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Strategies for Critical Reading: A Text With Thematic Reader

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Strategies for Critical Reading: A Text With Thematic Reader

Introduction to Literature,An

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Introduction to Literature,An

A Commonsense Guide to Grammar And Usage

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A Commonsense Guide to Grammar And Usage

Exploring English

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– Communicative, student-centered activities enable students to engage in meaningful communication. A wealth of pair work, role plays, and group work helps students learn cooperatively. — Abundant practice — oral and written — reinforces new concepts in guided and open-ended formats. — Grammar is presented and recycled in interesting and humorous contexts — both readings and conversations — so that students experience how the language is really used. — Basic competencies are taught in context: asking directions, taking a bus, buying food, shopping for clothes, etc. — Ample opportunity for review is provided in each chapter, using all four language skills. In addition, every fourth chapter is a review chapter. — Student Books are fully illustrated with humorous four-color drawings (Books 1-4). Clear direction lines and headings make Student Books ‘transparent’ to students and teachers alike. — Workbooks feature lessons closely coordinated with the lessons in the text, and provide additional writing practice with the same grammatical

Reviewing Basic Grammar: A Guide to Writing Sentences and Paragraphs (with MyWritingLab)

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Reviewing Basic Grammar: A Guide to Writing Sentences and Paragraphs (with MyWritingLab)

How to Write for the World of Work

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How to Write for the World of Work

Liberating Grammar

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Designed to make grammar fun and intellectually exciting, this book doesn’t teach readers about grammar but how to do grammar —i.e., how to understand the structure and function — the rationale — of the English language by becoming actively involved with their own analysis and description of the language. Building on what readers already know intuitively about English, it is the first book to combine traditional and generative approaches in one practical synthesis — showing readers how to notice patterns in their language, how to describe those patterns in clear and principled ways, how to decide which of their descriptions are best, and how to represent their decisions in the form of rules and diagrams. It helps readers understand and resolve well-known usage problems — subject-verb agreement, “sexism” in language, dangling modifiers, and others — by description of their grammar and features humorous examples throughout — including quotations from authors such as Homer, Malcolm X, Jane Austen, Henry James, and Toni Morrison.

Writing Talk: Sentences and Paragraphs with Readings

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This book is based on the authors’ belief that a person can become a better writer by using their speaking/listening skills. It offers full coverage of the writing process, the patterns of paragraph development, sentence grammar, and mechanics and usage. Abundant contextual exercises, writing examples, and careful explanations of grammar rules appear throughout. For native speakers of English—and those who speak it as a second language—who want to improve their grammar and writing skills.

History of the English Language, A

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Comprehensive and balanced, this classic exploration of the history of the English language combines internal linguistic history and external cultural history—from the Middle Ages to the present. Emphasis is on the political, social and cultural forces that affect language. Reflects the latest trends and statistics of the last ten years in a revised and updated chapter 1, English Present and Future. Provides a new section on Gender Issues and Linguistic Change in Chapter 10. Includes a thorough revision of Chapter 11, The English Language in America, including updated material on African American Vernacular English. Discusses Black English and varieties of English in Africa and Asia, as well as varieties in the United States, Australia, and Canada. Includes a map of American dialects. Provides examples of twentieth-century vocabulary. For multilingual readers or anyone who wishes to develop a well-rounded understanding of present-day English.

History of the English Language, A

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