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An Exaltation of Larks: The Ultimate Edition
ISBN: 9780140170962 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 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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83,58 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. 16-20 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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54,12 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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298,54 zł |
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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words
ISBN: 9780195312126 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 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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99,61 zł |
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Spelling Simplified
ISBN: 9780299191740 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 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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41,58 zł |
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English Spelling
ISBN: 9780415161091 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 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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119,32 zł |
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Early Spelling : From Convention to Creativity
ISBN: 9780415180658 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 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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651,17 zł |
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Early Spelling : From Convention to Creativity
ISBN: 9780415180665 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 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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233,28 zł |
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Understanding Spelling
ISBN: 9780415419888 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 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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146,45 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. 16-20 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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37,57 zł |
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Tornadoes : A Vocabulary Skills Text
ISBN: 9780472032525 / Angielski / Miękka / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 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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77,11 zł |
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More Mastery : Vocabulary for Academic Reading
ISBN: 9780472086573 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 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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94,25 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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397,79 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 / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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58,30 zł |
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Teaching Academic Vocabulary Effectively : Part 1
ISBN: 9780595433568 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Do you struggle in determining the type of vocabulary to teach in your content area class? Are the "unique" words that are highlighted by the publisher useless in terms of teaching overall text comprehension? This workbook does all of the work for you by providing nine comprehensive units focusing on essential academic terms encountered in content area readings. The teaching of these high-utility words, in the manner provided, will increase student comprehension of non-fiction reading and improve student understanding of standardized tests. This is how vocabulary should be taught!
Do you struggle in determining the type of vocabulary to teach in your content area class? Are the "unique" words that are highlighted by the publishe...
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66,65 zł |
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America in So Many Words: Words That Have Shaped America
ISBN: 9780618002702 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. In this year-by-year review of intriguing words that have shaped America, words that have been contributed to the English language from the settlement in Jamestown in 1750 through 1998 are analyzed and discussed in historical context. 25 photos & line drawings.
In this year-by-year review of intriguing words that have shaped America, words that have been contributed to the English language from the settlement...
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83,37 zł |
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Instant Vocabulary
ISBN: 9780671677275 / Angielski / Miękka / 584 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. LEARNING NEW WORDS IS AS EASY AS ONE, TWO, THREE - RECOGNIZE the keys to the English language, the basic units from which all words are made
- FOLLOW clear examples of how the key explains a word's origin and meaning -- or how it combines with other keys to create new words - BUILD your word power with practical exercises to expand and integrate your knowledge, without memorization Why enroll in an expensive course when everything you need to increase your vocabulary is at your fingertips? With this tested step-by-step method, you can instantly... LEARNING NEW WORDS IS AS EASY AS ONE, TWO, THREE - RECOGNIZE the keys to the English language, the basic units from which all word...
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41,75 zł |
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The Play of Words
ISBN: 9780671689094 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Do you know the connection between the expression A HARROWING EXPERIENCE and agriculture, between BY AND LARGE and sailing, between GET YOUR GOAT and horses, or between STEAL YOUR THUNDER and show business? You probably have heard the comparisons HAPPY AS A CLAM, SMART AS A WHIP, PLEASED AS PUNCH, DEAD AS A DOORNAIL - but have you ever wondered why a clam should be happy, a whip smart, punch pleased, and a doornail dead? By playing the fifty games in this book, you'll discover the answers to these questions as well as hundreds of other semantic delights that repose in our marvelous English...
Do you know the connection between the expression A HARROWING EXPERIENCE and agriculture, between BY AND LARGE and sailing, between GET YOUR GOAT and ...
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83,37 zł |
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30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary
ISBN: 9780671743499 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. Elevate your vocabulary in just thirty days with this informative, fun, and accessible guide to utilizing powerful language. Do you occasionally misuse or misunderstand certain words? Do you sometimes find yourself at a loss to express exactly what you mean? Are you tired of having people seemingly talk "above" you? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then 30 Days To A More Powerful Vocabulary is the perfect solution. Millions of people have improved their academic performance, job skills, and self-esteem, just by spending fifteen minutes a day completing the...
Elevate your vocabulary in just thirty days with this informative, fun, and accessible guide to utilizing powerful language. Do you occasionally m...
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37,57 zł |
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Check Your English Vocabulary for Phrasal Verbs and Idioms : All You Need to Pass Your Exams
ISBN: 9780713678055 / Angielski / Miękka / 82 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. Check Your Vocabulary workbooks are aimed at learners of English who want to build vocabulary in a specific area. Check Your English Vocabulary Phrasal Verbs and Idioms is a new title in the range which focuses on an extremely important, yet difficult, area of study for learners. Phrases such as 'go with the flow' or 'hang around' form a natural part of native English speakers' speech; however, they present the learner with a tall order - having to master distinctive expressions whose meaning cannot be deduced from the meaning of their actual words. Containing a range of...
Check Your Vocabulary workbooks are aimed at learners of English who want to build vocabulary in a specific area. Check Your English ...
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74,35 zł |
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