TIMESAVER - Newspaper Articles to get Teenagers Talking
A photocopiable resource for busy teachers
This rich resource provides a collection of authentic newspaper articles from a variety of British newspapers. The stimulating articles encourage students to contextualise the topic and then engage in lively discussion.
LEVEL: UPPER-INTERMEDIATE - ADVANCED
This rich resource provides a collection of authentic newspaper articles from a variety of British newspapers. The stimulating articles encourage students to contextualise the topic and then engage in lively discussion.
The articles cover the following areas: Lifestyle, Moral Issues, etc

Encompassing the whole spectrum of the history and theory of politics from Socrates to Rawls, this is the most comprehensive and scholarly reference work available on its subject. The 350 entries, written by a team of 120 international specialists, are a balanced blend of full-length survey articles and shorter definitions. Key concepts in political thought are defined and analyzed, and ideologies are considered in relation both to historical context and to contemporary politics. All articles are cross-referenced and indexed.

Writing In English - A Practical Handbook for Scientific and Technical Writers.
Ещё одна книга для тех, кто хочет получить модную нынче профессию "технического писателя" (technical writer).
Это пособие написано в рамках проекта WPE - Writing Professional English (http://www.kj.fme.vutbr.cz/leon2/index.html).
Содержание:

Types of writing - scientific articles, research papers, proposals

Composition - titles, planning your writing, paragraph writing, introductions, writing the main body, conclusions, sections of a research paper, describing tables and graphs, referencing, plagiarism, abstracts, summary writing

Style - objectivity, clarity, formality, hedging, signposting

Language functions - agreeing and disagreeing, classifying, comparing and contrasting, defining, emphasising, generalising, paraphrasing, quoting

Grammar - adverbs, articles, numbers, passive voice, punctuation, verb tenses, word order

Words - abbreviations, prefixes, suffixes