Medieval literature encompasses a broad sweep of people, cultures, and styles. "Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature" offers a comprehensive account of the literary works, writers, and concepts of the Middle Ages; from 500 to 1500 CE. Covering not only European literature but also that of India, the Far East, and the Muslim world, this invaluable A-to-Z guide is one of the most inclusive single-volume references of its kind. Approximately 700 entries cover works, authors, and terms from the following cultures and languages: English: Old English and Middle English, ncluding Beowulf, Chaucer, morality play, Sir Thomas Malory, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Robin Hood, and Troilus and Criseyde; French: Joan of Arc, Marie de France, Parzival, The Song of Roland, and Francois Villon; Provencal: troubadours and Peire Vidal; Celtic: Cuchulain, The Mabinogion, and Ulster cycle; German: The Nibelungenlied, Tristan, Ulrich von Lichtenstein, and Gottfried von Strassburg; Old Norse: Egil's Saga, skaldic poetry, and Snorri Sturluson; Latin: Peter Abelard, Bede, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Britanniae, Psychomachia, and St.Augustine of Hippo; Japanese: Muromachi Period, The Pillow Book, and The Tale of Genji; Chinese: The Story of Ying-ying and Li Po; Islamic: Omar Khayyam, the Koran, and The Thousand and One Nights; Indian: Govindadasa and Mahadeviyakka; Spanish; Hebrew; and more.
The English You Need For The Office Following a picture process dictionary approach The English You Need for the Office introduces vocabulary for talking about 56 daily office activities, focusing on verbs as the main building blocks for communication.
The English You Need For The Office includes helpful appendices, conversational material for each chapter, “My Way” process templates, and an audio CD with spoken captions and dialogue from each picture. To complement the dictionary, a Multi-skills Activity Book with audio CD is also available.
Channel your English is an exciting and easy-to-use course which effectively meets the needs of teenage and young adult learners. It takes learners smoothly from Beginner to Upper-Intermediate level and enables them to communicate fluently, accurately and confidently in real-life situations. It uses an integrated pproach to all four language skills in a carefully-graded, well-organised and userfriendly syllabus.
One of a series of workplace education modules, this module includes assessment instruments and classroom activities for teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) in the workplace. First, an overview is provided, describing issues unique to teaching ESL in the workplace. Five levels of difficulty are then described for module activities (i.e., beginning, beginning/intermediate, intermediate, intermediate/advanced, and advanced) and four sample instruments are provided for assessing students' language level, including an oral assessment form, a written test, an informal language inventory, and a reading and writing assessment test.
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