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Better English Pronunciation 1970-01-01 00:59:59 J. D. O'Connor (Cambridge University Press) "The purpose of this book is very simple: to help you, the reader, to pronounce English
better than you do now. Millions of foreign students want to learn English as well as they can; for some it is only a matter of reading and writing it, and they will find no help here. But many students want to be able to speak English well, with a pronunciation Read more:Pronunciation
Word Parts Dictionary 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Michael J. Sheehan (McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers) "This dictionary is based on word parts — those prefixes, suffixes, combining forms and roots which show up repeatedly to form words — and is meant to be used in conjunction with a standard dictionary and a thesaurus. It can help to retrieve words only dimly remembered, or it can lead to specific new words which otherwise might never have Read more:Dictionary
, Parts
Speak English Like an American 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Amy Gillett (Language Success Press) "If you already speak some English
and now would like to speak more like a native, you've found the right book. One of the keys to speaking like a native is the ability to use and understand casual expressions, or idioms. American
English is full of idioms. You won't learn these expressions in a standard textbook. But you will hear them all the time in
NTC's American Idioms Dictionary 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Richard A. Spears (NTC Publishing Group) "All languages have phrases or sentences that cannot be understood literally. Even if you know the meaning of all the words in a phrase and understand all the grammar of the phrase completely, the meaning of the phrase may still be confusing. Many proverbs, informal phrases, and common sayings offer this kind of problem. A phrase or sentence of this type Read more:American
, Dictionary
, Idioms
NTC's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Richard A. Spears (NTC Publishing Group) "The third edition of this dictionary contains more than 800 new expressions. These comprise the expressions that have appeared in the last few years—including many new expressions used in everyday talk on the streets and the college campus. The "Phrase-Finder Index" has been completely revised to make finding the location of new phrasal entries in the Read more:American
, Dictionary
, Expressions
, Slang
Business Vocabulary in Use 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Bill Mascull (Cambridge University Press) "Who is this book for? BusinessVocabulary
in Use is designed to help intermediate and upper-intermediate learners of business English improve their business vocabulary. It is for people studying English before they start work and for those already working who need English in their job. Apart from improving your business vocabulary, the book also helps
McGraw-Hill's 400 Must-Have Words for the TOEFL 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Lynn Stafford-Yilmaz & Lawrence J. Zwier (McGraw
-Hill) "400 Must-Have Words
for the TOEFL
will help you improve your score on the TOEFL test. In particular, this book will build your TOEFL vocabulary for the new Internet-based TOEFL of 2005. This book is designed for ease of use as a self-study guide. Its chapters were written for easy completion in one sitting—about 25 minutes. 400 Must-Have
When Bad Grammar Happens to Good People: How to Avoid Common Errors in English 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Ann Batko (The Career Press) "Many reference books on grammar and usage address thousands of topics, some of them so obscure that they never come up in daily life. But this book is a more focused program that will help you make the most of your time. Rather than cover every possible problem, two criteria were used to decide whether or not to include an error: 1. Is the error one that will suggest Read more:Avoid
, Common
, English
, Errors
, Good People
, Grammar
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Idioms 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Richard A. Spears (McGraw
-Hill) "The dictionary will prove useful for native speakers who are looking for synonymous idiomatic phrases. Many phrases can be expressed in a variety of ways, and this dictionary, through cross-referencing, can lead the native speaker to equivalent forms with the same or similar meaning. The index provides a means for a writer to find the most appropriate phrase for a Read more:American
, Dictionary
, Idioms
Exercises on Idioms 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Jennifer Seidl (Oxford University Press) "About this book English Idioms
: Exercises
on Idioms is one of two practice books which accompany the reference volume English Idioms (fifth edition, 1988) by Seidl and McMordie. It is a revised, up-dated edition of Idioms in Practice (1982). Exercises on Idioms has been written for adolescent and adult learners who wish to widen their knowledge of, and
Cambridge Practice Tests for IELTS 1 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Vanessa Jakeman & Clare McDowell (Cambridge
University Press) "About the book This book has been written for candidates preparing for the revised version of the International English Language Testing System, known as IELTS
. This is a test designed to assess the English language skills of non-English speaking students seeking to study in an English speaking country. Aims of the book — to prepare Read more:Practice
English Vocabulary in Use - Elementary 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Michael McCarthy & Felicity O'Dell (Cambridge University Press) "This book has been written to help you learn new vocabulary. You already know hundreds of English
words, but to speak and write English in normal situations you need at least 1-2,000 words. In this book, there are around 1,250 new words and phrases for you to learn. You will find them on the left-hand page of each unit. Every new Read more:Elementary
, English Vocabulary
, Vocabulary
English Vocabulary in Use - Pre-Intermediate & Intermediate 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Stuart Redman (Cambridge University Press) "Who is this book for? EnglishVocabulary
in Use (pre-intermediate and intermediate) has been written to help learners at this level to improve their English. It has been designed for students who are studying on their own, but it can also be used by a teacher in the classroom with groups of students. How is the book organised? The book has 100 two-page Read more:English Vocabulary
, Intermediate
Grammar Practice for Elementary Students 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Elaine Walker & Steve Elsworth (Longman) "GrammarPractice
for Elementary
Students gives short, clear explanations of grammar and provides practice exercises for you to do. The book has three stages with a test at the end of each stage. Stage I is the easiest and Stage III is the most difficult. There are two ways in which this book can be used: i) in class, with help from your teacher; ii) at
Test Your Vocabulary for FCE 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Rawdon Wyatt (Pearson Education Limited) "If you are going to take the Cambridge First Certificate exam, you will find the tests in this book very helpful. They will help you practise a lot of the vocabulary that you might need to use in the Writing, Speaking or Use of English papers, or that you might come across in the Reading or Listening papers. Many of the tests also have useful information Read more:Vocabulary
Grammar Practice for Pre-Intermediate Students 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Elaine Walker & Steve Elsworth (Longman) "GrammarPractice
for Pre-Intermediate
Students gives short, clear explanations of all the main areas of English grammar, and provides practice exercises for you to do. There are two ways in which this book can he used: (i) in class with help from your teacher; (ii) at home by yourself. If you are using the book by yourself, use the Index and the Contents
Grammar Practice for Intermediate Students 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Elaine Walker & Steve Elsworth (Longman) "GrammarPractice
for Intermediate
Students gives short, clear explanations of all the main areas of English grammar, and provides practice exercises for you to do. There are two ways in which this book can be used; (i) in class with help from your teacher; (ii) at home by yourself. If you are using the book by yourself, use the Index and the Contents list
Grammar Practice for Upper Intermediate Students 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Elaine Walker & Steve Elsworth (Longman) "GrammarPractice
for UpperIntermediate
Students gives thorough explanations of all the main areas of English grammar and provides exercises for you to do. This book can be used in class with help from your teacher or at home as a self-study book. If you are using the book by yourself, use the Index and the Contents list to find the area that you want to
Test Your Grammar and Usage for FCE 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Peter Watcyn-Jones & Jake Allsop (Pearson Education Limited) "If you are going to take the Cambridge First Certificate exam, you will find the tests in this book very helpful. They will help you practise a lot of the structures and language that you will need in the Use of English paper. Many of them also have useful information on what examiners are looking for. There are two parts to the book: Read more:Grammar
, Usage
Test Your Prepositions 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Peter Watcyn-Jones & Jake Allsop (Pearson Education Limited) "For the majority of students, learning English prepositions is both very difficult and very time-consuming. Test Your Prepositions tries to tackle this problem by providing concentrated practice on various prepositions in a stimulating and interesting way. Altogether 970 items are tested, ranging from prepositions followed by nouns to
English Vocabulary in Use - Upper-Intermediate & Advanced 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Michael McCarthy & Felicity O'Dell (Cambridge University Press) "Why was this book written? It was written to help you to improve your English
vocabulary. It will help you to learn not only the meanings of words but also how they are used. You can use this book either with a teacher or for self-study. How is the book organised? The book has 100 two-page units. In most units, the left-hand page Read more:English Vocabulary
, Intermediate
, Upper
, Vocabulary
Test Your English Vocabulary in Use - Upper-Intermediate 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Michael McCarthy & Felicity O'Dell (Cambridge University Press) "Why test vocabulary? Research has shown that you need to meet a word at least 7 times before you know it properly. Doing exercises like these, that practise words and expressions that you have already encountered, is a useful way of helping yourself to fix the vocabulary you are working on in your long-term memory. What vocabulary Read more:English
, English Vocabulary
, Intermediate
, Upper
, Vocabulary
Test Your English Vocabulary in Use - Pre-Intermediate & Intermediate 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Stuart Redman & Ruth Gairns (Cambridge University Press) "Who is this book for? Test your EnglishVocabulary
in Use (pre-intermediate and intermediate) is designed to help students assess their vocabulary learning. It can be used independently as a testing book, or by learners who are using English Vocabulary
in Use (pre-intermediate and intermediate) and want to assess their progress. Learners Read more:Intermediate
Test Your Reading 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Michael Dean (Pearson Education Limited) "Reading
is very important to help you learn English. It is also a lot of fun. But to learn as much as you can from reading, it is important to read different kinds of English. For example, the English you need when you read a train timetable is very different from the English you need when you read a story. This book has a lot of different kinds of
Progress to Proficiency 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Leo Jones (Cambridge University Press) "Progress to Proficiency
is for students who are preparing for the University of Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English examination (the 'Proficiency' exam), or for an examination of similar level and scope. Each of the eighteen units is based on a different topic, and contains sections which will help you to develop and improve your reading,
Basic English for Computing 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Eric H. Glendinning & John McEwan (Oxford University Press) "This course is intended for both students of computing and those working in the computing sector. It is suitable for learners at elementary to pre-intermediate level who need to upgrade their knowledge of English
in a professional context. It is designed for use in universities, colleges, and technical schools, and on company training Read more:Basic
, Basic English
, Computing
Speaking Personally: Quizzes and Questionnaires for Fluency Practice 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Gillian Porter Ladousse (Cambridge University Press) "Speaking
Personally aims to help learners improve their competence in social communication skills. This is achieved in various ways, as the material is intentionally flexible in design. It can be used by adult learners at any point beyond that rather ill-defined moment of language learning, the intermediate stage. Underlying the material is Read more:Practice
, Quizzes
Start Testing Your Vocabulary 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Peter Watcyn-Jones (Penguin Books) "Nowadays few people will dispute the importance of vocabulary, especially the need for active vocabulary practice. The Test Your Vocabulary
books filled this need when they first came out, and they continue to do so. These are six books in the series, from elementary to advanced level. In this new edition of the series each book has ten new tests. To facilitate Read more:Start
, Testing
Test Your Vocabulary 1 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Peter Watcyn-Jones (Penguin Books) "Test Your Vocabulary
1 is the second book in the series and is intended for elementary / lower intermediate students. There are sixty tests and approximately 900 words in the book. These are arranged into areas of vocabulary such as things in the home, clothes, jobs, holidays and festivals, shops and buildings. There are fourteen picture tests on everyday
Test Your Vocabulary 2 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Peter Watcyn-Jones (Penguin Books) "Test Your Vocabulary
2 is the third book in the series and is intended for intermediate students. There are sixty tests, and approximately 1,000 words in the book. The tests cover areas of vocabulary such as jobs, clothes and people's characteristics. There are twelve picture tests on everyday objects found in the home, furniture and parts of a car. Finally,
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