Los veinticinco años de experiencia como profesora de la autora en la UNED, hacen que este libro esté orientado fundamentalmente a la educación a distancia. Los capítulos mantienen prácticamente la misma estructura a lo largo de toda la obra. Cada tema se divide en cuatro partes: - Una primera donde se analizan individualmente los autores a través de sus biografías y contextos históricos. - Un texto, en prosa o verso, con notas al pie sobre las palabras o giros gramaticales que presentan más dificultad en su traducción del inglés. - Cuestiones de autoevaluación. - Otras cuestiones preparatorias más amplias. En algunos casos se añaden recuadros con sugerencias de estudioÍndicePreface.- Early American Literature to 1900.- The American Enlightenment.- Romanticism.- Varieties of realism and naturalism.- Bibliography.- Key to the questions for self-evaluation.- Index.
Study Speaking is for intermediate level and above students who need to speak English in connection with their academic work. It is intended primarily for use on language programmes preparing learners of English for study at university or college. The course is designed to improve students' speaking skills by: * activating and extending their linguistic competence * increasing their confidence in using spoken English * developing their ability to analyse and evaluate spoken performance * sharpening their strategic competence in face-to-face interaction. Study Speaking is part of a the Study Skills series.
Skills for Success focuses on workplace know-how (SCANS) and prepares students for higher learning. Skills for Success is the first content-based skills text to integrate English language instruction with the teaching of skills essential to vocational or college-based students. Theme-based and interactive, Skills for Success emphasizes development of all four language skills through co-operative learning techniques.
Se trata de un método de nivel intermedio-superior para estudiar el Inglés propio del entorno profesional del turismo. Su diseño lo hace idóneo para el autoaprendizaje y el aprendizaje a distancia, tanto por la explicitud de las explicaciones y orientaciones, como por el hecho de que se incluyen solucionarios de todos los ejercicios. Consta de tres textos que pueden estudiarse de forma integrada o por separado. El textbook tiene una estructura temática que abarca los diez principales ámbitos comunicativos del turismo profesional de hoy en día y en cada uno de ellos se presta atención a cuestiones de tipo gramatical, terminológico, idiomático, estilístico y discursivo. El workbook proporciona abundantes y variados ejercicios y actividades prácticas complementarias como refuerzo al estudio de cada unidad del textbook. Además, contiene varios proyectos y pruebas o tests de evaluación a distancia para realizarse durante el curso si el profesor lo considera conveniente. Communicative Situations sigue la misma organización en diez unidades que los dos textos anteriores y presenta diálogos reales representativos de cada situación profesional de turismo. Para facilitar el estudio y la práctica de la vertiente más verbal de la lengua, se presentan resúmenes léxicos, pautas de pronunciación, ejercicios contrastivos de traducción entre Inglés y español, etc.ÍndiceTEXTBOOK: Tourism: the world's biggest industry.- Structure and organization of the tourist industry I.- Structure and organization of the tourist industry II.- Impacts of tourism.- Sustainable tourism.- Alternative tourism.- Resort tourism.- Cultural tourism.- Bi-directional communication: correspondence and phoning.- Employment in tourism. COMMUNICATIVE SITUATIONS: Booking accommodation. Meeting people.- At the airport. Reservation through the tourist office.- Being a tour guide. Reserving a sighseeing tour.- Environmental issues in tourism. Potentially dangerous situations in tourism.- Tourism in developing countries. Tourism survery.- Tourism as an alternative source of income. Reservations over the telephone.- Ski resort. Travel difficulties.- A museum tour. Satisfying tourists'curiosity.- Complaints. Leaving and taking messages.- Job hunting. The interview. WORKBOOK: Preface.- Exercises related to the learning tasks in unit 1-10.- Compulsory tests.- Projects.- Key. Solutions to the exercises.
North American short stories enhance students' reading skills, language learning, and enjoyment of literature. Discovering Fiction, Second Edition, Student's Book 1 presents stories with universal appeal to engage students and make them think critically. Among the authors included are O. Henry, William Saroyan, Gwendolyn Brooks, Isaac Asimov, and Sandra Cisneros. Extensive pre-reading activities capture students' interest. Post-reading activities check their comprehension, increase their knowledge of grammar and vocabulary, and provide thought-provoking discussion and writing assignments. Literary term explanations and tasks enhance students' appreciation of literature. In addition, WebQuests take students beyond the reading to expand their knowledge of the topic while building Internet reading skills.
The Academic Encounters Second edition series uses a sustained content approach to teach skills necessary for taking academic courses in English. There are two books for each content area. The Academic Encounters Level 4 2-Book set includes one copy of the Level 4 Student's Book Reading and Writing and one copy of the Level 4 Student's Book Listening and Speaking with DVD at a discounted price.
Academic writing is difficult, and Final Draft gives students all the tools they need. Writing skills and in-depth analysis of models set the stage for development. Corpus-based vocabulary, collocations, and phrases, as well as detailed information on the grammar of writing, prepare your learners for college writing courses. Students learn to avoid plagiarism in every chapter of every level. This dedicated, long-term focus on plagiarism avoidance helps ensure that these students are able to use sources and highlight their own thoughts.
The Academic Encounters Second edition series uses a sustained content approach to teach skills necessary for taking academic courses in English. There are two books for each content area. Academic Encounters Level 4 Teacher's Manual Listening and Speaking Human Behavior contains general teaching guidelines for the course, task by task teaching suggestions, answers for all tasks, and chapter quizzes.
The Academic Encounters Second edition series uses a sustained content approach to teach skills necessary for taking academic courses in English. There are two books for each content area. Academic Encounters Level 4 Student's Book Listening and Speaking with DVD Human Behavior engages students through interviews and academic lectures on stimulating topics from the fields of psychology and communications. Topics include stress and the immune system, intelligence testing, friendship, and love. Students develop crucial listening and note-taking skills, discuss content, conduct interviews, and make presentations. A Student DVD includes all of the academic lectures. Topics correspond with those in Academic Encounters Level 4 Student's Book Reading and Writing Human Behavior. The books may be used independently or together.
The Academic Encounters Second edition series uses a sustained content approach to teach skills necessary for taking academic courses in English. There are two books for each content area. Academic Encounters Level 2 Student's Book with DVD Listening and Speaking: American Studies engages students through interviews and academic lectures on stimulating topics from the fields of U.S. History and Culture. Topics include the Constitution, immigration, the Civil Rights Movement, and the American value system. Students develop crucial listening and note-taking skills, discuss content, conduct interviews, and make presentations. A Student DVD includes all of the academic lectures. Topics correspond with those in Academic Encounters Level 2 Reading and Writing: American Studies. The books may be used independently or together.
Academic writing is difficult, and Final Draft gives students all the tools they need. Writing skills and in-depth analysis of models set the stage for development. Corpus-based vocabulary, collocations, and phrases, as well as detailed information on the grammar of writing, prepare your learners for college writing courses. Students learn to avoid plagiarism in every chapter of every level. This dedicated, long-term focus on plagiarism avoidance helps ensure that these students are able to use sources and highlight their own thoughts.
Los veinticinco años de experiencia como profesora de la autora en la UNED, hacen que este libro esté orientado fundamentalmente a la educación a distancia. Los capítulos mantienen prácticamente la misma estructura a lo largo de toda la obra. Cada tema se divide en cuatro partes: - Una primera donde se analizan individualmente los autores a través de sus biografías y contextos históricos. - Un texto, en prosa o verso, con notas al pie sobre las palabras o giros gramaticales que presentan más dificultad en su traducción del inglés. - Cuestiones de autoevaluación. - Otras cuestiones preparatorias más amplias. En algunos casos se añaden recuadros con sugerencias de estudioÍndicePreface.- Early American Literature to 1900.- The American Enlightenment.- Romanticism.- Varieties of realism and naturalism.- Bibliography.- Key to the questions for self-evaluation.- Index. 
Study Speaking is for intermediate level and above students who need to speak English in connection with their academic work. It is intended primarily for use on language programmes preparing learners of English for study at university or college. The course is designed to improve students' speaking skills by: * activating and extending their linguistic competence * increasing their confidence in using spoken English * developing their ability to analyse and evaluate spoken performance * sharpening their strategic competence in face-to-face interaction. Study Speaking is part of a the Study Skills series.
Skills for Success focuses on workplace know-how (SCANS) and prepares students for higher learning. Skills for Success is the first content-based skills text to integrate English language instruction with the teaching of skills essential to vocational or college-based students. Theme-based and interactive, Skills for Success emphasizes development of all four language skills through co-operative learning techniques.
Se trata de un método de nivel intermedio-superior para estudiar el Inglés propio del entorno profesional del turismo. Su diseño lo hace idóneo para el autoaprendizaje y el aprendizaje a distancia, tanto por la explicitud de las explicaciones y orientaciones, como por el hecho de que se incluyen solucionarios de todos los ejercicios. Consta de tres textos que pueden estudiarse de forma integrada o por separado. El textbook tiene una estructura temática que abarca los diez principales ámbitos comunicativos del turismo profesional de hoy en día y en cada uno de ellos se presta atención a cuestiones de tipo gramatical, terminológico, idiomático, estilístico y discursivo. El workbook proporciona abundantes y variados ejercicios y actividades prácticas complementarias como refuerzo al estudio de cada unidad del textbook. Además, contiene varios proyectos y pruebas o tests de evaluación a distancia para realizarse durante el curso si el profesor lo considera conveniente. Communicative Situations sigue la misma organización en diez unidades que los dos textos anteriores y presenta diálogos reales representativos de cada situación profesional de turismo. Para facilitar el estudio y la práctica de la vertiente más verbal de la lengua, se presentan resúmenes léxicos, pautas de pronunciación, ejercicios contrastivos de traducción entre Inglés y español, etc.ÍndiceTEXTBOOK: Tourism: the world's biggest industry.- Structure and organization of the tourist industry I.- Structure and organization of the tourist industry II.- Impacts of tourism.- Sustainable tourism.- Alternative tourism.- Resort tourism.- Cultural tourism.- Bi-directional communication: correspondence and phoning.- Employment in tourism. COMMUNICATIVE SITUATIONS: Booking accommodation. Meeting people.- At the airport. Reservation through the tourist office.- Being a tour guide. Reserving a sighseeing tour.- Environmental issues in tourism. Potentially dangerous situations in tourism.- Tourism in developing countries. Tourism survery.- Tourism as an alternative source of income. Reservations over the telephone.- Ski resort. Travel difficulties.- A museum tour. Satisfying tourists'curiosity.- Complaints. Leaving and taking messages.- Job hunting. The interview. WORKBOOK: Preface.- Exercises related to the learning tasks in unit 1-10.- Compulsory tests.- Projects.- Key. Solutions to the exercises. 
North American short stories enhance students' reading skills, language learning, and enjoyment of literature. Discovering Fiction, Second Edition, Student's Book 1 presents stories with universal appeal to engage students and make them think critically. Among the authors included are O. Henry, William Saroyan, Gwendolyn Brooks, Isaac Asimov, and Sandra Cisneros. Extensive pre-reading activities capture students' interest. Post-reading activities check their comprehension, increase their knowledge of grammar and vocabulary, and provide thought-provoking discussion and writing assignments. Literary term explanations and tasks enhance students' appreciation of literature. In addition, WebQuests take students beyond the reading to expand their knowledge of the topic while building Internet reading skills.
The Academic Encounters Second edition series uses a sustained content approach to teach skills necessary for taking academic courses in English. There are two books for each content area. The Academic Encounters Level 4 2-Book set includes one copy of the Level 4 Student's Book Reading and Writing and one copy of the Level 4 Student's Book Listening and Speaking with DVD at a discounted price.
Academic writing is difficult, and Final Draft gives students all the tools they need. Writing skills and in-depth analysis of models set the stage for development. Corpus-based vocabulary, collocations, and phrases, as well as detailed information on the grammar of writing, prepare your learners for college writing courses. Students learn to avoid plagiarism in every chapter of every level. This dedicated, long-term focus on plagiarism avoidance helps ensure that these students are able to use sources and highlight their own thoughts.
The Academic Encounters Second edition series uses a sustained content approach to teach skills necessary for taking academic courses in English. There are two books for each content area. Academic Encounters Level 4 Teacher's Manual Listening and Speaking Human Behavior contains general teaching guidelines for the course, task by task teaching suggestions, answers for all tasks, and chapter quizzes.
The Academic Encounters Second edition series uses a sustained content approach to teach skills necessary for taking academic courses in English. There are two books for each content area. Academic Encounters Level 4 Student's Book Listening and Speaking with DVD Human Behavior engages students through interviews and academic lectures on stimulating topics from the fields of psychology and communications. Topics include stress and the immune system, intelligence testing, friendship, and love. Students develop crucial listening and note-taking skills, discuss content, conduct interviews, and make presentations. A Student DVD includes all of the academic lectures. Topics correspond with those in Academic Encounters Level 4 Student's Book Reading and Writing Human Behavior. The books may be used independently or together.
The Academic Encounters Second edition series uses a sustained content approach to teach skills necessary for taking academic courses in English. There are two books for each content area. Academic Encounters Level 2 Student's Book with DVD Listening and Speaking: American Studies engages students through interviews and academic lectures on stimulating topics from the fields of U.S. History and Culture. Topics include the Constitution, immigration, the Civil Rights Movement, and the American value system. Students develop crucial listening and note-taking skills, discuss content, conduct interviews, and make presentations. A Student DVD includes all of the academic lectures. Topics correspond with those in Academic Encounters Level 2 Reading and Writing: American Studies. The books may be used independently or together.
Academic writing is difficult, and Final Draft gives students all the tools they need. Writing skills and in-depth analysis of models set the stage for development. Corpus-based vocabulary, collocations, and phrases, as well as detailed information on the grammar of writing, prepare your learners for college writing courses. Students learn to avoid plagiarism in every chapter of every level. This dedicated, long-term focus on plagiarism avoidance helps ensure that these students are able to use sources and highlight their own thoughts.