200-page TOEFL Book Included in This Complete Guide to the TOEFL Speaking Section.For many English language learners, speaking is the hardest part. You can read and write in English at school in your native country. You can listen to actors in American movies at home. Speaking, on the other hand, requires you to engage with another person from another culture, and that can be scary.
In this ground breaking new book David Block proposes a new working definition of social class in applied linguistics. Traditionally, research on language and identity has focused on aspects such as race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, religion and sexuality. Political economy, and social class, as an identity inscription, have been undervalued. This book argues that increasing socioeconomic inequality, which has come with the consolidation of neoliberal policies and practices worldwide, requires changes in how we think about identity and proposes that social class should be brought to the fore as a key construct.
An exciting and unique new way for pupils and teachers to explore the meaning of words and the English Language as a whole, through a visual and easily interpreted representation. Simply enter a word, and an animated diagram of all similar meaning words is created, which can be explored dynamically.
This new version includes spell checker/ word suggestion, text-to-speech (requires internet connection) and ability to search the web.
Interest Rate Markets: A Practical Approach to Fixed Income
With trades worth trillions of dollars annually, the U.S. interest rate markets are some of the largest and most important markets in the world. These markets attract a wide variety of participants, from individuals and corporations to governments, and offer numerous financial instruments that include bonds, swaps, futures, and options. Each of these instruments requires careful understanding of unique risks.