Grammar exercises prepared for ESL students ranging from high beginning to advanced; only sold with the Grammar Dimensions series. Features student control of exercise sequence and record-keeping. Can be used in conjunction with any grammar text. CD-ROM.
Level: Beginning, intermediate, advanced

Here's a delightful collection of American riddles and puzzles, illustrated with wonderfully quirky cartoons. 101 American English Riddleswill amuse you for hours - while giving insight into American idioms and humor. Harry Collins has arranged 101 riddles into nine sections based on the type of riddle, including: Riddles with words with more than one meaning, Riddles that trick you, Riddles that use numbers and logic, Riddles that use idioms, and more! And he has turned them over to illustrator Joe Kohl, whose eye-grabbing cartoons give you clues to the answers - or lead you astray!

You'll find help everywhere you need it, including explanations of wordplays, idioms, and culture. Where helpful, there are also dialogues or natives that show how the language in the riddle is used in everyday American English.

This book will help nonnative speakers of English improve their use of English at its most entertaining - while native speakers will enjoy seeing these favorite riddles illustrated with such wit and whimsy. 101American English Riddles will have you scratching your head in puzzlement or slapping your thigh with laughter!

The allowance is a minimum-dictionary containing more than 3300 words necessary to communicate in English on common themes. The dictionary contains original method of accelerated learning English words, which is based on logical coding-division words inside parts of speech into groups, united by a common notion or an association, and assigning them the names of codes to easily find the right word to the memory and quickly "rotate" in memory of the entire dictionary.

Entry 2 Skills for Life ESOL Student Workbook is the second level in a series of five for new arrivals in the UK wishing to study English.  (Note: do not be confused by the illogical naming of the level by the DfES!)
It is an adult course that takes students from beginner/starter level to point equivalent to a GCSE in English.
The course is designed to help new arrivals in the UK learn communicative English as quickly as possible.  I focusses on real life scenarios for those living in the UK.  It thus contains a lot of material and subjects not normally covered in general English coursebooks.
It is written and produced by the UK Department of Education and Skills (DfES).

The Core Vocabulary of the Current English
This is an electronic reissue of the ninth edition of the world's longest-established pocket English dictionary by Oxford University Press. It is one of the new generation Oxford dictionaries derived from the database of the highly acclaimed New Oxford Dictionary of English and is particularly user friendly with its elegant open design, with different elements starting on new lines. It offers excellent coverage of English as an international language and thousands of examples illustrate idiomatic usage. All irregular noun, verb, and adjectival inflections are spelled out in full, while guidance on grammar and good usage is provided by in-text notes. Additional features include Wordbuilder boxes giving information on related.
The Key Features of Pocket Oxford English Dictionary

    * Up-to-date and accessible information on the core vocabulary of current English
    * Clear layout with each new section (phrases, derivatives, usage notes, etymologies, wordbuilder) on new line
    * Usage notes included, giving clear guidance on points of grammar and usage
    * In-text lists and tables focusing on core study subjects
    * Pronunciation feature for any word that might cause difficulty
    * Greater clarity into etymologies
    * Transcriptions facilitating pronunciation