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Grammar Practice Book, Grades 1-3

noreply@blogger.com (jaybeere) — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:38:00 +0000

Grammar Practice Book, Grades 1-3
Marcel Cohen | Harcourt (2008) | ISBN: 0153499087
PDF | English | 17.7 MB

Grammar Practice Book offers opportunities to apply the conventions of language in meaningful context, as they are taught in reciprocal reading and writing activities. An answer key is included.

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Regards sur la langue française

noreply@blogger.com (jaybeere) — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0000

Marcel Cohen was a famous french linguist, specialist of semitic languages but also a sharp and non dogmatic inspector of his own language. He published five volumes of "Regards sur la langue française"This book contains a series of short essays.

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Communiquer en français: Actes de parole et pratiques de conversation

noreply@blogger.com (jaybeere) — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:50:00 +0000

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Poles, Jews, and the Politics of Nationality: The Bund and the Polish Socialist Party in Late Czarist Russia, 1892-1914

noreply@blogger.com (jaybeere) — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:19:00 +0000

Poles, Jews, and the Politics of Nationality:

The Jewish experience on Polish lands is often viewed backwards through the lens of the Holocaust and the ethnic rivalries that escalated in the period between the two world wars. Critical to the history of Polish-Jewish relations, however, is the period prior to World War I when the emergence of mass electoral politics in Czarist Russia led to the consolidation of modern political parties. Using sources published in Polish, Yiddish, Hebrew, and Russian, Joshua D. Zimmerman has compiled a full-length English-language study of the relations between the two dominant progressive movements in Russian Poland. He examines the Polish Socialist Party (PPS), which sought social emancipation and equal civil rights for minority nationalities, including Jews, under a democratic Polish republic, and the Jewish Labor Bund, which declared that Jews were a nation distinct from Poles and Russians and advocated cultural autonomy. By 1905, the PPS abandoned its call for Jewish assimilation, and recognized Jews as a separate nationality. Zimmerman demonstrates persuasively that Polish history in Czarist Russia cannot be fully understood without studying the Jewish influence and that Jewish history was equally infused with the Polish influence.

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Calculus: Early Transcendentals by James Stewart

noreply@blogger.com (jaybeere) — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:05:00 +0000

Calculus: Early Transcendentals by James Stewart
Thompson Brooks Cole, 6th edition (2007) | ISBN: 0405011660
PDF | English | 25 MB | 1309 pages

Success in your calculus course starts here! James Stewart's CALCULUS texts are world-wide best-sellers for a reason: they are clear, accurate, and filled with relevant, real-world examples. With CALCULUS: EARLY TRANCENDENTALS, Sixth Edition, Stewart conveys not only the utility of calculus to help you develop technical competence, but also gives you an appreciation for the intrinsic beauty of the subject. His patient examples and built-in learning aids will help you build your mathematical confidence and achieve your goals in the course!

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Methodology in Language Teaching: An Anthology of Current Practice

noreply@blogger.com (jaybeere) — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:13:00 +0000

Methodology in Language Teaching: An Anthology of Current Practice
By Jack C. Richards, Willy A. Renandy

Cambridge University Press (2005) | ISBN: 0521004403 | 430 pages
PDF | English | 53 MB

This collection provides an overview of current approaches, issues, and practices in the teaching of English to speakers of other languages. This book provides an overview of current approaches, issues, and practices in the teaching of English to speakers of other languages. The anthology offers a comprehensive overview to the teaching of English and illustrates the complexity underlying many of the practical planning and instructional activities it involves. Organized into 16 sections, the book contains 41 seminal articles by well-known teacher trainers and researchers. Also included are two sets of discussion questions - a pre-reading background set and a post-reading reflection set. This anthology serves as an important resource for teachers wishing to design a basic course in methodology.

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Cambridge Innovations Elementary Coursebook

noreply@blogger.com (jaybeere) — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:29:00 +0000

By Hugh Dellar, Andrew Walkley | Thompson ELT (2005) | ISBN-10: 141301268X
PDF + MP3 | English | 221 MB

Innovations is a new general English course for classes looking for new material with a fresh approach. Based on a language-rich, lexical/grammatical syllabus, it starts from the kinds of natural conversations that learners want to have. Key features:
- Presents and practise vocabulary, collocations, fixed expressions and more idiomatic language
- Motivates learners by presenting interesting and unusual texts
- Emphasizes sound-chunking and oral fluency
- Covers productive and receptive pronunciation work
- Includes in-built learner-training pages that offer tips and advice
- Teaches many aspects of grammar and spoken language not found in other coursebooks

LINKS: Student's Book; Workbook; CD1; CD2; CD3

Singing Grammar: Teaching Grammar Through Songs

noreply@blogger.com (jaybeere) — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:54:00 +0000

Singing Grammar: Teaching Grammar Through Songs
By Mark Hancock | Cambridge University Press (1999) | ISBN: 0521625424
PDF + MP3 | English | 46.7 MB

Singing Grammar is part of the Cambridge Copy Collection. It is a resource book of supplementary materials for the teaching of grammar through the medium of song. It contains eighteen songs, each with a specific grammar focus, and is suitable for students from elementary to intermediate level. For each of the songs there is a clear page of teachings notes followed by a motivating song worksheet, a grammar exercise page and a fun grammar game for classroom use. The material is especially suitable for younger learners but could also be used successfully with adults.

LINKS: Book; Audio

Towards Proficiency By Peter May

noreply@blogger.com (jaybeere) — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:46:00 +0000

Towards Proficiency By Peter May
Oxford University Press (2009) | ISBN: 9780194332439
PDF + mp3 | English | 229 MB

A course which bridges the gap between FCE level and the revised Cambridge Proficiency exam. Towards Proficiency can be used both as an exam preparation course and a general advanced course.
The main focus is on strengthening and extending grammar, and exposing students to topic vocabulary, idioms, phrasal verbs, and collocations. The graded syllabus develops skills areas and introduces students to exam techniques. The course is accompanied by Workbooks for both the Cambridge CPE exam and the Michigan ECPE exam. Towards Proficiency can be used both as an exam preparation course and a general advanced course.

LINKS: Student's Book; Workbook; CD1; CD2

Pronouncing American English: Sounds, Stress, and Intonation

noreply@blogger.com (jaybeere) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:27:00 +0000

Ideal for a complete course or as a pronunciation supplement, this vibrant book features extensive communication and pair work activities, guiding intermediate to advanced students in their development of clear speech and appropriate intonation. The workbook-size text is divided into four parts, covering the sounds of American English, problems encountered with American spelling as opposed to sounds, the use of a phonetic alphabet, syllable stress, vowel and consonant length, content words and function words, intonation, and using a dictionary. The units can be done in any order and include auditory discrimination exercises, Check Your Listening, and Practicing the Contrasts. The answers are in the teacher's manual.

LINKS: Book; Answer Key; CDs: part1; part2; part3; part4; part5; part6; part7

Test Your Listening (Audiobook)

noreply@blogger.com (jaybeere) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:00:00 +0000

Test Your Listening (Audiobook) by Tricia Aspinall
Penguin (2003) | ISBN-10: 0582469104 | Audio CD
mp3 | English | 49 MB

60 tests to improve your listening skills. Wide variety of tests, including gap-fills, multiple choice, matching exercises, cartoons, and full answer key. Tips on specific grammar points and how best to prepare for the examlls using a variety of test types.

LINKS: Book; Audio

English for Telephoning (Audiobook)

noreply@blogger.com (jaybeere) — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:38:00 +0000

English for Telephoning (Audiobook)
Oxford University Press (2007) | ISBN: 0194579271 | 200 pages, Audio CD
Audio CD, mp3 | English | 51.5 MB

English for Telephoning is the ideal quick course for anyone who needs to make effective telephone calls in a business context.
English for Telephoning can be completed in 25-30 hours, so students make progress quickly. Hands-on tasks allow students to use new language immediately. How can it be used?
As a stand-alone, short, intensive course. For self-study, using the interactive MultiROM.
Alongside a more general coursebook, such as International Express

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Speak Business English Like an American

noreply@blogger.com (jaybeere) — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:25:00 +0000

Speak Business English Like an American: Learn the Idioms & Expressions You Need to Succeed On The Job! (Book and Audio CD) By Amy Gillett
Language Success Press (2007) | ISBN: 0972530061 | 200 pages, Audio CD
doc, wma | English | 55.3 MB

Speak Business English Like an American is the new book & audio CD set designed to help you succeed on the job - whatever you're doing, wherever you're working. The set is great for self-study, with dozens of helpful exercises to reinforce the material.
American English speakers use many phrases and expressions on the job. If you don’t know these expressions, you’re left out of the conversation. You’re out of it. This book & CD will help you speak business English like an American — quickly and confidently. Once you have the knack, no one can take it away from you. With this book and CD, your career will benefit for years to come.
You’ll learn the idioms & expressions that you hear at work. What do your colleagues and coworkers, your customers or clients really mean? How can you use these expressions too?
Language is always changing and business English changes especially fast. That’s why we’ve explained the most up-to-date expressions — today’s business English. Now you’ll be able to use these expressions, too. People will marvel at your command of English.

LINKS: Book; Audio

noreply@blogger.com (jaybeere) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:52:00 +0000

English for Socializing (Student's Book and Audiobook)
Oxford University Press (2007) | ISBN: 0194579395 | 80 pages, Audio CD
PDF, mp3 | English | 78 MB

English for Socializing is the ideal quick course for anyone who needs English to socialize in a professional context. English for Socializing can be completed in 25-30 hours, so students make progress quickly. Hands-on tasks allow students to use new language immediately. How can it be used? As a stand-alone, short, intensive course. For self-study, using the interactive MultiROM.
Alongside a more general coursebook, such as International Express.

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Film History: An Introduction By Kristin Thompson, David Bordwell

noreply@blogger.com (jaybeere) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:56:00 +0000

Film History: An Introduction By Kristin Thompson, David Bordwell
McGraw-Hill (2002) | ISBN: 0070384290 | 808 Pages
PDF | English | 161 MB

Written by two leading film scholars, Film History: An Introduction is a comprehensive survey of film-from the backlots of Hollywood, across the United States, and around the world. As in the authors' bestselling Film Art, concepts and events are illustrated with actual frame enlargements, giving students more realistic points of reference than competing books that use publicity stills.

LINKS: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4

Nouveau dictionnaire des difficultés du français moderne

noreply@blogger.com (jaybeere) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:55:00 +0000

Nouveau dictionnaire des difficultés du français moderne
Belin; Édition 4e éd (23 novembre 2000) | ISBN: 2801112666 |
CD-Rom: 1 pages | 45 MB

On me demande pourquoi et pour qui j'ai composé ce Dictionnaire. J'ai voulu, comme dans toute ma carrière, servir la langue française, dont je n'ai cessé de percevoir toujours davantage les subtilités, les finesses, mais aussi les difficultés et les pièges qui embarrassent l'usager, dans tous les milieux et à tous les niveaux. Mon désir est d'apporter à mon lecteur une aide immédiate et efficace et de le libérer en même temps des scrupules dus à des condamnations ou mises en garde injustifiées. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.

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Lewis and Clark for Kids: Their Journey of Discovery with 21 Activities

noreply@blogger.com (jaybeere) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:41:00 +0000

Lewis and Clark for Kids: Their Journey of Discovery with 21 Activities
Chicago Review (2000) | ISBN: 1556523742 | 144 pages
PDF | English | 15.6 MB

Join Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's Corps of Discovery as they navigate the muddy Missouri River and begin a great adventure set against the background of the vast North American continent. Lewis and Clark for Kids takes children from President Jefferson's vision of an exploratory mission across a continent full of unique plants and animals through their dangerous and challenging journey into the unknown to the expedition's triumphant return to the frontier town of St. Louis. Twenty-one activities bring to life the Native American tribes they encountered, the plants and animals they discovered, and the camping and navigating techniques they used. A glossary of terms and listings of Lewis and Clark sites, museums, and related Web sites round out this comprehensive activity book.

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English for the Financial Sector (Audiobook + Teacher's Book)

noreply@blogger.com (jaybeere) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:48:00 +0000

English for the Financial Sector helps learners to prepare for a career in finance and enables those already working in the industry to improve their financial English.
Providing at least 50 hours of classroom material, this course builds financial language and teaches students about key financial concepts. It also focuses on the communication skills necessary for working effectively within the industry. It covers a wide range of financial topics, including retail and investment banking, accounting, trade finance, and mergers and acquisitions.

LINKS for Book; Audio

Assimil - Le Suédois sans peine

noreply@blogger.com (jaybeere) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:28:00 +0000

Assimil - Le Suédois sans peine
Assimil (2002) | ISBN: 2700520726 | 420 pages
PDF | French | 17 MB

Apprenez en douceur les bases de cette langue scandinave – aux sonorités séduisantes – qui vous ouvrira les portes du monde nordique. Cette méthode vous permettra de faire la connaissance des Suédois, de leur mode de vis et de leurs traditions.
Le suedois appartient ä la branche scandinave des langues germaniques. Il est parle non seulement en Suede mais aussi, quoique par une minorite, en Finlande, ou il constitue la deuxieme langue officielle. Il est en outre etroitement apparente au danois et au norvegien. Une connaissance solide du suedois constitue donc un excellent passeport pour l'Europe nordique.

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Words at Work. Vocabulary development for Business English

noreply@blogger.com (jaybeere) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:49:00 +0000

Words at Work. Vocabulary development for Business English (Book and Audio CD)
By David Horner, Peter Strutt
Cambridge University Press (1996) | ISBN: 0521438721, 052143873X
PDF, mp3 | English | 113 MB | 144 pages

Words at Work is a powerful resource for learners who want to expand their general Business English vocabulary. The 17 task-based units cover a range of essential topics, from Company organisation, and Business start-ups to Budget and forecasts. Investment and finance and Information systems. Beginning with an introductory unit on learning vocabulary successfully, Words at Work gives learners good ideas on techniques for increasing the number of words they remember. Learners can use the map of the book to select the area of business vocabulary of their choice, and the order in which they want to work on the units; the index also provides a way into the specific vocabulary area they want to focus on.
Words at Work is accompanied by audio material. Every unit contains at least one listening task and one pronunciation task, to give learners the opportunity to hear and practise the vocabulary as well as see it. Words at Work is completely self-contained, with an answer key, tapescripts and an index with phonetic transcriptions, and can be used by learners working on their own.

LINKS for Book; Audio

Great Grammar for Great Writing (Top 10 & Top 20) w/key

noreply@blogger.com (jaybeere) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:35:00 +0000

Great Grammar for Great Writing (Top 10 and Top 20) w/key

Thomson Heinle (2008) | ISBN-10: 0618481052
PDF | English | 17 MB

Top 10 and 20 help students master the essential grammar they need to produce great writing. Text focuses on improving the most common grammatical errors novice writers make.

LINKS for Top 10; Top 20

Merde! The Real French You Were Never Taught at School

noreply@blogger.com (jaybeere) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:24:00 +0000

Merde! The Real French You Were Never Taught at School
Angus & Robertson (1984) | ISBN: 0207149100 | 128 pages
PDF | English/French | 39 MB

Written by "Genevieve," who is identified only as living in Switzerland, this humorous look at French argot claims to be a "survival guide to understanding everyday French as it is really spoken." While there is certainly much for the casual reader to enjoy and much for lovers of France to commit to memory, the book falls flat. The fun of learning slang in a foreign language is understanding the sometimes mystifying, often amusing, literal meanings of those expressions. For example, according to Genevieve, an innocent, naive person is a oie blanche, a white goose, and to make love in a slow, conventional way is faire l'amour a la papa, make love like dad. Unfortunately this guide only erratically provides such literal meanings, making the book of full value only to those whose French is in good shape already or who are willing to paw through a conventional dictionary while reading this.

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Das extra dicke Witze-Buch

noreply@blogger.com (jaybeere) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:07:00 +0000

Das extra dicke Witze-Buch
Weltbild Buchverlag (2005) | ISBN: 3898970795 | 670 pages
PDF | German | 17.5 MB

A collection of jokes divided into eleven categories and published in German.

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World Education Encyclopedia: A Survey of Educational Systems Worldwide Vol. 1-3

noreply@blogger.com (jaybeere) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:51:00 +0000

World Education Encyclopedia: A Survey of Educational Systems Worldwide Vol. 1-3
Thomson Gale (2001) | ISBN: 0787655775
PDF | English | 16.6 + 15.5 + 17.0 MB

More than 225 countries are included, among them "new" countries of the former Soviet Union and territories and departments such as Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, and Saint Helena. The country essays can be as short as a page or as long as 12 pages for China, Greece, New Zealand, Uganda, the U.S., and others. There is a basic structure for the essays. They begin with the history of the country followed by the constitutional and legal foundations of the education system; an overview of the educational system; and sections on preprimary, primary, secondary, and higher education; administration, finance, and educational research; the profession of teaching; and a summary. The authors are objective in their writing, and the editor provides consistency in style. Tables, graphs, and pie charts from current publications of the World Bank, UNESCO, and UNICEF accompany some of the articles. These graphics do not identify the country to which they refer so it is only by checking the original source that one can be sure they appear in the correct entry.

LINKS for Volume 1; Volume 2; Volume 3

Dictionary of Word Origins by Joseph T. Shipley

noreply@blogger.com (jaybeere) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:43:00 +0000

Dictionary of Word Origins by Joseph T. Shipley
Dorset House Co Inc (1969) | ISBN: 0880297514 | 448 pages
DJVU | English | 12.6 MB

This fascinating, authoritative reference dictionary supplies the answers to hundreds of questions about the derivations of words we use everyday. The reader can follow a word through its many lives, tracing it from its earliest known use to its current meaning. Dr. Shipley presents a wealth of anecdotal material in a lively style guaranteed to give hours of entertainment as well as sound scholastic information.

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