Rip Van Winkle walks into the mountains one day and meets some strange old men. He comes home twenty years later. One dark night, Ichabod Crane is riding home and sees a man on a black horse behind him. The man has no head. Are there ghosts in these stories? What do you think?

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language is one of the publishing phenomena of recent times. Rarely has a book so packed with accurate and well researched factual information been so widely read and popularly acclaimed. It has played a key role in the spread of general interest in language matters, generating further publications and broadcasting events for an avid audience. Its First Edition appeared in hardback in 1995 and a revised paperback in 1997. There have been numerous subsequent updated reprintings; but this Second Edition now presents an overhaul of the subject for a new generation of language-lovers and of teachers, students and professional English-users concerned with their own linguistic legacy. The length of the book has been extended and there are 44 new illu

Ruth Cole is a complex, often self-contradictory character - a 'difficult' woman. By no means is she conventionally 'nice', but she will never be forgotten. Her story is told in three parts, each focussing on a critical time in her life. When we first meet her - on Long Island in the summer of 1958 - Ruth is only four.


The second time we meet Ruth it is 1990, when she is an unmarried woman whose personal life is not nearly as successful as her literary career. She distrusts her judgement in men, for good reason. The book closes in 1995 when Ruth is forty-one years old, a widow and a mother. She's about to fall in love for the first time.


Richly comic, as well as deeply disturbing, A Widow for One Year is a multi-layered love story of astonishing

It’s Lisa’s first trip to London. She’s going to learn English. But on that first day in Delmore Street, something unexpected happens, and it’s going to change her life!

A charming love story told in cartoon form.

39 Copymaster for the English Classroom

• motivating activities support the acquisition of vocabulary
• games improve learners´ability to communicate in everyday situations
• ideal for use at the beginning of a lesson or to introduce a new topic
• use for group or pair work and for one-to-one tuition
• all copymasters are accompanied by teacher´s notes
• includes activities suitable for all levels of English from A1 to B1 (CEF)

Enjoy reading about some of the most famous British criminals: Jonathan Wild, prince of robbers; Dick Turpin, horse-stealer and murderer; John Gow, pirate; John Sheppard, highwayman. Discover an unbelievable world of adventure through their daring actions and remarkable timing! *Wide variety of activities covering the four skills *FCE-style exercises *Trinity-style exercisesn (grade 7) *Internet projects *Text recorded in full *Dossiers on Crime and Punishment in the Eighteenth Century and Eighteenth-century London *Exit test with answer key

English through ART brings together 100 highly varied, original, ready-to-use activities to foster real communication in English through imaginative responses to both artistic images and easy-to-do creative work. A clear introduction explains how art can be used to stimulate language acquisition in a creative, enjoyable and memorable way and provides advice on how to get the very best out of this exceptional book. English through ART is packed with great activities on using art: • to stimulate talk • to approach established activities in new ways • to promote decision-making tasks in the language classroom • to motivate learners to talk about themselves • for vocabulary building and for writing activites. No prior knowledge of art or artists is required - even the most creati

The Company Words Keep is a practical and thought-provoking guide for language teachers, showing how the latest insights into “language chunks” can lead to learners acquiring natural
and fluent English.

Here is a new methodology based on the Lexical Approach, a practical theory of language, of learning – and of teaching.

The authors have drawn on their considerable experiences to reflect both on the situation of many non-native teachers around the world who are not always sure which word partnerships are likely and unlikely as well addressing native speakers who still need point-of-need confidence in class and in the key terms involved in the teaching of lexical chunks.

They provide

Jedinečná série 6 dílů zábavné gramatické učebnice a cvičebnice pro 8 - 15 leté žáky

Ke každé úrovni učebnice je i učitelská příručka - ideální pro práci ve třídě jako doplněk běžných učebních textů.

* Základem jsou veselé obrázky, kreslené příběhy a fotografie - konec nudného biflování gramatických pouček
* výklad gramatiky je organizován do krátkých sekcích, takže děti nejsou přetížené
* gramatických jev je důkladně procvičován zábavnými, různorodými a realistickými aktivitami