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The New Cambridge English Course 2 Video is designed to review and expand on the themes and language presented in the coursebook. However, the video is completely free-standing so it can easily fit in with any teaching programme or be used with any other coursebook at this lower intermediate level. The video follows the same format as the New Cambridge English Course 1 Video in that there is a mixture of documentary and dramatized sequences whick pick up on the themes and language presented in the coursebook in the six blocks of six units. There is tremendous variety in the video as a whole, from a documentary sequence about the history of Wimbledon to a fictional detective story. The video is accompanied by a Teacher's Guide which contains photocopiable tasks to give to the learners. This photocopiable material is also available separately in a Video Activity Book for those who do not wish to photocopy.

This book encourages learners to examine the sound system of English in the context of connected speech and describes how intonation works in practice.

This book encourages learners to examine the sound system of English in the context of connected speech and describes how intonation works in practice.

Cambridge Skills for Fluency is a learner-centred range of materials designed specifically to develop students' fluency and confidence in listening, speaking, reading and writing. The books are at four levels from pre-intermediate through to advanced and are suitable for use as supplementary texts or as core texts on skills development courses. Each book in the Cambridge Skills for Fluency series: • promotes fluency by presenting a wide variety of both old and new topics in creative and imaginative ways • genuinely engages students' interest and encourages them to share personal reactions and opinions fluently • focuses on a particular skill but the other skills are integrated in a way that reflects real-life use of language • contains 20 units designed to take about an hour of class time, a detailed contents map and brief teaching notes.

Cambridge Skills for Fluency is a learner-centred range of materials designed specifically to develop students' fluency and confidence in listening, speaking, reading and writing. The books are at four levels from pre-intermediate through to advanced and are suitable for use as supplementary texts or as core texts on skills development courses. Each book in the Cambridge Skills for Fluency series: • promotes fluency by presenting a wide variety of both old and new topics in creative and imaginative ways • genuinely engages students' interest and encourages them to share personal reactions and opinions fluently • focuses on a particular skill but the other skills are integrated in a way that reflects real-life use of language • contains 20 units designed to take about an hour of class time, a detailed contents map and brief teaching notes.

Classroom Observation Tasks shows how to use observation to learn about language teaching. It does this by providing a range of tasks which guide the user through the process of observing, analysing and reflecting, and which develop the skills of observation. It contains a bank of 35 structured tasks which are grouped into seven areas of focus: the learner, the language, the learning process, the lesson, teaching skills and strategies, classroom management, and materials and resources. Each task looks at one aspect of a particular area; for example, the language a teacher uses to ask questions, or how the teacher monitors learning, or how people interact in a lesson. Each task provides guidance in how to record observations, and questions to help users interpret the data and relate the experience to their own teaching circumstances and practice. Classroom Observation Tasks: — is addressed mainly to teachers, but also caters for trainee teachers, teacher trainers and others involved in school-based teacher support, teacher development and trainer training; — has a comprehensive introduction to the tasks and a rationale covering the theoretical issues involved; — places the responsibility for professional growth in the hands of the teacher.

This practical resource for teacher trainers and teachers of English and other languages provides task material for training seminars and development groups. The topics are wide-ranging — from the nature and processes of language learning to specific materials and techniques for use by teachers. The Tasks are designed to stimulate meaningful discussion of issues related to language teaching and learning. It contains 40 Tasks, of two types. The Discussion Tasks are designed to allow users to examine general principles and issues in the context of their specific teaching circumstances, and to exchange ideas. The Classroom-based Tasks provide users with a practical framework for small-scale classroom research — testing out ideas, assumptions and hypotheses in the context of their own classes and learners. This is suitable for: — participants in courses leading to formal professional qualifications; — teachers involved in institutional in-service training programmes; — teachers involved in informal professional development. In cases where it is not possible for each participant to have a copy, the trainer may photocopy relevant pages of Tasks for use by the participants.

This text examines sociopolitical, economic, familial, and educational agendas that influence attainment of second language literacy. The paperback examines the sociopolitical, economic, familial, and educational agendas that influence an immigrant's attainment of literacy in a new language. Each agenda is introduced through illuminating case studies drawn from research in North America, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Professor McKay analyzes the conflicts among different interest groups and paints a sensitive picture of how the needs of an individual may be at odds with any and all of the various literacy agendas. The book addresses teachers and teachers-in-training involved in second language education, whether their students are in special language classes, bilingual education, or enrolled in the mainstream curriculum. It also provides valuable insights to individuals responsible for developing second language literacy policies in the political, labor, and educational sectors.

This new guide to French synonyms is the first to be produced specifically for English speaking students of French. Its aim is to enable them to develop, broaden, and enhance their awareness of the complexity and richness of French vocabulary by presenting, in an easily accessible form, information not readily available in traditional dictionaries. It contains a wide variety of material, including informal modes of expression as well as the formal, and practical vocabulary as well as literary language. The tabular layout is designed for maximum ease of reference, with English equivalents and sample French contexts for each French item. There are two indexes enabling the user quickly to locate any given French or English word.

The Active Listening series is a three-level listening course in North American English. It draws on recent research in comprehension, and offers students 20 engaging, task-based units, each built around a topic, function, or grammatical theme. In the first two levels (Introducing and Building), students learn to listen through a careful balance of activities, including listening for gist, listening for specific information, and making inferences. In the third level (Expanding), listening activities are content-based, drawing on real information from a variety of sources.

Cambridge Skills for Fluency is a learner-centred range of materials designed specifically to develop students' fluency and confidence in listening, speaking, reading and writing. They are at four levels from pre-intermediate through to advanced and are suitable for use as supplementary texts or as core texts on skills development courses. Each part in the Cambridge Skills for Fluency series: • promotes fluency by presenting a wide variety of both old and new topics in creative and imaginative ways • genuinely engages students' interest and encourages them to share personal reactions and opinions fluently • focuses on a particular skill but the other skills are integrated in a way that reflects real life use of language • contains twenty units designed to take about an hour of class time, a detailed contents map and brief teaching notes.

The New Cambridge English Course is a course teachers and students can rely on to cover the complete range and depth of language and skills needed from beginner to upper-intermediate level. Each level is designed to provide at least 72 hours of class work using the Student's Book, with additional self-study material provided in the Practice Book. The course has a proven multi-syllabus approach which integrates work on all the vital aspects of language study: grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, skills, notions and functions.

The New Cambridge English Course is a course teachers and students can rely on to cover the complete range and depth of language and skills needed from beginner to upper-intermediate level. Each level is designed to provide at least 72 hours of class work using the Student's Book, with additional self-study material provided in the Practice Book. The course has a proven multi-syllabus approach which integrates work on all the vital aspects of language study: grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, skills, notions and functions.

The New Cambridge English Course is a course teachers and students can rely on to cover the complete range and depth of language and skills needed from beginner to upper-intermediate level. Each level is designed to provide at least 72 hours of class work using the Student's Book, with additional self-study material provided in the Practice Book. The course has a proven multi-syllabus approach which integrates work on all the vital aspects of language study: grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, skills, notions and functions.

The New Cambridge English Course is a course teachers and students can rely on to cover the complete range and depth of language and skills needed from beginner to upper-intermediate level. Each level is designed to provide at least 72 hours of class work using the Student's Book, with additional self-study material provided in the Practice Book. The course has a proven multi-syllabus approach which integrates work on all the vital aspects of language study: grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, skills, notions and functions.

The New Cambridge English Course is a course teachers and students can rely on to cover the complete range and depth of language and skills needed from beginner to upper-intermediate level. Each level is designed to provide at least 72 hours of class work using the Student's Book, with additional self-study material provided in the Practice Book. The course has a proven multi-syllabus approach which integrates work on all the vital aspects of language study: grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, skills, notions and functions.

Pronunciation Tasks provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of English pronunciation such as vowels, consonants, consonant clusters, syllables and stress, sounds and connected speech, intonation, sounds and grammar, and pronouncing written words.

Pronunciation Tasks provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of English pronunciation such as vowels, consonants, consonant clusters, syllables and stress, sounds and connected speech, intonation, sounds and grammar, and pronouncing written words.

Cambridge Skills for Fluency is a learner-centred range of materials designed specifically to develop students' fluency and confidence in listening, speaking, reading and writing. The books are at four levels from pre-intermediate through to advanced and are suitable for use as supplementary texts or as core texts on skills development courses. Each book in the Cambridge Skills for Fluency series: promotes fluency by presenting a wide variety of both old and new topics in creative and imaginative ways • genuinely engages students' interest and encourages them to share personal reactions and opinions fluently • focuses on a particular skill but the other skills are integrated in a way that reflects real life use of language • contains twenty units designed to take about an hour of class time, a detailed contents map and brief teaching notes.

Short Stories is a collection of vivid and memorable short stories, written between the nineteenth century and the present day. The stories are mostly very short, and have been selected for their powerful impact and also because they suggest many possibilities for creative activities in upper-intermediate and advanced level classrooms. The stories can therefore be used to stimulate reading and fluency skills, as well as to explore literary aspects of English. Short Stories contains: ¼br />• stories by a wide variety of authors from very different backgrounds, including Leonora Carrington, Alisdair Gray and Peter Carey ¼br />• creative activities both before and after reading and between parts of the longer stories ¼br />• a Creative Development section at the end of each unit to extend the themes and the reader's involvement with the story ¼br />• notes on the authors and stories, and notes for the teacher on using the material. The book is accompanied by a cassette containing recordings of all the stories as well as extra material for listening activities.

Discourse and Language Education is part of the Cambridge Language Teaching Library series. Discourse analysis describes how such communication is structured, so that it is socially appropriate and linguistically accurate. This book gives practical experience in analyzing discourse and the study of written language. The analyses show the ways we use linguistic signals to carry out our discourse goals and the differences between written and spoken language as well as across languages. This text can be used as a manual in teacher education courses and linguistics and communications courses. It will be of great interest to second language teachers, foreign language teachers, and special education teachers (especially those involved with the hearing impaired).

How does a man become successful although unable to read or write? How does a woman get her final revenge on her husband? What happens when a man invites friends to a party at which he himself doesn't appear, but watches from a distance? What happens to a boy who feels fated to be a genius? These are some of the questions dealt with in the ten stories in this collection. The stories, by important modern authors, have been specially selected for advanced students of English. They are not simplified, but vocabulary explanations and notes are provided in order to help comprehension.

Five-Minute Activities is an invaluable source of ideas for language teachers. It contains resources of over 130 short activities for the language classroom: some are well-tried favourites clearly restated, others are new ideas or variations. Teachers will find activities which can be used to: help learners to learn or practise particular aspects of language help students and teacher to get to know each other provide a smooth transition between two major parts of a lesson supplement a coursebook introduce or round off lessons. The activities are designed to combine learning value with interest and enjoyment. Most of them can be adapted to suit classes of different levels of ability, and in many cases there are additional suggestions for variations or extensions of the basic activity. Almost all the activities can be student-led.

The New Cambridge English Course is a course teachers and students can rely on to cover the complete range and depth of language and skills needed from beginner to upper-intermediate level. Each level is designed to provide at least 72 hours of class work using the Student's Book, with additional self-study material provided in the Practice Book. The course has a proven multi-syllabus approach which integrates work on all the vital aspects of language study: grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, skills, notions and functions.