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Скачать книгу (размер 1 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 276) Аннотация: - An essential contribution to our understanding of the dynamics and evolution of natural languages What does it mean to drive a Cadillac? What does `cuckoo' suggest about the bird? -- two examples explored in this investigation of the history of language signs and of what philosophers, linguists, and others have had to say about them. Rudi Keller shows how signs emerge, function, and develop in…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Hard Times is Dickens's shortest novel, and arguably his greatest triumph. A useful appendix of the author's working notes, together with an enlightening introduction and full explanatory notes, will ensure that this edition becomes the obvious choice for anyone studying the novel. Paul Schlike is Lecturer in English at the University of Aberdeen.

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Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: A four-level teenage course combining exciting new material with all the features that made the original Hotline so popular. — The unique loopback structure ensures constant revision and a realistic pace to the syllabus. A new photocopiable end-of-unit test for each unit consolidates the revision process. The grammar-based syllabus presents new structures using a problem-solving approach. This…

Скачать книгу (размер 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 120) Аннотация: A four-level teenage course combining exciting new material with all the features that made the original Hotline so popular. — The unique loopback structure ensures constant revision and a realistic pace to the syllabus. A new photocopiable end-of-unit test for each unit consolidates the revision process. — The grammar-based syllabus presents new structures using a problem-solving approach. This…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: English grammar has changed a great deal since the beginning of the Twentieth Century, and it is a subject that can provide a complex minefield of uncertainties within the language. This accessible and comprehensive dictionary comes to the aid of both the general reader and the student or teacher, offering straightforward and immediate A-Z access to 1,000 grammatical terms and their meanings. All…

Скачать книгу (размер 340 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 68) Аннотация: A three-level course for pre-teenage students which bridges the gap between primary and secondary learning styles. Workbook — 4 pages of practice material per Student's Book unit — main vocabulary from each unit

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Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: A four-level teenage course combining exciting new material with all the features that made the original Hotline so popular. — The unique loopback structure ensures constant revision and a realistic pace to the syllabus. A new photocopiable end-of-unit test for each unit consolidates the revision process. — The grammar-based syllabus presents new structures using a problem-solving approach. This…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: A topic-based, three-level course which takes a fresh look at the needs and learning styles of young teenagers. Student's Book: — eight topic-based units providing balanced coverage of all four skills — a 'Grammar Help' section, providing consolidation and support — student learning objectives and self-evaluation — a 'Communication Bank' with mixed-ability pair and groupwork tasks

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Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: A two-level course that allows language to emerge naturally through songs, pictures, stories, and activities. — It creates a lively classroom atmosphere that encourages children to participate actively in every lesson. — The action centres around the adventures of an appealing group of children, their imaginary friend, their teddy, and their dog. The themes are central to children's lives and…

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Скачать книгу (размер 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 40) Аннотация: A unique insight into British life and culture. — Both videos in this series contain eight factual reports, introduced by a presenter. — Window on Britain topics are: An introduction to Britain, Schools, Food, Home, Sport, Festivals, Pop, and London. — Window On Britain 2 topics are: Work, Animals, Holidays, The Media, Leisure, The Environment, Health, and Law and Order. — The reports combine…

Скачать книгу (размер 442 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 88) Аннотация: A three-level course for pre-teenage students which bridges the gap between primary and secondary learning styles. — It is designed for students beginning English from the age of nine, and directly addresses the changing skills and interests of students as they approach adolescence. — It provides a communicative approach to learning, supported by a well-structured grammar syllabus. Level 1 gives…

Скачать книгу (размер 340 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 68) Аннотация: A three-level course for pre-teenage students which bridges the gap between primary and secondary learning styles. — It is designed for students beginning English from the age of nine, and directly addresses the changing skills and interests of students as they approach adolescence. — It provides a communicative approach to learning, supported by a well-structured grammar syllabus. Level 1 gives…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 176 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 624) Аннотация: 'Who has not Tristram Shandy read? Is any mortal so ill bred?' So wrote the young James Boswell in the spring of 1760, when Sterne's comic novel was received with extravagant popular acclaim and some bewilderment. Indeed, how can one describe a novel whose hero-narrator fails in the first two volumes even to get himself born? A narrator who, in a series of digressions he calls the 'sunshine' of…

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