by Andy Kirkpatrick The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes constitutes a comprehensive introduction to the study of World Englishes drawing on the expertise of leading authors within the field. The Handbook is structured in nine sections covering historical perspectives, core issues and topics and new debates which together...
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Teach and reinforce important basic skills! Use the individual activities to support the units you are teaching and/or provide homework practice. The high-interest, age-appropriate activities are both motivating and challenging. Students will have fun learning new skills and concepts and at the same time add to their existing...
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by Galina Kimber As high frequency words, prepositions are one of the most dynamic parts of speech. Perfect Prepositions shows the meanings and usage of prepositions in Modern English.Used in unstressed syllables and pronounced fast and softly in oral speech, prepositions are often barely distinguishable to the listener....
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by Heiko Narrog, Bernd Heine This book presents the state of the art in research on grammaticalization, the process by which lexical items acquire grammatical function, grammatical items get additional functions, and grammars are created. Leading scholars from around the world introduce and discuss the core theoretical and...
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by Paul Beale, Eric Partridge, Rosalind Fergusson This new collection brings together some 5,000 contemporary slang expressions originating in all parts of the English-speaking world. It gives clear and concise definitions of each word, supplemented by examples of their use and information about where and when they came...
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by Richard Spears This authoritative reference offers thousands of American English slang expressions. Entries include definitions and examples of slang used in context. With help from McGraw-Hill’s Essential American Slang Dictionary, you will become familiar with English as it is used in the media, at work, around the house,...
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by Jamie Drucker A reference guide for international students on common slang and idioms used on American college campuses. Download http://usafiles.net/C50/A_Guide_to_American_College_Speak_Slang_and_Idioms_for_Toefl_Students.pdf
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The Richmond Vocabulary Builders are two brand-new vocabulary books for adults and young adults, for use at home or in class. Each book is divided into 50 easy-to-navigate double-page units which present and practise vocabulary in context and also help provide help with collocations and grammar patterns. Download...
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by Judi Kesselman-Turkel, Franklynn Peterson The Grammar Crammer is a concise, sensible grammar handbook that explains lucidly how to remember correct word forms and sentence structures. Useful as a reference tool for high school and beyond, it packs an entire grammar encyclopedia into just over a hundred pages....
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