Didáctica: lengua inglesa y alfabetización

TACTICS FOR TEST OF ENGLISH FOR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION. LISTENING AND READING TEST PACK (TREW, GRANT)

The course, and therefore the Students Book, is divided into four cycles of seven units, with each unit covering one part of the test.Vocabulary and grammar are improved in the language building sections to develop an understanding of language in use.Test-taking skills are practised and reinforced with test tips and tactics for students to tackle the tasks more effectively and efficiently.Mini-tests allow each part of the test to be practised under timed conditions to improve their language, skills and performance.Other elements show how the language can be used in other contexts and in the real world, making it more memorable and improving communicative abilities. And theres plenty of further practice, homework and other activities to build vocabulary, grammar, reading skills and overall confidence.

ENGLISH FOR AUTOMOBILE (KAVANAGH, MARIE)

English for the Automobile Industry provides students with the language and skills that are essential to communication in the industry. The course is suitable for those who work for a car manufacturer, a supplier, a car dealership, or for a marketing agency involved with the automobile industry. Practical exercises, listening extracts, industry-specific texts, and numerous illustrations help students to acquire target vocabulary and commonly-used expressions. English for the Automobile Industry addresses a range of subjects regarding cars and the industry as a whole. Topics and skills covered include purchasing and sales, administration, design, and production.

ENGLISH FOR CUSTOMER CARE (RICHEY, ROSEMARY)

English for Customer Care is suitable for people who have direct contact with customers in a variety of contexts, including hotels, banks, helpdesks and call centres. Students learn the language skills, professional techniques, and specific strategies they need to communicate successfully in English with customers. Each unit of English for Customer Care addresses the different forms of customer contact, such as face to face meetings, telephone calls, and written communication. The final unit presents the skills needed to solve problems and deal with customer complaints effectively.

OXFORD BOOKWORMS 5. BRAT FARRAR (TEY, JOSÉPHINE)

'You look exactly like him! You can take the dead boy's place and no one will ever know the difference. You'll be rich for life!' And so the plan was born. At first Brat Farrar fought against the idea; it was criminal, it was dangerous. But in the end he was persuaded, and a few weeks later Patrick Ashby came back from the dead and went home to inherit the family house and fortune. The Ashby family seemed happy to welcome Patrick home, but Brat soon realized that somewhere there was a time-bomb ticking away, waiting to explode . . .

OXFORD BOOKWORMS 1. THE LOTTETY WINNER. CD PACK (BORDER, ROSEMARY)

Everybody wants to win the lottery. A million pounds, perhaps five million, even ten million. How wonderful! Emma Carter buys a ticket for the lottery every week, and puts the ticket carefully in her bag. She is seventy-three years old and does not have much money. She would like to visit her son in Australia, but aeroplane tickets are very expensive. Jason Williams buys lottery tickets every week too. But he is not a very nice young man. He steals things. He hits old ladies in the street, snatches their bags and runs away . . .

OXFORD BOOKWORMS 6. DECLINE AND FALL (WAUGH, EVELYN)

After a wild, drunken party, Paul Pennyfeather is forced to leave Oxford and begin a new life out in the wide world. His experiences take him from a boys' private school in Wales, where he meets some rather strange people, to a life of luxury in a grand country house and the Ritz Hotel, and then to seven years' hard labour in prison. Where will it all end? The black humour of this story about English society in the 1920s is as fresh today as it was when the novel was first written.

OXFORD BOOKWORMS 3. JUSTICE (VICARY, TIM)

London: November. Terrorists blow up the Queen's coach outside Parliament. The Queen escapes, but five people are killed, and forty others badly hurt - ordinary, innocent people, like Alan Cole, the Queen's coachman, who loses his leg in the bombing. And for Alan and his daughter Jane there is more terror to come, in the search for the truth behind the bombing. Will the terrorists be caught and brought to justice? But what kind of justice? What can give Alan Cole his leg back, or give life back to people who have been blown to pieces by a bomb?

WHAT’S UP? ESSENTIALS A GUÍA (JACKSON, SARAH LOUISE / MYERS, CATHERINE)

What?s up? Essentials Your student will? Be inspired and motivated by the fresh original topics and dynamic and varied activities. Learn more than just English with a wealth of cross-curricular content that ranges from Maths to Music and from Science to Citizenship. Know exactly what to do at all times with clearly-presented objectives and attractive intuitive design and structure. You will? Feel confident that your are covering all the requirements of the curriculum with a balanced and carefully-designed syllabus that gives equal weight to grammar, vocabulary and the four skills. Meet the needs of all your students with a wide range of supplementary and assessment materials that cater specifically for mixed-ability groups. Specific books to help ALL your students follow your classes. Your student will? Follow the class more easily with simpler exercises and instructions and explanations in Spanish. Feel more integrated. Use full-colour, attractive books. You will? Help students reach achievable goals with reduced contents. Work in parallel with Essentials and the normal Student?s book in the same class, as they both feature the same structure and methodology. Have all the answers available in separate booklet. www.pearsonELT.es

OXFORD BOOKWORMS 1. THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER AUDIO CD PACK (TWAIN, MARK)

Ideal for elementary learners of English looking to improve or practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen to the story at the same time as reading. Tom Sawyer does not like school. He does not like work, and he never wants to get out of bed in the morning. But he likes swimming and fishing, and having adventures with his friends. And he has a lot of adventures. One night, he and his friend Huck Finn go to the graveyard to look for ghosts. They don't see any ghosts that night. They see something worse than a ghost - much, much worse ...

OXFORD BOOKWORMS 4. THE SILVER SWORD (SERRAILLIER, IAN)

Jan opened his wooden box and took out the silver sword. 'This will bring me luck,' he said to Mr Balicki. 'And it will bring you luck because you gave it to me.' The silver sword is only a paper knife, but it gives Jan and his friends hope. Hungry, cold, and afraid, the four children try to stay alive among the ruins of bombed cities in war-torn Europe. Soon they will begin the long and dangerous journey south, from Poland to Switzerland, where they hope to find their parents again.