Kategoria BISAC: Foreign Language Study >> English as a Second Language

'... A well-organized volume with a strong emphasis on pedagogy.' - Trudy Smoke, Hunter College/City University of New York, USA

'Generation 1.5 is the most interesting topic of concern in ESL today, yet publications are few and far between.... The editors clearly know what they're doing.... They know the field, know the subject matter, and understand the problems.... This volume contributes to the thinking in the field.' - Linda Lonon Blanton, University of New Orleans, USA

Building on the work that has been...

'... A well-organized volume with a strong emphasis on pedagogy.' - Trudy Smoke, Hunter College/City University of New York, USA

'Generation 1.5 is the most interesting topic of concern in ESL today, yet publications are few and far between.... The editors clearly know what they're doing.... They know the field, know the subject matter, and understand the problems.... This volume contributes to the thinking in the field.' - Linda Lonon Blanton, University of New Orleans, USA

Building on the work that has been...

Packs of eight readers per level feature a variety of topics, based on the related vocabulary. They can be used in conjunction with Let's Go or as a separate reading program. Each book ends with reading comprehension, reading skills, and vocabulary exercises. An audio CD features engaging recordings of each story.

Speaking! Speaking! Speaking! English for Korean Beginners by Gerald De La Salle is an introductory Conversational English book aimed at High School and University students in South Korea. The book progresses through many beginner level activities using topical matter suitable to teens and young adults. It's a dynamic system that integrates conversation practice with grammar, writing and listening to aid in language retention.

A complete TOEIC practice test with a key to the explanations provided by Educational Testing Service (ETS), and a tapescript.

The book consists of elementary and pre-intermediate lessons to help those who speak Russian learn the English language.

In this book H.D. Adamson reviews scholarship in sociolinguistics and second language acquisition, comparing theories of variation in first and second-language speech, with special attention to the psychological underpinnings of variation theory. Interlanguage is what second language learners speak. It contains syntactic, morphological and phonological patterns that are not those of either the first or the second language, and which can be analyzed using the principles and techniques of variation theory. Interlanguage Variation in Theoretical and Pedagogical Perspective:

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Skills for Success focuses on workplace know-how (SCANS) and prepares students for higher learning. Skills for Success is the first content-based skills text to integrate English-language instruction with the teaching of skills essential to vocational or college-based students. Theme-based and interactive, Skills for Success emphasizes development of all four language skills through cooperative learning techniques.

This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students.
Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence.
Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension.
Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension.
Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.

Word count 6,250

 The new edition of this comprehensive course in Spanish-English translation offers advanced students of Spanish a challenging yet practical approach to the acquisition of translation skills, with clear explanations of the theoretical issues involved.

A variety of translation issues are addressed, including:

• Cultural differences
• Register and dialect
• Grammatical differences
• Genre

With a sharper focus, clearer definitions and an increased emphasis on up-to-date...

This book presents a comprehensive account of the word-formation patterns of an English-based creole language, Sranan, as found in its earliest sources, and compares them with the patterns attested in the input languages. It shows that the emergence of the patterns involved a variety of sources and mechanisms and was characterised by the absence of superstrate derivational affixes, the use of free morphemes as derivational markers and of compounding as the major word-formation strategy. The findings render untenable theoretical accounts of creole genesis based on one explanatory factor.

Nowoczesny, czteropoziomowy kurs dla gimnazjum, łączący kompleksowe przygotowanie do egzaminu gimnazjalnego na poziomie podstawowym i rozszerzonym z wszechstronnym rozwijaniem umiejętności językowych uczniów.

Your shortest route to mastering verb conjugations

One of the greatest challenges in learning a language is mastering verb conjugations. English Verb Drills makes it easier than ever for you to meet that challenge. It allows you to focus exclusively on building your mastery of verbs without being distracted by other elements of grammar. Combining the features of a workbook and reference manual, this book clearly and systematically explains how the verb system works while providing more than 150 drills for practice. Using this unique title, you will build the confidence...

This title offers 1,200 everyday core vocabulary words under 12 topics, reflecting the immediate language needs of beginners. Each page presents a manageable amount of new vocabulary (12-16 words) and there are exercises on every topic. The type is large and easy-to-read, with nouns, verbs, verb phrases and adjectives included so that students can begin to use the language immediately.

The volume explores the impact of multilingualism on language assessment, including setting common standards and sustaining linguistic diversity.

This book is for students who have learned English as a second (or third, or forth) language and are studying at an institution where English is the medium of instruction. Each of the book's 10 chapters focuses on a reproduced academic article on an aspect of English for academic purposes. Therefore, students can learn about language skills from the articles themselves, as well as develop those skills in the activities and tasks which follow. A companion website features a collection of articles from a variety of different sources related to the topics in each of the book's 10 articles.