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Скачать книгу (размер 1 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 236) Аннотация: Computer Applications in Second Language Acquisition explores computer applications in second language acquisition by reviewing and interpreting research and development in three areas: computer-assisted second language learning, computer-assisted second language assessment, and computer-assisted second language research — addressing issues such as effective use of software in language teaching,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 280) Аннотация: Recent years have seen rapid growth in the numbers of children being taught foreign languages at younger ages. While course books aimed at young learners are appearing on the market, there is scant theoretical reference in the teacher education literature. Teaching Languages to Young Learners is one of the few to develop readers' understanding of what happens in classrooms where children are…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 484) Аннотация: The number of non-native students studying in English-medium universities has increased over the past decade. Paralleling this growth is the interest in English for Academic Purposes (EAP). No one research-based volume has yet investigated the theoretical issues and pedagogical concerns of the area. This wide-ranging volume of specially commissioned articles from leading scholars in the field…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 554 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 306) Аннотация: This important book, with 32 chapters by leading figures in the field, is an up-to-date guide to the central areas of applied linguistics and language studies with particular reference to TESOL. It looks at the current state of TESOL as well as at what is likely to happen in the future.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 503 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 492) Аннотация: Learning Vocabulary in Another Language provides a detailed survey of research and theory on the teaching and learning of vocabulary with the aim of providing pedagogical suggestions for both teachers and learners. It contains descriptions of numerous vocabulary learning strategies that are justified and supported by reference to experimental research, case studies, and teaching experience. The…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 276) Аннотация: What went wrong in Russia's decade-old post-communist transition? A group of leading young scholars answer this question by offering assessments of five crucial political arenas during the Yeltsin era: elections, executive-legislative relations, interactions between the central state and the regions, economic reforms, and civil-military relations. All of the contributors recognize that adverse…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 244) Аннотация: Traditionally, the classroom has been seen as a place where language learning takes place in a linear manner on a fairly predictable input-output model. Recent research, however, has portrayed the classroom as a complex environment which is influenced by a wide range of attitudinal and contextual factors. The Dynamics of the Language Classroom seeks to explore the dynamic and frequently…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: The Cambridge Companion to Nineteenth-Century American Women's Writing is a specially commissioned collection designed for use by students. Providing an overview of the history of writing by women in the period, it establishes the context in which this writing emerged, and traces the origin of the terms which have traditionally defined the debate. It includes essays on topics of recent concern,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Poetry analyzes major premises, preoccupations, and practices of English poets writing from 1700 to the 1790s. These specially-commissioned essays avoid familiar categories and single-author approaches to look at the century afresh. Chapters consider such large poetic themes as nature, the city, political passions, the relation of death to desire and…

Скачать книгу (размер 840 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 166) Аннотация: This resource book shows how to use poetry writing as a medium to teach and reinforce structure, parts of speech and punctuation, as well as other grammar and writing conventions. The paperback edition is a resource book that shows teachers how to use poetry writing as a medium to teach and reinforce structure, vocabulary, parts of speech, and punctuation, as well as other grammar and writing…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: This book recommends that language teachers incorporate an awareness of discourse and pragmatics in their teaching if they truly wish to implement a communicative approach in their classrooms. After two introductory chapters on discourse and pragmatics, the authors show how a discourse perspective can enhance the teaching of traditional areas of linguistic knowledge (pronunciation, grammar, and…

Скачать книгу (размер 932 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 184) Аннотация: This book, by one of the leading figures in applied linguists, provides a wide-ranging and comprehensive treatment of the major issues in applied linguistics. Its six chapters take the reader through the major tenets and debates in the field and are essential reading for anyone involved in applied linguistics and language teaching today. It outlines the historical roots of the field and its major…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: This Festschrift brings together 28 invited papers surveying the state of the art in language testing. The papers, by key figures in the field of language testing, cover issues ranging from test construct definition to the design and applications of language tests, including their importance as a means of exploring larger issues in language teaching, language learning and language policy. The…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 493 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 294) Аннотация: The Equivalence of Direct and Semi-Direct Speaking Tests documents a comparability study of direct (face-to-face) and semi-direct (language laboratory) versions of the speaking component of the access test: an English language test designed in the 1990s as part of the selection process for immigration to Australia. In the study the issue of test equivalence is explored using a range of…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 339 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 460) Аннотация: This clear and authoritative introduction to the principles of private international law, a complex and rapidly changing area, now appears in a revised and fully updated form. The English conflict of laws is a body of rules whose purpose is to assist an English court in deciding a case which contains a foreign element. In this new third edition, the chapters on tort, jurisdiction, and staying of…

Скачать книгу (размер 769 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 152) Аннотация: New Interchange is the second edition of Interchange, one of the world's most successful English courses for adult and young adult learners at the beginning to intermediate levels. New Interchange Intro, the introductory level of the series, is designed for beginners and for learners heeding a thorough review of basic structures and vocabulary. New Interchange Intro provides a smooth transition…

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Advance Your English is the ideal coursebook for advanced level students who don't have time to complete a lengthy English course, but who want to maintain or develop their language level using fresh, varied, concise material. Providing approximately 40 hours of classroom teaching time, Advance Your English covers a rich diversity of topics which will engage and motivate students at this level.…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 095 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 412) Аннотация: This book is the most comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of the assessment of reading in a foreign or second language.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 488 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 293) Аннотация: This volume presents a framework that expands the traditional concept of a vocabulary test to cover a range of procedures for assessing the vocabulary knowledge of second language learners.

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: This photocopiable resource is packed full of interesting, ready-to-use activities, saving the teacher valuable preparation time. It offers a variety of pair and group activities to practise the most common functions and language of business, from socialising and eating out to negotiating and marketing.