Thứ Tư, 18 tháng 10, 2017

The World of Words Vocabulary for College Success 8th Edition Book

The World of Words is a user-friendly book that students find challenging but very useful. They often see the words in this book in other places such as college textbooks, newspapers, magazines, content area journals and hear them in newscasts and radio broadcasts.
This time-tested, top-selling vocabulary textbook not only teaches students the vocabulary they need for academic success but also provides them with the tools to acquire new words independently for years to come. A wealth of easy to use and engaging exercises offers in-depth word practice. 
A focus on three critical skills--dictionary use, context clues, and word elements--builds lifelong word acquisition skills. New online audio exercises hone pronunciation, and an abundance of support materials, including pre-written online tests for every chapter, make life a little easier for instructors.

The Whole-Brain Child 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Childs Developing Mind

In this pioneering, practical book,  neuropsychiatrist and author of the bestselling Mindsight, offer a revolutionary approach to child rearing with twelve key strategies that foster healthy brain development, leading to calmer, happier children.
 
 
The authors explain—and make accessible—the new science of how a child’s brain is wired and how it matures. The “upstairs brain,” which makes decisions and balances emotions, is under construction until the mid-twenties.
 
 
And especially in young children, the right brain and its emotions tend to rule over the logic of the left brain. No wonder kids throw tantrums, fight, or sulk in silence. By applying these discoveries to everyday parenting, you can turn any outburst, argument, or fear into a chance to integrate your child’s brain and foster vital growth.
 
             
Complete with age-appropriate strategies for dealing with day-to-day struggles and illustrations that will help you explain these concepts to your child, The Whole-Brain Child shows you how to cultivate healthy emotional and intellectual development so that your children can lead balanced, meaningful, and connected lives.
 

The Whole Story - Short Stories for Pleasure and Language Improvement

The Whole Story includes the work of a variety of 20th century writers in English from around the world; among them Greene, Hemingway, Achebe and Frame uses carefully structured exercises to make the texts accessible and encourage personal response emphasises vocabulary development.
 
 
Providing explanations of less common words with each text, plus exercises to encourage students to explore the meanings of words in context provides user’s notes and an easy reference key, making the book suitable for both class use and self-study is accompanied by a cassette of selected readings in varieties of 
world English.

The Truth About The New Rules of Business Writing

 Businesses know this: that\'s why they spend $3 billion a year helping their employees become more effective writers. If you hated writing in school, or if you just weren\'t that good at it, we have great news. Business writing has changed.

The Truth About Writing That Works brings together its field\'s best knowledge, and shows exactly how to put it to work. With an "aha" on every page, it presents information in a clear, accessible style that\'s easy to understand and use.


Written in short chapters, it covers the entire field, cuts to the heart of every topic, pulls back the curtain on expert secrets, and pops the bubble of commonly-held assumptions. Simply put, this book delivers easy, painless writing techniques that work.

The St.Martins Guide to Writing 9th Edition

The best-selling college rhetoric for nearly 25 years, The St. Martin’s Guide has achieved an unparalleled record of success by providing practical innovations for the ever-changing composition course.

Comprehensive yet flexible, The Guide’s acclaimed step-by-step guides to each type of writing offer sure-fire invention strategies to get students started, combined with thorough advice on critical reading, working with sources, and careful revision.


Axelrod and Cooper’s class-tested guidance on visual rhetoric, online teaching and learning, and more is available for instructors who incorporate these topics into their courses — but not intrusive, for those who don’t. The new edition has been re-engineered to reflect and build on the actual writing processes of students and does even more to prepare them for the writing they will do in other college courses.

The Everyday Writer with Exercises 4th Edition

Students write every day and everywhere. for school, for work, and for fun. And nobody else in the field of composition understands the real world of student writing better than Andrea A. Lunsford.
 
 
Her trademark attention to rhetorical choice, language and style, and critical thinking and argument. based on years of experience as a researcher and classroom teacher. make The Everyday Writer the tabbed handbook that can talk students through every writing situation. 
 
 
New research into student writing now informs every page of the new edition.and with expanded, more visual coverage of the writing process, research and documentation, and writing in the disciplines, today's Everyday Writer prepares students more than ever for everyday writing challenges. from managing a research project to writing on a Facebook wall.

The Challenge and Real Lives Video Workbook (Snapshot)

Taking into account the changing needs of learners and teachers.
 
 
New Snapshot:
- Captures and holds students' attention through authentic location photography, magazine articles and personalisation activities that allow students to talk about themselves.
 
- Gives all students the opportunity to achieve success at their own level by providing two-level exercises and projects which enable students from different levels to express themselves creatively and successfully encourages learner independence, making it ideal for large classes by offering opportunities for students to monitor their own progress and develop effective learning strategies
 
 
Level: Pre-Intermediate - Intermediate