In Pulleys, inhabitants of Mammoth Island try to find the best method to lift their mammoths. A young islander, Olive, decides to use a simple machine called a pulley to get the job done. A pulley is a wheel that carries a rope, chain or cable on its rim and can be used to lift a heavy load. And when multiple pulleys work together, they lessen the effort it takes to do work. So, using a ten-pulley system would require one-tenth of the effort of a single pulley to lift a mammoth!
To a teenage student, nothing is more motivating than learning. Every unit in What's up? has been carefully designed to pave the way for the achivement of learning goal. Simple grammar and vocabulary presentations, numerous practice opportunities, stimulating reading and listening materials, useful models for speaking and writing tasks, a clear and attractive layout - all ensure a smooth and successful learning process. Students will finish each What's up? unit with a sense of having fulfilled a goal, with the desired level, confidance and motivation to face the new challenges ahead.
50 Things to Do with a Book: (Now That Reading Is Dead)
Reading may be dead, but books are alive and wellWhat good are books, you may be wondering, if we're not going to read them? What are we even doing in this bookstore? Not to worry! It turns out that there are literally thousands of things to do with these chunky stacks of bound tree pulp. Fun, exciting, adventurous, creative things. In fact, this familiar rectangular object suddenly offers enough dazzling new interactive possibilities to, yes, fill a book. This book. From re-creating world wonders to settling marital disputes, entertaining dinner guests to channeling your inner secret agent, here are fifty wonderfully zany things to do with all your favorite books.
In this video we are going to learn some techniques to improve our reading skills and understanding in just 8 steps. External subtitles were added to make things easier for beginners.
In this video, this guy gives very good advice on how to use audio books in a more efficient way, so we can have fluency when we speak. As an English teacher and self-taught person, I agree with him. External subtitles were added to make things easier for beginners.
