Listening to the News Voice of America is a three-book series designed to improve listening comprehension skills for academic purposes while providing interesting topics related to culture, news, and current events.
Each of the twenty units contains an authentic news report from Voice of America, a multimedia broadcasting service funded by the US government. These reports highlight a wide variety of regional and global topics, which are grouped into four major themes: “American Life,” “General Interest,” “Science,” and “World Interest.”
SPEAKING TIME is a fun, easy-to-use three-level speaking series designed for elementary school students of English. The activities presented in each unit of the books help students expand their basic speaking skills through guided practice. Additional listening and pair-work activities provide opportunities for students to hear spoken models and practice their own oral communicative skills in communicative activities.
The Economist is a global weekly magazine written for those who share an uncommon interest in being well and broadly informed. Each issue explores the close links between domestic and international issues, business, politics, finance, current affairs, science, technology and the arts.
As the interminable case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada and Richard Clare, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a ward of court, whose parentage is a source of deepening mystery; the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn; the determined sleuth Inspector Bucket; and even Jo, the destitute little crossing-sweeper.
Pingu loves English 2 is the second part of a series which is a terrific example of how learning can be interactive and child friendly.It is adopted to the young age and makes it interesting and lots of fun to learn English for kids. It consists of funactivities which every child will enjoy involving all the senses. The whole complex includes Fun Book, Student's book, Teacher's book and audiocassettes. Audio added
