Study Listening is for students at intermediate level and above who are preparing to study at a university or college where English is the language of instruction. it is also for those preparing to attend international conferences where English is used. The course focuses on listening to lectures and note-taking. The Second Edition has been comprehensively revised and restructured with these new features: • ten thematic units, based on talks by lecturers from six different countries • practice in six macrostrategies for listening: predicting; monitoring; responding; clarifying; inferencing; evaluating • post-listening tasks focusing on lecture language as well as lecture content • `trouble-shooting` activities dealing with the...
ISBN: 0-521-53387-2
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: март 2006
Concise and engaging, this book provides students of law with the fundamental knowledge, skills and techniques required to succeed on their course. Essential reading for both specialists and students on inter-disciplinary courses, the new edition incorporates changes resulting from the Treaty of Lisbon and the creation of the Supreme Court.
The ability to communicate effectively is crucial to anyone who wants to advance their career. Written by John MacDonald, a leading expert on workplace communication, this book quickly teaches you the insider secrets you need to know to in order to communicate better. The highly motivational `in a week` structure of the book provides seven straightforward chapters explaining the key points, and at the end there are optional questions to ensure you have taken it all in. There are also cartoons and diagrams throughout, to help make this book a more enjoyable and effective learning experience. So what are you waiting for? Let this book put you on the fast track to success!
ISBN: 978-1-4441-5979-0
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: март 2012
Superphonics - the simplest, fastest way to teach your child to read. A superb series of graded readers using the phonic approach. There are four levels - Blue (the easiest), Green, Purple and Turquoise (the hardest). Each level is linked to one of the core Superphonics books. Green Storybooks practise the sounds taught in Superphonics Book 3. All the Storybooks are fun to read and beautifully designed and illustrated in colour.
ISBN: 978-0-340-79573-6
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: август 2011
`This is the story of a dinner party, a knot of people with pasts and connections which at first seem few but are later found to be many … The prevailing mood is urbane: the wine is poured, the talk continues, and all the time the ice on which the protagonists` world rests is being thinned from beneath by boiling emotions and ugly motives … No living writer handles the tension between formality of expression and the subversiveness of thought more elegantly`. Candia McWilliam, Independent on Sunday
ISBN: 978-1-84408-247-6
Издательство:
Little, Brown and Company
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
This is both a historical survey of wonderful images associated with tea over two centuries and a modern guide to collecting tea graphics. It is the first tea book to cover printed paper collectible art (rather than tins, teapots, and other objects), and has more than 160 images of rare materials conveniently organized as postcards, prints, posters, sheet music, book illustrations, periodical advertisements, and more. A lengthy illustrated survey of tea history—with special emphasis on its popularization, marketing, and advertising— discusses many categories of tea graphic arts. The illustrated value-guide gives current prices for items (both shown in the book and many additional pieces) and offers advice for collectors in each of...
ISBN: 978-0-7643-2811-4
Издательство:
Schiffer
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The Teacher`s Resource Book provides a general introduction to the course, detailed teaching notes, the business background to each unit, a text bank of extra reading texts and a Resource Bank of photocopiable communication activities for classroom use. Teachers can tailor their lessons to the individual needs of their students with the wide range of components and specialist titles available. A new edition of the Intermediate level is now available.
ISBN: 0-582-43463-7
Издательство:
Pearson Education Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2003
• Are you looking for a simple way to learn Mandarin Chinese? • Do you want to progress at your own pace? • Do you want to communicate and get around with confidence? Let the experts be your guide! Beginner’s Mandarin Chinese will help you get to grips with the basics and be confident in everyday situations – without using jargon or requiring any prior language knowledge. With lots of support, practice pronunciation, examples and explanations this flexible course will suit your needs, whether you need a refresher, want to make the most out of a holiday or wish to go on to further study. With Teach Yourself Beginner’s Mandarin Chinese you’re in control of your learning and you set the pace! The CDs that accompany the book...
ISBN: 978-0-340-97348-6
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
This book provides a practical introduction to Business English for new and experienced teachers, and deals with a range of issues from needs analysis and course planning to testing and evaluation.
ISBN: 978-0-521-58557-6
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: январь 2012
Do you need to gain confidence with handling numbers and formulae? Do you want a clear, step-by-step guide to the key concepts and principles of statistics? Nearly every aspect of our lives can be subject to statistical analysis, Teach Yourself Statistics is a lively and straightforward introduction that will show you how to interpret, analyse and present figures. Assuming minimal knowledge of maths and using examples from a wide variety of everyday contexts, this book makes often complex concepts and techniques easy to get to grips with. This new edition has been fully updated to include a brand new chapter on ICT. Whether you want to understand the statistics that you are bombarded with every day or are a student or professional coming...
ISBN: 978-0-340-96616-7
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Teach Yourself Political Philosophy is a fascinating guide to the principles upon which our legal and political systems are founded. It explores the key political concepts that underpin our society (what exactly is freedom? what makes us think democracy is the best form of government? where is the balance between rights and responsibilities?) and unravels fundamental political and economic theories such as capitalism, Marxism, conservatism and anarchism. Each of these concepts and theories are put into context by looking at the key figures in political thought from Aristotle and Hobbes to Rawls and Wollstonecraft. Political Philosophy need not be confined to the past or the realms of academia - this book brings the issues to life and...
ISBN: 978-0-340-94590-2
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The Teacher`s Resource Book provides a general introduction to the course, detailed teaching notes, the business background to each unit, a text bank of extra reading texts and a Resource Bank of photocopiable communication activities for classroom use. Teachers can tailor their lessons to the individual needs of their students with the wide range of components and specialist titles available. A new edition of the Intermediate level is now available.
ISBN: 0-582-32840-3
Издательство:
Pearson Education Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2003
Here is the key book on the key materials in art, design and shaping the environment in the 21st century. Building on the cult success of "Techno Textiles", this book, newly available in paperback, features developments over the past decade. Highlighting advanced textiles in production and available to the designer, artist, architect and consumer today, it will be required reading for professionals, fashion and design aficionados and anyone prepared to be stimulated by and informed about the environment in which we now live.
ISBN: 978-0-500-51245-6
Издательство:
Thames & Hudson
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Test Your Professional English: Finance is one in a series of ten useful Test Your Professional English books. This thoroughly revised and updated edition features 60 clear and simple tests for students and professionals in the world of finance. The book is organized into 8 sections and covers over 500 key words and expressions in areas such as financial planning, managing company finances, banking and insurance, and investment. 60 tests covering over 500 key words and expressions. Wide variety of tests, including crosswords, cartoons, fill-the-gaps, and many more. NEW-Tips on using English for work. A-Z word list and full answer key. Ideal for self-study and classroom use. Формат: 15,5 cм x 23,5 cм.
ISBN: 978-0-582-45160-5
Издательство:
Longman
Дата выхода: июль 2011
This practical series includes a number of specialist titles which help students communicate more effectively. Each book contains over 60 tests and over 500 key words and expressions. They are ideal for class use or self-study.
ISBN: 978-0-582-45161-2
Издательство:
Longman
Дата выхода: июль 2011
"Test Your Professional English: Accounting" is one in a series of ten useful "Test Your Professional English" books. This thoroughly revised and updated edition features 60 clear and simple tests for students and professionals. The book is organized into 8 sections and covers over 500 key words and expressions in areas such as financial accounting, business organization, financial statements, costing, planning and control, and decision-making. - 60 tests covering over 500 key words and expressions; - Wide variety of tests, including crosswords, cartoons, fill-the-gaps, and many more; - New-Tips on using English for work; - A-Z word list and full answer key; - Ideal for self-study and classroom use.
ISBN: 978-0-582-45163-6
Издательство:
Longman
Дата выхода: июль 2011
This practical series includes a number of specialist titles which help students communicate more effectively. Each book contains over 60 tests and over 500 key words and expressions. They are ideal for class use or self-study.
ISBN: 978-0-582-46898-6
Издательство:
Longman
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Newly available in paperback, this volume remains unsurpassed as the biggest and most lavish survey of printed textiles ever published. Textile Designs presents a comprehensive selection of the colourful patterned fabrics used for clothing and interior decoration over the last 200 years. Here are the bright and hugely enjoyable materials of everyday life - the printed calicos and cottons, the flowered cretonnes and chintzes, the polka-dot silks and foulards. These are presented by motif and pattern under flye separate headings: Floral, Geometric, Conversational, Ethnic, and Art Movements and Period Styles, and illustrated in nearly 2,000 colour reproductions. Textile Designs is not only indispensable to professionals in the fashion and...
ISBN: 978-0-500-28365-3
Издательство:
Thames & Hudson
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Из книги "Английский язык для делового общения" вы узнаете: - как составлять письма, факсы и электронные сообщения, а также разговаривать по телефону; - какие слова и фразы следует использовать в стандартных ситуациях делового общения; - как избежать сбоев в общении и уверенно вести себя. 5-е издание, стереотипное
ISBN: 978-5-370-02889-2
Издательство:
Омега-Л
Дата выхода: февраль 2013
