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An Exaltation of Larks: The Ultimate Edition
ISBN: 9780140170962 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. An "exaltation of larks"? Yes! And a "leap of leopards", a "parliament of owls", an "ostentation of peacocks", a "smack of jellyfish", and a "murder of crows"! For those who have ever wondered if the familiar "pride of lions" and "gaggle of geese" were only the tip of a linguistic iceberg, James Lipton has provided the definitive answer: here are hundreds of equally pithy, and often poetic, terms unearthed by Mr. Lipton in the Books of Venery that were the constant study of anyone who aspired to the title of gentleman in the fifteenth century. When Mr. Lipton's painstaking research revealed...
An "exaltation of larks"? Yes! And a "leap of leopards", a "parliament of owls", an "ostentation of peacocks", a "smack of jellyfish", and a "murder o...
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79,80 zł |
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Confessions of a High School Word Nerd: Increase Your SAT Verbal Score While Laughing Your Gluteus Off
ISBN: 9780143038368 / Angielski / Miękka / 205 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Effortlessly acquire an SAT vocabulary through hilarious high school essays
Every year, 9 million American students expend large amounts of time and energy preparing for proficiency and entrance exams like the SAT, ACT, PSAT, and SSAT with a heap of vocabulary flash cards and a fat volume of repetitive practice tests. Each one of them, along with their parents and teachers, wishes that there was a less painful way to prepare for test day. There is, and this book is the solution: a collection of ten well-written, entertaining essays by recent college-graduates-turned-writers that... Effortlessly acquire an SAT vocabulary through hilarious high school essays
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64,05 zł |
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The Lexicon: A Cornucopia of Wonderful Words for the Inquisitive Word Lover
ISBN: 9780156006163 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This boon to logophiles, culled from Buckley: The Right Word, presents the author s most erudite, outre, and interesting words - from prehensile and sciolist to rubric and histrionic - complete with definitions, examples, and usage notes. Introduction by Jesse Sheidlower; illustrations by Arnold Roth.
" This boon to logophiles, culled from Buckley: The Right Word, presents the author s most erudite, outre, and interesting words - from prehensile and s...
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52,04 zł |
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Totally True Book 3: Building Vocabulary Through Reading
ISBN: 9780194302050 / Angielski / Miękka / 99 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Totally True is a three-level series that builds vocabulary by teaching common words in the context of surprising, and entertaining stories that are all totally true Each level offers thirty-nine stories carefully written using the core structures and the vocabulary from the Oxford Bookworms syllabus.
Totally True is a three-level series that builds vocabulary by teaching common words in the context of surprising, and entertaining stories that are a...
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131,76 zł |
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Bad Language: Are Some Words Better Than Others?
ISBN: 9780195172485 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Is today's language at an all-time low? Are pronunciations like cawfee and chawklit bad English? Is slang like my bad or hook up improper? Is it incorrect to mix English and Spanish, as in Yo quiero Taco Bell? Can you write Who do you trust? rather than Whom do you trust? Linguist Edwin Battistella takes a hard look at traditional notions of bad language, arguing that they are often based in sterile conventionality. Examining grammar and style, cursing, slang, and political correctness, regional and ethnic dialects, and foreign accents and...
Is today's language at an all-time low? Are pronunciations like cawfee and chawklit bad English? Is slang like my bad or |
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282,70 zł |
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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words
ISBN: 9780195312126 / Angielski / Miękka / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Do you know what a snollygoster is? Would you eat something called a muktuk? Do you know anyone who engages in onolatry? Impress your friends and pepper your dinner party conversations with such nuggets as gobemouche, mumpsimus, and cachinnate. You can learn about all of these bizarre and beautiful words and many more in Totally Weird and Wonderful Words.
Both witty and entertaining, this new paperback brings together two best-selling compendiums to all words unique and strange, Weird and Wonderful Words and More Weird and Wonderful Words. Offering a potpourri of colorful and fascinating... Do you know what a snollygoster is? Would you eat something called a muktuk? Do you know anyone who engages in onolatry? Impress your friends and pepp...
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95,28 zł |
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Spelling Simplified
ISBN: 9780299191740 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. THE STUDY SMART SERIES, designed for students from junior high school through lifelong learning programs, teaches skills for research and note-taking, provides exercises to improve grammar, and reveals secrets for putting these skills together in great essays.
Millions of people want to learn to spell correctly, but they fear the task will be tedious and painful. Now, with the unique, logical approach presented in Spelling Simplified, anyone can become a skilled speller quickly and easily. Through the use of simple and effective exercises and tips, Spelling Simplified illustrates... THE STUDY SMART SERIES, designed for students from junior high school through lifelong learning programs, teaches skills for research and note-taking,...
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40,23 zł |
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Verbal Advantage: Ten Easy Steps to a Powerful Vocabulary
ISBN: 9780375709326 / Angielski / Miękka / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 6-8 dni roboczych. First time in book form A successful program for teaching 3,500 vocabulary words that successful people need to know, based on America's #1 bestselling audio vocabulary series.
"People judge you by the words you use." Millions of Americans know this phrase from radio and print advertising for the Verbal Advantage audio series, which has sold over 100,000 copies. Now this bestselling information is available for the first time in book form, in an easy-to-follow, graduated vocabulary building program that teaches an outstanding vocabulary in just ten steps. Unlike other... First time in book form A successful program for teaching 3,500 vocabulary words that successful people need to know, based on America's #1 bestselli...
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66,36 zł |
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English Spelling
ISBN: 9780415161091 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18 dni roboczych. English Spelling explores the rules and conventions on which present-day English spelling is based.
This Language Workbook: * Examines how speech-sounds map onto each other * Explores the extent to which words sound identical or look identical * Analyzes various kinds of spelling mistakes * Looks at the main differences between American and British spelling * Shows how and why the names of people and places may vary from expected spelling conventions * Deals with the punctuation of words by apostrophes, hyphens and capitalisation * Considers several possible... English Spelling explores the rules and conventions on which present-day English spelling is based.
This Language Workbook: * Examines... |
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109,41 zł |
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Early Spelling: From Convention to Creativity
ISBN: 9780415180658 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18 dni roboczych. In his latest book, Gunther Kress explores how children learn to spell in the context of current concerns about early literacy. Using numerous examples of children's writing and drawing, Kress looks at children as 'makers of meaning' and explores their earliest ventures into writing.
Kress covers problems such as dyslexia within today's educational system. Technological aids on spelling and writing such as spell-checkers and the effects of the increasing visualization of communication (computer, TV, film) are also discussed. In his latest book, Gunther Kress explores how children learn to spell in the context of current concerns about early literacy. Using numerous example...
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592,37 zł |
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Early Spelling: From Convention to Creativity
ISBN: 9780415180665 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18 dni roboczych. In his latest book, Gunther Kress explores how children learn to spell in the context of current concerns about early literacy. Using numerous examples of children's writing and drawing, Kress looks at children as 'makers of meaning' and explores their earliest ventures into writing.
Kress covers problems such as dyslexia within today's educational system. Technological aids on spelling and writing such as spell-checkers and the effects of the increasing visualization of communication (computer, TV, film) are also discussed. In his latest book, Gunther Kress explores how children learn to spell in the context of current concerns about early literacy. Using numerous example...
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203,04 zł |
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Understanding Spelling
ISBN: 9780415419888 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18 dni roboczych. How do children learn to spell and what kinds of teaching support them most effectively? Based on a three-year longitudinal study of children's spelling in different primary classrooms, Olivia O'Sullivan, Assistant Director of the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education and Anne Thomas, the former Inset Director of the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education, pose a number of important questions:
How do children learn to spell and what kinds of teaching support them most effectively? Based on a three-year longitudinal study of childre... |
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129,12 zł |
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Instant Word Power: The Unique, Proven Program for Increasing Your Vocabulary--Your Vital Key to Social, Academic, and Career Success
ISBN: 9780451166470 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Scientific surveys have shown that academic, social, and professional advancement are directly linked to the scope and effectiveness of your vocabulary. Now, vocabulary-building expert Norman Lewis opens a wonderful new world to you--the world of word power. Here is a proven and entertaining program packed with exercises, quizzes, hints, and reviews that will help you strengthen not only your vocabulary but your spelling, pronunciation, and grammar skills as well. And every lesson you complete will boose you one step further in your climb to success. With the aid of easy-to-follow,...
Scientific surveys have shown that academic, social, and professional advancement are directly linked to the scope and effectiveness of your vocabular...
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32,51 zł |
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The Joy of Vocabulary: An Advanced Guide to Mastering New Words
ISBN: 9780451193964 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. For use at home, school, or office, The Joy of Vocabulary is the perfect tool to enhance your language skills in all areas of communication--swiftly and enjoyably Whether you want to improve your speech, have a better understanding of our wonderfully complex language, or communicate with confidence in writing or in meetings, this indispensable guide provides the means to do it all. Divided into logical sections for easy assimilation, The Joy of Vocabulary offers 800 new words and the skills to use and build on them. You will find: - Previews to test yourself on...
For use at home, school, or office, The Joy of Vocabulary is the perfect tool to enhance your language skills in all areas of communication-...
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28,57 zł |
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Teaching a Lexis-Based Academic Writing Course: A Guide to Building Academic Vocabulary
ISBN: 9780472031016 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Teaching a Lexis-Based Academic Writing Course is a companion to Building an Academic Vocabulary, which was written forstudents who need to develop college-level vocabulary skills. Building Academic Vocabulary (0-472-08589-1) helps students develop lexical precision as they work in such often-exercised modes as cause-effect, general description, description of processes, and comparison/contrast.
Teaching a Lexis-Based Academic Writing Course will helpinstructors use Building an Academic Vocabulary more effectively, but itcan also be... Teaching a Lexis-Based Academic Writing Course is a companion to Building an Academic Vocabulary, which was written forstudents ...
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133,32 zł |
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Forces of Nature, Tornadoes: A Vocabulary Skills Text
ISBN: 9780472032525 / Angielski / Miękka / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Focuses on a different force of nature - earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes and floods, blizzards, and wildfires. This series contains workbooks which combine high-interest readings with skills development activities.
Focuses on a different force of nature - earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes and floods, blizzards, and wildfires. This series contains workbooks which...
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76,26 zł |
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A Course on Words
ISBN: 9780472081011 / Angielski / Miękka / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The aim of this course if for you to increase your vocabulary, not only by learning new words but by learning certain elements of words which will enable you to determine the meaning of many words you encounter in the future. This book does not teach in the ordinary manner of a textbook; rather, it is programmed instruction.
The aim of this course if for you to increase your vocabulary, not only by learning new words but by learning certain elements of words which will ena...
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143,69 zł |
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More Mastery: Vocabulary for Academic Reading
ISBN: 9780472086573 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The "Mastery" textbooks introduce intermediate-level ESL/EFL students to the most frequently used words in academic environments, based on the 800-word University Word List developed by Xue and Nation. Adding this academic vocabulary to the 2,000 basic words of English enables students to understand 95 percent of academic texts in English. Many of the words on the list, however, are not unique to academic settings, making the textbooks practical vocabulary and self-study guides.
The "Mastery" textbooks familiarize students with American culture: students read about prominent Americans... The "Mastery" textbooks introduce intermediate-level ESL/EFL students to the most frequently used words in academic environments, based on the 800-wor...
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94,15 zł |
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Rethinking Context: Language as an Interactive Phenomenon
ISBN: 9780521422888 / Angielski / Miękka / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The past decade has seen a fundamental rethinking of the concept of context. Rather than functioning solely as a constraint on linguistic performance, context is now analyzed as a product of language use. Language and context are seen as interactively defined phenomena. The essays in this collection, written by many of the leading figures in the social sciences, critically reexamine the concept of context from a variety of different angles and propose new ways of thinking about it with reference to specific human activities such as face-to-face interaction, radio talk, medical diagnosis,...
The past decade has seen a fundamental rethinking of the concept of context. Rather than functioning solely as a constraint on linguistic performance,...
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455,51 zł |
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Common Vocabulary Errors in English and How to Prevent Them: Teach Yourself Series Synonyms and Pseudo Synonyms in English Issue One
ISBN: 9780595199808 / Angielski / Miękka / 143 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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66,41 zł |
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