This book consists of collocations, that is words that go together. It is a very important book which teaches us that it would be incorrect to say " hire a house" because we usually "rent a house". There are three books of "Key words for fluency". This one is intermediate but it will be interesting for all level students, I am sure.
Англо-русский словарь современной деловой разговорной лексики
Словарь содержит около 18000 сленговых и разговорных слов и выражений современного английского языка, используемых в деловой среде общения. Словарь предназначен для бизнесменов, имеющих тесные контакты с зарубежными коллегами, переводчиков, а также будет полезен всем тем, кто интересуется английским языком для делового общения.
Practical Language Testing equips you with the skills, knowledge, and principles necessary to understand and construct language tests.This intensely practical book gives guidelines on the design of assessments within the classroom, and provides the necessary tools to analyze and improve assessments, as well as deal with alignment to externally imposed standards. Testing is situated both within the classroom and within the larger social context, and readers are provided the knowledge necessary to make realistic and fair decisions about the use and implementation of tests.
In this extensively revised third edition, Halliday and Matthiessen retain the organization and topical coverage of the earlier editions, while incorporating a considerable amount of new material. They give greater emphasis to the systemic perspective, in which grammaticalization is understood in the context of an overall model of language. Their description of grammar is grounded in a comprehensive theory, but it is a theory which evolves in the process of being applied.
