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Who knew that the great country of Canada is named for a mistake? How about "bedswerver," the best Elizabethan insult to hurl at a cheating boyfriend? By exploring the delightful back stories of the 250 words in Wordcatcher, readers are lured by language and entangled in etymologies. Author Phil Cousineau takes us on a tour into the obscure territory of word origins with great erudition and endearing curiosity. The English poet W. H. Auden was once asked to teach a poetry class, and when 200 stu...

German Pen Pals Made Easy, KS3 provides an easy way for Key Stage 3 pupils to communicate in German with other German speakers. It contains fill-in-the-gap letters covering popular topics, so even pupils just beginning to learn German can have the satisfaction of being able to communicate effectively in German. Using the letter templates will provide children with opportunities for authentic writing and help to develop their German writing skills. The activities in this book are designed for 7-1...

The Red Ditty Books offer children practice in reading short decodable passages that form an important bridge between reading single words and whole sentences. They reinforce the Read Write Inc. Phonics Set 1 sounds. Each book contains three fun and humorous ditties with linked reading activities to develop accuracy, fluency and comprehension. They also prepare children for reading the longer Storybooks and Non-fiction books. Activities at the start of the books help children to practise the sou...

The Red Ditty Books offer children practice in reading short decodable passages that form an important bridge between reading single words and whole sentences. They reinforce the Read Write Inc. Phonics Set 1 sounds. Each book contains three fun and humorous ditties with linked reading activities to develop accuracy, fluency and comprehension. They also prepare children for reading the longer Storybooks and Non-fiction books. Activities at the start of the books help children to practise the sou...

This write-in workbook includes writing frames, grammar and vocabulary activities and language practice exercises. It extends and reinforces skills taught in International English Student Book 4 and offers a record of students' progress. All answers for the activities can be found in Teacher Resource Book 4.

This write-in workbook includes writing frames, grammar and vocabulary activities and language practice exercises. It extends and reinforces skills taught in International English Student Book 3 and offers a record of students' progress. All answers for the activities can be found in Teacher Resource Book 3.

This 128 page student activity book, the Construction Manual, provides abundant opportunity for additional practice.

More challenging questions to stretch the brightest children. Bond English Stretch 10 - 11+ years includes: *8 high-ability Focus tests *challenging questions for gifted children in all 11+ question types *5 Mixed papers containing a full range of question types *full test practice to help your child reach their full potential *motivating progress chart, answers and ideas for improving scores *step-by-step support to help your child achieve 11 plus success. Bond is the number one series for 1...

For nearly forty years, Understanding and Using English Grammar has been the go-to grammar resource for students and teachers alike. Its time-tested approach blends direct grammar instruction with carefully sequenced practice to develop all language skills. New to This Edition Pretests at the start of each chapter enable learners to check what they already know. Updated grammar charts reflect current usage and highlight differences between written and spoken Engl...

In this study, Geoffrey Westgate offers a new understanding of Irmtraud Morgner by reading her as a specifically East German writer. Through close analysis of her works - the early journalism and socialist realism, the 'socialist modernism' of the banned Rumba auf einen Herbst, the largely neglected, but key, texts of the late 1960s, the major novels, Beatriz and Amanda, and the final, uncompleted work, Das heroische Testament - the book examines the literary strategies Morgner adopted with resp...

This study explores Heinrich Boell's 'aesthetic thinking', as it is expressed in the author's disparate and voluminous writings on literature. Boell's work in this field is situated in the multi-faceted context of social, political, and cultural developments in post-war Germany, and is shown to be an important adjunct to the novels and stories which were honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature. An understanding of Heinrich Boell's 'aesthetic thinking' can illuminate the writer's fiction in...

Developed specifically for true beginners, Longman ESL Literacy, Second Edition, provides a basic introduction to English for students who are not ready for Level 1. Its integration of the four basic languages skills helps students learn both fundamental literacy skills and practical communication skills. The teacher-friendly Second Edition of Longman ESL Literacy offers an expanded Teacher's Resource Book with step-by-step lesson plans and reproducible flashcards, activities, readings, and test...

Almost everyone swears, or worries about not swearing, from the two year-old who has just discovered the power of potty mouth to the grandma who wonders why every other word she hears is obscene. Whether they express anger or exhilaration, are meant to insult or to commend, swear words perform a crucial role in language. But swearing is also a uniquely well-suited lens through which to look at history, offering a fascinating record of what people care about on the deepest levels of a culture--wh...

This is the first full-length study of the life and works of Franz Fuhmann (1922-1984) to be published in English. It provides a complete reassessment of his importance as a prose-writer, informed by the extensive corpus of Fuhmann's writing which has only appeared posthumously or is now accessible in the archives of the Akademie der Kunste in East Berlin. Dennis Tate argues that, from the middle 1950s onwards, Fuhmann's prose writing is both stylistically innovative and committed to the auth...

The Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English is a revised and expanded edition of the Weatherford Award-winning Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English, published in 2005 and known in Appalachian studies circles as the most comprehensive reference work dedicated to Appalachian vernacular and linguistic practice. Editors Michael B. Montgomery and Jennifer K. N. Heinmiller document the variety of English used in parts of eight states, ranging from West Virginia to Georgia-an expansion of the first...

Three centuries of English idioms-their unusual origins and unexpected interpretationsTo pay through the nose. Raining cats and dogs. By hook or by crook. Curry favor. Drink like a fish. Eat crow. We hear such phrases every day, but this book is the first truly all-encompassing etymological guide to both their meanings and origins. Spanning more than three centuries, Take My Word for It is a fascinating, one-of-a-kind window into the surprisingly short history of idioms in English. Widely known...