Posted: March 28th, 2008, 7:24am CET
English Grammar 50:50 - Part 1
Author: Marta Kowalik-Alherwy & Maciej Klildzior
Publisher: WIR
File size: 9 MB
ISBN: 83-919689-7-9 (9788389807373)
Pages: 57
It contains a wide variety of supplementary exercises for intermediate and advanced english learners.
Contents:
PRESENT SIMPLE - PRESENT CONTINUOUS
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE - PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
PRESENT SIMPLE - PRESENT CONTINUOUS - PRESENT PERFECT
PRESENT PERFECT - SIMPLE PAST
PAST SIMPLE - PAST CONTINUOUS
PAST SIMPLE - PAST PERFECT
PAST PERFECT SIMPLE - PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
PAST SIMPLE - PAST CONTINUOUS - PAST PERFECT
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 1:11pm CET
Alphabet Soup - An A to Z of Abbreviations
# Author: Rosalind Fergusson
# Format:PDF 1.9MB
# Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
# Number Of Pages: 192
# Publication Date: 2004-09-20
# ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0747572305
# ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780747572305
This book covers the four main types of abbreviation – shortenings, contractions, initialisms, and acronyms – but does not label them explicitly. These four types are as follows:
Shortenings of words usually consist of the first few letters of the full form and are usually spelt with a final full stop when they are still regarded as abbreviations, for example cont. = continued, etc. = et cetera. They may also consist of the stressed syllable of the shortened word, e.g. bus or gym. In cases where they form words in their own right, the full stop is omitted, for example hippo = hippopotamus. Such shortenings are often but not always informal. Some become the standard forms, and the full forms are then regarded as formal or technical, for example bus = omnibus,pub = public house, zoo = zoological garden.
Contractions are abbreviated forms in which letters from the middle of the full form have been omitted, for example Dr = doctor, St = saint or street. Practice varies with regard to adding a full stop, but in modern British usage it is increasingly usual to omit it. Another kind of contraction is the type with an apostrophe marking the omission of letters: can’t = cannot, didn’t = did not, you’ve = you have.
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 8:24pm CET
1001 Brilliant Writing Ideas: Teaching inspirational story-writing for all ages
# Author:Ron Shaw
# Format:PDF 1.7MB
# Page Count: 76 pages
# Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (January 24, 2008)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0415447097
# ISBN-13: 978-0415447096
How often do you hear your pupils cry 'what can I write about?'
1001 Brilliant Writing Ideas offers teachers endless ideas and inventive suggestions, opening up new opportunities for creative writing lessons. With over 1000 different story-starters across a vast range of genres and narrative styles, this versatile book provides food for thought for pupils of a wide range of ages and abilities.
This highly practical and richly illustrated photocopiable resource
* Addresses the blank mind dilemma, offering pupils a plethora of story-writing ideas and suggestions
* Enables teachers to inspire pupils who struggle with creative writing
* Provides prompts to set ideas into motion, whilst leaving plenty of scope for original and creative thought
* Challenges pupils, encouraging them to use higher level thinking skills
* Offers mix and match stimulus pieces which can be used independently or put together to give pupils more or less support as required
Any teacher whose inventiveness is flagging, and whose pupils are running out of ideas, will find this an essential classroom resource.
Posted: March 19th, 2008, 9:29pm CET
Dictionary of Politics and Government
政府与政治词典
# Author:UNKNOWN
# Format:PDF 5.3MB
# Page Count: 288 pages
# Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (September 20, 2004)
# ISBN-10: 0747572208
# ISBN-13: 978-0747572206
A fully updated edition containing more than 7,500 terms on politics and government, ranging from active citizenship, democratic deficit, and the Factortame case to regional government and sleaze. This is a useful reference for all those studying politics from GCSE level upwards, and is also suitable for learners of English.
Posted: March 17th, 2008, 5:44am CET
Collins English Dictionary and Thesaurus
柯林斯英文词典
# Author:UNKNOWN
# Format:EXE 21.3MB
# Page Count:1123
# Publisher: Collins; 3Rev Ed edition (April 7, 2003)
# ISBN-10: 0007142358
# ISBN-13: 978-0007142354
Collins's English Dictionary and Thesaurus provides instant access to over 200,000 definitions and 340,000 synonyms and antonyms.
• Fast and simple user interface
• Full text and anagram searches
• History list for reviewing your entries
• Easy cross-referencing between Dictionary and Thesaurus
This title offers instant dictionary access to 200,000 definitions and over 340,000 synonyms and antonyms. Includes: 14,000 new and updated entries; etymologies; pronunciations; examples of words in use; in-depth information on how to use words appropriately, and more.
Posted: March 15th, 2008, 5:02pm CET
An Introduction to English Morphology
# Author:Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy
# Format:PDF 1.6MB
# Page Count: 160 pages
# Publisher: Edinburgh University Press (March 15, 2002)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0748613269
# ISBN-13: 978-0748613267
What exactly are words? Are they the things that get listed in dictionaries, or are they the basic units of sentence structure? Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy explores the implications of these different approaches to words in English. He explains the various ways in which words are related to one another, and shows how the history of the English language has affected word structure. Topics include: words, sentences and dictionaries; a word and its parts (roots and affixes); a word and its forms (inflection); a word and its relatives (derivation); compound words; word structure; productivity; and the historical sources of English word formation.
Posted: March 14th, 2008, 5:23am CET
Easier English Basic Dictionary
简易基础英语词典
# Author:UNKNOWN
# Format:PDF 5.5MB
# Page Count: 384 pages
# Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; 2Rev Ed edition (March 15, 2004)
# ISBN-10: 0747566445
# ISBN-13: 978-0747566441
The Easier English Basic Dictionary is designed especially for elementary and pre-intermediate students of English. It includes the basic vocabulary needed to understand and study written and spoken English at this level, and is particularly useful for students taking the Preliminary English Test (PET) and the Key English Test (KET) exams.
Posted: March 13th, 2008, 5:17am CET
Dictionary of Environment & Ecology
环保于生态词典
# Author:P. H. Collin
# Format:PDF 3.3MB
# Page Count: 26 pages
# Publisher: Bloomsbury; 5Rev Ed edition (January 2004)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0747572011
# ISBN-13: 978-0747572015
This fully revised edition of the bestselling Dictionary of Environment and Ecology now includes over 9,000 terms from all areas of ecology and the environmental sciences. Topic covered range from soil science, climatology, agriculture (including GM and organic foods), NGOs, pollution, waste management, environmental protection and endangered species.
Posted: March 12th, 2008, 5:00pm CET
Analyzing Grammar: An Introduction (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)
语法分析导言（剑桥语言学教科书系列）
# Author:Paul R. Kroeger
# Format:PDF 15.3MB
# Page Count: 382 pages
# Publisher: Cambridge University Press (June 20, 2005)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0521016533
# ISBN-13: 978-0521016537
Analyzing Grammar is a clear introductory textbook on grammatical analysis, designed for students beginning to study the discipline. Covering both syntax (the structure of phrases and sentences) and morphology (the structure of words), it equips them with the tools and methods needed to analyze grammatical patterns in any language. Students are shown how to use standard notational devices such as phrase structure trees and word-formation rules, as well as prose descriptions. Emphasis is placed on comparing the different grammatical systems of the world's languages, and students are encouraged to practice the analyses through a diverse range of problem sets and exercises. Topics covered include word order, constituency, case, agreement, tense, gender, pronoun systems, inflection, derivation, argument structure and grammatical relations, and a useful glossary provides a clear explanation of each term. Accessibly written and comprehensive, Analyzing Grammar is set to become a key text for all courses in grammatical analysis.
Posted: March 11th, 2008, 5:00pm CET
Company to Company Teacher's Book (Cambridge Professional English)
剑桥专业英语 公司到公司 (教师用书)
# Author:Andrew Littlejohn
# Format:PDF 1.0MB
# Page Count: 128 pages
# Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 4 edition (December 5, 2005)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0521609763
# ISBN-13: 978-0521609760
Company to Company is for anyone studying or working in business, commerce or administration who needs to correspond in English. It is particularly suitable for learners at the lower-intermediate and intermediate levels, but more advanced learners who are unfamiliar with business correspondence will also find it invaluable. The fourth edition of this highly successful course contains thoroughly updated content and includes extensive work on email correspondence. It follows the successful interactive task and feedback approach of the previous editions.
Posted: March 9th, 2008, 5:01pm CET
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language
剑桥英语语言百科全书
# Author:David Crystal
# Format:PDF 38.7MB
# Page Count: 506 pages
# Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 2 edition (August 4, 2003)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0521530334
# ISBN-13: 978-0521530330
Rarely has a book so packed with accurate and well researched factual information been so widely read and popularly acclaimed. This Second Edition of The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language has been fully revised for a new generation of language-lovers. The book is longer and includes extensive new material on world English and Internet English, in addition to completely updated statistics, further reading suggestions and other references. First Edition Hb (1995): 0-521-40179-8 First Edition Pb (1997): 0-521-59655-6 David Crystal is a leading authority on language, and author of many books, including most recently Shakespeare's Words (Penguin, 2002), Language and the Internet (Cambridge, 2001) and Language Death (Cambridge, 2000). An internationally renowned writer, journal editor, lecturer and broadcaster, he received an Order of the British Empire in 1995 for his services to the English language.
Posted: March 5th, 2008, 5:03pm CET
How to Pass the GMAT: Unbeatable Preparation for Success in the Graduate Management Admission Test
如何通过GMAT
# Author:Mike Bryon
# Format:PDF 1.2MB
# Page Count: 278 pages
# Publisher: Kogan Page (June 1, 2007)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0749444592
# ISBN-13: 978-0749444594
The GMAT is a challenging exam. Preparation is vital since competition for a place at a leading business school is fierce. How to Pass the GMAT allows test-takers to become familiar with the styles of question they'll face on the GMAT. It offers expert advice as well as writing assessments and realistic practice tests covering all aspects of the GMAT: problem solving, data sufficiency, reading comprehension, sentence correction, and critical reasoning. Full answers, explanations, and assessments of scores are provided.
Posted: March 5th, 2008, 9:03am CET
Women in Business (Penguin Readers, Level 4)
商界女性 (企鹅英语阅读材料)
# Author: David Evans , Andy Hopkins
# Format:PDF 2.7MB
# Page Count: 58 pages
# Publisher: Pearson ESL; 1st edition (January 11, 2002)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0582453275
# ISBN-13: 978-0582453272
In Women in Business, we see how five women made it to the top in the twentieth century. These women are famous all over the world. They are each from very different cultures and backgrounds but they all have one thing in common – success.
Women in this book
*Coco Chanel (you know the perfume)
*Hanae Mori (Japenese fashion designer)
*Anita Roddick (Founder of The Body Shop)
*Oprah Winfrey (Talk show host)
*Madonna (Singer)
Posted: March 2nd, 2008, 9:29pm CET
The Marino Mission: One Girl, One Mission, One Thousand Words
1,000 Need-to-Know *SAT Vocabulary Words
# Author:Karen B. Chapman
# Format:PDF 1.3MB
# Page Count: 332 pages
# Publisher: Cliffs Notes; 1 edition (January 13, 2005)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0764578316
# ISBN-13: 978-0764578311
One unforgettable story. One thousand unforgettable SAT vocabulary words.
Alexa McCurry leads an ordinary teenager's life in upstate New York—until she embarks on a summer adventure in Central America. While working at a potentially boring internship in a marine DNA lab, she befriends a local boy, José, and a remarkable dolphin, Pecas. Together, Alexa and José uncover an ominous secret: Pecas' missing baby may be a captive at a marine biology facility. In a riveting tale of intrigue, Alexa and José work to unravel the mystery—and lead the reader on a vocabulary-expanding adventure.
Posted: March 2nd, 2008, 9:09am CET
A to Zed, A to Zee:a guide to the differences between British and American English
美式英语与英式英语差别指南
# Author:Glenn Darragh
# Format:PDF 6.3MB
# Page Count:
# Publisher: Stanley (December 2000)
# Language: Spanish
# ISBN-10: 8478733469
# ISBN-13: 978-8478733460
This book is intended for Americans and Britons who want to understand each other better, and for foreign students of either American or British English who want to familiarise (or familiarize) themselves with the other main variety of the language. According to George Bernard Shaw, the United States and England are two great nations separated by a common tongue. In fact, most of the time the two peoples understand each other fairly well, or think they do.
The accent is different, of course, but it presents no more of a barrier than any regional accent would. Differences in grammar, syntax and spelling are relatively minor. The main differences, and they are huge, are lexical and cultural.
Posted: March 2nd, 2008, 5:06am CET
Teaching Writing In The Content Areas
写作教学
# Author:Vicki Urquhart, Monette Mciver
# Format:PDF 1.4MB
# Page Count: 170 pages
# Publisher: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Deve (May 2005)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 1416601716
# ISBN-13: 978-1416601715
Most educators intuitively understand the critical relationship between thinking and writing: writing allows us to express what we think, but the very act of writing spurs a process of exploration that changes our thinking and helps us learn.
Teaching Writing in the Content Areas examines nearly 30 years of research to identify how teachers can incorporate writing instruction that helps students master the course content and improve their overall achievement. Building on the recommendations of the National Commission on Writing, authors Vicki Urquhart and Monette McIver introduce four critical issues teachers should address when they include writing in their content courses:
Posted: March 1st, 2008, 9:19am CET
Internet English: Www-Based Communication Activities
互联网英语
# Author:Christina Gitsaki , Richard P. Taylor
# Format:PDF 14.7MB
# Page Count: 70 pages
# Publisher: Oxford University Press (October 1999)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 019437226X
# ISBN-13: 978-0194372268
Internet English helps students develop the skills to surf the Internet, while providing a structured framework to practise their conversation skills through communicative tasks. It can be used in traditional or computer-equipped classrooms.
