I never read a book I must review; it prejudices you so. —OSCAR WILDE With so many important books out there, and thousands more being published each year, what are we supposed to do in those inevitable social situations where we’re forced to talk about books we haven’t read? Pierre Bayard argues that it doesn’t really matter if you’ve read a book or not. (In fact, in certain situations, reading the book is the worst thing you could do.)
Sometimes it is necessary to write a special letter for a special situation in life. In Letters For Special Situations, you will find great letters to use as models for business and personal reasons including: Letters asking for a raise, Letters of resignation, Letters of reference, Letters notifying a vendor of a breach of contract, Letter to a Congressman, Letters of complaint, Letters requesting reinstatement to an academic program, Follow-up letters after an interview, Letters requesting bill consolidation, Letters of reprimand to marginal employees, Letters requesting financial assistance or a grant, Letters to professionals disputing their charges, Collections letters, Thank-you letters, Letters to accompany resumes in job-hunting, and More!
This book contains over 500 practical suggestions designed to help tutors establish active learning among their students. Divided into useful sections, the tips cover the gamut of teaching and learning situations and comprise a ‘start anywhere’, dip in resource suitable for both the newcomer and the old hand.
Based on lectures delivered at Tianjin Normal University, 1984. Introduces the current developments in model theoretic semantics. Explains Robert Montague's theory, then elaborates it with generalized quantifiers, more structure in the domain of individuals, properties as primitive elements in the model, situations and similar smaller worldlike entities. Assumes no knowledge of the mathematics or logic used in formal semanatic's.
This mini course gives you useful language and phrases to improve your spoken communication skills in English in different business situations. Here is the plan of the course: lesson 1 Telephone lesson 2 Meetings lesson 3 presentation lesson 4 negotiations
