This book narrates the history of English spelling from the Anglo-Saxons to the present-day, charting the various changes that have taken place and the impact these have had on the way we spell today. While good spelling is seen as socially and educationally desirable, many people struggle to spell common words like accommodate, occurrence, dependent. Is it our spelling system that is to blame, and should we therefore reform English spelling to make it easier to learn? Or are such calls for change further evidence of the dumbing-down of our educational standards, also witnessed by the tolerance of poor spelling in text-messaging and email?
Book 19 in the Magic Tree House series (1999) This little dog is under a spell and needs your help. To free him, you must be given four special things: A gift from a ship lost at sea, A gift from the prairie blue, A gift from a forest far away, A gift from a kangaroo. How would you feel if you found a note like this in your magic tree house? Eight-year-old Jack and his 7-year-old sister Annie love the funny, enchanted dog Teddy--and know they have no choice but to collect the gifts and break the mysterious spell.
Five lively activities make learning the basic rules of spelling fun: In the Bayou Word Preview, the student studies each word, learn its syllabication, then spells it out in a context sentence. The student unscrambles words or fills in blanks to solve crossword puzzles in Frog Crossing.
Honor killings, witchcraft murders, and the machinations of rival gang lords... Kali, Indian goddess of destruction and change, weaves her dark spell in a complex crime novel of fear, deception, brutal killings, and power mongering.
- 230 minut nagrań native speakerów z dużym naciskiem na poprawną brytyjską wymowę, - ponad 2500 słów z przykładami użycia umożliwiającymi naukę w kontekście, - 50 kategorii tematycznych, które wyczerpująco ujmują zjawiska związane z człowiekiem i jego otoczeniem. Tekst nagrano w systemie: hasło polskie – hasło angielskie – przerwa na głośne powtórzenie. Rewelacyjna funkcja SPELL wyświetla hasła główne na ekranie odtwarzacza lub telefonu, co umożliwia bezbłędne opanowanie pisowni.
