Language Study & Reference
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From English Language Test to University Success (Pocket Study Skills)
This short and pithy guide helps readers to understand the differences between English language tests and university-level work. It covers the study and language skills directly connected to using (English) language successfully in an academic context. It also covers critical thinking, disciplinary knowledge, styles and genres, useful skills for reading, making notes, writing assessments (particularly use of language) understanding lectures and seminars, and speaking in seminars.This Pocket gives readers the tools and information needed to not only cope with university study, but to excel and produce top-level work. It encourages the reader to see themselves not just as a ‘student’ but as a researcher, an original and creative thinker, and as someone who can share their ideas and insights with others in order to add to the knowledge of their field.
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Le Reflet du Temps: Learn French through Suspense
What if the mirror in your hallway has been recording your conversations for years?
THE STORY:
Investigative journalist Thomas Vidal thinks he’s recording just another episode of his skeptic podcast. His guest: Dr. Éline Rousseau, a controversial scientist with an impossible theory—that antique glass captures sound like a vinyl record.Thomas thinks it’s a hoax. Then, Éline turns on her device.
They don’t hear static. They hear a voice from 1960. And it’s screaming for help.
THE METHOD:
Forget boring textbooks. Le Reflet du Temps teaches you French through the power of immersion. Written entirely as a podcast script, this book focuses on the one thing learners struggle with most: Real Conversation.-
100% Dialogue: Master the flow of natural speech, slang, and rapid-fire exchanges.
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Bilingual Format: Every French sentence is immediately followed by its English translation. No dictionary needed.
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Binge-Worthy: Structured like a Netflix miniseries, the suspense keeps you turning pages—and learning—until the very end.
Perfect for intermediate learners who want to leave the classroom behind and dive into a real mystery.
Get your copy today and listen to the past.
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Reading Biblical Greek: A Graded Reader for Beginners
Reading Biblical Greek is aimed at students who are studying New Testament Greek for the first time, or refreshing what they once learned. Designed to supplement and reinforce The Elements of New Testament Greek, by Jeremy Duff, each chapter of this textbook provides lengthy, plot-driven texts that will be accessible as students study each chapter of The Elements. Each text is accompanied by detailed questions, which test comprehension of content from recent lessons and review challenging topics from previous chapters. The graded nature of the texts, together with the copious notes and comprehension questions, makes this an ideal resource for learning, reviewing or re-entering Greek. The focus of this resource is on reading with understanding, and the exercises highlight how Greek texts convey meaning. Finally, this book moves on from first-year Greek, with sections that cover the most important advanced topics thoroughly.Read more
From £5.69£6.69Reading Biblical Greek: A Graded Reader for Beginners
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50 Gaelic Coffee Breaks: Short activities to improve your Scottish Gaelic one cup at a time (50 Coffee Breaks Series)
Transform your down time into ‘do time’.
The most successful language learners create a habit of studying on a regular basis. 50 Gaelic Coffee Breaks makes it easy to master a simple routine of improving your Scottish Gaelic by effortlessly integrating it with your calming daily ritual – from a 5-minute espresso to a 15-minute latte.
Organised by 5, 10 and 15 minutes, these 50 varied and lively activities – from anagrams and idiom challenges to recipes and quotations – are created for high-beginner to intermediate adult and young-adult learners and designed to keep you motivated while building your skills in key areas.
· Reading comprehension
· Writing skills
· Grammar confidence
· Translation abilities
· Vocabulary expansion
· Cultural awarenessBy practising Scottish Gaelic in a fun and relaxed way in the time you have, you will stay on track to achieve your language-learning aspirations. So, pick up your preferred brew and this practical book, and make learning the most pleasant and productive part of your busy day.
For 15 years Coffee Break Languages has helped make it possible for millions of people to learn a language in a way that fits into their everyday life: whether that’s while walking the dog, at the gym, or on their coffee break!
Teach Yourself has collaborated with Coffee Break Languages to bring their brilliant method to a wider audience by producing their first-ever printed product. All the activities are written by long-time teachers of the language in Coffee Break’s characteristically friendly and conversational style. It’s the perfect complement to your studies.
The activities are levelled for high-beginner to low-intermediate learners: CEFR A2-B1 and ACTFL Intermediate-low/mid
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How I Wish I’d Taught Writing
There are four myths that hinder the teaching of writing. First, that it is so cognitively complex that there can be no established pedagogy that captures that complexity in a rational and teachable progression. Second, that the research on teaching writing is so thin as to be almost irrelevant. Third, that reading and writing are inverses and so long as we teach reading we are per se teaching writing. Fourth, that writing is a creative form and is therefore a divine gift rather than a teachable social necessity. Through analysis of the substantial and growing research into writing, this book aims to dispel all four myths and offer a clear, research-led and unambiguous companion to the DfE Writing Framework on how writing is best taught in primary schools.Read more
From £14.06How I Wish I’d Taught Writing
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