This text offers students the opportunity to learn about daily life and culture in the different countries where English is spoken as a first language. It shows the similarities and differences between life in Britain, the USA, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica and Trinidad. The book provides information through a wide variety of reading texts, colour photographs and illustrations. Also included are regular and frequent exercise sections focusing on reading and listening comprehension and language skills development.
About a quarter of the people in the world today speak or use English. In homes and schools, offices and meeting rooms, ships and airports, people are speaking English... How has this happened? How did English begin, and what will become of it in the future? The history of the English language is a journey through space and time, from thousands of years ago to today and beyond, and to all parts of the world. Come on that journey and meet the monks and soldiers, the kings and scientists, the printers, poets, and travellers who have helped to make the English of today.
Luke's English Podcasts is an audio & video programme for learners of English. This is 100% REAL British English. Practise English, Pick up vocabulary. Interesting, fun, have a laugh and a really good way to listen and improve your English. Learn English!
4000 Essential English Words is a six-book series that is designed to focus on practical high-frequency words to enhance the vocabulary of learners from high beginning to advance levels. The series presents a variety of words that cover a large percentage of the words that can be found in many spoken or written texts. Thus, after mastering these target words, learners will be able to fully understand vocabulary items when they encounter them in written and spoken form. Full book added
Wordhacker is a program that helps the users learn English vocabulary easily and quickly. There are two distinctive features WordHacker specified.
First, it is designed for learners of English in a myriad of countries, with a myriad of interests and linguistic needs. Based on a corpus of 20 thousand words, WordHacker specializes in presenting the words that are frequent in everyday use and words required by important English language test including TOEFL, GRE, GMAT and SAT. Academic Word List (AWL) is also offered for advanced learners.