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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...

Inglés Práctico para Hispanohablantes: Aprende las Frases Esenciales para Viajar y la Vida Diaria ¿Alguna vez has querido sentirte seguro al hablar inglés, pero las reglas gramaticales te abruman? ¿Y si pudieras comunicarte con confianza usando solo las frases que realmente importan? Las investigaciones demuestran que 600 a 1,000 frases pueden cubrir la mayor parte de las conversaciones cotidianas. "Un Poco de Inglés" te ofrece este enfoque: práctico, accesible y diseñado para el uso real.

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.

In the first part of this speech training manual, we provide practical exercises for difficult speech patterns, such as word endings, consonant clusters, schwa, and strong and weak forms of words. The second part is devoted to connected speech patterns. The third part deals with natural flow of speech, intonation, sentence stress, and onomatopoeia. The fourth part covers how to make your speech interesting to listen to using power, pitch, pace, and pause.

In dieser Ausgabe von Spotlight Audio erwarten Sie spannende Interviews, interessante Kolumnen und unterhaltsame Geschichten rund um Festivals, Reisen und Kultur aus der englischsprachigen Welt.

To Wesley Chan, Zoe is beautiful in spite of her messy hair, ragtag clothes, and smart mouth. His parents disapprove of the relationship....

As if being deaf weren't challenge enough, Lupe encounters rampant sexism while working on assignment with the police department. She's almost ready to throw in the towel! Then the cops need her talents as a lip-reader. She earns their respect by cracking a difficult case. Quickreads storylines include elements of suspense, science fiction, mystery, horror, and more. Each novel facilitates reading by means of controlled vocabulary and simple sentence structure.

Cindy lives in a fancy gated community. Philip lives in a tacky trailer park. Which of them comes from a loving home? Quickreads storylines include elements of suspense, science fiction, mystery, horror, and more. Exciting plots are not diluted or "dumbed down" and retain the feel of a full-length book. Each novel facilitates reading by means of controlled vocabulary and simple sentence structure.

Homeless street kids find refuge in the most unusual place. It's great to have food and a bed- but is it worth their freedom? Quickreads storylines include elements of suspense, science fiction, mystery, horror, and more. Exciting plots are not diluted or "dumbed down" and retain the feel of a full-length book. Each novel facilitates reading by means of controlled vocabulary and simple sentence structure.

Normalcy gets turned on its head when the bus Jamal usually takes to school enters a wrinkle in time and space. His father explains, "destiny has many paths." But what does that message mean- especially coming from a man who's been dead for 8 years? Quickreads storylines include elements of suspense, science fiction, mystery, horror, and more. Each novel facilitates reading by means of controlled vocabulary and simple sentence structure.

Is Alex losing her mind? What else could explain the mysterious young man that no one else can see? Quickreads storylines include elements of suspense, science fiction, mystery, horror, and more. Exciting plots are not diluted or "dumbed down" and retain the feel of a full-length book. Each novel facilitates reading by means of controlled vocabulary and simple sentence structure.

Looking for adventure, Sunni and Bree take summer jobs on a salmon-processing barge in Alaska. When they dig into the history of the old shipm they're shocked to hear an actual voice from the past!

If Tara's wrong, she'll feel like a fool - and maybe even get sued. But if she's right, a whole roomful of students could get gunned down. Quickreads storylines include elements of suspense, science fiction, mystery, horror, and more. Exciting plots are not diluted or "dumbed down" and retain the feel of a full-length book. Each novel facilitates reading by means of controlled vocabulary and simple sentence structure.

Something downright creepy is happening on campus. When Jake's girlfriend and several other students mysteriously disappear, he must do some unusual research.

Did Jack's disappearance have anything to do with Mr. Devorka's snakes? Maybe Gus didn't know his missing friend as well as he thought he did. Quickreads storylines include elements of suspense, science fiction, mystery, horror, and more. Exciting plots are not diluted or "dumbed down" and retain the feel of a full-length book. Each novel facilitates reading by means of controlled vocabulary and simple sentence structure.

Why did Melinda's grandmother send her away so abruptly? Years later, while visiting the old homestead, she finds a clue in an old photo album. Melinda can't believe her eyes. The little girl in the picture hasn't changed a bit in the last 50 years! Quickreads storylines include elements of suspense, science fiction, mystery, horror, and more. Each novel facilitates reading by means of controlled vocabulary and simple sentence structure.

Some 100 years ago, a stagecoach was robbed of a fortune in newly minted dimes. The loot was never found. As a lark, two young campers decide to search for the robbers' hidden treasure. But the excitement only begins when they find the dimes! Quickreads storylines include elements of suspense, science fiction, mystery, horror, and more. Each novel facilitates reading by means of controlled vocabulary and simple sentence structure.

Karen yearns to move back to her old apartment building- until she discovers that people are much more important that places. Quickreads storylines include elements of suspense, science fiction, mystery, horror, and more. Exciting plots are not diluted or "dumbed down" and retain the feel of a full-length book. Each novel facilitates reading by means of controlled vocabulary and simple sentence structure.

Karana, a Ghalas-at Indian, lives peacefully on the island with her tribe until the arrival of a Russian otter-hunting ship. In spite of the deal the Aleutian hunters make with her father, the Ghalas-at chief, in the end they prove treacherous, killing most of the tribe. Karana's younger brother, Ramo, is all that is left of her family. Fearful of the Aleuts' return, the remaining Indians decide to move to another island, and are offered safe passage by some friendly ships. But as Karana boards the ship to leave the island forever, she is unable to find Ramo.

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.