Proficiency English: Use of English - Book 3

Proficiency English is a four book course which expands the students' knowledge of English and helps them to progress from competence to fluency in English. The material in the books has been thoroughly tested and its use has produced a very high pass rate in the new examination. Book 3 of this series covering the Proficiency Examination is aimed at helping students to recognise modern English usage, and to use the language correctly themselves. With the aid of passages taken from a variety of sources, the book gives training in all the formal skills required for Paper 3 of the examination, and reinforces much of the teaching in Book1 (Language and Composition).

Spelling presents spelling and vocabulary instruction that is developmental in sequence and comprehensive in scope. Based on extensive research, the program offers teachers useful and practical strategies for maximizing students' learning of spelling and provides numerous opportunities for students to learn and apply a variety of spelling strategies to all of their writing. This edition places particular emphasis on morphology, the study of the structure and form of words and their parts, including derivatives and formation of compounds.
The Teacher's Guide includes an answer key and other teacher features.

This ELD resource features a balance of systemic English language instruction with strong emphasis on vocabulary development and a focus on language arts standards. The Interactive Reader has three types of selections: literature, informational texts, and documents that students may encounter in various activities. All selections include the same basic preparation, support, and review materials. Vocabulary previews, skill descriptions, graphic organizers, review questions, and other tools help understand and enjoy the selections. Moreover, tips and questions in the side margins ensure that students can apply and practice the skills they are learning as they read.

Introduction to Planetary Science

This textbook is intended to be used in a lecture course for college students majoring in the Earth Sciences.  Planetary Science provides an opportunity for these students to apply a wide range of subject matter pertaining to the Earth to the study of other planets of the solar system and their principal satellites.  As a result, students gain a wider perspective of the different worlds that are accessible to us and they are led to recognize the Earth as the only oasis in space where we can live without life-support systems.

 

Why Don't Students Like School: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom

Drilling often conjures up images of late-19th-century schoolhouses, with students singsonging state capitals in unison without much comprehension of what they have learned. But Mr. Willingham's answers apply just as well outside the classroom. Corporate trainers, marketers and, not least, parents anyone who cares about how we learn should find his book valuable reading.

 

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