English.

Level: Beginner * Video o Velké Británii určené pro žáky ve věku 10-11 let * Presentuje britskou kulturu na situacích z rodiny, prostřednictvím tradičních svátků živou a zábavnou formou * Obsahuje 4 desetiminutové lekce (Bonfire Night, Food, London, Easter) * Žáci mohou dělat srovnání s jejich vlastními zkušenosti a zážitky * Speciálně napsáno a nafilmováno pro potřeby a možnosti žáků základních škol * Délka: 30 min

LifeLike offers a new approach to learning about the cultures of the English-speaking world, presenting them primarily from an insider's viewpoint. Rather than considering culture in terms of abstract information or common-place assumptions, LifeLike focuses on real-life experience and the way culture shapes daily life in today's multicultural societies. That's why, together with material such as articles, web sites, songs, maps, geographical data, LifeLike employs a range of short, accessible passages of fiction, essay and autobiography by young writers from all over the English speaking world from Zadie Smith and Nick Hornby to Jhumpa Lahiri exploring and commenting on aspects of their own culture from exciting new angles in language that is fresh, authentic and direct. LifeLike is s

What better way to learn history than through its art? Art has always been a vibrant expression of the historical period of a country and its people. British History Seen Through Art relates the salient events of British history seen through the eyes of famous artists of the period. Both students and teachers will enjoy this stimulating cross-curricular approach to studying British history and art. This richly illustrated book sheds new light on a fascinating subject. British History Seen Through Art has its own internet site, www.Britishhistoryart.com, with links to other internet sites where you can find out more about the themes introduced in each chapter and work on corresponding activities. Level: pre-intermediate

Rarely has a book so packed with accurate and well researched factual information been so widely read and popularly acclaimed.

This new, thoroughly revised edition of the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language incorporates the major developments in language study which have taken place since the mid 1990s. Two main new areas have been added: the rise of electronic communication in all its current forms from email to texting, and the crisis affecting the world's languages, of which half are thought to be so seriously endangered that they will die out this century.

• All language statistics have been updated, and additional information provided about their linguistic affiliation

• All topics involving technology have been revis

This is Britain - video o britské kultuře pro děti ve věku kolem 11 let.