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Collins Easy Learning English Vocabulary is designed to help learners of all ages build their vocabulary. This easy-to-use, topic-based book is an invaluable resource for students and teachers, and is ideal for use in the classroom and for home study.
Collins Easy Learning English Vocabulary is a topic-based vocabulary book, covering over 50 topics, from everyday themes such as family, friends, and hobbies, to topics for travel, work, business and...
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Collins Easy Learning English Verbs is an accessible guide to English verbs. With simple explanations of English verbs and the way they work, this book will prove indispensable for anyone who wants to improve their knowledge of English verbs.
Using clear explanations and examples, all the essential grammar of verbs, such as tense and aspect, is covered. This book also provides a detailed look at verbs, which are especially important or difficult...
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The impact of digital storytelling all over the world cannot be disputed. It has become the perfect bridge between both traditional and new ways of engaging the creation and transmission of stories and has been successfully implemented across social and educational contexts. This volume brings together a selection of articles that explore such implementation in various educational fields and levels from kindergarten to university, and also in programmes...
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This volume adopts a discourse and feminist approach to post-feminist media cultures and provides cutting edge knowledge of discourse analysis methods as they apply to the study of language and gender in different contexts. Editors Antonia Sánchez Macarro and Ana Belén Cabrejas Peñuelas bring together key discourse analysts to write about topics such as the construction of gendered identities in the (new) media, young women's online and offline...
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The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.
Contents: Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of the printing press. Louis Braille, creator of an alphabet for blind people. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone. Thomas Edison, inventor of the electric light bulb. Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of the wireless system. John Logie Baird, inventor of the television.
Level 1 is equivalent to CEF level A2.
About the Amazing People series: A...
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Collins Easy Learning How to Use English is designed to help learners of all ages use individual words correctly, and choose the right words and structures for the meaning they want to convey. With its clear layout and simple explanations, this book is ideal for learners of English who want to improve their English for work, study and travel.
Collins Easy Learning How to Use English not only explains what English words mean, but also provides information...
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Este manual de vocabulario está diseñado para ayudar a los estudiantes de inglés a ampliar su conocimiento del vocabulario de la lengua inglesa. Es un libro fácil de usar que constituye un recurso valioso para estudiantes y profesores pues es ideal para usar tanto en clase como en casa.
El Collins Easy Learning Vocabulario de Inglés está dividido en 50 áreas temáticas, que van desde situaciones cotidianas como la familia, los amigos y las...
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The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.
Contents: Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, who helped humans to fly. Louis Blériot, the first person to cross the sea in an aeroplane. Charles Lindbergh, first to cross the Atlantic alone. Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic. Amy Johnson, the British woman who broke flying records
This book is Level 2 in the Collins ELT Readers series.
Level 2 is equivalent to CEF...
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The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.
Contents:
Marco Polo who taught the world about China
Ibn Battuta who travelled to 44 countries
Christopher Columbus who discovered new worlds
James Cook, first to sail around the world in both directions
David Livingstone who explored Africa
Yuri Gagarin, the first man to go into space
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Word count: 14,679
Headword count: 1,163
This book is Level 3 in the Collins ELT Readers...
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Level 1 is equivalent to CEF level A2.
About the Amazing People series:
A unique opportunity for learners of English to read about the exceptional lives and incredible abilities of some of the most insightful people the world has seen.
Each book contains six short stories, told by the characters themselves, as if in their own words. The stories explain the most significant parts of each character’s life, giving an insight into how they came to...
11) Pets / Mascotas
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Bilingual Discover Series Books for Babies & Toddlers: Pets. Who wants a pet? Just because you know you'll be the one to take care of your child's pet, doesn't mean you have to stop them from dreaming. Cats, dogs, hamsters and horses--there's a pet for everyone in this book. Each page features a beautiful photo of a pet with a simple title beneath. Used as a jumpstart for interaction, Discover Series Picture Books are a great way to introduce farm...
12) Thinking Theologically about Language Teaching: Christian Perspectives on an Educational Calling
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Christians can often overlook the need to bring their daily vocations in accord with the reality created, sustained, and purposed through Christ. This is no less true for language teachers, who find themselves at a difficult interdisciplinary crossroads where the paths of linguistics, culture and education merge. This challenge should not discourage these educators, but instead aid them in their journey to form a pedagogy rooted in theological truths...
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Bilingual Discover Series Books for Babies & Toddlers: Mammals. They're warm! They're furry! Mammals are cute and cuddly and live in habitats all over the world. In this picture book from Xist Publishing, clear and crisp images of mammals each have a title beneath the pictures so you'll be sure to teach your kids the difference between a doe and a dog. Used as a jumpstart for interaction, Discover Series Picture Books are a great way to introduce...
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Get the most out of your time at university
This e-book prepares you for undergraduate and postgraduate life at English-speaking universities. You will discover what to expect and how to prepare for living and studying in another country.
Learn how to:
• adjust to a new culture
• make new friends
• meet academic expectations
• stay safe and well
The authors are based in the US, UK and Australia so the ebook includes specific information...
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Theory has been used widely in the field of second language writing. Second language writing specialists-teachers, researchers, and administrators-have yet to have an open and sustained conversation about what theory is, how it works, and, more important, how to practice theory. Practicing Theory in Second Language Writing features fourteen essays by distinguished scholars in second language writing who explore various aspects of theoretical work...
16) Kitchen / Cocina
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Bilingual Discover Series Books for Babies & Toddlers: Kitchen. Is there a budding chef in the house? Too many cooks in the kitchen? This simple book features 26 full-color photographs of kitchen items. From frying pans to kettles, refrigerators, and utensils, this book brings everyday items to the page. Each page features a photograph of a common kitchen item with a simple title beneath. Used as a jumpstart for interaction, Discover Series Picture...
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Editors and contributors pursue the ambitious goal of including within WAC theory, research, and practice the differing perspectives, educational experiences, and voices of second-language writers. The chapters within this collection not only report new research but also share a wealth of pedagogical, curricular, and programmatic practices relevant to second-language writers. Representing a range of institutional perspectives-including those of students...
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Bilingual Discover Series Books for Babies & Toddlers: Lizards. Has your son ever come home with a lizard tail? Does your daughter long for an iguana? Creeping lizards fill the pages of this book so they don't have to invade your home. If your child has been asking for a lizard as a pet or you'd like to introduce your toddler or preschooler to the many varieties of lizards, this book features 25 full-color photographs of lizards with a simple title...
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