سالها قبل هنگامي کهامت فاکس»،نويسنده و
فيلسوف معاصر براي نخستين بار بهآمريکا رفت، از یک رستوران
سلف سرويس همدیدن کرد؛ وي که تا آن زمان، هرگز به چنينرستوراني نرفته بود در گوشه اي به انتظارنشست.با
اين نيت که از او پذيرايي شود.اماهرچه لحظات بيشتري سپري مي شد
ناشکيبايي اواز اينکه مي ديد پيشخدمتها کوچکترين توجهيبه او ندارند، شدت میگرفت.از همه بدتر اينکهمشاهده
مي کرد کساني را که پس از او واردشدهبودند و در مقابل
بشقاب هاي پراز غذا نشسته و مشغول خوردن بودند.
وي با ناراحتي
به مردي که بر سر ميز مجاور نشسته بود،نزديک شد و گفت:«من حدود بيست دقيقه است که
در اينجا نشسته ام بدون آنکه کسي کوچکترين توجهي به من نشان دهد. حالا مي بينم شما
که پنج دقيقه پيش وارد شديد با بشقابي پر از غذا در مقابلتان اينجا نشسته
ايد!موضوع چيست؟مردم اين کشور چگونه پذيرايي مي شوند؟
مرد با تعجب
گفت:« ولي اينجا سلف سرويس است.» سپس به قسمت انتهايي رستوران جايي که غذاها به
مقدار فراوان چيده شده بود، اشاره کرد و ادامه داد:« به آنجا برويد، يک سيني
برداريد و هر چه مي خواهيد، انتخاب کنيد،پول آن را بپردازيد،بعد اينجا بنشينيد و
آن را ميل کنيد>>
امت فاکس، که قدري احساس حماقت مي
کردراهنمائی آن مرد را انجام داد. اما وقتي غذا را روي ميز گذاشت ناگهان به ذهنش
رسيد که زندگي هم در حکم سلف سرويس است.همه نوع رخدادها،فرصت
ها،موقعيتها،شاديها،سرورها و غم ها در برابر ما قرار دارد. در حالي که اغلب ما بي
حرکت به صندلي خود چسبيده ايم و آن چنان محو اين هستيم که ديگران در بشقاب خود چه
دارند و دچار شگفتي شده ايم که چرا او سهم زیادی از آنچه که ما دوست داریم در
اختیلر دارد؟ هرگز به ذهنمان نمي رسد خيلي ساده از جاي خود برخيزيم و ببينيم چه
چيزهايي فراهم است، سپس آنچه مي خواهيم،برگزينيم.
از کتاب: شما عظيم تر از آني
هستيد که مي انديشيد/مسعود لعلي
Second Language Lexical Processes: Applied Linguistics and Psycholinguistic Perspectives (Second Language Acquisition)
By Zsolt Lengyel, Judit Navracsics
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited | ISBN: 1853599670 | edition 2007 | PDF | 191 pages | 1,7 mb
The book contains studies on second language lexical processes based on
empirical findings by authors mostly from Central Europe. The reader
may have access to the storage and working of second language lexicons.
Questions of integration, storage, vocabulary acquisition and
assessment, word retrieval, and lexical access are the focus of the
studies, which include reference to language users from Finno-Ugric
(Hungarian) and Slavic (Croatian, Polish) language backgrounds.
Ileana Comorovski, Klaus von Heusinger, "Existence: Semantics and Syntax"
Springer | 2008-08-13 | ISBN: 1402061986 | 332 pages | PDF | 1,4 MB
This collection is an important contribution to the semantic and
syntactic analysis of the expression of existence. The volume focuses
on the three main linguistic constructions expressing existence:
copular clauses, existential sentences, and (in)definiteness. The
papers analyze the interaction between the basic notion of existence
and pervasive phenomena of natural language, such as quantification and
presupposition. The contributions represent state of the art research
on theoretical and comparative issues related to the expression of
existence, and make extensive reference to the semantic and syntactic
facts of English and of various other languages. The richness of new
data and the juxtaposition of different theoretical stances bring a
number of new questions into focus.
Marc Blake, "How to Be a Sitcom Writer"
Summersdale Publishers | 2005 | ISBN: 184024447X | 160 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB
TV sitcom is the goldmine genre, watched by millions. An absurd
predicament, witty banter, a group of hilariously dysfunctional people:
it all seems so easy. But is it? If you've ever said 'I can do better
than that', then this book will encourage, test and pull you through
the sitcom-writing boot camp.
Pieter A. M. Seuren, "Language in Cognition: Language From Within Volume I"
Oxford University Press, USA | 2009 | ISBN: 0199559473 | 418 pages | PDF | 1,7 MB
Language in Cognition argues that language is based on the human
construal of reality. Humans refer to and quantify over virtual
entities with the same ease as they do over actual entities: the
natural ontology of language, the author argues, must therefore
comprise both actual and virtual entities and situations. He
reformulates speech act theory, suggesting that the primary function of
language is less the transfer of information than the establishing of
socially binding commitments or appeals based on the proposition
expressed. This leads him first to a new analysis of the systems and
structures of cognitive language machinery and their ecological
embedding, and finally to a reformulation of the notion of meaning, in
which sentence meaning is distinguished from lexical meaning and the
vagaries and multifarious applications of lexical meanings may be
explained and understood.
This is the first of a two-volume foundational study of language,
published under the title, Language from Within. Pieter Seuren
discusses and analyses such apparently diverse issues as the ontology
underlying the semantics of language, speech act theory, intensionality
phenomena, the machinery and ecology of language, sentential and
lexical meaning, the natural logic of language and cognition, and the
intrinsically context-sensitive nature of language - and shows them to
be intimately linked. Throughout his ambitious enterprise, he maintains
a constant dialogue with established views, reflecting on their
development from Ancient Greece to the present. The resulting synthesis
concerns central aspects of research and theory in linguistics,
philosophy, and cognitive science.
Carlo L. Prevignano, Paul J. Thibault - Discussing Conversational Analysis: The Workd of Emanuel A. Schegloff
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co | 2003-05 | ISBN: 158811354X | PDF | 181 pages | 1.09 MB
"Discussing Conversation Analysis: The work of Emanual A. Schegloff"
presents an in-depth view on Schegloff's complex and stimulating work
in Conversation Analysis (CA) and offers clear insights into how it has
and may be developed further as a research tool in social psychology,
social science, artificial intelligence, and linguistics. What is the
status of fine-grained empirical studies of human interaction in CA and
how does CA relate to other approaches to linguistic interaction? What
is Schegloff's contribution to CA and how does his work relate to that
of Goffman, Garfinkel, and Sacks? How does CA distinguish its own
analytical tools and terms from the categories of the participants in
talk? What can CA reveal about human-computer interaction? What can CA
contribute to the neurosciences in the study, diagnosis, and treatment
of linguistically impaired individuals? How does CA account for the
socio-historical dimension of the material and semiotic resources that
participants co-deploy in talk? By addressing these and other questions
this volume proposes a critical guide to CA and its applications with
an extraordinary interview with Emanuel A. Schegloff, and new
contributions towards a debate on his work by six commentators -
conversation analysts (John Heritage and Charles Goodwin), critics
(Rick Iedema and Par Segerdahl) and appliers of CA in the study of
human-computer interaction (Pirkko Raudaskoski) and language disorders
(Ruth Lesser). Schegloff's Response and a closing discussion with the
editors conclude the volume, which also features a comprehensive
bibliography of his work edited by Susan Eerdmans.
Kenneth Nourse, "How to Write Your College Application Essay"
McGraw-Hill | 2001 | ISBN: 0658010689 | 128 pages | PDF | 1,3 MB
How to Write Your College Application Essay guides prospective college
students through the entire process of creating a thoughtful, organized
essay--from selecting a topic to proofreading a final draft. It also
gives the reader an insider's perspective on what the committee looks
for in an essay. Includes sample essays and tips on style.
Exam Classes (Resource Books for Teachers)
Publisher: Oxford University Press | 2000 | ISBN: 0194372081 | 174 pages | PDF | 21 Mb
Exam Classes is much more than an exam practice book. It contains
advice and activities to help teachers prepare students effectively for
examinations, including exam strategies, awareness raising,
understanding test rubrics, and practice at exam-type questions. The 90
activities help prepare students for a wide variety of public English
language examinations, including most of the main American and British
exams. There are sections on all four skills, plus 'Grammar' and a
chapter on 'Exam strategies'. An exam task-type index helps teachers
select activities appropriate for their particular classes. There is
also an Appendix listing the main English language examinations set by
British, US, and European boards.
Tony Stead, "Good Choice!: Supporting Independent Reading and Response K-6 "
Stenhouse Publishers | 2008 | ISBN: 1571107320 | 264 pages | PDF | 5,8 MB
For those of us who treasure memories of a childhood spent curled up
with favorite books, it may be shocking to realize that reading is a
chore for many of our students. In recent years, the increased class
time spent on reading instruction geared toward measurable performance
-- from tests to book reports -- means fewer children have the
opportunity to discover reading for pleasure, or to research topics
that interest them. If we want children to become truly engaged
readers, we must set aside time every day for them to independently
select, read, and respond. Of course, just providing time and a variety
of reading materials isn't adequate to ensure that students achieve the
independence they need to become lifelong readers. Students need
guidance on selecting materials at an appropriate level, they need
practice in the habits of readers, and they need the social
reinforcement of sharing ideas about their reading with peers.
In Good Choice!, noted author and literacy specialist Tony Stead
outlines the components that foster successful independent reading in
grades K-6. He examines practices that:
establish independent reading and borrowing routines;
provide adequate resources for independent reading;
support children in selecting a wide range of appropriate texts;
offer opportunities for children to respond to their reading.
With examples appropriate to emergent readers in grades K-2, as well as
more seasoned readers in grades 3-6, Tony provides a comprehensive plan
for integrating independent reading throughout the day. He offers
systems for organizing the class library and checking books in and out,
lessons on book selection and responding to text, advice on supporting
children and parents in home reading, guidance on conferring with
students, and an array of helpful appendix materials including graphic
organizers, questionnaires, assessment and monitoring rubrics.
Research shows that children who have the opportunity to read
independently not only become more literate adults, they also, in fact,
perform better on state tests and other reading assessments. Good
Choice! provides everything you need to create classrooms where
students can fulfill their reading potential now and for the future.
The Complete Guide to the TOEIC Test
150 pages | Publisher: Heinle ELT | 2006-03-27 | ISBN-10: 14240X2966 | PDF | MP3 | 20MB | 80 Mb
The Complete Guide to the TOEIC Test provides learners with a clearly
organized, step-by-step program for maximizing test scores. It is the
most complete and up-to-date guide to the TOIEC Test on the market.
Oxford Practice Tests for the TOEIC Test 2 CD
2 CD | Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA | June 2, 2008 | English
| ISBN-10: 0194535355 | MP3 | 120MB
Practice tests for the TOEIC test. Lin Lougheed is a well-known ELT
figure with particular expertise in writing prep courses for TOEIC. He
has written Oxford Practice Tests for the TOEIC Test for OUP, as well
as numerous TOEIC preparation texts and skills materials for other
publishers.
600 Essential Words for the TOEIC (Full book + CD)
336 pages | Publisher: Barron's Educational Series | July 1, 2008 |
Language: English | ISBN: 0764184011 | PDF | MP3 | 18MB | 120MB
This new edition has been revised to match the format of the latest
TOEIC and includes fifty vocabulary-building lessons that focus on
American English as it is used within the context of modern business,
industry, communications, and cultural activities. Examples of
practical English usage touch on such subjects as contracts, marketing,
banking, and personnel, among many others. Additional lessons
concentrate on helping TOEIC test takers expand their English
vocabulary in areas related to cultural activities, such as movies,
museums, music, and art. Each lesson presents 12 target words with
definitions, used in several different contexts. Exercises follow every
lesson, and a quiz follows every five lessons to test students’ newly
acquired skill in understanding and using their new words. The enclosed
audio CD provides essential help in pronunciation and listening
comprehension, using the various accents tested on the new TOEIC.
Richard Cleasby, "An Icelandic-English Dictionary"
Oxford University Press, USA | 1957 | ISBN: 0198631030 | 833 pages | PDF | 90,5 MB
First published in 1874, this landmark dictionary of old Icelandic is
both authoritative and comprehensive. It offers thousands of
illustrative quotations, full descriptions of pronunciation for every
letter, and a detailed outline of grammar that includes the old
Icelandic alphabet, word formation, and spelling. The 52-page
supplement contains a list of additional words and references from the
eleventh century to the mid-fourteenth century. An essential point of
reference for any student of old Icelandic, supplement author Sir
William A. Craigie stated in 1957 that 'though the dictionary is mainly
intended for the old authors, both in prose and poetry, it endeavours
to embrace an account of the whole language, old and new'.
Children's Comprehension Problems in Oral and Written Language: A Cognitive Perspective (Challenges in Language and Literacy)
By Kate Cain, Jane Oakhill
Publisher: The Guilford Press | ISBN: 1593854439 | edition 2007 | PDF | 302 pages | 1,02 mb
Comprehension is the ultimate aim of reading and listening. How do
children develop the ability to comprehend written and spoken language,
and what can be done to help those who are having difficulties? This
book presents cutting-edge research on comprehension problems
experienced by children without any formal diagnosis as well as those
with specific language impairment, autism, ADHD, learning disabilities,
hearing impairment, head injuries, and spina bifida. Providing in-depth
information to guide research and practice, chapters describe
innovative assessment strategies and identify important implications
for intervention and classroom instruction. The book also sheds light
on typical development and the key cognitive skills and processes that
underlie successful comprehension.
با استفاده از این کتاب میتوانید ببینید میزان مهارتهای زبانی شما در زمینه علم حقوق چقدر است؟
Nick Brieger, "Test Your Professional English: Law"
Longman | 2002 | ISBN: 0582468981 | 112 pages | PDF | 23,4 MB
This practical series includes a number of specialist titles which help
students communicate more effectively. Each book contains over 60 tests
and over 500 key words and expressions. They are ideal for class use or
self-study.
Marion Field, "Improve Your Punctuation and Grammar"
How To Books, 3 ed | 2009 | ISBN: 1845283295 | 166 pages | PDF | 1,3 MB
Master the essentials of the English language and write with greater confidence.
Preface
to the Third Edition
Do you have trouble with punctuation? Are you frustrated
when you can’t remember whether to use a comma or a full
stop? Do you have difficulty constructing a sentence that
sounds right? If so, then this book should help you. Written
in an easy-to-read style, it takes you through the basics of
English grammar. It explains the various parts of speech
showing what role they each play in a sentence. It shows you
how to improve your writing by choosing the right words and
varying your sentence structure.
The use of the various punctuation marks is explained and
examples given. After reading this book, you will never
again use a comma instead of a full stop! There is a chapter
on the use of apostrophes. You are shown how to write
dialogue and even how to set out a play. There is a chapter
on avoiding the most common mistakes. At the end of each
chapter there are exercises which will help to reinforce what
you have learnt.
Written in a simple style with frequent headings, this book is
for anyone – of any age – who wishes to improve the
standard of his or her English.
Marion Field
Improve Your Written English: Master the Essentials of Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling and Write with Greater Confidence
Marion Field, "Improve Your Written English: Master the Essentials of
Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling and Write with Greater Confidence"
How to Books | 2009 | ISBN: 1845283317 | 175 pages | PDF | 1,4 MB
Written in short, accessible sections, this book explains the basics of
writing good English. It includes punctuation, sentence construction
and spelling. You will learn how to adopt different tasks, such as
writing a report, essay or short story. There are also chapters on
letter writing, filling in forms and constructing job applications.
Preface
to the Fifth Edition
Do you have trouble with punctuation? Are you always
using commas instead of full stops? Is your spelling weak?
Do you have difficulty filling in forms and writing letters?
Then this book will help you improve the standard of
your written English. It has been written in an easy-tounderstand
way designed for use by anyone. Whether you
are a student, school-leaver, foreign student, an employed or
self-employed worker or someone at home, it should prove a
valuable reference book.
The format is easy to follow with plenty of examples. At the
end of each section there are exercises. Suggested answers
are at the back of the book.
Part 1 deals with the basic rules of grammar and punctuation
identifying the various punctuation marks and showing
how each is used. It also covers the parts of speech and
demonstrates their uses. Part 2 shows you how to put Part 1
into practice. There are sections on essay writing, summarising,
writing reports and even plotting a short story. There are
also chapters on letter writing, filling in forms, writing a CV
and applying for a job. The use of e-mail has also been
incorporated.
Written in a simple style with frequent headings and easily
identifiable revision points, this book should prove invaluable
for anyone who needs help in improving his or her
written English.
Marion Field
Translation is a comprehensive resource book which provides students
and researchers with support for advanced study of the subject. The
authors examine the theory and practice of translation from a variety
of linguistic and cultural angles. Drawing on a wide range of
languages, including French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian and
Arabic, they explore material from a variety of sources, such as the
Internet, advertisements, religious texts, literary and technical
texts. As with all books in the Routledge Applied Linguistics series,
Translation is clearly structured in three main sections.
Translation includes readings by Catford, Fawcett, Ernst-August Gutt,
James S. Holmes, Eugene Nida, Werner Koller, Levy, Reiss, George
Steiner, Vinay and Darbelnet.
Express: English for Emails Student's MultiROM
1 CDROM | Publisher: Oxford University Press | August 30, 2007 |
English | ISBN-10: 0194579123 | NRG | 128MB
A new series of short, specialist English courses for professions such
as human resources, or marketing and advertising, and work skills such
as telephoning, meetings, and presentations. Each course can be
completed in 25-30 hours, so students make progress quickly. Hands-on
tasks allow students to use new language immediately. It can be used as
a stand-alone, short intensive course; for self-study using the
interactive MultiROM; or alongside a more general coursebook, such as
International Express
ULD (For US, DE, ES, UK, FR, RU, UA, IT, CA, NL, AT, CZ, GR, PL)
Explorations in Pragmatics: Linguistic, Cognitive and Intercultural Aspects (Mouton Series in Pragmatics)
By Istvan Kecskes; Laurence R. Horn
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter | ISBN: 3110193663 | edition 2007 | PDF | 348 pages | 1,2 mb
The papers in this volume reflect current trends in international
research in pragmatics over recent years. The unique feature of the
book is that the authors coming from ten different countries represent
all aspects of pragmatics and address issues that have emerged as the
result of recent research in pragmatics proper and neighboring fields
such as cognitive psychology, philosophy, and communication. Recent
theoretical work on the semantics/pragmatics interface, empirical work
within cognitive and developmental psychology, intercultural
communication and bilingual pragmatics have directed attention to
issues that warrant reexamination and revision of some of the central
tenets and claims of the field of pragmatics. In addition, cultural
changes originating from globalization have affected the relation of
language to the wider world. In particular, the spread of English as a
global language has led to the emergence of issues of usage, power, and
control that must be dealt with in a comprehensive pragmatics of
language.
New Horizons in the Analysis of Control and Raising (Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory)
By William D. Davies, Stanley Dubinsky
Publisher: Springer | ISBN: 1402061757 | edition 2007 | PDF | 354 pages | 3,2 mb
Raising and control have figured in every comprehensive model of syntax
for forty years. Recent renewed attention to them makes this collection
a timely one. The contributions, representing some of the most exciting
recent work, address many fundamental research questions. What beside
the canonical constructions might be subject to raising or control
analyses? What constructions traditionally treated as raising or
control might not actually be so? What classes of control must be
recognized? How do tense, agreement, or clausal completeness figure in
their distribution? The chapters address these and other relevant
issues, and bring new empirical data into focus.
Crosslinguistic Influence in Language and Cognition By Scott Jarvis, Aneta Pavlenko
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum | ISBN: 0805838856 | edition 2007 | PDF | 287 pages | 1,9 mb
A cogent, clearly-written synthesis of new and classic work on
crosslinguistic influences on language and thought, this book is
intended as a text for upper-level undergraduates and graduate
students, as well as a resource for instructors and scholars in applied
linguistics, linguistics, and psycholinguistics courses. This topic is
a perennial favorite in courses on bilingualism, psycholinguistics, and
even cognitive psychology, and has come into even sharper focus over
the past decade or so with the rapid increase in the availability of
crosslinguistic data from languages other than English.
Marcel
Den Dikken, Christina M. Tortora - The Function of Function Words and
Functional Categories. Title: The Function of Function Words and
Functional Categories.
John Benjamins Publishing Company | 2005 | ISBN: 9027228027 | 303 pages | PDF | 1.58 MB
This volume brings together papers which address a range of issues
regarding the syntax of function words and functional categories in the
Germanic languages. The works offered in this volume derive
specifically from comparative studies of Germanic; at the same time
they all bear directly on long-standing problems in syntactic theory
and universal grammar. The contributions include novel theoretical and
empirical approaches to infinitives, the syntax and acquisition of Verb
Second, the structure and interpretation of present tense, the syntax
and semantics of reflexives, the relationship between expletive syntax
and the EPP, the syntax of possession, and the DP-internal syntax of
pronouns. Some contributions present the results of experimental
research which provide an entirely fresh perspective on previously
unchallenged claims.
Pathways to Multilingualism: Evolving Perspectives on Immersion Education (Bilingual Education and Bilingualism)
By Tara Williams Fortune, Diane J. Tedick
Publisher: Multilingual Matters | ISBN: 184769036X | edition 2008 | PDF | 248 pages | 2,3 mb
In this volume an international roster of scholars offer theoretical
perspectives, research reviews and empirical studies on teaching,
learning and language development in immersion education. Editors
clearly define the term "immersion" and bring together research from
three distinct branches, including foreign language ("one-way"),
bilingual ("two-way") and indigenous immersion programs. This
collection aims to facilitate cross-context dialogue and knowledge
exchange.
The Semantics of Polysemy: Reading Meaning in English and Warlpiri (Cognitive Linguistics Research) By Nick Riemer
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter | ISBN: 3110183978 | edition 2005 | PDF | 487 pages | 2,9 mb
This book, addressed primarily to students and researchers in
semantics, cognitive linguistics, English, and Australian languages, is
a comparative study of the polysemy patterns displayed by
percussion/impact ('hitting') verbs in English and Warlpiri
(Pama-Nyungan, Central Australia). The opening chapters develop a novel
theoretical orientation for the study of polysemy via a close
examination of two theoretical traditions under the broader cognitivist
umbrella: Langackerian and Lakovian Cognitive Semantics and
Wierzbickian Natural Semantic Metalanguage. Arguments are offered which
problematize attempts in these traditions to ground the analysis of
meaning either in cognitive or neurological reality, or in the
existence of universal synonymy relations within the lexicon. Instead,
an interpretative rather than a scientific construal of linguistic
theorizing is sketched, in the context of a close examination of
certain key issues in the contemporary study of polysemy such as sense
individuation, the role of reference in linguistic categorization, and
the demarcation between metaphor and metonymy.
This book collects the contributions presented at the international
congress held at the University of Bologna in January 2007, where
leading scholars of different persuasions and interests offered an
up-to-date overview of the current status of the research on linguistic
universals. The papers that make up the volume deal with both
theoretical and empirical issues, and range over various domains,
covering not only morphology and syntax, which were the major focus of
Greenberg’s seminal work, but also phonology and semantics, as well as
diachrony and second language acquisition. Diverse perspectives
illustrate and discuss a huge number of phenomena from a wide variety
of languages, not only exploring the way research on universals
intersects with different subareas of linguistics, but also
contributing to the ongoing debate between functional and formal
approaches to explaining the universals of language. This stimulating
reading for scientists, researchers and postgraduate students in
linguistics shows how different, but not irreconcilable, modes of
explanation can complement each other, both offering fresh insights
into the investigation of unity and diversity in languages, and
pointing to exciting areas for future research.
New English File: Elementary Video
1 DVD | Publisher: Oxford University Press | March 11, 2004 | English |
ISBN-10: 019438425X | AVI | 140MB
New English File. Elementary Video» features Allie, who's English, and
Mark, who's from the United States. It presents functional and everyday
social language in clear contexts.
ULD (For US, DE, ES, UK, FR, RU, UA, IT, CA, NL, AT, CZ, GR, PL)
232 pages | Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA | June 2, 2008 |
English | ISBN-10: 0194535266 | MP3 | PDF | 120MB
Practice tests for the TOEIC test. Lin Lougheed is a well-known ELT
figure with particular expertise in writing prep courses for TOEIC. He
has written Oxford Practice Tests for the TOEIC Test for OUP, as well
as numerous TOEIC preparation texts and skills materials for other
publishers.
Denise Kruelle, Berlitz English - Language for Life from level 1 to level 8 (Book and Audio)
Berlitz Languages,Inc, Princeton | PDF/Audio CDs | 231 MB
Berlitz
English is the unique new program that provides language training for
the real world by using real-life scenarios, in the classroom as well
as in course materials. Whether you want to learn English for travel,
to conduct business, to study abroad or simply for personal enrichment,
you’ll find that BerlitzEnglish gives you the language skills you need
to handle almost any situation.
Scott Thornbury, "Natural Grammar"
Oxford University Press, USA | 2004-03-29 | ISBN: 0194386244 | 220 pages | PDF | 7,6 MB
From word to phrase to sentence, this new lexical approach to grammar
builds natural idiomatic English. Winner of the 2004 British Council
ELT Innovation Award Natural Grammar shows you how one hundred
important English keywords work, the phrases they generate, and the
links they make. The emphasis is on natural-sounding language. Plenty
of practice is provided in language building.
Hollywood English
Audiocourse | MP3 CBR 192 kbps │ 44100 Hz │ 2 hrs │ 1 CD | English, Russian │ 190 MB
Learning the Language through Movies. Listen to the Dialogs from the Famous Movies:
- "You've Got Mail" with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan;
- "Maid in Manhattan" with Jennifer Lopez;
- "The Recruit" with Colin Farrell and Al Pacino;
- "Casablanca" with Humphry Bogart;
- "Some Like it Hot" with Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon.
- "Heat" with Robert DeNiro;
- ''The Graduate'' with Dustin Hoffman;
- "Cabaret".
There are also exercises in the course. Some of them are in Russian.
Ermida, Isabel, "The Language of Comic Narratives: Humor Construction in Short Stories"
Mouton de Gruyter | 2008-10-20 | ISBN: 3110205149 | 261 pages | PDF | 1,1 MB
The book offers a comprehensive account of how humor works in short
stories, by presenting a model of narrative comedy that is
pragmatically as well as semantically, grammatically and stylistically
informed. It is the first study to combine a sequential analysis of the
comic short story with a hierarchical one, merging together horizontal
and vertical narratological perspectives in a systematic way. The book
covers the main areas of linguistic analysis and is deliberately
interdisciplinary, using input from philosophy, sociology and
psychology so as to touch upon the nature, motivations and functions of
humor as a cognitive phenomenon in a social context. Crucially, The
Language of Comic Narratives combines a scholarly approach with a
careful explanation of key terms and concepts, making it accessible to
researchers and students, as well as non-specialists. Moreover, it
reviews a broad range of historical critical data by examining the
source texts, and it provides many humorous examples, from jokes to
extracts from comic narratives. Thus, it seeks to anchor theory in
specific texts, and also to show that many linguistic mechanisms of
humor are common to jokes and longer, literary comic narratives. The
book tests the model of humorous narratives on a set of comic short
stories by British and American writers, ranging from Evelyn Waugh and
Dorothy Parker, through Graham Greene and Corey Ford, to David Lodge
and Woody Allen. The validity of the model is confirmed through a
subsequent discussion of apparent counter-examples.
Gordon Taylor, "A Student's Writing Guide: How to Plan and Write Successful Essays"
Cambridge University Press | 2009 | ISBN: 0521729793 | 282 pages | PDF | 1,6 MB
Are you struggling to meet your coursework deadlines? Finding it hard
to get to grips with your essay topics? Does your writing sometimes
lack structure and style? Would you like to improve your grades? This
text covers everything a student needs to know about writing essays and
papers in the humanities and social sciences. Starting from the common
difficulties students face, it gives practical examples of all the
stages necessary to produce a good piece of academic work: •
interpreting assignment topics • drawing on your own experience and
background • reading analytically and taking efficient notes •
developing your argument through introductions, middles and conclusions
• evaluating and using online resources • understanding the conventions
of academic culture • honing your ideas into clear, vigorous English.
This book will provide you with all the tools and insights you need to
write confident, convincing essays and coursework papers.
Tim Vicary - The Coldest Place on Earth (Oxford Bookworms Level 1)
Oxford University Press | 2000 | PDF+MP3 | 28.22 MB
In the summer of 1910, a race began. A race to be the first man at the
South Pole, in Antarctica. Robert Falcon Scott, an Englishman, left
London in his ship, the Terra Nova, and began the long journey south.
Five days later, another ship also began to travel south. And on this
ship was Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian.
But Antarctica is the coldest place on earth, and it is a long, hard
journey over the ice to the South Pole. Some of the travellers never
returned to their homes again.
This is the story of Scott and Amundsen, and of one of the most famous and dangerous races in history.
Andrea E Tyler, Mari Takada, Yiyoung Kim, "Language in Use "
Georgetown University Press | 2005 | ISBN: 1589010442 | 240 pages | PDF | 1,1 MB
Language in Use creatively brings together, for the first time,
perspectives from cognitive linguistics, language acquisition,
discourse analysis, and linguistic anthropology. The physical distance
between nations and continents, and the boundaries between different
theories and subfields within linguistics have made it difficult to
recognize the possibilities of how research from each of these fields
can challenge, inform, and enrich the others. This book aims to make
those boundaries more transparent, and encourages more collaborative
research. The unifying theme is studying how language is used in
context and explores how language is shaped by the nature of human
cognition and social-cultural activity. Language in Use examines
language processing and first language learning and illuminates the
insights that discourse and usage-based models provide in issues of
second language learning. Using a diverse array of methodologies, it
examines how speakers employ various discourse-level resources to
structure interaction and create meaning. Finally, it addresses issues
of language use and creation of social identity. Unique in approach and
wide-ranging in application, the contributions in this volume place
emphasis on the analysis of actual discourse and experimental results
that provide fresh insights into language learning and the nature of
language, as well as how language shapes and reflects social identity -
making it an invaluable addition to the library of anyone interested in
cutting-edge linguistics.
English for Business. A course for Business Studies and Economics students. Student's Book.
190 pages | Publisher: Klett | September 1, 2002 | English | ISBN-10: 3125390133 | PDF | 65MB
As an accompaniment to the excellent Students' Book, this is a must buy
for any Business English teacher, who, let's be honest, probably
knew/cared little/nothing for/about Macro/Micro Economics before
entering his/her current profession. Broken down into four sections:
Management; Production and marketing; Finance; Economics with four
assessment tests, this upper-intermediate to advanced level reading,
speaking, listening and writing course Teacher's Book provides (as well
as priceless answers) much needed guidance on getting optimum value
from the included materials.
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A Grammar of the English Tongue, by Samuel Johnson
Book Jungle | May 18, 2009 | English | ISBN: 1438517629 | PDF | 62 Pages | 2,13 Mb
“
Description :
Samuel Johnson was a well-known literary figure in England. Johnson was
an author, lexicographer, biographer and critic. Johnson has been
quoted more than any other English author with the exception of
Shakespeare. Much of Johnson`s fame is attributed to the biography done
by Boswell. The biography centers on the latter part of Johnson`s life,
thus Johnson has been seen more as a gruff society figure than as the
struggling and poverty-stricken writer that he was for much of his
life. Johnson states that grammar is the art of using language
correctly. Grammar can be divided into 4 parts: orthography, etymology,
syntax and prosody. "Orthography is the art of combining letters into
syllables, and syllables into words. Etymology teaches the deduction of
one word from another, and the various modifications by which the sense
of the same word is diversified. Prosody comprises orthoepy, or the
rules of pronunciation; and orthometry, or the laws of versification."
Big Activity Book: 95 Worksheets for English Lessons, by Matt Purland
English Banana | December 1, 2004 | English | ISBN: 0954698525 | PDF | 133 Pages | 1,81 Mb
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Description :
This book provides a varied and interesting set of resources for
practising a range of English language skills, from grammar to reading,
and vocabulary building to developing research skills. It’s divided
into subject areas and there is a comprehensive answer section, which
also gives notes for how to use the material. We have included two
special sections towards the back of the book. The first is a
collection of classroom games that have been tried and tested and
really work. Some may be familiar while others are totally original. In
publishing descriptions of these games and activities we are not in any
way laying claim to having invented them. Our only aim is to
disseminate ideas that work well at a range of levels and always seem
to get a great response from learners. The second special section is
for reference and lists rhyming words, using the vowels and diphthongs
from the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). These pages provide
support for learners as they come to identify spelling patterns and
match together words with the sounds of English. However you use the
book, we hope that you’ll enjoy learning English and come to a deeper
understanding and appreciation of this fabulous language – which can be
so entirely frustrating at times and so difficult to learn!
Cartesian Linguistics: A Chapter in the History of Rationalist Thought, by Noam Chomsky
Cambridge University Press; 3rd edition | March 2, 2009 | English |
ISBN: 0521708176 | PDF | 166 Pages | 1,32 Mb
“
Description :
In this extraordinarily original and profound work, Noam Chomsky
discusses themes in the study of language and mind since the end of the
sixteenth century in order to explain the motivations and methods that
underlie his work in linguistics, the science of mind, and even
politics. This edition includes a new and specially written
introduction by James McGilvray, contextualising the work for the
twenty-first century. It has been made more accessible to a larger
audience; all the French and German in the original edition has been
translated, and the notes and bibliography have been brought up to
date. The relationship between the original edition (published in 1966)
and contemporary biolinguistic work is also explained. This challenging
volume is an important contribution to the study of language and mind,
and to the history of these studies since the end of the sixteenth
century.
Check It Again! by Matt Purland
English Banana | June 1, 2006 | English | ISBN: 0954698584 | PDF | 99 Pages | 3,18 Mb
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Description from the author:
All of the examples in this book are adapted from actual examples of
English that I have spotted during the past twelve months. This is
English as written by people who speak and write English as their first
language (and, no doubt in many cases, their only language). Educated
people. People who have, in most cases, enjoyed as many as sixteen
years of full-time education. People who have been to university and
graduated with first- and second-class degrees. People who have
achieved high-paying jobs in advertising and marketing without ever
really fully understanding the possessive role of the apostrophe. This
is English that is looking for an audience, be it an advert, travel
book or leaflet, newspaper article or website. These examples all come
from texts that have been designed to communicate with more than one
person. Perhaps this makes the mistakes more surprising. Many of these
mistakes – perhaps even the majority – could have been avoided if their
authors had checked and rechecked their work before publishing it or
sending it off to be printed. By doing so they would have improved the
level of communication (the primary aim of any piece of writing – to
tell the reader something) and avoided making the organisation they
represent look less professional.
Graded Lessons in English, by Brainerd Kellogg Alonzo Reed
BiblioBazaar | August 21, 2006 | English | ISBN: 1426421222 | PDF | 125 Pages | 2,01 Mb
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Description :
Graded Lessons in English: an Elementary English Grammar Consisting of
One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the
Class - Room. The teacher is recommended, before assigning any lesson,
to occupy the time of at least two or three recitations, in talking
with his pupils about language, always remembering that, in order to
secure the interest of his class, he must allow his pupils to take an
active part in the exercise.
David Lightfoot, "How to Set Parameters: Arguments from Language Change"
The MIT Press | 1993-10-04 | ISBN: 0262620901 | 225 pages | PDF | 1,6 MB
Over the past decade, generative grammarians have viewed language
acquisition as a process of fixing option points or parameters defined
in Universal Grammar. Here David Lightfoot addresses the crucial
question of what it takes to set a parameter - of what kind of
experience is needed to trigger the emergence of a natural kind of
grammar. Lightfoot asserts that parameter setting is not sensitive to
embedded material, and that it is triggered only by robust elements
that are structurally simple. He observes that morphological properties
play a significant role in setting parameters which have widespread
syntactic effects. Using evidence from data on diachronic changes and
from current work in syntactic theory, Lightfoot makes precise claims
about the triggering experience that can explain a number of historical
puzzles. He argues that the changes could have taken place in the way
they did only if language acquisition proceeds on the basis of simple,
unembedded experiences. David Lightfoot is Professor and Chairman of
the Linguistics Department at the University of Maryland.
Children's Language and Communication Difficulties: Understanding, Identification and Intervention (Continuum education)
By Julie Dockrell, David J. Messer
Publisher: Continuum Intl | ISBN: 0826459668 | edition 2000 | PDF | 196 pages | 13 mb
Children's language difficulties affect many areas of functioning and
devlopment. Since most children with these difficulties are expected to
function in ordinary schools and nurseries it is important that
parents, teachers and practitioners have a broad understanding of the
issues. Language and communication problems typically fall under the
umbrella terms 'language disability, 'language delay', or 'language
difficulties. They can range from an occasional difficulty with certain
sounds to an inability to communicate using spoken language. These
problems can occur in isolation or be associated with a range of
special needs such as hearing loss, visual impairment or learning
disabilities. This is the first introductory text to outline the
difficulties experienced by children and link these to issues
surrounding multidisciplinary assessment, intervention and service
provision.
Ann K. Farmer, Richard A. Demers, "A Linguistics Workbook, 4th Edition"
The MIT Press | 2001-09-01 | ISBN: 0262561433 | 292 pages | PDF | 5,1 MB
A Linguistics Workbook is a supplement to Linguistics: An Introduction
to Language and Communications, fifth edition. It can also be used with
other introductory and intermediate linguistics texts. Whereas most of
the examples in Linguistics are based on English, the workbook provides
exercises in the major areas of linguistics (for example, syntax and
morphology) drawn from a wide variety of languages. This edition
includes new exercises, as well as refinements to some of the original
ones.
IELTS Testbuilder 2: Student's Book and Audio CD
176 pages | Publisher: Macmillan ELT | December 18, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0230028853 | PDF | MP3 | 13MB | 60MB
IELTS Testbuilder 2 is designed to improve exam performance and
increase language competence for success in IELTS.
This book includes:
Four completely new practice tests,
Further Practice and Guidance pages.
Accompanying audio CD contains all four listening tests
Complete answer key with useful explanations.
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Achieve IELTS Practice Test Book
230 pages | Publisher: Langenscheidt ELT | January 1, 2008 | English |
ISBN-10: 3526518386 | PDF | OGG | 15MB | 50MB
This useful practice test book, containing four complete IELTS practice
tests, can be used as a self-study resource or as part of an IELTS
course. It provides practice for students preparing for the academic
test at any level as well as a compehensive overview and test-taking
strategies.
Two audio CDs with correctly timed pauses to give an authentic test practice experience.
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