This useful, resourceful and practical guide provides those working with dyslexic children one hundred ideas of how to support their learning development. Lists range from identifying the needs of individual pupils and their learning styles to developing pupils reading, writing, numeric and communication skills.
When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils…. Pagford is not what it first seems. And the empty seat left by Barry on the town’s council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen.
The Active Study Dictionary CD ROM is ideal for intermediate students who want a dictionary that lasts them up to advanced level. The best-selling dictionary in its category, the Active Study includes all the information students need to improve their English and increase their vocabulary in a portable size. It has more words, phrases, and examples than any other dictionary at this level.
Political Theory: The Classic Texts and Their Continuing Relevance
We all need some help in understanding the world, and that is the starting point for political theory itself. The great works of other times and places can speak to us today, wherever we are. Political theory does this better than other subjects, in part because the theorist wants us to look around and think about the specifics of the world around us, but also to lift our heads and see farther than we normally do. The theorists we will study in this course wanted very badly to reach their readers, to make them think about their world differently. They don’t tell us what to think, but we don’t see things in quite the same way after we read them.
Great American Stories: Ten Unabridged Classics (Audiobook)
These ten classic stories from four of America's greatest authors of the 19th and early 20th century were selected for their literary importance as well as their dramatic oral qualities. The stories include Mark Twain’s "The One-Million Pound Bank Note," "A Visit to Niagara," and "A Mysterious Visit;" Stephen Crane’s "The Blue Hotel;" Ambrose Bierce’s "The Eyes of the Panther;" and Jack London’s "The Love of Life" and "To Build a Fire."
