QSE Quick Smart English
QSE Quick Smart English

Author: Maurice Forget

Publisher: Brookemead Elt

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9781905248001

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Quick Smart English is a radical, rapid, revision course in English language communication for students at Advanced level (Common European Framework B2-C1). QSE has a strong functional, grammatical and lexical framework. QSE provides extensive practice of all four language learning skills, particularly speaking, aided by Language banks on the fold-out cover flaps. QSE is officially recognised as valuable preparation for the GESE and ISE examinations of Trinity College, London and includes extensive Trinity examination practice activities. QSE is based on stimulating and controversial topics to promote real discussion in class about subjects that really matter to students. It includes a unit-by-unit Glossary. QSE uses task-based learning activities including Conversations and Topic Presentations plus a wide range of pair and group exercises using Role play cards. QSE includes cross-curricular, Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) themes, such as science, economics and law in English. QSE texts are drawn from a wide range of English-speaking world sources, from reportage to fiction, and include authentic Extended reading sections. QSE Workbook comes included in the Student's Book. QSE 'watch and listen' DVD consists of 20 units of audio and visual material - 6 videos and 14 audios, plus PDF files for transcripts. QSE Teacher's Guide includes photcopiable exam practice materials.

Essentials of Business Communication
Essentials of Business Communication

Author: Mary Ellen Guffey

Publisher: South Western Educational Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780324233643

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This text-workbook is a streamlined, no-nonsense approach to business communication. It takes a three-in-one approach: (1) text, (2) practical workbook, and (3) self-teaching grammar/mechanics handbook. The chapters reinforce basic writing skills, then apply these skills to a variety of memos, letters, reports, and resumes. This new edition features increased coverage of contemporary business communication issues including oral communication, electronic forms of communication, diversity and ethics.

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Idoms and Phrasal Verbs
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Idoms and Phrasal Verbs

Author: Richard A. Spears

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2006-02-03

Total Pages: 1100

ISBN-13: 0071486852

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Learn the language of Nebraska . . .and 49 other states With more entries than any other reference of its kind,McGraw-Hill’s Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs shows you how American English is spoken today. You will find commonly used phrasal verbs, idiomatic expressions, proverbial expressions, and clichés. The dictionary contains more than 24,000 entries, each defined and followed by one or two example sentences. It also includes a Phrase-Finder Index with more than 60,000 entries.

Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge
Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge

Author: Joseph D. Novak

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2010-02-02

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 1135184461

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This fully revised and updated edition of Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge recognizes that the future of economic well being in today's knowledge and information society rests upon the effectiveness of schools and corporations to empower their people to be more effective learners and knowledge creators. Novak’s pioneering theory of education presented in the first edition remains viable and useful. This new edition updates his theory for meaningful learning and autonomous knowledge building along with tools to make it operational ─ that is, concept maps, created with the use of CMapTools and the V diagram. The theory is easy to put into practice, since it includes resources to facilitate the process, especially concept maps, now optimised by CMapTools software. CMapTools software is highly intuitive and easy to use. People who have until now been reluctant to use the new technologies in their professional lives are will find this book particularly helpful. Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge is essential reading for educators at all levels and corporate managers who seek to enhance worker productivity.

Passages Level 2 Student's Book B
Passages Level 2 Student's Book B

Author: Jack C. Richards

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-07-03

Total Pages: 79

ISBN-13: 110762715X

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Passages, Third Edition, is a two-level, multi-skills course that will quickly and effectively move adult and young-adult learners of English from high-intermediate to the advanced level. Student's Book B comprises the second half (Units 7-12) of the complete Level 2 Student's Book. Each of the Passages, Third Edition, Student's Books have been updated to offer fresh, contemporary content, relevant speaking and listening activities, comprehensive grammar and vocabulary support, enhanced reading skills development, and a step-by-step academic writing strand. Frequent communication reviews will systematically consolidate learning, while the popular Grammar Plus and new Vocabulary Plus sections in the back of the Student's Book provide additional skills support.

Introduction to Evolutionary Computing
Introduction to Evolutionary Computing

Author: A.E. Eiben

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-08-06

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9783540401841

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The first complete overview of evolutionary computing, the collective name for a range of problem-solving techniques based on principles of biological evolution, such as natural selection and genetic inheritance. The text is aimed directly at lecturers and graduate and undergraduate students. It is also meant for those who wish to apply evolutionary computing to a particular problem or within a given application area. The book contains quick-reference information on the current state-of-the-art in a wide range of related topics, so it is of interest not just to evolutionary computing specialists but to researchers working in other fields.

Skills in English
Skills in English

Author: Terry Phillips

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 9781859647820

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Skills in English Reading Level 1 Teacher's Book The Garnet Education Skills in English series was highly commended in the Duke of Edinburgh English Speaking Union English Language Book Award in 2004. Do you have to read texts in English as part of your studies? Then you need Skills in English Reading. This course builds the skills that help you do reading research in English. At Level 2, you learn how to: skim for the main idea; skim for the topic of paragraphs; read for an established purpose; understand non-text markers; distinguish fact from opinion; make inferences - 'read between the lines'; recognise the author's point of view; apply ideas to real-world situations; transfer information, e.g., text to outline; and react to a text. As well as preparing students for entry into English-medium study, the Skills in English Course is ideal for students who wish to improve their scores in skills-based examinations for university entry requirements, such as the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). Rather than focusing on exam preparation, Skills in English teaches the necessary skills as part of a systematic programme of language development. Skills in English courses are also available in Listening, Speaking and Writing. See the Skills in English website at skillsinenglish.com for additional materials and help. Key Features Reading texts a maximum of 500 words Listening texts a maximum of 800 words Speaking tasks up to five paragraphs, with writing assignments between five and ten well-structured paragraphs Test booklets containing theme tests, a revision test after five units, plus an end-of-course test Teacher's Book containing full answer keys, methodology notes and transcript of listening material Accompanying Teacher's Book, Student Test Pack and Teacher Test Booklet also available.