Why a book on learner strategies?
Modern languages teaching over the past decade or so has moved from more or less traditional approaches, involving the explicit teaching of grammar and translation, to various versions of communicative methodology. In England, the communicative accent has been reflected in the Graded Objectives movement, the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) and the reform of Advanced Level syllabuses. However, despite this trend and the appearance of aplethora of attractive and authentic language-teaching materials, there has been a growing concern that learners have not progressed as much as might have been anticipated. Furthermore, learners are not developing independent language use; in short, they lack linguistic autonomy.

Visuals for the Language Classroom is a practical guide to the visual materials commonly available to the classroom teacher. It describes the characteristics of the various media and shows how a sensitive understanding of these characteristics will lead the teacher to fresh, dynamic and efficient activities in the language classroom. All the ideas in this book can be copied by any teacher with the minimum of time, money or artistic talent. Many of the hundreds of examples have been illustrated by the authors themselves.

An invaluable set of photocopiable picture prompts for essential language work.
Topics include:
Food and drink, leisure, travel, weather and calendar, people and jobs, vital verbs, holidays, round the town.

-Over 300 cartoon pictures and picture boards including blank masters for adaptation.
-Use for both presentation and practice.
-Detailed, easy to follow Teachers' Notes with suggestions for 500 games and activities.
-For work with small or large groups.
-Beginners to Advanced.
-Age 10 to Adult.
-Vocabulary lists.

Structure and Architecture - Second Edition (Malestrom)



This book sets out the basics of structures very clearly and helps you to understand the complex world of structures. I recommend it to students studying architecture as well as engineering as it helps explain everything you need to know to design thoughtfully...

Earth Materials and Processes, as a part of the Glencoe Science 15-Book Series, provides students with accurate and comprehensive coverage of the mineral and rocks, along with the dynamic nature of plate tectonics, earthquakes, and volcanoes. The strong content coverage integrates a wide range of hands-on experiences, critical-thinking opportunities, and real-world applications. The modular approach allows you to mix and match books to meet your curricula.