Poets will build their poetry-writing skills with help from past and contemporary masters--everything from generating ideas to examining the finished poem.

They'll learn how to:
* Use journals to develop their observational skills and turn life experiences into ideas for poems
* Master the tools of the trade--voice, line, stanza, title, meter and rhyme
* Acquire fluency in a variety of poetry formats and forms, everything from narrative, lyric and dramatic verse (traditional formats) to fixed, free and sequence styles (traditional forms)
* Fine tune their work Exercises, assignments and sample work from more than 100 standout poets--everyone from Louise Glück to Walt Whitman--ensure that every reader, whether poet, student or bibliophile, discovers just how extraordinary poetry can be.

Every workplace has its share of conflict, and one of training's universal goals is to help organizations resolve it in a way that brings benefit to everyone involved. This timely activity book offers 30 ready-to-use exercises trainers can use to help workshop participants communicate more effectively and create positive outcomes from conflict situations. The Conflict and Communication Activity Book features:
* Field-proven exercises from the authors' worldwide experience * Easy-to-follow instructions for preparation, additional reading, and Q & A processes * Valuable essays on handling conflict situations * An Exercise Matrix to sort activities by type, length, and other parameters
It also includes a jam-packed Trainer's Toolbox containing more than sixty handouts, flipcharts, and overheads; workshop agendas; instructions for breakout sessions; and tons more. From the quick-fix solutions of the "My Workshop Starts in Five Minutes" section to fully developed sessions, this book will be every educator's best friend.

This text helps students understand and use 100 high-frequency American idioms in various grammatical and situational contexts.
-- Twenty self-contained lessons move from highly controlled to less-controlled use of idioms.
-- Provides intensive practice in exercises designed for fluency attainment as well as comprehension.
-- Each lesson features a seven-part dialogue that introduces the idioms, with usage notes, structure practice, and comprehension exercises.

Learning idioms is an essential element for English as a Second Language students. This book not only contains an extensive list of useful and commonly used idioms but, in contrast to others, includes exercises with each lesson helping ensure that the material is remembered.

Multimedia Tutor
Making learning a fun activity
This program mainly contains three parts: Learning, Practising Exercises and a concrete Revision Test.
In each chapter, you can learn five new vocabularies (click them for pronunciation) and one useful idiom which illustrated by a piece of interesting text. You can further pratictise them on the "choosing" and "matching" exercises afterwards A short test is specially prepared for your quick review after every four chapters.