Harcourt Decodable Books are eleven-page, sound-controlled books that gradually increase in difficulty, reviewing phonic elements as they incorporate new skills. Designed for students in Kindergarten, these carefully sequenced books effectively supplement any comprehensive reading or phonics program. A blend of fiction and non-fiction, these vibrant and colorful books will engage beginning readers. High-frequency words and decodable words are listed on the inside back cover.
The readers in this series are designed for beginning students aged ten to 12. They employ a 200-word vocabulary, using the present tense only, comprehensive questions and puzzles. An accompanying cassette is available
This is Anita's Big day.She looks at her face in the mirror "I can be a movie star,I know I can" she thinks....
The Hutchinson Dictionary of Difficult Words for Babylon
The Dictionary of Difficult Words is a compendium of around 14,000 of the more troublesome and obscure words in the English language. It gives you access to the farthest reaches of English vocabulary, including within its modest compass terms that can otherwise be found only in the largest multi-volume unabridged dictionaries and specialist reference books.
Explore this little book to discover just a few of the words about sport and sporting competition that you'll find in the Advanced Learner's Dictionary. You can use the quiz at the beginning to teast your knowlege and inspire you to discover new words on a range of sports and sporting events.
Any well-used language evolves; words and idioms fade in and out of the English tongue as the personality of American culture changes. Dictionary companies examine what people are saying and which words they use to say it, and several words each year are selected for inclusion into the new dictionaries. In this way, words become full-fledged members of the English language. This infographic lists ten new words 2012 Britannica dictionaries will now include.
![New Words of 2012 [infographic + explanation]](http://englishtips.org/uploads/posts/2013-01/1358101643_691183.gif "New Words of 2012 [infographic + explanation]")
