Includes more than 1,700 English-language proverbs. Proverbs are listed alphabetically, and each entry includes an explanation, an example from literature, origin, variants, cross references when appropriate, and a list of sayings with similar or opposite meanings. The book concludes with indexes by keyword and by theme as well as a bibliography.
A three-level communicative listening and speaking series for 3 to 6 year-olds. The course provides a simple but steady development of new language through a carefully graded syllabus with built-in review. The characters, themes, and situations are relevant and appealing to very young children. Each Student Book unit opens with the main characters featured storybook style in a familiar daily situation. This is followed by a focus on vocabulary items and a short Pattern Practice of the language structure. The unit concludes with a sticker activity. Songs by Carolyn Graham, well-known songwriter and creator of Jazz Chants, appear in every lesson. At each level all the components except for the Teacher's Books are split into manageable A and B sections. SIZE REDUCED PDF by Pumukl
This book presents empirical research shedding light both on how students deal with the challenge of making sense of literature in a foreign language and how they evaluate the experience of doing this. The book highlights the role of metaphor in this experience and concludes with two pedagogy-related chapters.
