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Teaching, Language & ReferenceOctober 2015WORD POWER READERS : CHOSEN CLASSICS ABRIDGED With Audiobook, Notes and Glossary GROUP 1
GROUP 1 Titles : Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ; Jane Eyre ; Wuthering Heights ; Around the World in Eighty Days
by G&G Editorial Team and contributors
About this series: Whether you are a student, or an English language learner, or just looking for something great to read in English, the Word Power English Readers are a new series of books with abridged, retold texts that capture the best and key elements of the novels they are based on, with character notes, author biography and details about the time in which each novel was written. There is also a glossary of the less familiar words in each book. The English used in the Readers is very clear and the elegance of the language will inspire calm in the reader. This series will help both students of the novels, as well as students of English, who are looking to gain fluency in English. Each book comes with an audio recording on a CD placed into the back of the book. The recording is read by an actor who speaks clearly and slowly for those less familiar with the English language. The book and audio recording can be used together to help students learn the correct pronunciation as they read and to improve their sight word recognition. Audio-assisted reading also helps to build fluency skills by allowing students to hear the tone and pace of a skilful reader. The level of the Readers is B1/B2, and they are suitable for age 10+ because of story content and theme. We recommend them to you strongly. Word Power English Readers : Chosen Classics Abridged and retold with notes and free audiobook Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson ISBN: 978-1-910965-16-0 Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë ISBN: 978-1-910965-17-7 Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë ISBN: 978-1-910965-18-4 Around the World in EIGHTY Days Jules Verne ISBN: 978-1-910965-15-3
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Teaching, Language & ReferenceOctober 2020The New Choice BEGINNER'S ENGLISH DICTIONARY
by Geddes & Grosset Editorial Team and contributors
The New Choice Beginner’s English Dictionary, for readers aged 7–11, has comprehensive vocabulary coverage. It is easy to use and accessible for children. It features over 8,000 entries with clear, concise definitions, with new senses numbered and clearly indicated on a new line. Eachentry has IPA and spelled-out pronunciation. Example phrases and sentences show the words in use. There are over 350 pictures, each illustrating a specific headword and accompanied by a sentence caption showing the headword in use. There are over 300 shaded boxes with language tips. Topics include: • Don’t confuse: words that look or sound alike, or have similar meanings • Grammar: terms are defined and common errors are highlighted • Idioms: thematic or metaphorical phrases • Phrases: common phrases including phrasal verbs • Spelling: spelling styles, variations and common errors • Synonyms: different words that mean the same thing • Usage: common usage errors are highlighted • Word partners: words that go together.
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Teaching, Language & ReferenceJuly 2016WORD POWER READERS : CHOSEN CLASSICS ABRIDGED With Audiobook, Notes and Glossary GROUP 2
Robinson Crusoe; Little Women; The Three Musketeers; Pride and Prejudice
by G&G Editorial Team and contributors
Webster’s Word Power English Readers : Chosen Classics Abridged and retold with notes and free audiobook About this series: Whether you are a student, or an English language learner, or just looking for something great to read in English, the Word Power English Readers are an informative new series of abridged, retold and annotated texts that capture the best and key elements of the novels on which they are based. They include character notes, author biographies and details about the time in which each novel was written. There is also a glossary of the less familiar words that appear in each book. The English used in the Readers is very clear and the elegance of the language will inspire calm in the reader. This series will help students of the novels, in their comprehension and interpretation, and students of English, who are looking to gain fluency in the English language. Each book comes with an audio recording on a CD secured at the back of the book. The recording is read by an actor who speaks clearly and slowly for those less familiar with the English language. The book and audio recording can be used together to help students learn the correct pronunciation as they read and to improve their sight word recognition. Audio-assisted reading also helps to build fluency skills by allowing students to hear the tone and pace of a skilful reader. The level of the Readers is B1/B2, and they are suitable for age 10+ because of story contentand theme. We recommend them to you strongly. Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe ISBN: 978-1-910965-32-0 Little Women Louisa May Alcott ISBN: 978-1-910965-33-7 The Three Musketeers Alexandre Dumas ISBN: 978-1-910965-34-4 Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen ISBN: 978-1-910965-35-1 Format: Paperback, with audiobook CD/MP3 Colour: B&W TPS: 193 x 131 mm Extent: 128 pp Price: £7.99 each Grade: Level B1/B2 Genre: Classic
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Personal & social issuesAugust 2021180 Days of Social-Emotional Learning for First Grade
Practice, Assess, Diagnose
by Kayse Hinrichsen & Kris Hinrichsen
An effective first grade workbook that provides daily social and emotional learning (SEL) activities to help students explore emotions, actions, relationships, and decision making. The daily activities connect to the CASEL competencies, mindfulness, and key affective education initiatives. This SEL workbook makes at-home learning, whole class instruction, or small group support, quick and easy. Help students build self-awareness, analyze relationships, discover diverse perspectives, and apply what they have learned with engaging lessons. The use of fiction and nonfiction text allows for self-reflection and growth. Parents appreciate the teacher-approved activity books that keep their child engaged and learning. Great for homeschooling, to reinforce learning at school, and build connections between home and school. Teachers rely on the daily practice workbooks to save them valuable time. The ready to implement activities are perfect to introduce SEL topics for discussion.
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Picture books, activity books & early learning materialSeptember 2021180 Days of Reading for Prekindergarten
Practice, Assess, Diagnose
by Darcy Mellinger
Introduce prekindergarten reading skills with fun and effective daily practice activities. This prekindergarten workbook focuses on beginning reading activities to build key foundational skills. This reading workbooks makes at-home learning, whole class instruction, or small group support, quick and easy. It includes standards-based activities, easy-to-follow instructions, and an answer key to quickly assess student understanding. Parents appreciate the teacher-approved activity books that keep their child engaged and learning. Great for homeschooling, to reinforce learning at school, or to prepare for kindergarten. Teachers rely on the daily practice workbooks to save them valuable time. The ready to implement activities are perfect for daily morning review or homework. The activities can also be used for intervention skill building to address learning gaps.
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ELT: learning material & courseworkFebruary 2020KidsABC 2nd edition 1-6
by Jo Hsiao
This series consists of six volumes, and each volume has classbook, activity book, storybook. With different themes (such as animals, food, family, school, cities, planets, etc.) as the main axis, to help children achieve the most effective learning through multi learning media such as seeing, hearing, handwork, and body movement. Each theme integrates interdisciplinary content: language, mathematics, logic, arts, natural sciences, music and body rhythms, and other different subjects, as well as character education: speaking good words, good behavior, loving each other, building self-confidence, keeping clean and other character and virtues. The books are also equipped with AR function which shows 3D images, and interesting interactive animation.
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ELT: learning material & courseworkJanuary 2021Outstanding! 2nd edition 1-6
Achieving Excellence in English
by Kelly Wu
Outstanding! is an ELT series covering beginner to the high-intermediate levels. Users can enjoy the up-to-date content with diversified learning tools such as online downloadable mp3 files, e-learning website, and AR apps.
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Teaching, Language & ReferenceBalloon English
a SCORM-compliant language course
by James Bean, Gillian Flaherty
Balloon English is a set of interactive lessons enriched with attractive digital assets and exercises: animations, games and personalised feedback. These digital supplementary ELT materials are for grades 1-6 mainstream education and are in line with the Communicative Approach to Language Teaching. There are 312 lessons containing 2,300+ interactive screens with 5,000+ activities, animations, games and songs. Balloon English is supplied with AI-aided Grammar and Vocabulary tools that follow the students' progress and provide language content on the basis of their results. Our AI technology supports teachers and students giving essential feedback concerning areas which need revision or focus. Balloon English is filled with a wide range of fiction and non-fiction graded texts that cover a range of interesting but familiar topics. This approach allows students to gradually develop their reading and listening skills and not be overwhelmed by the text. Following the presentation, practice, production approach, comprehension of the texts is developed through a range of simple and clear exercises supported by a feedback and reward system that motivates and attracts students to language learning. Balloon English provides a truly interactive and digital experience that engages students. Method 1. ProductBalloon English 2. MaterialsBased on a series of ELT course books published by ILTS ltd, a UK publisher, and written by Gillian Flaherty and James Bean. 3. LanguageAmerican English 4. Age group and levelPrimary Education, Grades 1-6, CEFR A15. Methodologya) Communicative Language Teaching where the focus is on meaning and texts appropriate to the context. Balloon English is a perfect tool for building students’ communication skills. It is filled with a wide range of fiction and non-fiction graded texts that cover many interesting and familiar topics. This approach allows students to gradually develop their reading and listening skills and to not be overwhelmed by the text. The series follows the acclaimed presentation-practice-production method of teaching, and comprehension of the texts is developed through a range of simple and clear exercises supported by a feedback and reward system that motivates and attracts students to language learning. b) The Presentation, Practice and Production approach is used so that the language is presented in the form of videos, slideshows, meaningful illustrations with texts, and followed by controlled practice activities, and finally used in pairs or groups more freely, in the production stage. The practice activities relate to the main topic of the lesson and enable students to build their confidence and carry out the learning tasks successfully. At the end of each lesson students have an opportunity to use the English that they have learnt and to develop fluency. Students are encouraged to work in pairs or groups, and even walk around the classroom as part of the learning process. Each Talk and play activity is accompanied by a game which on the one hand grabs students’ attention, and on the other hand encourages pair-work or group-work, and leads to the spontaneous use of learnt language. Each game is closely related to the context of the lesson. Gamification is more likely to be successful these days because students are more willing to be active participants in its implementation. They enjoy playing computer games and immediately understand and appreciate their mechanics and rules. Educational games help teachers to manage, motivate, and engage their students. c) Personalized learning is essential in communicative language teaching. Balloon English provides a rich source of material which can be personalized by the students in the more creative parts of the lesson (Talk and play), where learners are encouraged to practice what they have learnt in pairs or small groups, and in a uniquely personal way. Personalization is strongly supported by artificial intelligence (AI) which has been built into the Balloon English tools. The Grammar tool provides suggestions for individual learning paths based on the students’ results. The Vocabulary tool is a perfect drill for playing with new words and where the learning path is built on the fly. The results of each screen determine if the students receive a more easy or more difficult set of activities within a given topic. Student performance data can be easily tracked and assessed. This data provides the teacher with a range of flexible course options best suited to the learners’ needs, either for remedial teaching or for a particular focus on the relevant areas of language knowledge and skills. d) Balloon English can easily be used in a blended learning environment. It is the perfect tool to combine technology and classroom-based learning. With blended learning, Balloon English supports students’ autonomy and helps them to work independently on areas that interest them, as well as on areas that they find difficult. It also provides the possibility of undertaking additional practice. The automatic marking function gives instant feedback and encourages students to repeat exercises as needed. Students are also given hints when they face problems with activity solving and they are rewarded for correct answers which can be very motivating.
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Teaching, Language & ReferenceBusiness Update
a SCORM-compliant course of Business English
by Hans Mol, Joanne Collie
Key features: Business English for adults and teens English-language communication in authentic company settings based on Business update published by Garnet Publishing Ltd 2 levels: pre-intermediate and intermediate 1 level = 12 units; 4 lessons per unit; 3 progress checks approximately 1000 screens providing 240 learning hours enriched with videos, animations, slideshows and photographs WCAG standard AI-aided personal and dynamic learning paths gaming environment for vocabulary enforcement intelligent reporting and feedback system, motivating and guiding students supported with professional training hints on what to do in specific business situations; collections of essential language; grammar topics; pronunciation activities; vocabulary glossary and audio transcription Method Business Update is an introduction to the English-speaking business world. It uses a procedural approach to put students at ease with English-language communication in authentic company settings. Business Update provides students with the English skills that they need for business, using a carefully planned combination of task-based and multi-functional practice. It teaches specialist vocabulary and provides authentic business scenarios in which skills can be practiced. The approach to learning prepares students in dealing with everyday office life, such as making calls, working with facts and figures, taking orders and dealing with customer enquiries. A skills section accompanies each unit, including authentic reading passages, vocabulary building and writing and research projects. Business Update is enriched with hundreds of videos, animations, slideshows and photographs. It adheres to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). It comes supplied with the following AI-aided components: dynamic learning paths, with a choice of easy or difficult activities, based on the self-assessment quiz present in every unit personal learning path feedback based on results in the progress check lesson (after Units 5, 10 and 15 in Level 1 and 4, 8, 12 in Level 2) smart and fun vocabulary tool helping to remember new words in a gaming environment Lessons are supported with: professional training hints on what to do in specific business situations collections of essential language useful for speaking tasks specific grammar points extended in the Grammar section with full explanations pronunciation activities that deal with aspects of pronunciation that occur in the listening or speaking activities (enriched with the Audio Text module, where students can read and listen; the text is synchronized with the audio making it much easier to follow each line) a glossary of all essential vocabulary topic word lists containing useful vocabulary transcripts from the dialogues There is an intelligent reporting and feedback system, motivating and guiding students. Every activity completed correctly is rewarded with an animation. This motivational approach is strengthened with instant and specific feedback which is displayed for incorrect answers. Textual hints help weaker students to solve difficult activities. Most often these are quotes from listening or reading texts. They guide students to the right solution instead of giving them a straightforward answer. Students can also view which of their answers were wrong or correct. Each lesson ends with a report screen displaying results presented in %, number of hints used and number of errors made.
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Teaching, Language & ReferenceTEAMMS: Children Language Learning English Books for Elementary Students (Student Book 1)
Children Language Learning English Books for Elementary Students (Student Book)
by SUDO Editorial Team
TEAMMS is a groundbreaking ten-level English series for elementary students. It effectively cultivates not only the four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing but also a fifth skill — thinking. Built upon time-tested research and the science of learning, TEAMMS integrates technology, engineering, art, math, music, and science with meaningful contexts and engaging activities, empowering children to become well-rounded, fluent English language users equipped for a lifetime of success.
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Early learning / early learning conceptsSeptember 2011Targeted Phonics: Student Guided Practice Book Short Vowel Storybooks
by Mary Rosenberg
Short Vowel Storybooks Student Guided Practice Book features specific sections on each of the short vowel storybooks and mixed practice storybooks. Each section includes lesson plans for the books corresponding with a particular short vowel or mixed practice storybook.
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Early learning / early learning conceptsAugust 2016180 Days of High-Frequency Words for Kindergarten
by Jesse Hathaway
180 Days of High-Frequency Words is a fun and effective daily practice workbook designed to help students recognize sight words instantly. This easy-to-use kindergarten workbook is great for at-home learning or in the classroom. The engaging standards-based activities cover grade-level skills with easy to follow instructions and an answer key to quickly assess student understanding. Each week students learn 3 new words. The repetitive daily activities make reading and writing these words memorable and fun. Watch students build a love of reading as they recognize sight words and start reading independently.Parents appreciate the teacher-approved activity books that keep their child engaged and learning. Great for homeschooling, to reinforce learning at school, or prevent learning loss over summer.Teachers rely on the daily practice workbooks to save them valuable time. The ready to implement activities are perfect for daily morning review or homework. The activities can also be used for intervention skill building to address learning gaps. The high-frequency words used are based on Fry’s 1,000 Instant Words.
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Biography & True StoriesMarch 2015American Authors Unplugged
Interviews about Books
by Martha Cinader
Representative of modern American Literature, the conversations with authors in this book are evenly divided between men and women who bring to life the experiences of natives, immigrants, slaves and rebels. As a whole, they address the enduring themes of freedom and the pursuit of happiness. Following is a list of the authors interviewed. For further information about the interviews please refer to the supporting document. Rudolfo Anaya - Zia Summer Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni - Sister of My Heart Russel Banks - Cloudsplitter Nora Okja Keller - Comfort Woman Dr. Leonard Shlain - The Alphabet Versus the Goddess Barbara Chase-Riboud - The President's Daughter A.A. Carr - Eye Killers Lan Cao - Monkey Bridge Hal Sirowitz - My Therapist Said Kate Horsley - Crazy Woman Dennis McFarland - A Face at the Window
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ELT: writing skillsJuly 2022What the Science of Reading Says about Reading Comprehension and Content Knowledge
by Jennifer Jump & Kathleen Kopp
Discover all about how students learn to read! This teacher resource explores current research on the science of reading and discusses what it means for classrooms today. From detailed background information to helpful classroom tips, authors Jennifer Jump and Kathy Kopp provide everything teachers need to improve students’ reading comprehension and content knowledge skills. Perfect for professional development, this book includes key words for teacher understanding, teaching checklists, top must-dos, and other features to help teachers bring these research-based strategies into their classrooms.
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ELT: learning material & courseworkAugust 2020Advanced Reading Strategies 1-4
by Lisa Yang
Advanced Reading Strategies is a four-volume series that aims to improve students’ reading abilities using practical strategies. Each volume corresponds to a level of CEFR—Book 1: Literal (A2), book 2: Inferential (B1), book 3: Evaluative (B2), and book 4: Applied (C1). Advanced Reading Strategies contains a wide range of interesting themes, such as traveling, culture, modern technology, animals, and art. This series also features a variety of reading text forms, including articles, stories, recipes, jokes, online reviews, poems, and more. The intriguing and diverse content not only helps get students’ attention but also allows them to approach reading in a fun way. The sections within a unit are organized systematically to develop students’ reading fluency. After the main reading passage, a number of reading comprehension questions are offered to measure students’ understanding of the text. The vocabulary section follows to enhance students’ reading comprehension. Then, a brief explanation of the targeted reading skill and its relevant exercise help students apply the strategy to read effectively. After achieving reading fluency, another section is offered to bring students to a higher language proficiency. The writing exercises allow students to research, integrate information, and put their thoughts into words. With a variety of practical content and systematic learning, there’s no doubt that students will improve their reading ability with the series.
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Teaching, Language & ReferenceMay 2020Rise Up English Reading Ability
Essential Strategies to Interpret English Newspapers and Magazines
by Manfred Peng/Mia Wang
Use the three aspects of "point, line and surface" to improve newspaper reading ability; expand learning horizons and establish new reading concepts; use more than 600 news reports to deconstruct long and difficult sentences.The content collects examples of current affairs reports from well-known British and American newspapers and news agencies in the past two years, plus Chinese translations and background notes to help readers understand the meaning of the text.A selection of phrases and idioms frequently appearing in British and American newspapers for recitation or reference.Collect 2000 words necessary for reading newspapers in English, sorted, easy to understand and remember.
