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Grammar! For many of us, the word triggers memories of finger-wagging schoolteachers, and of wrestling with the ambiguous and complicated rules of using formal language. But what is grammar? In fact, it's the integral basis of how we speak and write. As such, a refined awareness of grammar opens a world of possibilities for both your pleasure in the English language and your skill in using it, in both speech and the written word.

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter...

After years of teaching intermediate students who never seemed to improve, I decided to find out what the problem was. Essentially, intermediate students get stuck because learning at this stage is a different type of learning than at the beginner stage. You have mastered the grammar and the basic vocabulary, but most textbooks just carry on like nothing has changed. However, what you need at the intermediate stage is not just more dry grammar and lists of vocabulary.

Learn how to decode the private languages that are swapped around us every day - amongst cabbies and paramedics, soap stars and comedians, cricketers and barristers - in Susie Dent's unique and witty guide to Britain's modern tribes. Did you know that a soldier's biggest social blunder is called 'jack brew' - making yourself a cuppa without making one for anyone else? That twitchers have an expression for a bird that can't be identified - LBJ (the letters stand for little brown job)?

In this cutting-edge program, 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary, personal development expert and English enthusiast Dan Strutzel will instruct, enlighten, and inspire you with a concentrated 30-day program that will teach you over 500 words. But, more than teaching you these words, the uniquely designed morning and evening review sessions will ensure that these words become a habit-knit part of your life - and with minimal effort on your part.

Este audiolibro es tu compañero perfecto para aprender inglés de manera práctica y efectiva. Diseñado especialmente para hispanohablantes, te enseña las palabras y frases más importantes que realmente usarás en la vida diaria.

Este curso abrangente de inglês foi especialmente desenvolvido para falantes nativos de português brasileiro, oferecendo uma progressão natural desde vocabulário essencial até a compreensão fluente de conteúdo autêntico. O curso inicia construindo uma base sólida de vocabulário central cobrindo situações cotidianas e necessidades práticas de comunicação. Os alunos dominam palavras e frases essenciais para cumprimentos, apresentações, família, trabalho, compras, refeições, viagens, e rotinas diárias através de lições de áudio imersivas e prática contextualizada.

Get Rid of Your Accent is a speech training manual for mastering British-English pronunciation. The audiobook is based on a tried and trusted method, used in London drama schools, that helps British people with provincial accents learn standard British English. It includes humorous sentences, tongue twisters, period verses, and rhyme exercises. Relevant subjects are received pronunciation, elocution, and phonetics.

When it comes to learning a new language, studies have actually found that memorizing words doesn't work in the long term. But then, why does the traditional education system still follow this gut-wrenching pattern of memorizing words when it only sets students up for failure? As we keep looking for an answer to that question, it’s time for you to try a new approach - one that will finally stick...

Do you want to improve your English conversation? This book is designed to help intermediate learners understand and speak informal, colloquial English — as spoken by native speakers. It includes comprehension questions and help with vocabulary. The 50 dialogues cover a huge variety of everyday topics. They’re fun, as well as good for your English.

このオーディオブックは英語を母語としない日本語話者が耳から自然に英語に触れられるよう構成されている内容は日常生活を題材にした短い物語で語彙や文法は初級レベルでも理解しやすいよう丁寧に作られている各ストーリーは英語版と日本語版の両方で収録されておりリスナーは意味を確認しながら英語の語順や発音リズムに慣れることができる 物語は数分程度の短い構成で通勤中や家事の合間休憩時間などちょっとしたスキマ時間でも聴きやすいまた繰り返し登場する語彙や基本表現が多いため聴けば聴くほど自然に英語力が定着していくストーリー形式を採用することで単語を丸暗記するのではなく文脈と一緒に理解を深められるのが特徴である 英語を学び始めたばかりの学習者でも負担が少なく無理なく続けられる内容となっており初級者のリスニング練習としても最適な一冊である

Listen & Learn with the "English - Speaking Master" course, which will gradually teach you ready communication patterns that are useful in various situations - both in everyday conversations and during business contacts or oral examinations. Why is it worth choosing the "English - Speaking Master" course? In order to increase your confidence and speak fluently in a foreign language, you need an appropriate range of vocabulary and stylistic expressions which will make you able to speak without stress in various situations.

What would it mean for your studies or career to be able to speak and write freely in English? How about understanding more of what you hear or read? Advanced English Expressions, Idioms, Collocations, Slang, and Phrasal Verbs is designed to help you improve your English quickly and easily. Jackie Bolen has 15 years of experience teaching ESL/EFL to students in South Korea and Canada. She has written a book filled with American English vocabulary. Complete the practice exercises to retain more of what you hear. You'll improve your English vocabulary in no time at all!

Add some kick to your characters with some quick and simple dialect training. Paul Meier has been training actors for over 25 years and now offers his experience to the casual pretender in these entertaining presentations. You will find accent tips, colloquialisms, and charismatic character concepts that will add to your storytelling, roleplaying, or cosplay.

This complete Audiobook bundle is a fast, fun, and easy way to pick up English—regardless of your age or learning experience.

Improve your IELTS academic score by mastering new vocabulary words. You’ll see the words and expressions used in a dialogue, find out what they mean and then get an opportunity to practice what you’ve learned. It’s everything you need to improve your academic English vocabulary and score higher on the IELTS exam.

Short Stories in English for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, a feeling of progress and most importantly - enjoyment! Mapped to A2-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference, these eight captivating stories are designed to give you a sense of achievement and a feeling of progress when listening. From science fiction to fantasy, to crime and thrillers, Short Stories in English for Beginners will make learning English easy and enjoyable.

Since others judge you by the way you speak, the intricacies of grammar, in fact, should not be relegated to the realm of fussy "guardians of the language," but are rather essential clues all can employ to communicate more exactly. In such a light, this course forms an invaluable guide for everyone from all fields of interest.

With so many Bible translations available today, how can you find those that will be most useful to you? What is the difference between a translation that calls itself “literal” and one that is more “meaning-based”? And what difference does it make for you as a reader of God’s Word?How...

In the world we are living in, English has become the common language that people from different countries and cultures can use to communicate with one another. There are many reasons why people would want to learn English, but for a lot of them; It is work-related. Most large companies around the world require their employees to speak English. In some cases, these companies are requiring their workers to only use English at the workplace.