This 96-page collection of activities offers teachers carefully chosen and professionally illustrated groups of picture prompts, for five types of easy-to-use activities and exercises: grammar points, picture stories and situations, vocabulary practice, pair and group work and imagination and opinions.
Simple and straightforward, with the emphasis on visual appeal, topics of real interest to teenagers, wit and humour.
Includes a wide variety of topic material, ranging from fashion to unusual holidays, football to marathon-running, pop and film stars to modern history, famous places in the UK/USA to life on other planets.
Over the last two decades the historical focus has shifted from viewing events in a simple historical context to a more integrative perspective. This set offers a multidimensional picture of primarily Western civilization, covering
Ancient Egypt (2675-332 B.C.E.),
Ancient Greece and Rome (1200 B.C.E.-476 C.E.),
Medieval Europe (814-1450 C.E.),
Renaissance Europe (1300-1600 C.E.), and
The Age of the Baroque and Enlightenment (1600-1800 C.E.). Similar in organization to Gale's American Eras and World Eras lines, the work exposes readers to each historical period through the study of nine different arts and humanities topics: "Architecture and Design," "Dance," "Fashion," "Literature," "Music," "Philosophy," "Religion," "Theater," and "Visual Arts." Each topic area is treated in a different chapter, but the connections between topics are highlighted both in the text and through cross-referencing. The result is a broader and more inclusive picture of the culture of each period, emphasizing connections between, for example, religion, dance, and literature or between the visual arts and architecture...
The Express Picture Dictionary for young learners CD-ROM is an invaluable learning tool for all primary-level learners.
word group units presenting and practising over 1,300 words
computer-adapted exercises
a versatile, always-on search engine, allowing revision and consolidation
a variety of action-packed word games
Picture Dictionary for Young Learners Activity Book
In this Activity Book you can find over thirty games and activities which will improve your children's English. These games are grouped according to the sort of challenge they give children. Each game usually requires you to take the initiative, though children should develop responsibility so that they can lead.
