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12 Reasons Why Reading Books Should Be Part of Your Life:
1. Knowledge Highway: Books offer a vast reservoir of knowledge on virtually any topic imaginable. Dive deep into history, science, philosophy, or explore new hobbies and interests.
2. Enhanced Vocabulary: Regular reading exposes you to a wider range of vocabulary, improving your communication skills and comprehension.
3. Memory Boost: Studies suggest that reading can help sharpen your memory and cognitive function, keeping your mind active and engaged.
4. Stress Reduction: Curling up with a good book can be a form of mental escape, offering a temporary reprieve from daily anxieties and a chance to unwind.
5. Improved Focus and Concentration: In today's fast-paced world filled with distractions, reading strengthens your ability to focus and concentrate for extended periods.
6. Empathy and Perspective: Stepping into the shoes of fictional characters allows you to develop empathy and gain a deeper understanding of different perspectives.
7. Enhanced Creativity: Reading exposes you to new ideas and thought processes, potentially sparking your own creativity and problem-solving skills.
8. Stronger Writing Skills: Immersing yourself in well-written prose can improve your writing style, sentence structure, and overall communication clarity.
9. Improved Sleep Quality: Swap screen time for a book before bed. The calming nature of reading can help you relax and unwind, promoting better sleep quality.
12 Reasons Why Reading Books Should Be Part of Your Life:
1. Knowledge Highway: Books offer a vast reservoir of knowledge on virtually any topic imaginable. Dive deep into history, science, philosophy, or explore new hobbies and interests.
2. Enhanced Vocabulary: Regular reading exposes you to a wider range of vocabulary, improving your communication skills and comprehension.
3. Memory Boost: Studies suggest that reading can help sharpen your memory and cognitive function, keeping your mind active and engaged.
4. Stress Reduction: Curling up with a good book can be a form of mental escape, offering a temporary reprieve from daily anxieties and a chance to unwind.
5. Improved Focus and Concentration: In today's fast-paced world filled with distractions, reading strengthens your ability to focus and concentrate for extended periods.
6. Empathy and Perspective: Stepping into the shoes of fictional characters allows you to develop empathy and gain a deeper understanding of different perspectives.
7. Enhanced Creativity: Reading exposes you to new ideas and thought processes, potentially sparking your own creativity and problem-solving skills.
8. Stronger Writing Skills: Immersing yourself in well-written prose can improve your writing style, sentence structure, and overall communication clarity.
9. Improved Sleep Quality: Swap screen time for a book before bed. The calming nature of reading can help you relax and unwind, promoting better sleep quality

“Why do I read?
I just can't help myself.
I read to learn and to grow, to laugh
and to be motivated.
I read to understand things I've never
been exposed to.
I read when I'm crabby, when I've just
said monumentally dumb things to the
people I love.
I read for strength to help me when I
feel broken, discouraged, and afraid.
I read when I'm angry at the whole
world.
I read when everything is going right.
I read to find hope.
I read because I'm made up not just of
skin and bones, of sights, feelings,
and a deep need for chocolate, but I'm
also made up of words.
Words describe my thoughts and what's hidden in my heart.
Words are alive--when I've found a
story that I love, I read it again and
again, like playing a favorite song
over and over.
Reading isn't passive--I enter the
story with the characters, breathe
their air, feel their frustrations,
scream at them to stop when they're
about to do something stupid, cry with
them, laugh with them.
Reading for me, is spending time with a friend.
A book is a friend.
You can never have too many.”

By Gary Paulsen, Shelf Life: Stories by the Book

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English for Human Resources' + Multi-rom by Pat Pledger

Price: 👉👉👉 3.200 d.a
Contact: (0550) 235 211

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Express Series
Language: English
Origine : U.K

Book overview:
English for Human Resources is suitable for HR managers, their staff, and also those employed in personnel agencies. The course teaches students the relevant expressions and vocabulary they need to communicate effectively in their field. Each unit of English for Human Resources addresses different issues relevant to the field of HR, including recruitment, employee relations, and rewards and benefits. The 'Useful Language' boxes offer additional help with the language needed for typical HR tasks, such as appraisals, interviews, and reports.

'English for Customer Care' + Multi-rom by Rosemary Richey

Price: 👉👉 👉 3.200 d.a
Contact: (0550) 235 211

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Express Series
Language: English
Origine: U.K

Description:
English for Customer Care is suitable for people who have direct contact with customers in a variety of contexts, including hotels, banks, helpdesks and call centres. Students learn the language skills, professional techniques, and specific strategies they need to communicate successfully in English with customers. Each unit of English for Customer Care addresses the different forms of customer contact, such as face to face meetings, telephone calls, and written communication. The final unit presents the skills needed to solve problems and deal with customer complaints effectively.

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'English for Telephoning' + Multi-rom by David Gordon Smith

Price: 👉👉👉 3.200 d.a
Contact: (0550) 235 211

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Express Series
Origine: U.K

Description:
English for Telephoning is part of the EXPRESS SERIES. It is an ideal short course for those who need to make effective telephone calls in English in a business context. It is the ideal quick course for anyone who needs to make effective telephone calls in a business context. It can be used to supplement a regular coursebook, on its own, as a stand-alone intensive specialist course, or for self-study. English for Telephoning is suitable for learners at pre-intermediate to intermediate

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'English for Logistics' + Multi-ROM by Marion Grussendorf

Price: 👉👉👉 3.200 d.a
Contact: (0550) 235 211

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Express Series
Origine : U.K

Description:
English for Logistics teaches students the target vocabulary and commonly-used expressions that are essential for communication in a variety of logistics roles, including carriers, suppliers, hauliers, and couriers. English for Logistics is suitable for those working for a shipping agent, a customs broker, or a freight forwarder. The course is appropriate for employees working at a range of levels, from warehousing and administration positions, to management roles. The course covers a range of subjects associated with the logistics industry, including transport and shipping, warehouse and storage, and documentation and finance.

English for Telecoms and Information Technology + Multi-rom by Tom Ricca-McCarthy and Michael Duckworth

Price: 👉👉👉 3.200 d.a
Contact: (0550) 235 211

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Express Series
Origine : U.K

Description:
English for Telecoms and Information Technology teaches students how to communicate effectively in these converging sectors. English for Telecoms and Information Technology covers a range of subjects, including mobility, software, services, and media. Units are divided into three cycles of a reading or listening comprehension, followed by language and communication activities. This structure allows students to learn new language in context, and practise new skills through a variety of exercises and activities.

English for Energy Industry + MultiROM by Simon Campbell

Price: 👉👉👉 3.200 d.a
Contact: (0550) 235 211

Series: Express Series
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Origine : U.K

Description:
English for the Energy Industry gives students the necessary linguistic skills to understand daily situations in the work environment, and complex developments within the global energy sector. English for the Energy Industry is divided into units by theme, such as energy production, environmental protection, technology, PR, business policy, and strategy. Reading texts, diagrams, and authentic documents help students to learn key vocabulary and phrases in context. Role-plays allow learners to practise language and skills in realistic situations.

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English for Cabin Crew + Multi-rom
by Marion Grussendorf

Price: 👉👉👉 3.200 d.a
Contact: (0550) 235 211

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Express Series
Language: English
Origine : U.K

Description:
English for Cabin Crew teaches students how to communicate clearly, assertively, and politely in a range of different on-board situations. English for Cabin Crew has eight units, organised around the sequence of a flight: from introductory and pre-flight information, through to descent, landing, and layover. English for Cabin Crew also covers a range of related topics, such as how to explain meals and services, solving seating problems, and attending to sick passengers.

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English for Pharmaceutical Industry: Student Book+Multi-ROM (Express Series)
By Michaela Buchler, Kathy Jaehnig, Gloria Matzig, Tanya Weindler

Price: 👉👉👉 3.200 d.a
Contact: (0550)23 52 11

Series: Express Series
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Description:
English for the Pharmaceutical Industry is part of the Express Series. It is an ideal course for students in employment, who want to communicate better in English.
This short, intensive course can be completed in 25-30 hours, so students make progress quickly.
English for the Pharmaceutical Industry can be used as a stand-alone course, for self-study using the interactive MultiROM, or alongside a coursebook such as International Express.

'Semantics' (Second Edition) by Kate Kearns

Price: 👉👉👉 3.500 d.a
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Series: Macmillan Modern Linguistics
Publisher: Macmillan Palgrave
Availibility: 1 copy
Nb. Pages: 272 pages
Origine: U.K

Description:
Kearns' book provides a lively and engaging introduction to formal semantics. This new edition extends the scope of the first edition by providing additional material on formalization in a very accessible manner. The presentation is clear and user-friendly throughout, making this a really useful resource for use with undergraduates and beginning graduate students alike' – Professor Louisa Sadler, University of Essex

Semantics is the study of the literal meaning of words and the meaning of the way words are combined. This engaging introduction to formal semantics assumes no prior knowledge, providing a solid understanding of a range of semantic phenomena. Truly wide-ranging in coverage, no other introductory textbook discusses a comparable range of topics. Areas covered include:

• a beginner's introduction to type theory and the lambda calculus
• generalized quantifier theory
• referential opacity
• thematic roles and lexical conceptual structure
• aktionsarten
• tense and aspect, including Discourse Representation Theory
• event semantics

Illustrated throughout with numerous practical examples, each chapter also contains exercises, graded to three different levels of difficulty, as well as suggestions for further reading.

Thoroughly revised and expanded, this second edition includes entirely new material on type theory, lambda calculus, semantic composition and discussion of time within a narrative. Comprehensive and accessible, Semantics is ideal for both undergraduate and postgraduate students working at a variety of levels.

Tips for Teaching Pronunciation : A Practical Approach (with Audio CD) by Linda Lane

Price: 👉👉👉 3.600 d.a
Contact: (0550) 235 211

Publisher: Pearson Longman
Language: English
Pages: 295
Availability: 1

Description:
Tips for Teaching Pronunciation shows English language teachers how to teach the North American sound system. This practical reference book provides clear explanations, diagrams, and sample classroom activities designed to help teachers solve their students' pronunciation problems. Each chapter covers one of the five main areas of pronunciation-stress, rhythm, intonation, consonants, and vowels. The companion CD provides audio for sample activities in each chapter.

Features:
What the teacher should know sections set the scene with pedagogical research.

Concrete tips provide practical classroom suggestions on how to teach pronunciation.

Sections on Specific Features in each chapter cover common pronunciation problems, such as contrasting /r/ and /l/ and contrasting/iy/ and /1/.

Sample activities for Specific Features provide practical classroom techniques for implementing the tips.

Clear diagrams demonstrate how to articulate vowels and consonants.

• Extensive descriptions help teachers prepare for pronunciation problems common to specific language groups.

• Photocopiable diagnostic test and worksheets can be used in class with minimal preparation.

• Audio CD provides listening material for select activities.

The Tips for Teaching series covers topics of practical classroom-centered interest for English language teachers. Written in clearly comprehensible terms, each book offers soundly conceived practical approaches to classroom instruction that are firmly grounded in current pedagogical research.

'Introducing Morphology' by Rochelle Lieber

Price: 👉👉👉 2.600 d.a
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Series: Cambridge Introductions to Language and Linguistics
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Availibility: 1 copy
Nb. Pages: 220 pages
Origine: UK

Description:
Morphology is the study of how words are put together. A lively introduction to the subject, this textbook is intended for undergraduates with relatively little background in linguistics. Providing data from a wide variety of languages, it includes hands-on activities such as 'challenge boxes', designed to encourage students to gather their own data and analyse it, work with data on websites, perform simple experiments, and discuss topics with each other. There is also an extensive introduction to the terms and concepts necessary for analysing words. Topics such as the mental lexicon, derivation, compounding, inflection, morphological typology, productivity, and the interface of morphology with syntax and phonology expose students to the whole scope of the field. Unlike other textbooks it anticipates the question 'Is it a real word?' and tackles it head on by looking at the distinction between dictionaries and the mental lexicon.

Key features
- 'How-to?' sections show students how to find data as well as solve problems.
- 'Challenge' boxes promote hands-on learning by students
Exercises at the ends of chapters encourage students to apply material covered in the preceding chapter.

'Translation Changes Everything
Theory and Practice' by Lawrence Venuti

Price: 2.900 d.a
Contact: (0550) 235 211

Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Origine : U.K
Pages: 278

Description:
In Translation Changes Everything leading theorist Lawrence Venuti gathers fourteen of his incisive essays since 2000.

The selection sketches the trajectory of his thinking about translation while engaging with the main trends in research and commentary. The issues covered include basic concepts like equivalence, retranslation, and reader reception; sociological topics like the impact of translations in the academy and the global cultural economy; and philosophical problems such as the translator’s unconscious and translation ethics.

Every essay presents case studies that include Venuti’s own translation projects, illuminating the connections between theoretical concepts and verbal choices. The texts, drawn from a broad variety of languages, are both humanistic and pragmatic, encompassing such forms as poems and novels, religious and philosophical works, travel guidebooks and advertisements. The discussions all explore practical applications, whether writing, publishing, reviewing, teaching or studying translations.

Venuti’s aim is to conceive of translation as an interpretive act with far-reaching social effects, at once enabled and constrained by specific cultural situations.

This latest chapter in his developing work is essential reading for translators and students of translation alike.

Table of Contents:
1. Translation, Community, Utopia
2. The Difference that Translation Makes: The Translator's Unconscious
3. Translating Derrida on Translation: Relevance and Disciplinary Resistance
4. Translating Jacopone da Todi: Archaic Poetries and Modern Audiences
5. Retranslations: The Creation of Value
6. How to Read a Translation
7. Local Contingencies: Translation and National Identities
8. Translation, Simulacra, Resistance
9. Translation on the Book Market
10. Teaching in Translation
11. The Poet's Version; or, An Ethics of Translation
12. Translation Studies and World Literature
13. Translation Trebled: Ernest Farré's Edward Hopper in English
14. Towards a Translation Culture

'Understanding Phonetics' by Patricia Ashby

Price: 2.900 d.a
Contact: (0550) 235 211

Publisher: Routledge - Hodder Education
Language: English
Origine : U.K
Pages: 234

Description:
Assuming little or no background knowledge and using original examples and exercises (with answers supplied), Understanding Phonetics is an accessible introduction to the basics of phonetics and presents a comprehensive analysis of traditional phonetic theory - the articulation and physical characteristics of speech sounds. Examples from a wide range of languages are transcribed throughout using the symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet. Understanding Phonetics outlines the production of consonants, vowels, phonation types, pitch and intonation. Parallel practical materials reinforce this theory and touch upon aspects of connected speech. Descriptions throughout move from English - the shared language of its readers - to comparison with other world languages. In addition, online materials offer readers the chance to see their knowledge develop as they are invited to put theory into practice by writing a Field Notebook in which step-by-step they build up the detailed phonetic description of a selected English word.

English Phonetics and Phonology Paperback with Audio CDs: A Practical Course (4th Edition) by Peter Roach

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Availibility: 1 copy
Pages: 232 pages
Origine: UK
Price: 👉👉👉 4.500 d.a

Contact: (0550) 235 211

Description:
English Phonetics and Phonology: A practical course by Peter Roach has been a leading coursebook on English pronunciation for twenty-five years. It presents the basic theoretical material needed to understand phonetics, phonology and the pronunciation of English in the form of a 02-unit course. Each unit ends with notes on issues that deserve further study and recommendations for further reading, as well as notes for teachers and written exercises. In addition, there are audio exercises for every chapter of the course on the two accompanying CDs.
The new edition adds to this a website with additional written and spoken exercises, as well as a wealth of other material offering a wider perspective on the subject.

• Combines examination of theoretical matters with extensive practice material
• Designed as a 02-unit course which is suitable both for self-study or group work
• Includes notes for teachers working with a class and an answer key at the back of the book
• Is suitable for beginners who are expected to achieve a thorough working knowledge of English phonetics and
phonology
• Includes updated references and bibliography, greater coverage of different varieties of English
•Visit www.cambridge.org/elt/peterroach for additional exercises and resources

Peter Roach has taught phonetics and English pronunciation in France and Spain and has been a visiting lecturer in many countries around the world. He is the principal editor of the Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary, 71th edition, and a member of the International Phonetic Association, the British Association of Academic Phoneticians and IATEFL. Before retiring in 2003 he was Professor of Phonetics and Head of the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at the University of Reading. He is now Emeritus Professor of Phonetics at the University of Reading.

An Introductory English Grammar (5th Edition) by Norman C. Stageberg, Dallin D. Oaks

Publisher: Thomson Heinle
Language: English
Availibility: 1 copy
Nb. Pages: 483 pages / Hardcover
Origine: UK
Price: 👉👉👉 4.900 d.a

Contact: (0550) 235 211

Description:
For the first time in more than fifteen years 'AN INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH GRAMMAR' is available in a revised edition. In the fifth edition of this renowned advanced grammar textbook, the new author Dallin D. Oaks of Brigham Young University has preserved Stageberg as clear and concise linguistic approach to grammar instruction while updating the text for the 1990s advanced grammar student. Updated chapter material includes revised examples of an exercises for the material studied and the use of tree diagrams. In addition, the fifth edition emphasizes the significance of English grammar in speech and composition in two new chapters: Usage and Language Variation: Historical, Regional, and Social. Two new appendices--A Basic Introduction to Tree Diagramming and An Introduction to Transformational Grammar--provide further instruction regarding the use of tree diagrams and an overview of Transformational Generative-Grammar. As in previous editions, AN INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH GRAMMAR, Fifth Edition, provides a linguistic approach to grammar instruction that can be used to teach both advanced grammar and composition as well as non-major introductory linguistics courses.

Linguistics: An Introduction to Language and Communication
6th Edition

Price: 4.500 d.a
Contact: (0550) 235 211

Authors: Adrian Akmajian, Richard A. Demers, Ann K. Farmer, Robert M. Harnish
Series: Linguistics
Publisher: The MIT Press
Origine : U.K
Pages: 630

Description:
A new edition a popular introductory linguistics text, thoroughly updated and revised, with new material and new examples.

This popular introductory linguistics text is unique for its integration of themes. Rather than treat morphology, phonetics, phonology, syntax, and semantics as completely separate fields, the book shows how they interact. It provides a sound introduction to linguistic methodology while encouraging students to consider why people are intrinsically interested in language―the ultimate puzzle of the human mind.

The text first treats such structural and interpretive parts of language as morphology, phonology, syntax, and semantics, then takes a cognitive perspective and covers such topics as pragmatics, psychology of language, language acquisition, and language and the brain. For this sixth edition, all chapters have been revised. New material includes updated examples, new special topics sections, and new discussions of the minimalist program, semantic minimalism, human genetic relationships and historical relationships among languages, Gricean theories, experimental pragmatics, and language acquisition.

The organization of the book gives instructors flexibility in designing their courses. Chapters have numerous subsections with core material presented first and additional material following as special topics. The accompanying workbook supplements the text with exercises drawn from a variety of languages. The goal is to teach basic conceptual foundations of linguistics and the methods of argumentation, justification, and hypothesis testing within the field. By presenting the most fundamental linguistics concepts in detail, the text allows students to get a feeling for how real work in different areas of linguistics is done.

'The World of Words (9th Edition)' by Margaret Ann Richek
Price: 4.200 d.a

Contact: (0550) 23 52 11

Publisher: Wadsworth Cenage Learning
Pages: 400 d.a
Language: English
Origine : U.K

Description:
The World of Words not only teaches students the vocabulary they need for academic success, but also arms them with the skills they need to acquire new words independently for years to come. Through repetition and a focus on integrating three critical skills - dictionary use, context clues, and word elements - this best-selling text inspires students to take the first steps towards a lifetime of learning about language. Online audio clips help students hone pronunciation, and in-text practice exercises and sample sentences feature engaging topics such as college sports, current news topics, and pop culture. In addition, there is a wealth of instructor support materials, including pre-written tests for every chapter. Available with InfoTrac Student Collections http://gocengage.com/infotrac.

'Language Testing and Assessment' by Glenn Fulcher and Fred Davidson

Price: 3.800 d.a

Publisher: ‎Routledge
Language: English
Pages: 404
ISBN-‎978-0415339469
Weight: ‎889 gr
Dimensions ‎19.05 x 3.81 x 25.4 cm

Description:
Routledge Applied Linguistics is a series of comprehensive resource books, providing students and researchers with the support they need for advanced study in the core areas of English language and Applied Linguistics.

Each book in the series guides readers through three main sections, enabling them to explore and develop major themes within the discipline.

• Section A, Introduction, establishes the key terms and concepts and extends readers' techniques of analysis through practical application.

Section B, Extension, brings together influential articles, sets them in context and discusses their contribution to the field.

Section C, Exploration, builds on knowledge gained in the first two sections, setting thoughtful tasks around further illustrative material. This enables readers to engage more actively with the subject matter and encourages them to develop their own research responses.

Throughout the book, topics are revisited, extended, interwoven and deconstructed, with the reader's understanding strengthened by tasks and follow-up questions.

Language Testing and Assessment:

• provides an innovative and thorough review of a wide variety of issues from practical

details of test development to matters of controversy and ethical practice
⚫ investigates the importance of the philosophy of pragmatism in assessment, and coins the term 'effect-driven testing'

⚫ explores test development, data analysis, validity and their relation to test effects illustrates its thematic breadth in a series of exercises and tasks, such as analysis of test results, study of test revision and change, design of arguments for test validation and exploration of influences on test creation

• presents influential and seminal readings in testing and assessment by names such as Michael Canale and Merrill Swain, Michael Kane, Alan Davies, Lee Cronbach and Paul Meehl and Pamela Moss.

Written by experienced teachers and researchers in the field, Language Testing and Assessment is an essential resource for students and researchers of Applied Linguistics.

Glenn Fulcher is Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Leicester, UK.

Fred Davidson is Associate Professor in the Division of English as an International Language at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.

Applied Linguistics/English Language