The coursebook combines the advantages of the direct and communicative methods. The direct method lets the young student master the most essential skills – speaking and listening comprehension – in a fast and attractive way. The communicative method helps consolidate English grammar and vocabulary in real everyday life contexts.
Kids’ Circle is a six-level American English course designed for primary students with little or no background in English. Its solid, easy-to-follow program helps students develop the four language skills, with an emphasis on listening and speaking. Stories, songs, and dialogs introduce everyday language that gets students using English from the start. Time to Think sections enhance critical thinking skills. CLIL activities build skills and knowledge across a variety of subjects, like math, literature, culture, and language arts.
ESL Pro for Kids ESL Pro for Kids is a complete language training program designed to teach children, regardless of their native tongue, to recognize and speak the sounds of the English language in 31 easy to follow lessons. Kids will enjoy exploring the colorful interface while they improve their pronunciation. ESL Pro for Kids provides learners with their own private language lab where they can practice speaking English in the comfort, safety and privacy of their own home .
The English Literatures of America redefines colonial American literatures, sweeping from Newfoundland and Nova Scotia to the West Indies and Guiana. The book begins with the first colonization of the Americas and stretches beyond the Revolution to the early national period. Many texts are collected here for the first time; others are recognized masterpieces of the canon--both British and American--that can now be read in their Atlantic context. By emphasizing the culture of empire and by representing a transatlantic dialogue, The English Literatures of America allows a new way to understand colonial literature both in the United States and abroad.
CPE Use of English is aimed at advanced students of English who wish to polish up their skills in the difficult grammatical areas of structures and usage. Clear presentation of all grammatical points relating of the revised CPE Use of English is followed by exercises, consolidation activities and complete Use of English practice tests in the same format as those in the revised CPE. The book, designed for classroom and individual use, aims to prepare students for the CPE examination as well as other examinations at the same level of difficulty.
