Ever feel like you are pedalling in the choucroute? Been caught with your beard in the mailbox again? Or maybe you just wish everyone would stop ironing your headspeaking in Tongues brings the weird wonderful & surprising nuanced beauty of language to life with over fifty gorgeous watercolour & ink illustrations Here you will find the perfect romantic expression such as the Spanish tu eres mi media naranja or 'you are the love of my life my soulmate' & the bizarre including dancing bears & broken pots feeding donkeys sponge cake a head full of crickets & clouds & radishes All encourage new ways of thinking about the world around us & breathe magnificent life into the everyday These phrases from across the world are ageless & endlessly enchanting passed down through generations Now they are yours ...

' To the utterly at-one with Sivathere's no dawn' Meditative deeply personal poems to the god Siva from four major Hindu saints Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range & diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world & across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California & the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical & savage; poems epic & intimate; essays satirical & inspirational; & ideas that have shaped the lives of millions Mahadeviyakka (10th century) Basavaa Devara Dasimayya & Allama Prabhu (12th century) ...

In recent decades there has been an immense global surge in the numbers both of universities & of students In the UK alone there are now over 140 institutions teaching more subjects to nearly 25 million students New technology offers new ways of learning & teaching Globalisation forces institutions to consider a new economic horizon At the same governments have systematically imposed new procedures regulating funding governance & assessment Universities are being forced to behave more like business enterprises in a commercial marketplace than centres of learning In Speaking of Universities historian & critic Stefan Collini analyses these changes & challenges the assumptions of policy-makers & commentators He asks does 'marketisation' threaten to destroy what we most value about education; does this new era of 'accountability' distort what it purports to measure; & who does the modern university 'belong to'? Responding to recent policies & their underlying ideology the book is a call to 'focus on what is actually happening & the cliches behind which it hides; an incitement to think again think more clearly & then to press for something better' ...

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Product Features Provides over 5 million translations Pronounces 4800 common phrases Plus additional 240000 english word definitions Sleek portable design Essential for speaking & learning spanish Organiser Phonebook Calculator Metric & currency converters Tutorial Speaking spelling bees & flashcards Grammer guide lessons 5 Word games ...

Lessons are designed to consolidate language & act as a springboard for further speaking & writing tasks Each unit follows the pattern An introductory lead-in page with learning objectives Two main input lessons covering grammar vocabulary pronunciation & skills work A functional lesson which develops useful communication skills &

Includes:: strategies for developing speaking & listening skills A motivating skills consolidation lesson based on a BBC DVD clip These act as a springboard for further speaking & writing tasks The unit culminates with a page of Lookback exercises Each Students' Book has Ten to 12 units with 90 to 120 hours of teaching material (depending on level) Comprehensive Language Bank with detailed explanations & extra practice Photo bank to expand vocabulary Audio & video scripts Refreshed with new visuals & texts including content from the BBC & other sources A revised vocabulary syllabus with more recycling of language Clear signposting on the page to make teaching & learning easier The DVD has BBC clips & interviews & audio material for use in class

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Lessons are designed to consolidate language & act as a springboard for further speaking & writing tasks Each unit follows the pattern An introductory lead-in page with learning objectives Two main input lessons covering grammar vocabulary pronunciation & skills work A functional lesson which develops useful communication skills &

Includes:: strategies for developing speaking & listening skills A motivating skills consolidation lesson based on a BBC DVD clip These act as a springboard for further speaking & writing tasks The unit culminates with a page of Lookback exercises Each Students' Book has Ten to 12 units with 90 to 120 hours of teaching material (depending on level) Comprehensive Language Bank with detailed explanations & extra practice Photo bank to expand vocabulary Audio & video scripts Refreshed with new visuals & texts including content from the BBC & other sources A revised vocabulary syllabus with more recycling of language Clear signposting on the page to make teaching & learning easier The DVD has BBC clips & interviews & audio material for use in class

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Lessons cover all four skill areas as well as grammar & vocabulary Each unit ends with a DVD lesson based around an extract from a BBC programme which provides a springboard for meaningful speaking & writing tasks Models of authentic English are also provided through on the street interviews filmed by the BBCActive Book is the Starter level Students book in digital format with integrated audio & video from the course &
Includes: Easy navigation of the Students' Book pages with zoom facility Video & audio available at the touch of a button BBC programme clips that can be played in a DVD player or computer Video Podcasts with accompanying worksheets
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' Speakout' is a 6-level general English course for adults bridging the gap between the classroom & the real world helping students express themselves in English ...

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