JaybeereZone: June 2008

Monday, 30 June 2008

Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor “Sex Slang”

Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor “Sex Slang”
Routledge (2007) | ISBN: 0415371805 | PDF | 172 pages | 2.2 MB

Are you a beaver cleaver or the office bike? Would you rather pack fudge or munch carpet? Do you content yourself with paddling the pickle as youre still a cherry boy? Sex Slang not only gives you 3,000 new words to talk about your favourite pastimes but will also open your eyes to practices you didnt even know existed. This naughty little book, infused with humour, will give you a spectacular sexual vocabulary from all over the English speaking world, as well as hours of reading pleasure.

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Market Leader: Intermediate: International Management

Market Leader: Intermediate: International Management
Adrian Pilbeam | Longman (2000)
PDF | English | 9.3MB
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 3526328412 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9783526328414

The topics have been chosen following research among teachers to establish which are the areas of widest possible interest to the majority of their students.
• Provides input in reading, speaking and listening, with guidance for writing tasks
• Contains vocabulary development activities and a rapid review of essential grammar
• Regular focus on key business functions
• Case studies allow students to practise language they have working on during the unit

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Sunday, 29 June 2008

Market Leader: Intermediate: Banking and Finance

Forbidden American English

Forbidden American English

Forbidden American English contains approximately 1,400 words and phrases that should not be used by educated speakers of English. Intended to inform rather than offend or entertain, this unique dictionary of offensive and often inflammatory vocabulary will at once enlighten native speakers and protect nonnative speakers from using provocative language. This dictionary helps users learn the meanings of words and expressions prohibited from most contexts, while recommending that their use be avoided. This book is a serious and reliable reference for the most common forbidden expressions in American English.

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Wednesday, 25 June 2008

TIME Magazine April 7, 2008 Vol. 171 No. 14

TIME Magazine April 7, 2008 Vol. 171 No. 14 (U.S. Edition)

DOC (MS Word) + PDF + MP3 | English | 3 + 1 + 12.4 MB

• COVER: The Clean Energy Scam - Ethanol increases global warming, destroys forests and inflates food prices. So why are we subsidizing it?
• HEALTH & MEDICINE: Eat Your Germs - Want to stay healthy? One way may be to get plenty of bacteria in your diet--provided they're the kind found in probiotic foods
• ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: R.E.M.- Finding Their Religion - After a decade of aimlessness, the once-great band is back with its best album in years
• PEOPLE: 10 Questions for Joe Torre - He won four World Series managing the New York Yankees. Now he's looking for a title in Tinseltown as the new manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Joe Torre will now take your questions

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New Interchange Intro - Student's Book

New Interchange Intro - Student's Book
Cambridge University Press; Student's edition (July 2000)
DJVU | English | 9.4 MB | 81 pages
ISBN-10: 0521773989 | ISBN-13: 978-0521773980

New Interchange is a complete revision of Interchange, one of the world's most popular and successful English courses. New Interchange is a multi-level course for adults and young adult learners of English from beginning to high-intermediate level. Level One builds on the foundations for accurate and fluent communication established in the Intro Level, extending grammatical, lexical, and functional skills. New Interchange teaches students to use English for everyday situations and purposes related to school, work, social life, and leisure. The underlying philosophy is that language learning is more rewarding, meaningful, and effective when used for authentic communication.

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400 Must-Have Words for the TOEFL

400 Must-Have Words for the TOEFL
Lynn Stafford-Yilmaz, Lawrence Zwier
McGraw-Hill; 1st edition (March 2005)
ISBN：0071443282

Introduction:For students whose first language is not English and who wish to study at a university with an English-based curriculum, no admittance test is more important than the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). 400 Must-Have Words for the TOEFL helps you score well by arming you with the most important English vocabulary words commonly found on this crucial exam. This timely guide also encompasses the recent changes made to the test, including the emphasis on conversation and spontaneous communication to mirror the interactive nature of the classroom. 400 Must-Have Words for the TOEFL also includes: Activities such as paraphrasing, synonym and antonym exercises, and identifying prefixes and suffixes Strategies on how to incorporate new words into everyday vocabulary Chapters on identifying synonyms and paraphrasing sentences, roots, prefixes, and suffixes.

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Audiobook: Improve Your American English Accent

Sound like a native English speaker in six easy lessons
Even though you know the vocabulary and the endless grammar rules, you still find it difficult to pronounce English words correctly. This struggle with your new language can make communicating with native English speakers a frustrating experience for both you and them. Now you can gain confidence in your English skills and speak like an American with this focused, nonintimidating program.
Improve Your American English Accent is an easy and enjoyable way to learn and master the most challenging American English speech characteristics, such as:
• The most troublesome of sixteen American English vowel sounds
• The duration of vowel sounds
• Differences in stressed and unstressed syllables and words
• How a sound is changed by the sounds that come before and after it
• Stress in words and phrases and how it influences timing
The CDs present six 35-minute lessons, each one covering key obstacles faced by nonnative English speakers. Author Charlsie Childs is your own personal tutor, talking you through her proven methods for overcoming the tricks of English pronunciation. Accompanying the CDs is a booklet containing written pronunciation guidelines and transcriptions of the sounds, words, and sentences you encounter on the recording.

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English For Social Interaction - Everyday Idioms

• 30 realistic and lively passages dealing with everyday situations
• Each passage containing expressions frequently found in everyday conversation
• Clear explanations of useful expressions, lots of example sentences and Language Help notes
• Exercises for self-testing with answer key

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Tuesday, 24 June 2008

Barron's GMAT, 2007-2008 (How to Prepare for the GMAT Graduate Management Admission Test)

Barron's GMAT, 2007-2008
How to Prepare for the GMAT Graduate Management Admission Test
Eugene D. Jaffe M.B.A. Ph.D., Stephen Hilbert Ph.D.
Software | English | 11.7 MB
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0764133624 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780764133626

Updated to prepare students for the latest Graduate Management Admission Tests as it is given in the computer-adaptive format, this manual presents a diagnostic test and five full-length practice tests. Answers and explanations are given for all questions. The manual’s extensive subject review sections focus on all six GMAT testing areas: essay writing, reading comprehension, sentence correction, critical reasoning, problem solving, and data sufficiency.

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Sunday, 22 June 2008

TIME Magazine June 16, 2008 Vol. 171 No. 24

TIME Magazine June 16, 2008 Vol. 171 No. 24 (U.S. Edition)

DOC (MS Word) + PDF + MP3 | English | 3.7 + 1.2 + 18.4 MB

• COVER: America's Medicated Army - As wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have stretched the U.S. military to the breaking point, the Pentagon has quietly okayed the use of antidepressants by stressed-out troops. A TIME investigation reveals combat's heavy toll on their mental health
• TECHNOLOGY: Who Will Rule The New Internet? - Apple, Google and Facebook all want to build the next great platform. Inside the struggle for Web supremacy
• Computer Literacy Tests: Are You Human? - Websites often ask you to decipher a few wiggly letters. They're trying to find out if you're human or spamware
• BUSINESS: Will the Oil Bubble Burst? - After making billions on rising energy prices, a big investor cashes in. Why that signals cheaper times

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The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 10th Edition

The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 10th Edition
Graduate Management Admission
PDF | English | 12.3 MB
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0886852404 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780886852405

There's something to be said for the comfort of working with the "official" book. The review sections are dry and offer nothing in the way of helpful strategy, but the skills you need are there (for tips and tricks, Princeton Review might be the best). My assessment of this resource is that the questions tend to all be in the middle range of difficulty. After a lot of studying, these questions all seemed average and I wanted something more challenging so that I would be ready to do battle with the real test. For that I turned to the Kaplan 800 guide. I felt I had to stray outside this book after awhile because it was dulling my sense of difficulty. It's a good idea to do as much of this as you can - but I recommend paying attention to how you're doing and eventually leaving this book behind for deeper waters when you start to get bored. My recommendation: start with Princeton Review (fun and easy with good tips, but not hardcore enough). Then do any specialized "workout" books you need (I got math workout books from Princeton Review and GMAC). Get this book and get into the dry math review and practice questions. Buy the Barron's book if you really have nothing better to do than waste your time and money (this wasn't totally useless, but mostly so). Then go nuts with Kaplan and scare yourself to death with their overly difficult practice tests - you'll score lower on those by 200 points than on the real thing, if you're like me. Then take the test - the light on the other side of the exam awaits you!

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Saturday, 21 June 2008

McGraw-Hill's GMAT, 2008 Edition

McGraw-Hill's GMAT, 2008 Edition
James Hasik, Stacey Rudnick, Ryan Hackney
PDF | English | 2.3 MB | Pages: 493
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0071493409 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071493406

We've put all of our proven expertise into McGraw- Hill's GMAT to make sure you're ready for this difficult exam. With this book, you'll get essential skill-building techniques and strategies developed by a team of renowned test-prep tutors. Their innovative teaching methods and expert coaching will help you master every question type. You'll also get vital access to practice problems, model GMAT essays, 6 full-length practice tests, and all the facts about the current exam. With McGraw-Hill's GMAT, we'll guide you step by step through your preparation program-and give you the tools you need to succeed.

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Friday, 20 June 2008

New Interchange - Full CD Video and Audio

New Interchange - Full CD Video and Audio series
Jack C. Richards, Jonathan Hull, Susan Proctor
Cambridge University Press; 3rd edition
CD + MP3 | 2.3 GB | English

New Interchange is a multi-level series for adult and young adult learners of English from the beginning to the high-intermediate level. The Teacher's Edition features page-by-page instructions directly opposite full-size, full-color reproductions of the Student's Book pages. It also contains teaching suggestions, answer keys for the Student's Book and Workbook, listening scripts, optional activities, and photocopiable Achievement Tests with their own listening scripts and answer keys.

Interchange Third Edition is a fully revised edition of New Interchange, the world's most successful series for adult and young adult learners of North American English. The course has been thoroughly revised to reflect the most recent approaches to language teaching and learning. It remains the innovative series teachers and students have grown to love, while incorporating suggestions from teachers and students all over the world. This edition offers updated content in every unit, additional grammar practice, and more opportunities to develop speaking and listening skills. Interchange Third Edition features contemporary topics and a strong focus on both accuracy and fluency. Its successful multi-skills syllabus integrates themes, grammar, functions, vocabulary, and pronunciation. The underlying philosophy of the course remains that language is best learned when it is used for meaningful communication. Written in American English, Interchange Third Edition reflects the fact that English is the major language of international communication and is not limited to any one country, region or culture.

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500 Years of New Words

500 Years of New Words takes you on an exciting journey through the English language from the days before Shakespeare to the first decade of the 21st century. All the main entries are arranged not alphabetically but in chronological order based on the earliest known year that each word was printed or written down. If Shakespeare were alive today, he would buy this book.

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Wednesday, 18 June 2008

English Syntax: An Introduction

Andrew Radford "English Syntax: An Introduction"
Cambridge University Press (May 2004) | ISBN 0521542758 | 396 Pages
PDF | English | 1.9 MB

This abridged version of Radford's Minimalist Syntax: Exploring the Structure of English offers a concise, accessible introduction to current syntactic theory, drawing on the key concepts of Chomsky's Minimalist Program. Assuming little or no prior grammatical knowledge, it leads students through a range of topics in English syntax, beginning at an elementary level and progressing in stages towards more advanced material. An extensive glossary is included and each chapter contains a workbook section with "helpful hints", exercises, and model answers, suitable for class discussion and self-study.

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NTC's Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases

The small but very concise NTC's Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases offers 6,000 basic and common English words plus 6,000 basic and common English idioms and phrases. You will find this portable title essential in the classroom, at home, or traveling, when you need help to recall word and phrase meanings.

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Grant Tailor "Mastering American English"

Grant Tailor "Mastering American English"
McGraw-Hill (1956) | ISBN 0070629420 | 226 Pages
PDF | English | 9.7 MB

Mastering American English is the book of choice to accomplice the best understanding on all grammar rules. Words, sentences, and other elements, as well as their combination and interpretation are tough by this book in a very precise and American manner. This is the appropriate book to understand American English and the ideal book for foreigners who want to excel doing the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language). This book is prescriptive, descriptive and generative, therefore, nobody should have any problem to achieve good scores on English tests.

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The Essentials of World Languages Grades K-12: Effective Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment (Priorities in Practice series)

The Essentials of World Languages Grades K-12:
Effective Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment (Priorities in Practice series)
Janis Jensen, Paul Sandrock, John Franklin | ASCD (2007)
PDF | English | 7 MB | 64 Pages
ISBN: 9781416606703

We live in a global community, and to be a full member of this community often requires speaking more than one language. Educators and policymakers must ask themselves: What does it mean to view language learning not as an elective but as a necessity for communicating and interacting with people around the world? The Essentials of World Languages, Grades K 12 answers this question and many more as it shows us Why world languages must be positioned as an essential part of a balanced curriculum and why the time is right for implementing change. When language instruction should begin and how language instruction should be delivered and assessed. How to redefine the role of the teacher and curriculum coordinator in language learning. How to set realistic expectations for students' second language proficiency. How to design curriculum using assessment targets. Packed with information about major trends and issues in world language education, this book offers valuable curriculum resources to help educators design and implement flexible language programs that prepare children to live and work in an interconnected, global culture.

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From Old English to Standard English

Traces the development of the English language from the dialects of Old English, through Middle and early modern English to the establishment of standard English in the 18th century, with a postscript on the language today. The core of this book is a series of illustrative texts and facsimilies, with descriptive analyses and assignments for students. The text includes chronicles, letters, diaries, literary extracts and contemporary descriptions of the language at different periods. The focus of study is on variation and change in vocabulary and meaning. Other books by this author include "Varieties of English" and "A Course Book in English Grammar".

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Tuesday, 17 June 2008

TIME Magazine June 9, 2008 Vol. 171 No. 23

TIME Magazine June 9, 2008 Vol. 171 No. 23
DOC (MS Word) + PDF + MP3 | English | 16.8 + 3.1 + 11.5 MB

• COVER: How to Survive A Disaster - Disasters are becoming more frequent and costly. But there are steps we can take to improve our chances of survival
• WORLD: Tony Blair's Leap of Faith - Can religion help solve the world's many conflicts? Britain's former Prime Minister thinks so
• SOCIETY: Eating Bugs - They're packed with protein and environmentally friendlier than other meat. But can greenies kick the ick factor?
• ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: Summer Preview - From the newest tunes to the latest art exhibits, the freshest TV shows to the hottest movies, a survey of the artistic offerings to come in the summer of '08

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New Headway English Course Workbook with Keys

The Elementary edition brought right up-to-date, with new topics and new features. The Workbook, Teacher's Book, Teacher's Resource Book, Audio CD, and CD-ROM have all been revised.

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Language, Thought, and the Brain (Cognition and Language: A Series in Psycholinguistics)

Drawing on a wide variety of modern and classical sources and multiple disciplines, this book presents hypothesizes about the relationship between human language and thought to brain specialization. The authors focus on aphasia-language disorder resulting from local brain damage and show that the clinical aspect represents not only loss of function of the damaged area, but also results from the interaction between damaged and intact areas of the brain.

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New Headway Video Elementary

New Headway Video Elementary
Oxford University Press
Video 755 kb/s, 44 kHz | 214 MB
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0194591905 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780194591904

The Elementary edition brought right up-to-date, with new topics and new features.

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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (P.S.)

A three-year-old toddler is "a grammatical genius"--master of most constructions, obeying adult rules of language. To Pinker, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology psycholinguist, the explanation for this miracle is that language is an instinct, an evolutionary adaptation that is partly "hard-wired" into the brain and partly learned. In this exciting synthesis--an entertaining, totally accessible study that will regale language lovers and challenge professionals in many disciplines--Pinker builds a bridge between "innatists" like MIT linguist Noam Chomsky, who hold that infants are biologically programmed for language, and "social interactionists" who contend that they acquire it largely from the environment. If Pinker is right, the origins of language go much further back than 30,000 years ago (the date most commonly given in textbooks)--perhaps to Homo habilis , who lived 2.5 million years ago, or even eons earlier. Peppered with mind-stretching language exercises, the narrative first unravels how babies learn to talk and how people make sense of speech. Professor and co-director of MIT's Center for Cognitive Science, Pinker demolishes linguistic determinism, which holds that differences among languages cause marked differences in the thoughts of their speakers. He then follows neurolinguists in their quest for language centers in the brain and for genes that might help build brain circuits controlling grammar and speech. Pinker also argues that claims for chimpanzees' acquisition of language (via symbols or American Sign Language) are vastly exaggerated and rest on skimpy data. Finally, he takes delightful swipes at "language mavens" like William Safire and Richard Lederer, accusing them of rigidity and of grossly underestimating the average person's language skills. Pinker's book is a beautiful hymn to the infinite creative potential of language. Newbridge Book Clubs main selection; BOMC and QPB alternates.

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Sunday, 15 June 2008

TIME Magazine March 31, 2008 Vol. 171 No. 13

TIME Magazine March 31, 2008 Vol. 171 No. 13
DOC (MS Word) + PDF + MP3 | English | 6 + 1.5 + 7 MB

• COVER: A Monk's Struggle - As China cracks down in Tibet, the Dalai Lama faces his greatest challenge since going into exile 49 years ago. Can his message of peace bring his people freedom?
• TO OUR READERS: Tackling Tibet - As violent protests spread in China, two TIME veterans offer unparalleled insight into the life and mind of Tibet's holiest leader, the Dalai Lama
• SCIENCE: Cosmic Flock - The solar system is filled with NASA's busy ships--and they're having a very good year
• PEOPLE: 10 Questions for Donatella Versace - After her brother Gianni was killed in 1997, she took over the family business and built it into a global brand, with a new menswear line out this month. Donatella Versace will now take your questions

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Friday, 13 June 2008

New Headway Upper-Intermediate Teacher's Book

New Headway Upper-Intermediate Teacher's Book
Liz Soars, John Soars, Mike Sayer, Peter May
Oxford University Press (2005)
PDF | English | 22.3 MB | Pages: 194
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0194393003 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780194393003

The Upper-Intermediate level brought right up-to-date, with new topics, new features, and a revised syllabus which all aid real progress.
The basic methodology remains steadfastly the same: both accuracy and fluency-based activities a blend of traditional and more recently developed communicative approaches in-depth treatment of grammar systematic lexical syllabus attention to all four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) authentic material and tasks throughout.

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Writing Skills for the GRE & GMAT (Peterson's Writing Skills for the GRE & GMAT Test)

Writing Skills for the GRE & GMAT (Peterson's Writing Skills
for the GRE & GMAT Test)
PDF | English | 6.6 MB | Pages: 234
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0768910943 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780768910940

Here, you'll familiarize yourself with both of the GRE and GMAT writing tasks.

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Taking the GRE Writing Assessment

Look inside for writing techniques, a crash course in punctuation, and sample essays written under timed conditions. Don't be misled by publishers who hire professionals to labor hours over a sample, thirty minute essay answer.

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New Headway Elementary Student's Book

The Elementary edition brought right up-to-date, with new topics and new features. The Workbook, Teacher's Book, Teacher's Resource Book, Audio CD, and CD-ROM have all been revised.

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GRE: Practicing to Take the General Test : Big Book

GRE: Practicing to Take the General Test : Big Book
Educational Testing Service (1995)
PDF | English | 5.3 MB | Pages: 1083
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0446396001 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780446396004

The Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) General Test consists of verbal, quantitative, and analytical writing sections. This book is the only test prep guide that contains questions and topics from actual tests administered worldwide. It contains verbal and quantitative questions from seven actual GRE General Tests and sample analytical writing topics from the complete pool of topics for the analytical writing measure. It includes information about the structure of the test, answering procedures, explanations of correct answers for verbal and quantitative questions, sample writing responses with scores, scoring information, a math review, and test-taking strategies.

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Monday, 9 June 2008

The Oxford Guide to English Usage

E. S. C. Weiner, Andrew Delahunty
The Oxford Guide to English Usage
Oxford University Press (March 1995)
ISBN:0192800248 | 129 Pages | PDF | 2.2 MB

The Oxford Guide to English Usage is an essential theme-by-theme guide to correct written and spoken English. Its unique organization by subject gives a complete overview of English usage, providing full advice on both rules and exceptions. Now thoroughly revised to incorporate the latest spelling, pronunciation, and usage information from Oxford's most up-to-date dictionaries, the Guide illustrates points of usage with quotations from real authors, from Virginia Woolf to David Lodge.

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Essential Words for the TOEFL

Essential Words for the TOEFL
Barron''s Educational Series (Dec 2003) | ISBN: 0764120255
336 Pages | English | 1 MB | PDF

Students of English as a Second Language will find vital help as they build a large English vocabulary. Nearly 500 words are listed with definitions and pronunciation help. There is also detailed advice for dramatically expanding one’s vocabulary with help from a standard dictionary and a thesaurus. Practice tests with answer keys help students measure their progress as they develop increased fluency in English.

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Ultimate GRE Tool Kit, 1st edition (Peterson's Ultimate Gre Tool Kit)

Ultimate GRE Tool Kit, 1st edition
Peterson's (June 2004)
PDF | English | 2.1 MB | 592 pages
ISBN-10: 0768914329 | ISBN-13: 978-0768914320

Peterson’s Ultimate GRE Tool Kit offers the ultimate in preparation for the student who wants the top-of-the-line features no other book can match. In addition to the printed book, Peterson’s Ultimate GRE Tool Kit includes the following test prep tools: essay scoring and feedback, one-to-one math tutoring online, and a CD with 3 computer-adaptive practice tests. The book itself contains complete preparation for the GRE, including an essay-writing guide, a diagnostic test, detailed review of subject areas, test-taking strategies, and practice tests. Included are both intermediate and advanced learning and practice, allowing students to customize their study plan to meet their individual needs based on the results of their diagnostic test. Everything about this book makes clear this is a top-of-the-line product unlike anything that has previously been sold in bookstores. Peterson’s Ultimate GRE Tool Kit is not a revision of an old book but a completely new product designed for the serious GRE student who wants it all.

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Really Learn 100 Phrasal Verbs

A companion volume to Really Learn 100 Phrasal Verbs, focusing on 100 phrasal verbs that are commonly used in business. The book teaches the verbs by first presenting each one in authentic contexts and then giving learners opportunities to practise them.
Key features:
Each page focuses on one verb.
Graphs, diagrams, and illustrations help learners understand and remember.
Review pages consolidate learning.
The answer key forms a mini-reference dictionary.
Designed for self-study but can also be used in the classroom.
Useful preparation for BEC and other Business English exams.

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The Good Grammar Book: With Answers

The Good Grammar Book: With Answers
Oxford University Press (Nov 2001)
PDF | English | 9.7 MB | 336 pages

ISBN-10: 0194315193 | ISBN-13: 978-0194315197

The Good Grammar Book teaches all the grammar needed for speaking and writing in English. It explains the rules, shows how the language works, and gives plenty of practice. It can be used either with the coursebook in class or as extra practice at home.
Explanations are clear, simple, and above all easy to remember.
Real examples show how rules work and how to avoid common mistakes.
Colour diagrams and illustrations help students understand difficult grammar points.
Practice activities show how to use the grammar correctly.
Grammar and vocabulary are practised together in special exercises.
Tests at the beginning of each section show learners what they need to practise.
Tests at the end of each section show progress.

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Advanced Listening and Speaking CAE

Advanced Listening and Speaking CAE
Kathy Gude | Oxford University Press (1999)
PDF | 15.3 MB | Pages: 152
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0194534251 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780194534253

Practical training in listening and speaking for the CAE.
Kathy Gude is an EFL consultant and author. She has taught students of all levels of ability on general and business courses, and examination classes in Italy and Britain. Kathy has also worked for many years on a freelance basis for Cambridge ESOL, and as a teacher trainer and ESOL teacher.

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The Express Picture Dictionary for Young Learners: Activity Book

The Express Picture Dictionary for Young Learners: Activity Book
Elizabeth Gray | Express Publishing (June 2000)
PDF | 16.3 MB | Pages: 110
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1842166107 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781842166109

The Express Picture Dictionary for young learners is a beautifully illustrated, fun-to-use dictionary, designed to present and consolidate basic vocabulary.
It can be used both in class as supplementary material for young learners or beginners and at home as a self study kit.

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Acing The GRE Exam (LearningExpress 2004)

Acing The GRE Exam
LearningExpress, LLC (2004)
PDF | 1.5 MB | Pages: 240
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1576854981 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781576854983

With over 60 percent of American graduate programs requiring strong GRE scores for entry, performing well on this test is essential for anyone interested in pursuing a graduate degree. Acing the GRE provides targeted practice designed to increase academic aptitude and give students the tools they need to succeed.

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Sunday, 8 June 2008

TIME Magazine March 24, 2008 Vol. 171 No. 12

TIME Magazine March 24, 2008 Vol. 171 No. 12
DOC (MS Word) + PDF + MP3 | English | 4 + 1 + 8 MB

• COVER: 10 Ideas That are Changing the World - More than money, more than politics, ideas are the secret power that this planet runs on. Here are a few you need to know about
• TO OUR READERS: The Power of Ideas - Changing the world requires innovative thinking. How 10 novel concepts are transforming the way we live
• WORLD: Israel's Secret War - In the West Bank an invisible battle is being waged, as Israel uses a mailed fist and a network of Palestinian informers to stop suicide bombers before they can reach their targets
• PEOPLE: 10 Questions for David Stern - For 24 years, the NBA commissioner has helped globalize pro basketball. And this year's compelling season could lift the league out of a ratings funk. David Stern will now take your questions

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Saturday, 7 June 2008

Understanding Complex Sentences: Native Speaker Variation in Syntactic Competence

Understanding Complex Sentences:
Native Speaker Variation in Syntactic Competence
Ngoni Chipere | Palgrave Macmillan (2004)
PDF | 1.3 MB | Pages: 256
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0333986393 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780333986394

Is native speaker variation in understanding complex sentences due to individual differences in working memory capacity or in syntactic competence? The answer to this question has very important consequences for both theoretical and applied concerns in linguistics and education. This book is distinctive in giving an historical and interdisciplinary perspective on the rule- based and experience-based debate and in supporting an integrated account. In the study reported here, variation was found to be due to differences in syntactic competence and the author argues that sentence comprehension is a learned skill, displaying many of the general characteristics of cognitive skills. The book will be stimulating reading for psycholinguists, theoretical linguists, applied linguists and educators.

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Succeeding with Your Doctorate (Sage Study Skills Series)

Succeeding with Your Doctorate (Sage Study Skills Series)
Jerry Wellington, Ann-Marie Bathmaker, Cheryl Hunt, Gary McCulloch, Pat Sikes
Sage Publications Ltd. (2005)
PDF | 1.0 MB | Pages: 240
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1412901162 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781412901161

Whether you undertaking a taught doctorate, or a course of study leading to a PhD, this book offers complete, up-to-date guidance and discussion on all aspects of successful doctoral work. The five experienced authors give advice on every stage in the process of completing a doctorate, from helping you to engage in critical reflection to better understand your own research biases, to useful guidelines on preparing for, and surviving, the viva. Combining general discussion with practical advice, this book is an essential companion to your research.

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Tuesday, 3 June 2008

A Practical Guide for Translators

A Practical Guide for Translators
Multilingual Matters Limited; 3rd edition (October 1998)
PDF | English | 1.2 MB | 240 pages
ISBN-10: 1853594288 | ISBN-13: 978-1853594281

The fourth edition of A Practical Guide for Translators, which is now available, sees thetraining and work situation of translators much changed from when the book first appeared on the market.
In 1993, when the first edition was published, educational institutions in the UK had only started to acknowledge that in order for linguists to turn into translators training was needed at the academic level. Courses were gradually becoming available in order to prepare the student translator for the professional demands to be met by the functioning practitioner. Although the Institute of Linguists and its Postgraduate Diploma in Translation had already pointed to the requirements inherent in the profession, with the setting up of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting in 1986, the need for the special linguistic skills of the translator was further highlighted.

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