-
Japanese For Dummies Audio Set
Want to speak Japanese? Don’t have a lot of time? Japanese For Dummies Audio Set is designed to help you learn quickly and easily at home or on the road. From basic greetings and expressions to grammar and conversations, you’ll grasp the essentials and start communicating right away.This completely practical, portable learning system lets you set your own pace and skip around to explore topics that interest. Three one-hour CDs introduce the basics of Japanese, get you familiar with the languages structure, and prepare you to use the language in real-world situations. You can play them on any car or home stereo, copy them to your computer, and load the pre-converted files onto your mp3 to play them wherever and whenever you want. A 96-page compact guide helps you find your way around the CDs and handy Japanese/English dictionary for quick reference on the go. You’ll discover how to:
- Begin communicating in Japanese on a basic level
- Handle greetings and introductions
- Ask questions and understand the answers
- Build your vocabulary
- Talk about numbers, time, and the calendar
- Ask for directions
- Order a meal at a restaurant
- Understand Japanese parts of speech
- Form complete sentences and converse in Japanese
If you’re ready to start speaking Japanese, Japanese For Dummies Audio Set is the most effective, convenient, and friendliest tool you can use.
Read more
£11.40£12.30Japanese For Dummies Audio Set
£11.40£12.30 -
Easy Learning Italian Complete Grammar, Verbs and Vocabulary (3 books in 1): Trusted support for learning (Collins Easy Learning Italian)
The home of trusted Italian dictionaries for everyday language learning.
A handy 3-in-1 Italian study book: grammar, verbs and vocabulary in one volume, ideal for beginners who need a clear and easy-to-understand Italian reference and revision guide.
This book gives you the essential tools to help you progress quickly in your study of Italian. The grammar, verb and vocabulary sections have been designed for all those learning Italian at school, in an evening class, for work or for leisure.
- Grammar: this section provides easily accessible information in an attractively presented layout. Key grammatical points are highlighted throughout the text as a means of reinforcement. Hundreds of examples of real Italian illustrate clearly the grammatical points being made. In addition, a full glossary gives clear and simple explanations of grammatical terminology.
- Verbs: you will find 120 fully conjugated regular and irregular verbs in this section. Each is self contained in a double-page spread showing all the major tenses. Major constructions and idiomatic phrases are given for all verb models, as well as hundreds of examples of real Italian to show you how verbs are used in context . An index contains thousands of verbs which are cross-referred to their conjugation model.
- Vocabulary: this handy section covering 50 topics (such as family, free time, careers, computing, education, food and drink, health, shopping) gives you all the vocabulary you need to communicate effectively in Italian.
With its clear, user-friendly grammar, all the most important Italian verbs shown in full, and an extensive vocabulary guide, this book gives you all the elements to start speaking and writing with confidence in Italian.
Read more
£11.70£14.20 -
Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Spanish Grammar, Premium Fourth Edition (NTC FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
Publisher’s Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.
The most hands-on, practical workbook for learning to read, write and speak Spanish flawlessly
Practice, practice, practice―and improve your ability to read, write and speak Spanish as it’s really used. Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Spanish Grammar, Premium Fourth Edition has everything you need to progress from beginning to advanced fluency, from clear explanations and practical examples to all the practice required for language mastery.
This updated, new edition boasts enhanced audio support online and via mobile app, ensuring you’ll speak the language as well as you write and speak it. In addition to recordings of the answers of more than 200 exercises in the book, the McGraw-Hill Language Lab app now includes audio for hundreds of example sentences throughout the book, along with text-to-speech pronunciation for all vocabulary flashcard lists.
Practice Makes Perfect Complete Spanish Grammar, Premium Fourth Edition features:
• 350 exercises in 26 units covering all aspects of Spanish grammar, with explanations that include useful/helpful comparisons with English grammar
• Author has a proven teaching record, with extensive experience as an educator and curriculum developer
• Clear explanations and thorough exercises
• Recordings of exercise answers, and, new to this edition: example sentences and vocabulary lists
• Exercises for use either in the classroom use or for individual studyRead more
£12.20£13.30 -
English for Everyone Course Book Level 3 Intermediate: A Complete Self-Study Programme (DK English for Everyone)
Our Course Book (Level 3) is a great reference guide to introduce English at an intermediate stage including key language skills, grammar, and vocabulary.
Ideal for English test preparations or ESL lesson plans, the Course Book uses visual teaching methods to introduce the English language, reinforced through a variety of exercises and examples when used alongside our Practice Book (Level 3). Expand your conversational English in Level 3 by increasing the detail around your interests, life stories, and achievements, as well as being able to give instructions, advice, or solutions to problems. Improve your vocabulary, grammar, and punctuation to an intermediate level in this comprehensive guide to practical English usage.
Whether you are looking for ESL teaching resources, or a structured programme for adults to learn English as a second language, the English for Everyone Course Books provide:
– Sample language examples: New language topics are introduced in context using clear, illustrated, and colour coded explanations
– Supporting audio: Extensive English-speaking audio materials integrated into every unit, giving vital oral and listening practice. (All supplementary audio is available on the DK English for Everyone website and IOS/Android App).
– Quick referencing: Easy-to-follow units, mirrored in both the Course and Practice Books for easy referencing and teaching
– Sentence formation guides: Visual break downs of English grammar in use, showing learners how to recreate even complex English sentences
– Visual English vocabulary cues: Lists of useful English words and common phrases with visual aids are available throughout the book
– Personalised learning: Write-on lines encourage ESL learners to write their own prompts and translations where needed to help customise English language learningThe English for Everyone Level 3 resources cover the skills and topics required for all major global English-language exams and reference frameworks including:
– CEFR: B1 – lower B2
– TOEFL (test paper): 340-520
– TOEFL (computer-based test): 60-200
– TOEFL (online test): 20-70
– IELTS: 3.5-5.5
– TOEIC: 500-850English for Everyone is a series of guides and practice books that supports English learning for adults from a beginner level, to intermediate, and advanced practical English. Offering an easy-to-follow format that offers guidance for both teaching English as a foreign language, and a self-study approach with resources available to improve English speaking, reading and writing.
Read more
£12.30£14.20 -
Learn Chinese Vocabulary for Beginners: New HSK Level 1 Chinese Vocabulary Book (Free Audio) – Master 500 Words in Context (NEW HSK Vocabulary Series)
This book is your route to mastering your first 500 Chinese words!
Learn with full-sentence examples, accompanied by Simplified Chinese characters, Pinyin pronunciation aid, and English definitions and complete translations. Not only that, but it comes with FREE AUDIO and a dedicated chapter to help say ANY number from Zero to Billions in Chinese with ease.
With this book by your side, you will be well on your way to effective communication in Chinese!
If you are a beginner looking to build a strong foundation in Chinese or a student preparing for your New HSK Level 1 examination, then this book is for you!
Learn and enjoy with:
- Full list of vocabulary required for New HSK Level 1
- Simplified Chinese characters
- Pinyin pronunciation aid and English definition for every word
- Full-sentence examples with Pinyin and English translation
- Exclusive Chinese learning tips
- FREE downloadable audio, recorded by native speakers
This book will serve as your best friend in this exciting Chinese learning adventure.
Be bold, dream big, and believe in yourself!
This NEW HSK level 1 Vocabulary book is book 1 of our NEW HSK Elementary Vocabulary book Series, with a total of over 2000 Chinese words across 3 levels of learning. To ensure a seamless and effective learning experience, we strongly encourage you to acquire all three books in this series. Your commitment to consistent learning will undoubtedly yield remarkable results.
Note: The paperback is in black and white print; the eBook is in full color.
Read more
£12.30 -
English for Everyone Course Book Level 4 Advanced: A Complete Self-Study Programme (DK English for Everyone)
Our Course Book (Level 4) is a great reference guide to introduce English at an advanced stage including key language skills, grammar, and vocabulary. Build your confidence and fluency of conversational English.
Ideal for English test preparations or ESL lesson plans, the Course Book uses visual teaching methods to introduce the English language, reinforced through a variety of exercises and examples when used alongside our Practice Book (Level 4). Challenge your English experience in Level 4 with topical content covering family life, careers and business, news and media, and even laws, rules, and regulations. Improve your vocabulary, grammar, and punctuation to an advanced level in this comprehensive guide to practical English usage.
Whether you are looking for ESL teaching resources, or a structured programme for adults to learn English as a second language, the English for Everyone Course Books provide:
– Sample language examples: New language topics are introduced in context using clear, illustrated, and colour coded explanations
– Supporting audio: Extensive English-speaking audio materials integrated into every unit, giving vital oral and listening practice. (All supplementary audio is available on the DK English for Everyone website and IOS/Android App).
– Quick referencing: Easy-to-follow units, mirrored in both the Course and Practice Books for easy referencing and teaching
– Sentence formation guides: Visual break downs of English grammar in use, showing learners how to recreate even complex English sentences
– Visual English vocabulary cues: Lists of useful English words and common phrases with visual aids are available throughout the book
– Personalised learning: Write-on lines encourage ESL learners to write their own prompts and translations where needed to help customise English language learningThe English for Everyone Level 4 resources cover the advanced skills and topics required for all major global English-language exams and reference frameworks including:
– CEFR: upper B2 – C1
– TOEFL (test paper): 520-580
– TOEFL (computer-based test): 200-240
– TOEFL (online test): 70-95
– IELTS: 5.5-7
– TOEIC: 850-900English for Everyone is a series of guides and practice books that supports English learning for adults from a beginner level, to intermediate, and advanced practical English. Offering an easy-to-follow format that offers guidance for both teaching English as a foreign language, and a self-study approach with resources available to improve English speaking, reading and writing.
Read more
£12.50£14.20 -
English for Life: Beginner: Workbook with Key: General English four-skills course for adults
One page. One lesson. One focus. Everything you look for in an English course, made simple.Read more
£12.60£20.40 -
The Cadwaladr Quests (Book One: Tangled Time): The Unique 11+ and SATs Vocabulary Novel
BRAND NEW SECOND EDITION.
BOOST VOCABULARY. IDENTIFY AND ANALYSE LITERARY DEVICES/TECHNIQUES. IMPROVE COMPREHENSION.You’ll LOVE this unique series because it makes learning tricky vocabulary fun. Our KNOWLEDGE NUGGETS guide students to identify and understand 11+ literary devices/techniques found in the text – metaphors, personification, punctuation, idioms, inference skills, the use of irony and sarcasm, and many others.
- Suitable for GL, ISEB, SET, CSSE, Future Stories, CEM, all independent schools 11+, and SATs.
- In-context, child-friendly definitions of tricky words on every page.
- Explanations and commentary on key literary devices/techniques as they appear in the Vocabulary Novel – such as metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia, alliteration, pathetic fallacy, puns, elision and many more, including pesky punctuation!
The First 11+ Vocabulary Novel – A fun fantasy adventure story for girls and boys with a built-in dictionary and KNOWLEDGE NUGGETS on every page.
Claire, an ordinary schoolgirl, learns she’s descended from twelfth-century knights. The catch? They’re alive, and they need her help.Claire and Ben are ordinary schoolchildren, their lives predictable until the day everything changes – forever. Claire finds a mysterious letter beckoning her to a peculiar destination – alone. Her sister is in danger. She must take Jack the dog and not tell anyone, even Ben.
Little does Claire know she’s stepping into a world of ancient legends, guided by twelfth-century knights who ordinarily should be long dead. Knights who wear trainers, pilot planes, perform martial arts and manipulate time, yet they need Claire’s help.
Crawling through tunnels, scaling treacherous mountains, combating evil and betrayal, Claire must face her deepest fears and discover her remarkable hidden talents. In this new world of spies, lies, premonitions and magic, who can Claire trust?
As the quest to protect a powerfully dangerous artefact unfolds, Claire learns how much is at stake. If she fails, the devastating consequences are too unbearable to consider…
S. L. Ager is an 11+ parent and the author of seven best-selling Vocabulary Novels and nine exclusive workbooks.Order your copy now. Let’s make learning fun!
Read more
£13.10 -
Chinese Stories for Language Learners: A Treasury of Proverbs and Folktales in Chinese and English (Free Audio CD Included)
The highly anticipated next book in Tuttle’s Stories for Language Learners series is here! This book presents 22 classic Chinese proverbs and the traditional tales behind them. The stories are bilingual, with the Chinese and English versions presented on facing pages. Each includes an explanation of how the proverb is used today, cultural notes, vocabulary and discussion questions. Audio recordings of the tales by native speakers are included, giving students a chance to improve their pronunciation and comprehension. Some of the proverbs featured in this collection include: “Painting the Eyes on the Dragon” Based on the story of a famous court painter in 6th century China who painted dragons, this proverb refers to the finishing touches needed to bring a work of art or literature to life. In a discussion, it refers to the final statements used to clinch the argument. “Waiting for Rabbits by a Tree Stump” Based on an ancient folktale about a foolish farmer who sees a rabbit kill itself in front of him by running into a tree stump, then gives up tilling his field to wait for more rabbits by the stump. This saying is applied to people who wait passively for luck to strike again. It also refers to impractical people who stick to one way of doing things only because it has worked for them once in the past. “Pure Water Has No Fish; Perfect People Have No Friends” Many versions of this historical tale exist. The one told here is about a 2nd century AD official sent to govern a far-flung outpost on the Silk Road who is fastidious in applying strict rules and thereby causes the local people to rebel against him. In the professional world, it is used to refer to people who do not like to work with an overly strict supervisor or colleague. Whether being used in a classroom or for self-study, Chinese Stories for Language Learners provides an educational and entertaining way for intermediate Mandarin learners to expand their vocabulary and understanding of the language.Read more
£13.20£16.10 -
Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses, Premium Fifth Edition
Improve your skills with the bestselling workbook on Spanish verbs―now updated and enhanced with new audio exercisesVerbs are the cornerstone of active language proficiency, so making sure you get a firm grasp on their forms and use is vitally important. In Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses, Premium Fifth Edition, you’ll find all the instruction and practice you need to achieve written mastery and feel more confident conversing in Spanish.
Written with extensive expertise and relatable humor by the veteran teacher and bestselling author Dorothy Richmond, this premium edition provides more than just the rules: You’ll find clear explanations on when and why particular verb tenses should be used, so you’ll gain a deeper understanding and find them easier to remember. You’ll also find powerful learning tools in addition to the vigorous workbook exercises, including audio exercises, unique to the app, that test recognition of verb forms, extensive recordings (including 110 conjugations), and the ability to record yourself (and replay) so that you can compare your pronunciation against native speakers.
You’ll also find:
• Streaming audio recordings of the answers to 106 exercises in the book, via digital support through iOS, Android, and the web
• Sets of flashcards for all the verb and vocabulary lists, now with Text-to-Speech for pronunciation guidelines
• Convenient digital auto-fill glossary makes look up quick and easy
• NEW: Audio exercises to test recognition of verb formsRead more
£13.60£15.20 -
Primary Arabic Sentence Builders – Part Zero: Arabic Sentence Builders – Primary (The Language Gym – Sentence Builder Books)
ABSOLUTE BEGINNER ARABIC SENTENCE BUILDERS – A lexicogrammar approach – PRIMARY – BOOK ZERO is meant as an introduction to Arabic for absolute beginners with no prior knowledge of the language. The purpose of this book is for students to learn the alphabet, practise reading and writing the Arabic script and communicate basic phrases about their name, age and how they are feeling. This book is primarily aimed at students with zero level of Arabic but can also be used to consolidate previous knowledge.Audio tracks
These are available for all units. Whenever you see an audio icon, it means that there is some kind of listening exercise or opportunity. These audios have been made by a native speaker team and can be accessed, free of charge, at:
language-gym.com, in the AUDIO section. This section can be freely accessed without a subscription.ABSOLUTE BEGINNER ARABIC SENTENCE BUILDERS – A lexicogrammar approach – PRIMARY – BOOK ZERO contains the following chapters:
1. The Alphabet
2. The vowels
3. Sukoon
4. Nunation
5. Stretched vowels
6. Doubled consonants
7. The sun and moon letters
8. I can say my name and my age
9. I can greet and say how I amThere will be a follow-up “BOOK ONE” which students can move on to once they complete this book.
Read more
£13.80 -
Chinese Flash Cards Kit Volume 1: Characters 1-349: Hsk Elementary Level: HSK Levels 1 & 2 Elementary Level: Characters 1-349 (Online Audio for each word Included)
A native speaker of Chinese knows 5,000 to 10,000 characters. For English speakers, that fact alone summarizes the challenges of learning Chinese! To succeed in mastering Chinese characters, there are 3 secrets: learners need to begin with the most useful characters, study them in the most effective order, and use repetition galore. Flash cards are ideal for this, and the Chinese Characters Flash Cards Kit offers the learner the right characters in the right learning order.Read more
£13.90 -
Chinese Flash Cards Kit Volume 2: Hsk Intermediate Level: HSK Levels 3 & 4 Intermediate Level: Characters 350-622 (Online Audio Included)
Flash cards remain an easy, effective tool for rapid memorization, and Tuttle’s flash cards are the best available today. The front of each card gives one Chinese character. On the reverse is as much information as a dictionary entry: stroke order, radicals, vocabulary, idiomatic phrases, and sample sentences. An audio CD gives native-speaker pronunciations. An excellent tool for HSK study, this second volume will help you master the 273 intermediate-level characters, along with their associated 1,360+ words and sentences.Whether at home or on the go, you can use these cards to learn several new characters every day, and watch your knowledge develop rapidly over time. This kit features:
- 273 hole-punched cards presenting the essential intermediate-level characters
- Native-speaker audio recordings of 1,360+ example words and sentences
- A 32-page study booklet with sorting indexes and practice tips
- Radicals, compounds and idiomatic phrases, plus traditional forms where applicable
Read more
£13.90 -
Chinese Stories for Language Learners: Elementary (Free Audio) – Bilingual book of folktales, idioms, fables, proverbs, myths and modern fun stories (Chinese Story Series)
Do you know that the most effective and fun way of learning Mandarin Chinese is through story reading and listening? Do you also know that the key to building up vocabulary is through reading broadly and extensively?
Start your learning journey with a rich variety of Chinese stories from ancient to modern China. Learn from 25 fun stories with expanded learning content, written and selected specially for elementary-level students (HSK1-3). A bilingual book of Chinese folk tales, idioms, fables, proverbs, myths, and modern fun stories.
With this book, you will:
- Build up and expand essential Chinese vocabulary
- Master 50 Chinese sentence patterns with examples in context
- Uncover the original stories of Chinese traditional festivals
- Discover life lessons and wisdom from China’s greatest classics
- Learn witty Chinese idioms and proverbs and their original stories
- Gain powerful Chinese cultural knowledge and insights
This is a unique learning journey full of fun stories. Each story is structured to assist your learning whilst making it entertaining and memorable! Enjoy and learn with:
- Bilingual story in Simplified Chinese, Pinyin, and English
- Chinese-only version of the story for self-assessment
- Key Vocabulary list to help you learn and review
- Sentence Patterns with examples in context
- Engaging activities or exercises to help you to reflect
- Learning Tips and Culture Corner to enhance your understanding
- FREE AUDIO, recorded by native speakers, to help with listening and speaking
Special Bonus: MP3 audio files can be downloaded and are also available on the YouTube playlist
This book will serve as your best friend in this exciting Chinese learning adventure.
Be bold, dream big, and believe in yourself!
Note: Paperback is black and white print / eBook in full color
Read more
£14.20 -
Chinese Conversations for Beginners: Mandarin Learning with Conversational Dialogues (Free Audio) – Chinese Short Stories Bilingual Book (Chinese Conversation Series)
Are you a Beginner Mandarin Learner looking to improve your spoken Chinese in the most effective way possible? If your answer is YES – this book is for you!
Learn Chinese with stories – The book is designed to immerse you in realistic daily conversations in modern China through short stories:
- Learn to speak like a Chinese native
- Resolve daily conversational tasks
- Build up your vocabulary with up-to-date words and phrases
- Explore modern China through fun short stories
- Gain powerful insights into Chinese culture
This book consists of 30 conversational dialogues for beginner students, following a consistent storyline in modern China. The conversations cover practical topics for daily use, including introducing yourself and others, asking friends out, ordering a meal in a restaurant, ordering a taxi, checking in to a hotel, talking to a doctor, opening a bank account, renting an apartment, celebrating Chinese New Year, and many more.
Master Spoken Chinese with Ease! Learn and enjoy with:
- Bilingual version of each dialogue with Chinese (including Pinyin) and English
- Chinese-only version of dialogues to encourage learning progression
- Key words and phrases highlighted in Chinese and English to ease your learning
- Learning tips and culture corner to enhance your understanding and insight
- Key vocabulary list to review and guide your learning
- FREE audio, recorded by native speakers, to help with your listening and speaking
Special Bonus: Audio files can be downloaded freely and are also available on the YouTube playlist
This book will serve as your best friend in this exciting Chinese learning adventure.
Be bold, dream big, and believe in yourself!
Note: Paperback is black and white print / eBook in full color
Read more
£14.20 -
ESL Sentence Builders – Spanish: ESL Spanish (The Language Gym – Sentence Builder Books)
ESL Sentence Builders is a workbook aimed at beginner to pre-intermediate students co-authored by four modern languages educators with over 50 years of extensive classroom experience between them, in the UK, France and internationally. It is aimed at Spanish language students who are learning English as an additional language.This ‘no-frills’ book contains 10 units of work on very popular themes, jam- packed with graded vocabulary-building, reading, translation, retrieval practice and writing activities. Key vocabulary, lexical patterns and structures are recycled and interleaved throughout.
Each unit includes:
• a sentence builder modelling the target constructions;
• a set of vocabulary building activities;
• a set of narrow reading texts exploited through a range of tasks focusing on both the meaning and structural levels of the text;
• a set of retrieval-practice translation tasks;
• a set of writing tasks targeting essential micro-skills such as spelling, lexical retrieval, syntax, editing and communication of meaning.Based on the E.P.I. principle that learners learn best from comprehensible and highly patterned input flooded with the target linguistic features, the authors have carefully designed each and every text and activity to enable the student to process and produce each item many times over. This occurs throughout each unit of work as well as in smaller grammar, vocabulary and question-skills micro-units located at regular intervals in the book, which aim at reinforcing the understanding and retention of the target grammar, vocabulary and question patterns.
Read more
£14.20 -
French Primary Sentence Builders: French Sentence Builders – Primary (The Language Gym – Sentence Builder Books)
French Primary Sentence Builders is a workbook aimed at beginner students, co-authored by five modern languages educators with over 90 years of extensive classroom experience between the five, both in the UK and internationally.
This book is fully photocopiable but may not be scanned and shared
This ‘no-frills’ book contains 10 units of work on very popular themes, jam-packed with graded vocabulary-building, listening, reading, translation, retrieval practice and writing activities. Key vocabulary, lexical patterns and structures are recycled and interleaved throughout. Each unit in the book includes:
- a sentence builder modelling the target constructions, introduced by questions to guide communication;
- a set of Listening-As-Modelling activities to train decoding skills, sound awareness, speech-segmentation, lexical-retrieval and parsing skills;
- a set of reading tasks focusing on both the meaning and structural levels of the text;
- a set of translation tasks aimed at consolidation through retrieval practice;
- a set of writing tasks targeting essential writing micro-skills such as spelling, functional and positional processing, editing and communication of meaning.
- answers to all activities, including transcripts
Based on the E.P.I. principle that learners learn best from comprehensible and highly patterned input flooded with the target linguistic features, the authors have carefully designed each and every text and activity to enable the student to process and produce each item many times over. Alongside the units you will find: No Snakes No Ladders tasks created to practise speaking skills with an engaging and fun board game that can be photocopied and played in groups of 3 students.
Please note that The Language Gym www.language-gym.com website is an ideal supplement to this booklet. Our website recycles every single lexical and structural item found in this book many times over via self-marking vocabulary and reading workouts, in addition to engaging and fun games and a powerful vocab, listening, sentence & verb trainer.
This book is fully photocopiable but may not be scanned and shared
Equivalent to ISBN 9783949651359
Read more
£14.30 -
The Ultimate Spanish 101, Premium Second Edition: Complete First-Year Course
An entire semester of a classroom-based Spanish language course―all in one easy-to-use book and audio program!
Getting a solid foundation in grammar and basic vocabulary is essential for learning any language, andin Ultimate Spanish 101, Premium Second Edition, you’ll get an entire semester’s worth of Spanish language instruction in one complete book and audio program.
Written by experienced teachers Ronni Gordon and David Stillman, Ultimate Spanish 101 is organized into 16 chapters for 16 weeks of study. You’ll find short dialogs presenting new vocabulary and grammatical structures in context, grammar summaries that provide clear explanations of how the Spanish language functions, and numerous exercises that ensure grammar and vocabulary are mastered through practical situations. With its combination of course book and online support, Ultimate Spanish 101 gives you a straightforward, easy-to-use program to master the basics of reading, writing and speaking the Spanish language.
Ultimate Spanish 101, Premium Second Edition is supported by extensive materials online (via app and web), providing additional support that allows you to reinforce what you’ve learned with:
- Flashcards for all the vocabulary in the book, with audio for pronunciation help
- Spanish-English English-Spanish digital glossary for convenient quick reference
- Audio recordings of all the dialogues, for intonation, and audio exercises and drills that help you speak Spanish aloud
- NEW in this edition: additional audio exercises to practice speaking skills
Read more
£14.80£17.10 -
Italian Primary Sentence Builders – Book 1 (The Language Gym – Sentence Builder)
Italian Sentence Builders – Primary – Book 1 contains 10 units which concern themselves with a specific communicative function, such as ‘I can say my name and age’, ‘I can talk about the weather’, ‘I can say what’s in my town’. You can find a note of each communicative function in the Table of Contents.Each unit includes:
- a sentence builder modelling the target constructions, introduced by questions to guide communication;
- a set of Listening-As-Modelling activities to train decoding skills, sound awareness, speech-segmentation, lexical-retrieval and parsing skills;
- a set of reading tasks focusing on both the meaning and structural levels of the text;
- a set of translation tasks aimed at consolidation through retrieval practice;
- a set of writing tasks targeting essential writing micro-skills such as spelling, functional and positional processing, editing and communication of meaning.
Each sentence builder at the beginning of a unit contains one or more constructions which have been selected with real-life communication in mind. Each unit is built around that construction but not solely on it. Based on the principle that each E.P.I instructional sequence must move from modelling to production in a seamless and organic way, each unit expands on the material in each sentence builder by embedding it in texts and graded tasks which contain both familiar and unfamiliar (but comprehensible and learnable) vocabulary and structures. Through lots of careful recycling and thorough and extensive processing of the input, by the end of each unit the student has many opportunities to encounter and process the new vocabulary and patterns with material from the previous units.
Alongside the units you will find: No Snakes No Ladders tasks created to practise speaking skills with an engaging and fun board game that can be photocopied and played in groups of 3 students.
Read more
£15.70 -
HSK 1 Chinese Characters Workbook for Beginners – Volume 1: New Words, Pinyin, Stroke Order, Popular Phrases, Example Sentences, Daily Dialogues, Quiz … for Lesson 1 – 7…
This book is a companion book for HSK 1 Standard Course Textbook and Workbook, designed to help learners to build a strong foundation in Mandarin Chinese Characters in each Lesson.
It includes:
- 6 Main Rules of Chinese Stroke Order & Example Characters
- 8 Basic Chinese Character Stroke Groups, Writing Direction & Example Characters
- New Words from Each Lesson 1 – 7 from HSK 1 Standard Course Textbook 1
- Mandarin Characters in Large Print
- Pinyin with tones
- English Meanings
- Popular Phrases in Simplified Chinese, Pinyin and English Definition.
- Stroke Order
- Example Sentences with new Words
- Daily Dialogues similar to the conversation of each Lesson
- Quiz and Answers – With Pinyin and English Meaning
It is perfect for beginners who want to master the most important vocabularies of the Chinese Language easily and quickly.
Read more
£16.10 -
English Grammar in Use Book with Answers: A Self-study Reference and Practice Book for Intermediate Learners of English
Raymond Murphy’s English Grammar in Use is the first choice for intermediate (B1-B2) learners and covers all the grammar you will need at this level. This book with answers has clear explanations and practice exercises that have helped millions of people around the world improve their English. It is perfect for self-study and can also be used by teachers as a supplementary book in classrooms.Read more
£17.10£23.70 -
Pasos 1 Spanish Beginner’s Course (Fourth Edition): Coursebook
**The printing errors in Pasos 1 Fourth Edition have been corrected**
Pasos 1, fourth edition, is the first part of the best-selling two-stage Spanish course for adult learners who are either starting from scratch or who have a basic knowledge of the language. Whether learning for work or pleasure, at home or in the classroom, Pasos gives a thorough grounding in the language, enabling learners to speak, read, write and understand a language spoken by over 400 million people. This new edition has been fully updated and includes a wealth of new, contemporary photographs. A brand new section at the end of the course provides a range of activities linked to the DVD, available in the Pasos 1 CD & DVD Set or as part of the Complete Pack and Coursepack ebook.
What do I get?
Coursebook: containing 14 thematic lessons, this full-colour coursebook is the primary text for the course and is ideal for classroom and home use.
What’s in the course?
Pasos 1 is full of learning features to help you progress in reading, writing, listening and speaking Spanish:-Covers the skills and structures needed for the UK GCSE examination
-14 units include a range of everyday themes such as meeting people, shopping, making plans, talking about work and family and travelling
-Authentic reading, listening and video materials are used throughout for a range of activities based on everyday Spanish in Spain and Latin America (CD and DVD Set must be bought separately 9781473610767)
-Clear explanations and examples make the grammar easy to absorb
-The Rincón cultural feature presents short pieces of cultural interest about contemporary Spain and Spanish
-Free Interactive online quizzes and exercises are specially designed to reinforce learning in the classroom or at homeWhat will I learn in Pasos 1?
Key language structures and communication
Pasos 1 introduces the key structures of the language over 14 thematic lessons with the emphasis placed firmly on communication. Authentic reading and listening materials are used extensively for a wide range of lively activities based on everyday situations in Spain and Latin America.Vocabulary and grammar
From the outset, a realistic range of registers and vocabulary encourage development of the essential skill of comprehension. Clear examples and explanations make the grammar easy to absorb, and emphasis is placed on the acquisition of a wide range of essential vocabulary from an early stage.Culture and skills for daily life
Units begin with a Prepárate page of activities and include plenty of grammar tasks. The Rincón Cultural feature presents short texts of cultural interest and each unit ends with an Autoevaluación self-assessment checklist enabling students to review what they have learned. Audio track references on a page-by-page basis ensure that listening activities are easily identified and online resources provide extra practice of essential language. The new video, filmed entirely in Spain, brings authentic culture and language in the classroom.GCSE level material
Pasos 1 covers the skills and structures required at GCSE level and equivalent.How will I learn?
Balance and variety
Balance and variety are prominent features of the Pasos course: freer activities accompany graded, accuracy-based tasks, and there is a balance between presentation and practice of new language items and between the study and use of grammar and vocabulary, the cornerstones of language-learning. There are regular opportunities for revision and consolidation, and vocabulary and grammar support are given both at the end of each lesson and in full at the end of the book.Interactive quizzes and exercises
Fun, interactive online quizzes and exercises enable learners to reinforce and improve their skills, either in class or at home.Speaking and Grammar guides
With speaking becoming ever more important in today’s accreditations, the Pasos 1 range offers a 2-CD Speaking and Listening Skills Practice Set. There is also a dedicated Practical Grammar reference and practice book. It contains clear, accessible grammar explanations with examples and extension in both Spanish and English.Group or independent study
Pasos 1 is ideal for group study and is also useful for independent study and revision.What is new in the fourth edition?
Pasos 1 CD and DVD set*: Supplementary to the Coursebook.
Filmed entirely in Spain using native speakers, this brand new resource contains 12 colourful episodes which tie in with the lessons in the coursebook. Perfect for training students’ listening skills, the Pasos 1 video is designed to reinforce vocabulary and language structures while adding an additional cultural element to the course. It also provides the ideal basis for group discussions. There are numerous linked activities for use in class or for self-study, which can be found in a new section at the end of the coursebook. Optional sub-titles will help students to find their way through each of the episodes and give them the confidence to approach spoken Spanish with real understanding.Improvements and additions
The new edition has improvements and additions based on ideas and feedback from teachers and learners across the country. It has been fully updated and includes a wealth of new, contemporary photographs. A brand new section at the end of the book provides a range of activities linked to the DVD, available in the Pasos 1 CD & DVD Set or as part of the Complete Pack.Where does the Coursebook fit within the Pasos 1 Range?
Pasos 1 Coursebook: The primary text for the Pasos 1 course. Includes 14 thematic lessons and covers the skills and structures required at GCSE level and equivalent.Pasos 1 CD and DVD set*: Supplementary to the Coursebook.
All 12 videos are included on 1 DVD with optional subtitles.
The Audio and Support book provides the listening element of the course, along with transcripts and answers. It contains:
– 3 audio CDs (3 hours of recordings)
– 2 Support Books containing a key to the exercises and recording transcripts.Pasos 1 Course Pack: Pasos 1 Coursebook + Pasos 1 CD and DVD set. The Course Pack contains:
– 1 copy of the fourth edition of the Coursebook
– 3 audio CDs (3 hours of recordings)
– 1 DVD with 12 videos
– 2 Support Books containing a key to the exercises and recording transcripts.Pasos 1 Activity Book: Supplementary to the Coursebook or Course Pack.
The Pasos 1 Activity Book has been revised to tie in with 4th edition of the course with updated prices and references. It contains extra activities to consolidate and expand the material in the coursebook and grammar sections practising specific language points. As with the coursebook, two main revision units summarise what has been learned, providing reading texts with comprehension and writing tasks. Ideal for faster learners or for practice of a specific area, the Activity Book can be used alongside the Pasos 1 Coursebook or as self-access material for learners of Spanish using any course. Activities include word searches, crosswords, cultural quizzes, extra reading and comprehension tasks, and gap-fill conjugation exercises.Pasos 1 Speaking and Listening Skills Practice Set: Supplementary to the Coursebook or Course Pack.
Designed to help learners concentrate on and really improve their speaking and listening skills. This book includes:
– audio online
– a 160 page book packed with short exercises and transcriptsSpanish Practical Grammar Book: Supplementary to the Coursebook or Course Pack. A reference and grammar practice book containing clear, accessible grammar explanations with examples and extension in both Spanish and English.
*The audio and video for Pasos 1 is also available to purchase from the John Murray Languages app or from library.jmlanguages.com. You will be able to stream online or download to the app.
Read more
£17.10£21.80 -
FRENCH SENTENCE BUILDERS – B to Pre – LISTENING – STUDENT: French Sentence Builders (The Language Gym – Sentence Builder Books)
This booklet contains exercises for students to fill in .
The French Listening Booklet matches to the minutest details the content of the 19 units included in the best-selling workbook for beginner-to-pre-intermediate learners “French sentence builders”, by the same authors.
For best results, the two books should be used together.
This book fully implements Dr Conti’s popular approach to listening-skills instruction, L.A.M. (aka Listening-As-Modelling), laid out in his seminal work: “Breaking the Sound Barrier: Teaching Learners how to Listen” (Conti and Smith, 2019).
L.A.M. is based on the concept that listening instruction should train students in the mastery of the key micro-listening skills identified by cognitive psychologists.
Each unit contains around 13 listening tasks, which provide continuous and extensive recycling of the target constructions and vocabulary items and address the development of the key listening micro-skills.
The tasks include engaging and tested Conti classics such as: “Spot the intruder”, “Missing details”, “Faulty transcript”, “Break the flow”, “Faulty translation”, “Gapped translation” and “Listening slalom”, alongside more traditional listening comprehension tasks.
Read more
£17.10 -
Dutch For Dummies
Dutch is spoken by 23 million people, mainly in the Netherlands and Belgium, and is an official EU language. For English speakers, written Dutch can be fairly straightforward to pick up, although the pronunciation can be more of a challenge.whether you’re just visiting or planning to stay on a long-term basis. Dutch For Dummies is the essential guide for everyone from students and holidaymakers, to those wanting to speak Dutch for business purposes.
From numbers and vocabulary to greetings, popular expressions and proper etiquette, this clear, easy-to-follow guide will have you speaking Dutch like a native in no time.
Dutch For Dummies includes:
- Introductory grammar and vocabulary
- Meeting and getting to know people
- Dining out, shopping, leisure time and the workplace
- Dealing with emergencies
- Tips on how to pick up Dutch quickly
Note: CD files are available to download when buying the eBook version
Read more
£17.20£19.90Dutch For Dummies
£17.20£19.90 -
Chinese Conversations for Intermediate: Mandarin Learning with Conversational Dialogues (Free Audio) – Chinese Short Stories Bilingual Book (Chinese Conversation Series)
Are you a Passionate Mandarin Learner looking to level up your spoken Chinese in a fun way? If your answer is YES – this book is for you!
Learn Chinese with Stories – The book is designed to immerse you in authentic daily conversations in modern China through short fun stories: Time to Speak and Sound Like a Chinese Native
- Speak naturally and confidently in various types of conversations
- Handle friendly chats, romantic talk, telling jokes, business talk
- Master the most up-to-date vocabularies, slang, idioms and phrases
- Explore Chinese culture and society through short fun stories
This book consists of 60 expanded conversational dialogues for intermediate students. They follow a consistent storyline set in modern China and cover daily life, travel, work, lifestyles, relationships, Chinese festivals, and contemporary hot topics through fun stories that will make you laugh and remember! You will also explore China and obtain a deeper understanding of its society and culture.
Learn and enjoy with:
- Simplified Chinese version with Pinyin below
- English translation of the Chinese
- Key vocabulary list to review and guide your learning
- Key words and phrases highlighted in Chinese and English to ease your learning
- Learning tips and culture corner to enhance your understanding and insight
- Free audio, recorded by native speakers, to help with your listening and speaking
Special Bonus: audio files can be downloaded freely and are also available on the YouTube playlist
This book will serve as your best friend in this exciting Chinese learning adventure.
Be bold, dream big, and believe in yourself!
Read more
£18.00 -
Spanish Sentence Builders – A Lexicogrammar approach: Beginner to Pre-intermediate (The Language Gym – Sentence Builder Books)
This is the newly updated SECOND EDITION!
This version has been fully re-checked for accuracy and re-formatted to make it even more user-friendly, following feedback after a full year of classroom use by thousands of teachers across the world. Spanish Sentence Builders is a workbook aimed at beginner to pre-intermediate students co-authored by two modern languages educators with over 40 years of extensive classroom experience between the two, both in the UK and internationally.
This ‘no-frills’ book contains 19 units of work on very popular themes, jam-packed with graded vocabulary-building, reading, translation, retrieval practice and writing activities. Key vocabulary, lexical patterns and structures are recycled and interleaved throughout.
Each unit includes:
1) A sentence builder modelling the target constructions;
2) A set of vocabulary building activities;
3) A set of narrow reading texts exploited through a range of tasks focusing on both the meaning and structural levels of the text;
4) A set of retrieval-practice translation tasks;
5) A set of writing tasks targeting essential micro-skills such as spelling, lexical retrieval, syntax, editing and communication of meaning.Based on the Extensive Processing Instruction (E.P.I.) principle that learners learn best from comprehensible and highly patterned input flooded with the target linguistic features, the authors have carefully designed each and every text and activity to enable the student to process and produce each item many times over.
This occurs throughout each unit of work as well as in smaller grammar, vocabulary and question-skills micro-units located at regular intervals in the book, which aim at reinforcing the understanding and retention of the target grammar, vocabulary and question patterns.Read more
£19.30£19.90 -
The Official Cambridge Guide to IELTS Student’s Book with Answers with DVD-ROM
Perfect for students at band 4.0 and above, this study guide has EVERYTHING you need to prepare for IELTS Academic or General Training. Understand the test and improve your score with advice, tips and clear explanations. Exercises cover every question type, so you choose what to practise. Develop test-taking strategies with EIGHT official practice tests – the first one with step-by-step guidance. Audio for the listening exercises and practice tests, videos of the Speaking test are on the DVD-ROM. Alternatively download them all with The Official Cambridge Guide to IELTS App.Read more
£19.40£43.90 -
Spanish Sentence Builders – TRILOGY – Part I (The Language Gym – Sentence Builder)
The book contains 15 macro-units which concern themselves with a specific communicative function, such as ‘Describing people’s appearance and personality’, ‘Comparing and contrasting people’, ‘Saying what food you like and dislike’ or ‘Saying what you and others do in your free time’.Each unit includes:
- a sentence builder modelling the target constructions;
- a set of listening activities to model and input-flood the target language
- a set of vocabulary building activities which reinforce the material in the sentence builder;
- a set of narrow reading texts exploited through a range of tasks focusing on both the meaning and structural levels of the text;
- a set of translation tasks aimed at consolidation through retrieval practice;
- a set of writing tasks targeting essential writing micro-skills such as spelling, functional and positional processing, editing and communication of meaning.
- a “Bringing it all together” section to recycle and interleave the target language seen in previous units
At the end of each term, there is also an End of Term – Question Skills unit. These units are designed to model asking and answering the key questions which have been studied throughout the term. This is also an additional opportunity for structured production as students move towards routinising the language and producing spontaneous speech by the end of the term.
Each sentence builder at the beginning of a unit contains one or more constructions which have been selected with real-life communication in mind. Each unit is built around that construction but not solely on it. Based on the principle that each E.P.I instructional sequence must move from modelling to production in a seamless and organic way, each unit expands on the material in each sentence builder by embedding it in texts and graded tasks which contain both familiar and unfamiliar (but comprehensible and learnable) vocabulary and structures. Through lots of careful recycling and thorough and extensive processing of the input, by the end of each unit the student has many opportunities to encounter and process the new vocabulary and patterns with material from the previous units.
Read more
£19.90 -
Pre-Intermediate to Intermediate – French Sentence Builders (The Language Gym – Sentence Builder Books)
French Pre-intermediate to Intermediate Sentence Builders is a workbook aimed at beginner to pre-intermediate students co-authored by two modern languages educators with over 40 years of extensive classroom experience between the two, both in the UK and internationally.This ‘no-frills’ book contains 15 units of work on very popular themes, jam-packed with graded vocabulary-building, reading, translation, retrieval practice and writing activities. Key vocabulary, lexical patterns and structures are recycled and interleaved throughout.
Each unit includes:
1) A sentence builder modelling the target constructions;
2) A set of vocabulary building activities;
3) A set of narrow reading texts exploited through a range of tasks focusing on both the meaning and structural levels of the text;
4) A set of retrieval-practice translation tasks;
5) A set of writing tasks targeting essential micro-skills such as spelling, lexical retrieval, syntax, editing and communication of meaning.Based on the Extensive Processing Instruction (E.P.I.) principle that learners learn best from comprehensible and highly patterned input flooded with the target linguistic features, the authors have carefully designed each and every text and activity to enable the student to process and produce each item many times over.
Alongside the macro-units you will find:Question-skills units: two pages on understanding and creating questions. These micro-units occur after every unit in the book, so as to recycle the same question patterns in different linguistic contexts; Revision workouts: these are retrieval practice tasks aimed at keeping the previously learnt vocabulary alive. They too occur at regular intervals, after every other unit.
Please note that The Language Gym language-gym.com website is an ideal supplement to this booklet. Our website recycles every single lexical and structural item found in this book many times over via self-marking vocabulary, reading & listening workouts, in addition to engaging and fun games and a powerful Verb, Listening Trainer and Vocab Trainer.
Read more
£19.90 -
Spanish Verb Grammar Pivots – Beginner to Pre-intermediate (The Language Gym – Sentence Builder Books)
The Spanish Verb Pivots book focuses on the present indicative, but also covers the immediate future, and gustar + infinitive (as well as ‘verbs like gustar’). It is aimed at learners in the A1-B1 proficiency range. It was conceived both for classroom and independent use, whatever the method, setting or course, as it offers ample opportunities for practice through a wide range of activities designed to appeal to learners with a variety of cognitive styles and learning preferences.It can be used to introduce the target verbs and associated grammar and lexicogrammar patterns to absolute beginners. It can also be useful if you teach lower-to-intermediate learners (years 9 to 11 in the U.K.) in order to consolidate, expand and deepen their mastery of those verbs and patterns. The latter learners, in our experience, are often able to master verb formation, but lack depth of knowledge, i.e. knowledge of verb collocations (which lexis the verbs partner with) and colligations (the rules which bind the verbs with what comes before and after them in a sentence).
Each macro-unit starts ‘small’ with the target verb being learnt within very basic sentence patterns and in the first person only. As each unit progresses the target verbs are modelled in sentence patterns which gradually increase in length and complexity. In order to enhance transferrability of learning and lexical depth, each verb is also practised with a variety of lexical sets. For instance, the verb Tener is practised with animals, classroom objects, clothes, physical description, emotional and physical states, age, etc.
Traditional grammar and lexicogrammar intersect throughout the whole book, as, in order for the learners to be able to become creative with each sentence pattern, they must also master the manipulation of the changeable items in each sentence such as verbs, adjectives, pronouns determiners, etc. The teaching of grammar arises organically from the need to enhance the generative power of each target sentence pattern – this is a major innovation of this book.
The book is very mindful of cognitive load. Hence, each instructional sequence gradually increases the cognitive challenge, with receptive activities in the initial section of each sub-unit paving the way for the productive ones located at the end and with each task priming the next. It goes without saying that the repeated processing and the constant recycling also makes it easier for the content to become effortlessly entrenched.
How can one supplement this book to enhance its impact?
Please note that this book is best used in synergy with language-gym.com and sentencebuilders.com. Both websites feature self-marking games and activities based on its content.Read more
£19.90£22.80 -
Italian Sentence Builders – Pre-Intermediate to Intermediate (The Language Gym – Sentence Builder Books)
Italian Pre-intermediate to Intermediate Sentence Builders is a workbook aimed at beginner to pre-intermediate students co-authored by three modern languages educators with over 70 years of extensive classroom experience between them, both in the UK and internationally.This ‘no-frills’ book contains 15 units of work on very popular themes, jam-packed with graded vocabulary-building, reading, translation, retrieval practice and writing activities. Key vocabulary, lexical patterns and structures are recycled and interleaved throughout.
Each unit includes:
1) A sentence builder modelling the target constructions;
2) A set of vocabulary building activities;
3) A set of narrow reading texts exploited through a range of tasks focusing on both the meaning and structural levels of the text;
4) A set of retrieval-practice translation tasks;
5) A set of writing tasks targeting essential micro-skills such as spelling, lexical retrieval, syntax, editing and communication of meaning.Based on the Extensive Processing Instruction (E.P.I.) principle that learners learn best from comprehensible and highly patterned input flooded with the target linguistic features, the authors have carefully designed each and every text and activity to enable the student to process and produce each item many times over.
Alongside the macro-units you will find:
Question-skills units: two pages on understanding and creating questions. These micro-units occur after every unit in the book, so as to recycle the same question patterns in different linguistic contexts;
Revision workouts: these are retrieval practice tasks aimed at keeping the previously learnt vocabulary alive. They too occur at regular intervals, after every other unit.Please note that The Language Gym language-gym.com website is an ideal supplement to this booklet. Our website recycles every single lexical and structural item found in this book many times over via self-marking vocabulary, reading & listening workouts, in addition to engaging and fun games and a powerful Verb, Listening Trainer and Vocab Trainer.
Read more
£19.90 -
French Sentence Builders – A Lexicogrammar approach: Beginner to Pre-intermediate (The Language Gym – Sentence Builder Books)
French Sentence Builders is a workbook aimed at beginner to pre-intermediate students co-authored by three modern languages educators with over 55 years of extensive classroom experience between the three, both in the UK and internationally. This ‘no-frills’ book contains 19 units of work on very popular themes, jam-packed with graded vocabulary-building, reading, translation, retrieval practice and writing activities. Key vocabulary, lexical patterns and structures are recycled and interleaved throughout. Each unit includes:1) A sentence builder modelling the target constructions;2) A set of vocabulary building activities;3) A set of narrow reading texts exploited through a range of tasks focusing on both the meaning and structural levels of the text;4) A set of retrieval-practice translation tasks;5) A set of writing tasks targeting essential micro-skills such as spelling, lexical retrieval, syntax, editing and communication of meaning. Based on the Extensive Processing Instruction (E.P.I.) principle that learners learn best from comprehensible and highly patterned input flooded with the target linguistic features, the authors have carefully designed each and every text and activity to enable the student to process and produce each item many times over. This occurs throughout each unit of work as well as in smaller grammar, vocabulary and question-skills micro-units located at regular intervals in the book, which aim at reinforcing the understanding and retention of the target grammar, vocabulary and question patterns.
Read more
£20.80 -
French Verb Grammar Pivots – Beginner to Pre-intermediate: Unlocking French Grammar – Beginner to Pre Interm. (The Language Gym – Sentence Builder Books)
The French Verb Pivots book focuses on the present indicative, but also covers the immediate future, and aller + infinitive. It is aimed at learners in the A1-B1 proficiency range. It was conceived both for classroom and independent use, whatever the method, setting or course, as it offers ample opportunities for practice through a wide range of activities designed to appeal to learners with a variety of cognitive styles and learning preferences.It can be used to introduce the target verbs and associated grammar and lexicogrammar patterns to absolute beginners. It can also be useful if you teach lower-to-intermediate learners (years 9 to 11 in the U.K.) in order to consolidate, expand and deepen their mastery of those verbs and patterns. The latter learners, in our experience, are often able to master verb formation, but lack depth of knowledge, i.e. knowledge of verb collocations (which lexis the verbs partner with) and colligations (the rules which bind the verbs with what comes before and after them in a sentence).
Each of the 9 macro-units start ‘small’ with the target verb being learnt within very basic sentence patterns and in the first person only. As each unit progresses the target verbs are modelled in sentence patterns which gradually increase in length and complexity. In order to enhance transferrability of learning and lexical depth, each verb is also practised with a variety of lexical sets. For instance, the verbs Être & Avoir are practised, in context, with animals, classroom objects, clothes, physical description, emotional and physical states, age, etc.
Traditional grammar and lexicogrammar intersect throughout the whole book, as, in order for the learners to be able to become creative with each sentence pattern, they must also master the manipulation of the changeable items in each sentence such as verbs, adjectives, pronouns determiners, etc. The teaching of grammar arises organically from the need to enhance the generative power of each target sentence pattern – this is a major innovation of this book.
The book is very mindful of cognitive load. Hence, each instructional sequence gradually increases the cognitive challenge, with receptive activities in the initial section of each sub-unit paving the way for the productive ones located at the end and with each task priming the next. It goes without saying that the repeated processing and the constant recycling also makes it easier for the content to become effortlessly entrenched.
How can one supplement this book to enhance its impact?
Please note that this book is best used in synergy with language-gym.com and sentencebuilders.com. Both websites feature self-marking games and activities based on its content.Read more
£20.90£22.80 -
FRENCH SENTENCE BUILDER – GCSE REVISION: French Sentence Builders – GCSE (The Language Gym – Sentence Builder Books)
This book is meant as a revision resource for GCSE French. It can be used independently by students as well as for teacher-directed classroom practice. It contains 16 units which focus mainly on the themes: myself, family and relationships, daily activities, my role model, hobbies and leisure.
Each unit consists of a knowledge organiser recapping the target sentence patterns and lexical items, a series of receptive vocabulary building activities; a set of narrow reading texts and activities; a set of translation tasks. The tasks are graded in order to pose an increasingly demanding but manageable cognitive load and challenge and are based on Dr Conti’s P.I.P.O. framework:
Pre-reading tasks (activation of prior knowledge and pre-teaching)
In-reading tasks (intensive exploitation of texts)
Post-reading tasks (consolidation)
Output (pushed-output tasks)
Consistent with Dr Conti’s E.P.I. approach, each of the 16 units in the book provide extensive recycling of the target lexical items both within each unit and throughout the book, across all the dimensions of receptive and productive processing, i.e.: orthography (single letters and syllables), lexis (both words and chunks), grammar/syntax (with much emphasis on functional and positional processing), meaning and discourse.
The recycling occurs through input-flooding and forced retrieval through a wide range of engaging, tried and tested, classic Conti tasks (more than 20 per unit). These include student favourites such as slalom writing, faulty translation, spot the missing detail, sentence puzzles, etc.
Table of contents
1 Introducing yourself
2 Describing yourself, your family and friends
3 Talking about your hobbies and interests
4 Describing a typical day in school
5 Describing what you do after school
6 Talking about a typical weekend
7 Talking about what you did last weekend
8 Talking about when you were younger
9 Discussing the qualities of a good friend
10 Describing the qualities of a good partner
11 Saying why you don’t get along with people
12 Saying why I get along with people
13 Saying why I argue with my parents
14 Discussing why couples break up
15 Talking about a person you admire
16 Bringing it all together – Parts 1-5
Read more
£20.90 -
GERMAN GCSE REVISION – SELF, FAMILY & FRIENDS, LEISURE & DAILY ACTIVITIES (The Language Gym – Sentence Builder Books)
This book is meant as a revision resource for GCSE German. It can be used independently by students as well as for teacher-directed classroom practice. It contains 16 units which focus mainly on the themes: myself, family and relationships, daily activities, my role model, hobbies and leisure.
Each unit consists of a knowledge organiser recapping the target sentence patterns and lexical items, a series of receptive vocabulary building activities; a set of narrow reading texts and activities; a set of translation tasks. The tasks are graded in order to pose an increasingly demanding but manageable cognitive load and challenge and are based on Dr Conti’s P.I.P.O. framework:
Pre-reading tasks (activation of prior knowledge and pre-teaching)
In-reading tasks (intensive exploitation of texts)
Post-reading tasks (consolidation)
Output (pushed-output tasks)
Consistent with Dr Conti’s E.P.I. approach, each of the 16 units in the book provide extensive recycling of the target lexical items both within each unit and throughout the book, across all the dimensions of receptive and productive processing, i.e.: orthography (single letters and syllables), lexis (both words and chunks), grammar/syntax (with much emphasis on functional and positional processing), meaning and discourse.
The recycling occurs through input-flooding and forced retrieval through a wide range of engaging, tried and tested, classic Conti tasks (more than 20 per unit). These include student favourites such as slalom writing, faulty translation, spot the missing detail, sentence puzzles, etc.
Table of contents
1 Introducing myself
2 Describing myself, my family and friends
3 Talking about my hobbies and interests
4 Describing a typical day in school
5 Describing what I do after school
6 Talking about a typical weekend
7 Talking about what I did last weekend
8 Talking about when I was younger
9 Discussing the qualities of a good friend
10 Describing the qualities of a good partner
11 Saying why I don’t get along with people
12 Saying why I get along with people
13 Saying why I argue with my parents
14 Discussing why couples break up
15 Talking about a person I admire
16 Bringing it all together – Parts 1-5Read more
£21.80 -
Essential Grammar in Use with Answers: A Self-Study Reference and Practice Book for Elementary Learners of English
Grammar in Use is the world’s best-selling grammar series for learners of English. Essential Grammar in Use with Answers, authored by Raymond Murphy, is the first choice for elementary-level (A1-B1) learners and covers all the grammar required at this level. It is a self-study book with simple explanations and lots of practice exercises, and has helped millions of people around the world to communicate in English. It is also trusted by teachers and can be used as a supplementary text in classrooms.Read more
£23.30£27.20 -
Oxford Picture Dictionary: English/Chinese Dictionary
Vibrant, realistic illustrations and unparalleled teaching support make the Oxford Picture Dictionary Program what every classroom needs to build students’ vocabulary, reading, and critical thinking skills.Read more
£24.80£27.70 -
Fundamentals of Chinese Characters
Fundamentals of Chinese Characters focuses on the connections between the shapes and meanings of basic Chinese characters, enabling students to learn to recognize and write Chinese characters before they learn to speak Chinese. Presenting fundamental knowledge of Chinese characters according to their intrinsic regularity rather than in the sequence often used in teaching spoken Chinese, this book enables teachers to offer students a course on Chinese characters alongside a Chinese language course at the elementary level. With interactive exercises, rhymes for all the characters covered in the book, and illustrations for all the basic characters, this book makes learning Chinese characters easy and fun.Read more
£27.60 -
Official Guide to Oet (Kaplan Test Prep)
The Official Guide to OET is the first guide book endorsed by the test maker (CBLA) and is designed to prepare students for the updated OET exam. Kaplan Test Prep, the world leader in test preparation since 1938, has authored this book incorporating key test-taking tips and strategies. The practice questions have been reviewed by CBLA to ensure they are true to the test.Get familiar with the exam to help you face the OET with confidence. Test-like Listening tracks, realistic practice questions, and additional online resources give you everything you need to succeed on the OET. This book is suitable for both self-study and classroom use.
To access your audio and online resources, first register online at kaptest.com/booksonline. Once you’ve registered, access your audio and resources at kaptest.com/login or download the Kaplan Mobile Prep app on Google Play or the App Store for your Android or iOS device
Tips and Practice
- 1 full practice test
- Online audio for Listening content
- Skill-boosting activities for each of the subtests (Listening, Reading, Writing & Speaking
- Self-study tips
- Test Day advice
Expert Guidance
- We know the test: The Kaplan team in conjunction with CBLA ensure our practice questions and study materials are true to the test
- Kaplan’s books and practice questions are written by experts who know students–every explanation is written to help you learn
- We invented test prep–Kaplan (www.kaptestglobal.com) has been helping students for 80 years, and our proven strategies have helped legions of students achieve their dreams
Read more
£31.20 -
IELTS 18 Academic Student’s Book with Answers with Audio with Resource Bank: Authentic Practice Tests (IELTS Practice Tests)
Authentic examination papers from Cambridge University Press & Assessment provide perfect practice because they are EXACTLY like the real test. Inside IELTS 18 Academic with Answers with Audio with Resource Bank you’ll find FOUR complete examination papers plus details of the different parts of the test and the scoring system, so you can familiarise yourself with the Academic test format and practise your exam technique. Download the audio for the Listening tests, example Speaking test videos, answer keys with extra explanations and sample Writing answers (instructions on inner front cover), or access your audio and video directly via QR codes in the book.Read more
£31.30£33.80
