Cambridge University Press

Stokes

Task Listening aims to develop the listening skills of students who have had little exposure to authentic spoken English. It is suitable for lower-intermediate and also more advanced students whose listening has been developed primarily as a means to a grammatical or structural end. Each of the twenty-six units consists of a short tape recording and related tasks. The recordings are of people speaking at normal speed in everyday situations. Each unit has as its theme a setting or situation in which listening plays a major part, for example, at an airport listening for flight announcements or at a travel agency being told about different means of transport. In each case, having completed the necessary language work, students listen to the tape and extract the information necessary to complete a simple task, such as labelling a picture or filling in a grid. Related reading and writing tasks are provided as a follow-up to each listening task. Task Listening aims to help students to sift out utterances of relevance and ignore redundant features, a skill vital to efficient listening at all levels of language learning. The Teacher's Book contains extensive notes on how to use the material and completed tasks for each unit. The notes give suggestions to prepare students for listening and include the key language for each recording. Подробнее

Task Reading Student's Book

Davies

Task Reading, a high-beginning to low-intermediate reading skills text, has an ongoing story line — a day in the life of two adult students in San Francisco. Each unit in the Student's Book presents realistic situations, supported by a wide variety of reading materials, many of which are authentic: dialogs, maps, diagrams, articles, letters, and advertisements. Accompanying exercises help students understand the context and purpose of the many different kinds of readings. Predictable comprehension questions are avoided throughout, and the exercise types are widely varied. The book also includes Teacher's Notes, which give unit-by-unit teaching suggestions. Подробнее

Task-Based Language Teaching

David Nunan, 2004

The field of task-based language teaching has developed considerably since the publication of Designing Tasks for the Communicative Classroom (Nunan, 1989), a book which helped to set the research agenda in teaching methodology for the following decade. While Designing Tasks underpins this new title, the material has been thoroughly updated and includes four completely new chapters. Task-Based Language Teaching offers a comprehensive and up-to-date appraisal of the field. Подробнее

Teach English Trainer’s Handbook

Doff

Teach English is a teacher training course that develops practical skills in the teaching of English as a second language. It can be used in a variety of situations: in-service courses for teachers working at the secondary school level or in language institutes, in pre-service training of secondary school teachers, and as part of a refresher course in practical methodology for more experienced teachers. It is especially designed to meet the needs of teachers whose first language is not English, who teach large classes in rigid classrooms with few resources, who follow a set of syllabus and textbook, who have little control over course content or material. Подробнее

Teach English Teacher's Workbook

Doff

Teach English is a teacher training course that develops practical skills in the teaching of English as a second language. It can be used in a variety of situations: in-service courses for teachers working at the secondary school level or in language institutes, in pre-service training of secondary school teachers, and as part of a refresher course in practical methodology for more experienced teachers. It is especially designed to meet the needs of teachers whose first language is not English, who teach large classes in rigid classrooms with few resources, who follow a set of syllabus and textbook, who have little control over course content or material. Подробнее

Teaching and Assessing Skills in English as a Second Language

Lucantoni, 2002

This handbook gives clear, practical and up-to-date guidance on teaching and assessing for IGCSE and O Level. •endorsed by CIE • written by a teacher with direct experience of teaching and assessing skills in English as a Second Language • a practical handbook Подробнее

Teachers' Narrative Inquiry as Professional Development

Karen E. Johnson, 2002

This book explores teachers' understanding of the personal and professional experiences that have informed their language teaching. The intent of the paperback edition is to bring into our professional conversations teachers' 'ways of knowing' — that is, teachers' understanding of the experiences that have informed their language teaching. By making teachers' ways of knowing public, open to review, and accessible to others in this profession, this text hopes to validate, in ways afforded to other forms of scholarly work, teachers' own understanding of the activity of language teaching. Подробнее

Telephoning in English Student's Book

Naterop, 2004

Telephoning in English is for professionals and trainees in business, commerce and administration who need to be able to receive and make telephone calls. It is suitable for use in class or for self-study. Telephoning in English develops and consolidates practical telephone skills in a variety of interesting and relevant contexts. Activities range from message-taking and spelling practice to role play, providing learners with a comprehensive course in using the telephone in English. Подробнее

Test Your Business Vocabulary in Use Advanced Book with answers

Strutt, 2005

Test your Business Vocabulary in Use: Advanced is suitable for upper-intermediate and advanced learners of Business English. Primarily designed as a companion to Business Vocabulary in Use: Advanced, it can also be used to supplement other upper-intermediate and advanced Business English materials. The book covers a wide range of business topics with easy-to-use tests. It can be used by students studying alone, or by teachers, as end of unit tests, with groups or one-to-one. Подробнее

Test Your Business Vocabulary in Use Intermediate

Bethall, 2007

Test Your Business Vocabulary in Use is a set of 66 tests based on the key corpus informed vocabulary highlighted in Business Vocabulary in Use. There is a clear one-page test for each unit of the parent book and a user-friendly answer key which enables learners to check their answers accurately. The scoring system provides the self-study learner with immediate feedback on their progress. The book contains both British and American English and is ideal for self-study or to complement classroom study. Подробнее

Test Your English Vocabulary in Use Advanced

McCarthy, 2005

Did you know that testing your English Vocabulary could be enjoyable? You can use this book alone, or in class, and watch your rapid progress. Each test will build your confidence and help you remember even 'problem' words. You can use Test Your English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced on its own or along with the companion volume English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced. Подробнее

Test Your English Vocabulary in Use Elementary

McCarthy, 2004

Did you know that testing your English Vocabulary could be enjoyable? You can use this book alone, or in class, and watch your rapid progress. Each test will build your confidence and help you remember even 'problem' words. You can use Test Your English Vocabulary in Use: Elementary on its own or along with the companion volume English Vocabulary in Use: Elementary. Подробнее

Test Your English Vocabulary in Use Pre-Intermediate / Intermediate

Redman, 2008

Did you know that testing your English Vocabulary could be enjoyable? You can use this book alone, or in class, and watch your rapid progress. Each test will build your confidence and help you remember even 'problem' words. You can use Test Your English Vocabulary in Use: Pre-intermediate and intermediate on its own or along with the companion volume English Vocabulary in Use: Pre-intermediate and intermediate. Подробнее

Test Your English Vocabulary in Use Upper-Intermediate

McCarthy, 2008

Test Your English Vocabulary in Use: Upper-intermdiate is a set of vocabulary tests to accompany English Vocabulary in Use: Upper-intermediate. It highlights the key vocabulary from the units of the book and can be used on its own or with the companion volume of English Vocabulary in Use: Upper-intermediate. • Additional exposure to up-to-date vocabulary. • Easy-to-use tests for convenient revision. • Wide variety of test types make learning vocabulary memorable and fun. • Clear marking system means progress can be checked easily. • Comprehensive answer key for students working on their own. • Suitable for self-study and classroom use. Подробнее

Testing the Spoken English of Young Norwegians

Angela Hasselgreen, 2005

This book reports on a two-part study: the validation of a test of spoken English for Norwegian secondary school pupils and the corpus-based investigation of the role played by 'smallwords', such as 'well', 'sort of', and 'you know', in bringing about fluency. The first study builds on the Messickian six central aspects of construct validity to produce a practical framework for test validation. It proceeds to use this framework to identify potential sources of invalidity in the test being examined, and concludes that a principal flaw lies in quality of the band-scale descriptors used in assessing test performance, particularly those relating to 'fluency', which was too vaguely described, and which took little regard to the particular language which helps us to keep going, within and across speaking turns, the smallwords. The second study sets about to explore the concept of fluency, and to expose the extent to which it is acknowledged in the literature to be associated with smallwords, albeit under other names. A study of corpora of the transcripts of test takers judged to be at low or high fluency levels, as well as of young native speakers taking the same test, reveals a clear correlation between smallwords use and fluency measured in mechanical ways. In order to investigate how smallwords were used, a framework, based on relevance theory, is drawn up and used to compare the communicative signals sent through smallwords by the learners with those sent by the native speakers. In conclusion, the findings from the corpus study are drawn on to propose new elements to include in descriptors of fluency, and the implications of the study for classroom practices are discussed. The book should, thus, be of interest to those concerned with the design and validation of tests of the spoken language, as well as those interested in what goes into spoken communication and how to help learners acquire fluency. Подробнее

Testing the Spoken English of Young Norwegians

Angela Hasselgreen, 2005

This book reports on a two-part study: the validation of a test of spoken English for Norwegian secondary school pupils and the corpus-based investigation of the role played by 'smallwords', such as 'well', 'sort of', and 'you know', in bringing about fluency. The first study builds on the Messickian six central aspects of construct validity to produce a practical framework for test validation. It proceeds to use this framework to identify potential sources of invalidity in the test being examined, and concludes that a principal flaw lies in quality of the band-scale descriptors used in assessing test performance, particularly those relating to 'fluency', which was too vaguely described, and which took little regard to the particular language which helps us to keep going, within and across speaking turns, the smallwords. The second study sets about to explore the concept of fluency, and to expose the extent to which it is acknowledged in the literature to be associated with smallwords, albeit under other names. A study of corpora of the transcripts of test takers judged to be at low or high fluency levels, as well as of young native speakers taking the same test, reveals a clear correlation between smallwords use and fluency measured in mechanical ways. In order to investigate how smallwords were used, a framework, based on relevance theory, is drawn up and used to compare the communicative signals sent through smallwords by the learners with those sent by the native speakers. In conclusion, the findings from the corpus study are drawn on to propose new elements to include in descriptors of fluency, and the implications of the study for classroom practices are discussed. The book should, thus, be of interest to those concerned with the design and validation of tests of the spoken language, as well as those interested in what goes into spoken communication and how to help learners acquire fluency. Подробнее

The Cambridge Companion to Tolstoy

Orwin, 2002

Best known for his great novels, War and Peace and Anna Karenina, Tolstoy remains one the most important nineteenth-century writers; throughout his career which spanned nearly three quarters of a century, he wrote fiction, journalistic essays and educational textbooks. The specially commissioned essays in The Cambridge Companion to Tolstoy do justice to the sheer volume of Tolstoy’s writing. Key dimensions of his writing and life are explored in essays focusing on his relationship to popular writing, the issue of gender and sexuality in his fiction and his aesthetics. The introduction provides a brief, unified account of the man, for whom his art was only one activity among many. The volume is well supported by supplementary material including a detailed guide to further reading and a chronology of Tolstoy’s life, the most comprehensive compiled in English to date. Altogether the volume provides an invaluable resource for students and scholars alike. • Covers all Tolstoy’s main works of fiction • The essays provide scholarly depth of analysis on a broad range of topics • The volume is well supported by a detailed chronology and bibliography Подробнее

Touchstone 1 Student's Book A with audio CD/CD-ROM (+ Audio CD)

McCarthy, 2005

Easy and enjoyable to teach, Touchstone is packed with new and exciting ideas, offering a fresh approach to the teaching and learning of English. Student’s Book 1A contains units 1 to 6 from the full Student’s Book 1, which is first level of the innovative Touchstone series designed for beginning students. Drawing on research into the Cambridge International Corpus, a large database of language that includes everyday conversations and texts from newspapers and books, Student's Book 1 presents the vocabulary, grammar, and functions students encounter most often in real life. It also develops the strategies that students need for effective conversations, such as how to start and end a conversation and how to ask questions that are not too direct. The book features an attractive, contemporary design, and beautiful color photos and illustrations. It makes learning fun by maximizing the time students spend on interactive, personalized activities on high-interest topics. Students using Touchstone will soon feel confident in their abilities to express themselves clearly and effectively. A free self-study Audio CD/CD-ROM at the back of the book gives students further practice in listening, speaking, and vocabulary. Подробнее

Touchstone 1 Student's Book B with audio CD / CD-ROM (+ Audio CD)

McCarthy, 2005

Touchstone is an innovative new series for adult and young-adult learners of English. It draws on extensive research into the Cambridge International Corpus of North American English — a large database of everyday conversations and texts that shows how people actually use English. At the core of Touchstone is a brand-new syllabus area of conversation management strategies such as how to start and end conversations, how to show interest, and how to ask questions that are not too direct. The result is a groundbreaking course of language and skills development that helps learners communicate naturally and effectively, even at the very beginning levels. Подробнее

Touchstone 1 Teacher's Edition (+ Audio CD)

McCarthy, 2005

Touchstone is an innovative new series for adult and young-adult learners of English. It draws on extensive research into the Cambridge International Corpus of North American English — a large database of everyday conversations and texts that shows how people actually use English. At the core of Touchstone is a brand-new syllabus area of conversation management strategies such as how to start and end conversations, how to show interest, and how to ask questions that are not too direct. The result is a groundbreaking course of language and skills development that helps learners communicate naturally and effectively, even at the very beginning levels. Подробнее

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