Thứ Sáu, 21 tháng 7, 2017

How to Write Effective Business English - Better Business English by Fiona Talbot

How to Write Effective Business English teaches the non-native reader how to create clear, concise messages and avoid verbosity. Assuming an intermediate knowledge of English, this book provides guidelines for further development, deals with real life scenarios and gives readers answers that even their bosses might not know.
 
 
 
Focusing on emails, letters, resumes or job applications, it gives readers an easy system for writing clearly, quickly and easily.  It will also appeal to native English speakers who feel that their written business English needs practice.

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HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Science Florida Student Book Florida Edition Grade 5

This hands-on, inquiry-based program gives you the resources you need to fit science into your day by providing readable standards-based content, powerful integration of reading, vocabulary, and writing, as well as flexible three-step inquiry strategy and materials management solutions.
 
 
 
Solid differentiated instruction to reach every learner and multiple ongoing assessments to prepare students for test success are also included in this science textbook.
 
 
CONTENTS
 
Unit A The Life Processes
Chapter 1: Cells     
- Lesson 1: What Are the Parts of a Cell?
- Lesson 2: How Do Single-Celled Organisms Live?    
- Lesson 3: How Do the Cells of Organisms Compare?
- Lesson 4: How Are Cells Organized?
Chapter 2: Plant Systems
- Lesson 1: How Do Plants Produce Food?
- Lesson 2: How Do Plants Move Materials?
- Lesson 3: How Do Plants Reproduce?
Chapter 3: Traits of Living Things
- Lesson 1: How Are Traits Inherited?
- Lesson 2 :Why Are Some Traits Very Common?
 
Unit B Interactions Among Living Things
Chapter 4: Ecosystems, Communities, and Biomes
- Lesson 1: How Do Living Things Form Communities?
- Lesson 2: What Are Biomes?
- Lesson 3: What Is a Food Web?
Chapter 5: Life In Ecosystems
- Lesson 1: What Are Habitats and Niches?
- Lesson 2: What Factors Affect Ecosystems?
- Lesson 3: How Can Humans Change Ecosystems?
 
Unit C Earth Systems
Chapter 6: Earth’s Changing Surface
- Lesson 1: What Makes Up Earth’s Surface?
- Lesson 2: How Is Earth’s Surface Worn Down?
- Lesson 3: How Is Earth’s Surface Built Up?
Chapter 7: Earth’s Structure
- Lesson 1: What Is Earth’s Structure?
- Lesson 2: What Are Earthquakes and Volcanoes?    
- Lesson 3: How Do Mountains Form?
Chapter 8: Using Resources Wisely
- Lesson 1: How Do People Use Resources?
- Lesson 2: How Do People Use Soil?
- Lesson 3: How Can People Use Resources Wisely?
 
Unit D Atmosphere and Solar System
Chapter 9: Weather and Climate
- Lesson 1: What Factors Affect Climate?
- Lesson 2: How Are Weather Forecasts Made?
Chapter 10: Earth and Its Moon
- Lesson 1: What Causes Earth’s Seasons?
- Lesson 2: Why Does the Moon Have Phases?
Chapter 11: Exploring Space
- Lesson 1: What Orbits the Sun?
- Lesson 2: What Are the Planets Like?
- Lesson 3: What Are Stars Like?
 
Unit E Kinds of Matter
Chapter 12: Structure of Matter
- Lesson 1: What Are Elements?
- Lesson 2: What Is the Periodic Table?
- Lesson 3: What Are Compounds?
Chapter 13: Characteristics of Matter
- Lesson 1: How Can Materials Be Identified?
- Lesson 2: How Does Matter Change?
- Lesson 3: What Are Solutions and Mixtures?
Chapter 14: Changes of State
- Lesson 1: What Are Three States of Matter?
- Lesson 2: How Does Matter Change State?
 
Unit F Forms of Energy
Chapter 15: Forces, Motion, and Work
- Lesson 1: What Can Change an Object’s Motion?
- Lesson 2: How Do We Use Simple Machines?
- Lesson 3: What Forces Come from Magnets?
Chapter 16: Energy and Waves
- Lesson 1: What Are Kinetic and Potential Energy?
- Lesson 2: How Are Sounds Made?
- Lesson 3: What Are Some Properties of Light?
Chapter 17: Temperature and Heat
- Lesson 1: What Is Thermal Energy?
- Lesson 2: How Does Thermal Energy Spread?
Chapter 18: Electrical Energy
- Lesson 1: How Is Electricity Produced?
- Lesson 2: What Is An Electric Circuit?
- Lesson 3: How Do People Use Electricity?

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HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Science Florida Edition Grade K

This hands-on, inquiry-based program gives you the resources you need to fit science into your day.
 
    * Readable standards-based content
    * Powerful integration of reading, vocabulary, and writing
    * Flexible three-step inquiry strategy and materials management solutions
    * Solid differentiated instruction to reach every learner
    * Multiple ongoing assessments to prepare students for test success


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Frameworks for Thinking A Handbook for Teaching and Learning by David Moseley

This handbook focuses on the thinking processes necessary for learning by providing descriptions and evaluations of 42 major frameworks--including Bloom's taxonomy, de Bono's lateral and parallel thinking tools, Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences and Paul's model of critical thinking.
 
 
 
Unique in its comprehensive coverage and interdisciplinary approach, it offers easy-to-grasp summary tables for each major theorist for speedy reference. A valuable tool for students needing to understand different ways of thinking, it will also be an essential resource for teachers, curriculum developers, researchers and policy-makers.

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Executive Writing Skills for Managers - Better Business English by Fiona Talbot

Non-native English speakers know the importance of English writing skills to their career development. They may feel worried that asking for help would expose a weakness or lack of confidence. They may feel embarrassed about getting things wrong, and about coming over as ill-educated and unprofessional.


They know that, unlike speech, the written word can be unforgiving if one gets it wrong. Executive Writing Skills for Managers focuses on writing as a key business tool and deals with the English writing skills needed to keep one’s career rising. 


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Evaluation - Language Teaching a Scheme for Teacher Education

Testing is only one component in the evaluation process. This book shows how this process can form an integral part of teaching and learning, how it can provide teachers and other ELT professionals with valuable data that can be used to inform, and develop classroom practice.
 
 
It both examines the principles underlying evaluation and provides practical guidance in the planning of evaluation activities.
 

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English Language Assessment and the Chinese Learner

Building on current theoretical and practical frameworks for English language assessment and testing, this book presents a comprehensive, up-to-date, relevant picture of English language assessment for students in China (Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan) and for Chinese learners of English around the world.
 
 
Written by well-recognized international scholars in language testing, it covers the history of tests and testing systems, issues and challenges, and current research in China; both test-designers’ and test-users’ points of view on test development and test validation within a range of political, economical, social, and financial contexts in China; theoretical/conceptual perspectives on the use of the English language assessment at different levels, including societal, university, and schools; and empirical research related specifically to test development, curricular innovation, and test validation.
 
 
 
Given the long history of objective testing and its extensive use in Chinese society, and considering the sheer number of students taking various tests in English in China and elsewhere, an understanding of the impact of English language testing is essential for anyone involved in testing and assessment issues in China and elsewhere in the world. This is a must-read volume for testing and assessment policy makers, curriculum designers, researchers, ESL/EFL materials writers, graduate students, and English language teachers/researchers at all levels.

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Early Intervention Games by Barbara Sher

A resource of fun games for parents or teachers to help young children learn social and motor skills Barbara Sher, an expert occupational therapist and teacher, has written a handy resource filled with games to play with young children who have Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or other sensory processing disorders (SPD).
 
 
The games are designed to help children feel comfortable in social situations and teach other basic lessons including beginning and end, spatial relationships, hand-eye coordination, and more. Games can also be used in regular classrooms to encourage inclusion.
 
 
A collection of fun, simple games that can improve the lives of children with ASD or other SPDs.
Games can be played by parents or teachers and with individual children or groups.
Games are designed to make children more comfortable in social situations and to develop motor and language skills
 
 
Also included are a variety of interactive games to play in water, whether in a backyard kiddie pool, community swimming pool, or lake
 
 
All the games are easy-to-do, utilizing common, inexpensive materials, and include several variations and modifications
 

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Dyslexia Students in Need - Dyslexia Series

Dyslexia: Students in Need offers a positive approach to students with dyslexia in further and higher education. Students with dyslexia gain degrees and professional qualifications, and successes of this kind often depend on appropriate educational and technological support and upon funding.  
 
 
 
Dyslexia: Students in Need, in an easy–to–read typeface, tackles the problems and challenges identified by students themselves.
 
 
 
It contains
•  Information on applications and admissions to colleges and universities 
•  Seeking information, support and funding about dyslexia from institutions 
•  How to apply for funding from the Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) 
•  Study skills relevant to dyslexia and to course requirements 
•  Examples of how to maximise the strengths and abilities associated with dyslexia 
•  Ideas about the use of computers, software and other technologies relevant to dyslexia 
•  How to cope with revision and exams 
•  Personal case studies written by undergraduate and postgraduate students with dyslexia.Not only invaluable for dyslexic students, but valuable reading for Heads of Departments, admissions tutors, Equal Opportunities co–ordinators, lectures, personal tutors and librarians.

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Dyslexia Speech and Language A Practitioners Handbook 2nd Edition - Dyslexia Series

This authoritative handbook presents current ideas on the relationship between spoken and written language difficulties. It provides clinical and educational perspectives on the assessment and management of children's reading and spelling problems. The book begins with a theoretical overview.
 
 
The second edition continues the theme of linking theory and practice. It is aimed at practitioners in the fields of education, speech and language therapy, and psychology. All original chapters have been updated and new chapters are added to reflect current developments.

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Dyslexia and Learning Style 2nd edition by Tilly Mortimore

The first section of this research based but practical book has been updated to examine the most recent research in two key areas: dyslexia and the dyslexic experience and the major cognitive and learning styles.
 
 
 
 In the light of increased controversy around the use of learning style theory in the educational arena, suggestions are made as to ways in which these theories can be utilized to inform teaching and learning and maximize success for vulnerable learners.
 
 
 
 The second section provides a range of ways in which to enable learners to understand and utilize their individual styles along with techniques to help students to absorb, process and create responses to information across the curriculum; practical strategies to help teachers to adapt material to suit differing ways of  learning and activities to help students to become more flexible and successful in their  approach.

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Dyslexia 3rd Edition by Gavin Reid

This third edition of Gavin Reid's popular book for non-specialist teachers has been thoroughly revised throughout and supplemented with additional material to reinforce the link between theory and practice. Dyslexia is a comprehensive overview of the field, providing more than just a quick fix to immediate difficulties by introducing the evidence base for why particular approaches may be effective.
 
 
 
Topics include reading, spelling, creative writing, study skills, differentiation, identification of dyslexia, individual learning styles, the role of parents and policy and provision for dyslexia. A concluding section provides information on additional support and resources for use by teachers. Throughout, the book emphasises that approaches suitable for students with dyslexia will also benefit the whole class, building upon the teacher's repertoire and empowering them to be better teachers.

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Color Me Drug Free Activity Book

Following the news, engaging in political debate, or going to the opera is all well and good, but from time to time you just need to sit back and look at some old-fashioned beefcake.


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Character Is the Key How to Unlock the Best in Our Children and Ourselves by Sara Dimerman

The character education movement, implemented by educators around the world, is an incredibly successful and growing phenomenon. When important character attributes like honesty, integrity, and fairness are modeled and taught to kids, they develop an inner compass that continues to guide them in a positive direction.
 
 
 
The missing link has been helping parents with their crucial participation at home - until now. In Character Is the Key, parenting expert and therapist Sara Dimerman shares proven techniques in a powerful, step-by-step plan that will help you bring your family together, improve communication, and unlock the very best in your children - and yourself.
 
 
 
The missing link has been helping parents with their crucial participation at home - until now
 

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CAMBRIDGE Writing from Within by Curtis Kelly and Arlen Gargagliano

Every unit contains brainstorming activities, analysis of models, activities focusing on organization, and prewriting, writing, and postwriting activities. These books are designed to be suitable for large as well as small classes.


Each book in this two-level series has 12 units with self-contained one- or two-page sections, as well as self-contained activities that do not require completion of all previous ones. There are activities to elicit both oral and written feedback from peers, and optional real-world expansion activities, giving learners the opportunity to communicate with English speakers outside of the classroom.

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CAMBRIDGE Shakespeare Hamlet A Student Guide 2nd Edition - Landmarks of World Literature

In this useful guide, Paul Cantor provides a clearly structured introduction to Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy. Cantor examines Hamlet’s status as tragic hero and the central enigma of the delayed revenge in the light of the play’s Renaissance context.
 
 
 
He offers students a lucid discussion of the dramatic and poetic techniques used in the play. In the final chapter he deals with the uniquely varied reception of Hamlet on the stage and in literature generally from the seventeenth century to the present day.

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CAMBRIDGE From Corpus to Classroom - Language Use and Language Teaching

From Corpus to Classroom summarises and makes accessible recent work in corpus research, focusing particularly on spoken data. It is based on analysis of corpora such as CANCODE and Cambridge International Corpus, and written with particular reference to the development of corpus-informed pedagogy.
 
 
 
The book explains how corpora can be designed and used, and focuses on what they tell us about language teaching. It examines the relevance of corpora to materials writers, course designers and language teachers and considers the needs of the learner in relation to authentic data.
 
 
 
It shows how the answers to key questions such as 'Is there a basic, everyday vocabulary for English?', 'How should idioms be taught?' and 'What are the most common spoken language chunks?' are best explored by means of a clearer understanding of the workings of language in context.

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CAMBRIDGE Chaucer The Canterbury Tales A Student Guide 2nd Edition - Landmarks of World Literature

Placing the Canterbury Tales in the context of the crisis in English society in the fourteenth century, this guide examines the social diversity of Chaucer's pilgrims, the stylistic range of their tales and psychological richness of their interaction.
 
 
 
It emphasizes the language of the poem, as well as the role of Chaucer in literary tradition, and devotes an entire chapter to the General Prologue widely studied in undergraduate courses. Finally, the volume includes a chronology of the period and an invaluable guide to further reading.
 


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Bright Futures Activity Book

Bright Futures Activity Book
 
Color Me Drug Free Activity Book
 
The Dinosaur_Just Say No


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Authentic Reading Practice Grades 4-6 by Evan Moor

Authentic Reading Practice, Grades 4-6 The real world requires the use of many varied reading skills. Citizens must be able to locate information, comprehend what is read, and then act appropriately. Authentic Reading Practice provides this practice, starting your students on their real-life reading adventure.
 
 
 
The book is divided into four parts:
Part 1 Everyday Reading Skills: forms and questionnaires, interpreting pictures and charts, following directions, analyzing advertisements.
 
Part 2 Reading Nonfiction: find, record, organize, and evaluate information; how to take notes and make outlines.
 
Part 3 Reading Reference Materials: dictionary, encyclopedia, atlas.
 
Part 4 Reading Newspapers and Magazines: nonfiction books, charts and diagrams, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and magazines.

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Affective Teacher Education Exploring Connections among Knowledge Skills and Dispositions

This book helps teachers to visualize teaching and learning holistically, linking the knowledge, skills, and dispositions that students need to know, do, and feel, to achieve in school and become lifelong learners.
 

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A Teachers Guide to Multisensory Learning Improving Literacy by Engaging the Senses by Lawrence Baines

In A Teacher's Guide to Multisensory Learning: Improving Literacy by Engaging the Senses, Lawrence Baines shows teachers how to engage students through hands-on, visual, auditory, and olfactory stimuli and link the activities to relevant academic objectives.


Throughout the book, you ll find real classroom examples of how teachers use multisensory learning techniques to help students interact with material more intensely and retain what they learn for longer periods of time. Baines provides a wide variety of engaging lesson plans to keep students motivated


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A Handbook for the Art and Science of Teaching

"Implementing the action steps from ASCD's best-seller The Art and Science of Teaching is much easier when you use this in-depth resource for workshops, professional learning communities, teacher training, and self-help.
 
 
 
Hundreds of samples, guidelines, checklists, and activities help teachers in all grades and subjects become instant experts on Robert Marzano's breakthrough framework for effective instruction.
 
 
 
A series of 25 modules equips any classroom teacher with a logical planning sequence that ensures you establish learning goals and track progress, help students interact with new knowledge, test hypotheses, and develop deep understandings, and Establish good classroom management and effective relationships with students. "
 

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55 Teaching Dilemmas Ten Powerful Solutions to Almost Any Classroom Challenge by Paterson Kathy

To teach with excellence demands more than strategies and techniques. The most successful teachers draw on their personal power—their confidence, compassion, and empathy, and their professional power—their ability to lead, instruct, and inspire their students to do their best.
 
 
 
With practice, most teachers can develop the skills they need to conquer almost any classroom challenge. This book offers specific, practical ideas to help teachers:
  • manage their classroom time efficiently;
  • educate with passion and enthusiasm;
  • support students who are struggling;
  • motivate with creativity and humor;
  • lead effectively both inside the classroom and out.

In 55 Teaching Dilemmas, Kathy Paterson also shows readers how to counsel students in need, how to recognize and prevent burnout, how to communicate with parents and guardians, and how to encourage cooperative learning among students with different capabilities and skills.

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Help with Words - Heinemann English Language Practice Series

Titles in this series have been specially written to provide students with extra guidance in areas of language which they find particularly difficult.
 
 
 
HELP WITH WORDS compares and contrasts words which are similar or confusing in meaning or form, such as borrow  and  lend, say  and tell, live and  life. It is intended for intermediate-level students and is ideal for self-study or classroom use.
 
 
 
HELP WITH WORDS
* presents and practises over 90 items of vocabulary in 25 units.
* encourages students to think for themselves about meanings and structures
* provides a wide range of stimulating texts
* gives help with pronunciation
* revises and tests students’ understanding of meanings and structures in review units
* includes an index and an answer key to the exercises

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