Adjunct Adverbials in English | Studies in English Language

By Hilde Hasselgård
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pages: 338, Date: 2010-03-31
ISBN-10 : 0521515564, PDF 2.2 Mb

In this original study, Hilde Hasselgård discusses the use of adverbials in English, through examining examples found in everyday texts. Adverbials - clause elements that typically refer to circumstances of time, space, reason and manner - cover a range of meanings and can be placed at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of a sentence.

The description of the frequency of meaning types and discussion of the reasons for selecting positions show that the use of adverbials differs across text types. Adverbial usage is often linked to the general build-up of a text and part of its content and purpose. In using real texts, Hasselgård identifies a challenge for the classification of adjuncts, and also highlights that some adjuncts have uses that extend into the textual and interpersonal domains, obscuring the traditional divisions between adjuncts, disjuncts and conjuncts.

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Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

By: Merriam-Webster
publisher: Merriam-Webster, Inc.
year: 2008, pages: 1994 MOBI 14 Mb

New title! Designed to help advance students master spoken and written English as it is actually used, this groundbreaking new dictionary provides in-depth and up-to-date coverage of basic English vocabulary, grammar, and usage.

Outstanding features include nearly 100,000 words and phrases, more than 160,000 usage examples, more than 22,000 idioms, verbal collocations, and commonly used phrases, and more than 1,000 original drawings-including 16 pages of full color art. Abundant supplemental information includes 25 pages of grammar.

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Teaching Social Studies to English Language Learners

By: Bárbara C. Cruz, Stephen J. Thornton
publisher: Routledge
year: 2009, pages: 245,
PDF 6.6 Mb

This book provides simple and straightforward advice on how to teach English Language Learners in the classroom. In Teaching Social Studies to English Language Learners the authors offer context-specific strategies for the full range of the social studies curriculum, including geography, U.S. history, world history, economics, and government.

A fully annotated list of web and print resources completes the volume, making this a valuable reference to help social studies teachers meet the challenges of including all learners in effective instruction.

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Reading for Thinking , Sixth Edition

By: Laraine E. Flemming
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Date: 2008, 4.4 Mb

Incorporating a wealth of practice exercises and high-interest readings, Reading for Thinking focuses on improving reading skills at the "micro- level" and moving on to the "macro-level." Over half of the book is devoted to evaluating, drawing inferences, and identifying tone, bias, and purpose. The Sixth Edition continues to focus on developing students' comprehension and critical-thinking skills.

Flemming uses a carefully designed sequence of explanations and exercises that allows students to approach critical reading as a natural extension of essential comprehension skills, rather than a discrete set of new strategies.

Armed with the ability to both analyze and evaluate a writer's work, students apply those twin intellectual tools to Flemming's trademark high-interest readings to determine purpose, analyze evidence, detect bias, recognize tone, and compare opposing points of view.

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International Express: Student's book | PDF ebooks

By: Adrian Wallwork
publisher: Oxford University Press
year: 2008, pages: 72

International Express combines general English with business situations, giving students the social and functional English they need to work, travel, and socialize. International Express is a course for adult professional learners who need English for work, and for communication in out-of-work functional contexts, such as travel or socializing.

The balance of general and business English is suitable for those who need to interact in a variety of situations both in and out of the workplace.

The NEW video footage on the Student's DVD-ROM and Teacher's DVD brings the outside world into the classroom, and provides additional speaking and listening practice.

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English Verbs & Essentials of Grammar for ESL Learners

Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (November 3, 2009)
Language: English, 160 pages
ISBN-10: 0071632298,

An all-in-one resource to help you sharpen your English verb and grammar skills
Written with ESL learners like you in mind, this book provides essential concepts regarding verbs and grammar, as well as an appendix of helpful verb tables. English Verbs & Essentials of Grammar contains a multitude of examples using contemporary language to give you a taste of the language in real-life situations.

Each unit focuses on a single verbal or grammatical concept, providing concise yet comprehensive explanations.

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PDF Books For The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 11th Edition

By Graduate Management Admission Council
Pages: 832, Publication Date: 2005-09
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0976570904
PDF 37 Mb

It is ofcourse a must buy because it comes from the makers of the test.
But then this is not exhaustive. Atleast it doesn't look exhaustive to me. Moreover, the level for Problem Solving looks really low to me in this book.

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PDF For English Language Learners (Issues That Concern You)

By: Tamara Roleff,
publisher: Greenhaven
Date: 2009, pages: 145, PDF 5.5 mb

Mexican immigrants make up the largest group of immigrants in the United States and are often the focus of debates about English language learners and bilingual education.
It is this inability to speak English—or at the very least, their poor understanding of written and spoken English—

that fuels the debate over what steps private businesses and the government should take so that English language learners can communicate with English and non-English speakers.

The controversy starts in the schools with the question of whether students should be taught in bilingual or English immersion classrooms.

Opponents of bilingual education assert that immersion is the best way to learn, both school subjects and the English language. Immersion is just that—foreign-language students are completely immersed in English with all subjects taught solely in English.

Supporters of immersion teaching maintain that children learn to speak, read, write, and think in English very quickly, and usually within six months they become comfortable enough with their new language that they will start using English outside of the classroom.

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PDF For Reading techniques for FCE

By: Clare West
publisher: Georgian Press
Date: 1997,
PDF 9 Mb

Reading techniques for FCE for students at Upper intermediate level who wish to improve their general reading skill in English and/or work specifically toward paper 1 of the revised Cambridge Fist Certificate examination (CFE)..

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The Complete Book of Phonics | PDF

By School Specialty Publishing
Publisher: American Education Publishing
Pages: 352 Date: 2001-12-28
ISBN-10 : 1561892076, PDF 35 mb

The Complete Book of Phonics teaches children in kindergarten to grade 2 key phonics skills that they need to know as they learn to become independent readers. This 352 page workbook contains lessons that involve children in the process of reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

Children also learn to recognize consonant and vowel sounds. Creative activities guide them in the blending of sounds and in exploring familiar sound patterns. Additional literature and helpful suggestions further enhance and cultivate children’s appreciate of reading. This workbook also includes a complete answer key and easy-to-understand directions.


Over 4 million in print! The best-selling Complete Book series offers a full complement of instruction, activities, and information about a single topic or subject area.

Containing over 30 titles and encompassing preschool to grade 8 this series helps children succeed in every subject area!

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The Reading Remedy: Six Essential Skills That Will Turn Your Child Into a Reader

By Marion Blank
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Pages: 352 Date: 2006-01-30
ISBN-10 : 047174204X, PDF 7.4 mb

It’s shocking but true. Forty percent of children experience significant difficulty in learning how to read. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

 In this groundbreaking new book, internationally recognized developmental psychologist and educator Dr. Marion Blank explains why current reading education is failing our children.

She goes on to describe her revolutionary new reading system, Phonics Plus Five, which is based on her forty plus years of experience in teaching children from all backgrounds to read. The Reading Remedy offers step-by-step instructions, reproducible forms, and mini-books that parents can start using right away to implement Dr. Blank’s system.

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Third Edition for A Communicative Grammar of English, Third Edition

By Geoffrey Leech, Jan Svartvik
Publisher: Pearson ESL
Pages: 456 | Publication Date: 2003-01-06
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0582506336
(12.3Mb, Type: RAR'd PDF)

I bought a book, a communicative grammar of english for my wife from amazon. in fact, I have not regretted I did this. The book came in good time and is working wonders for my wife in her English literature course.
This book is cute, very attractive, and written such that it can easily be read and contents understood. My wife is using the book in Ghana and she is a champion in class.

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Cambridge Guide to Second Language Teacher Education

By Anne Burns, Jack C. Richards
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pages: 334 Publication Date: 2009-03-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521760127
pdf scanned from book, 55 mb

This collection provides an overview of current issues, debates, and approaches in Second Language Teacher Education (SLTE) presented by internationally prominent researchers, educators, and emerging scholars.

Chapters address such issues as distance education, non-native English-speaking educators, technology, assessment, standards, and the changing contexts of contemporary language teaching and teacher education.

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Cambridge : Test Your English Vocabulary in Use: Elementary Edition with answers

By Michael McCarthy, Felicity O'Dell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pages: 94, Publication Date: 2010-03-31
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521136210
File PDF, size 16 MB

Description: Test Your English Vocabulary in Use Elementary 2nd edition can be used on its own or with the companion volume English Vocabulary in Use Elementary 2nd edition.

It is a handy book of tests covering the vocabulary practised in English Vocabulary in Use Elementary 2nd edition.
This addition to the best-selling English Vocabulary in Use range provides 60 vocabulary tests based on English Vocabulary in Use elementary. It is a very convenient revision aid which builds confidence in using vocabulary.

There is a simple scoring system on each page which helps students to measure their progress. The user-friendly answer key also includes phonemic versions of words which are difficult to pronounce.

The book uses a wide range of testing techniques including: matching, labelling, recognising errors, word-building, forming word partnerships, word puzzles, ranking items, unscrambling and many more. This flexible material can either be used by learners familiar with English Vocabulary in Use or as a stand-alone for students interested in testing their vocabulary. The book is designed for self-study but can also be used in class.

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An Old English Grammar

By Randolph Quirk
Publisher: Routledge
Pages: 176 |Publication Date: 1958-01-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415045347
pdf file [scanned] (6.8 MB - zipped: 6.7 MB); no password

As the preface to this edition indicates, this Grammar is designed for the literary student of English as opposed to the student of philology. Thus, the emphasis is on practical issues of the language.

In other words, it eschews lengthy and digressive forays into the history or context of certain linguistic developments (though it does touch on certain essential matters) and focuses instead on the issues most pertinent to one who wishes to begin mastering the basics and intermediate elements of the language, such as inflexions, cases, syntactical issues.
One does not need to bring a broad basis of linguuistic training/experience to bear; but one should keep in mind that it is presented like a traditional lexicon one might encounter in Latin or Greek, i.e., no handholding through the practical elements of the language - nor is it riddled with practice sentences or parallel examples in ModE. For those, however, who want to undertake a rigorous and systematic study of the basics of OE, this is a very handy and practical Grammar reference with which to begin such an endeavor.

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Alpha Teach Yourself Grammar and Style in 24 Hours

By Pamela Rice Hahn, Ph.D. Dennis E. Hensley
Publisher: Alpha
Pages: 448 Publication Date: 2000-05-19
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0028638999
922 KB rar pdf

I haven't studied grammer since grade school and this book is a good refresher. The content seems comprehensive. However, I am a little annoyed at two incidentals:
1. There are just not enough examples.
2. I have located four errors in the quizzes and I'm only a third of the way through the book. This is the most frustrating aspect. To what extent can I improve my grammer when the answers for the quizzes are incorrect? For those that own the text, look at problem 6 on page 127. The correct answer should be B and not A as the answer sheet describes.

I think I will hang onto this book and use it as a reference.

This book isn't easy. I have my masters in English, working on a PhD, and at times I was even caught up with it. Very good quizes, but too fast pace, it is impossible to learn everything with the limited resources given. But, for a professor with a PhD, maybe it's possible... But then again, he should already know it all.

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Free ebooks For Grammar : A Glossary of English Grammar

By Geoffrey Leech
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Pages: 144 |Publication Date: 2006-05-19
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0748624066
ZIPed PDF ebook, high quality, with bookmarks

Description:
This alphabetical guide clearly defines standard grammatical terms and shows how they are used, encompassing variants as found in Huddleston and Pullum's Cambridge Grammar of the English Language.

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Introducing English Grammar

By David J. Young
Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: 1984-07-09
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415078903
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Colloquial Urdu: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series)

By Tej K. Bhatia
Publisher: Routledge
Pages: 368 Publication Date: 2000-08-08
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415135400
Format / Quality: Mp3(ripped from cassetes) + Book(PDF) zipped
Size: Book(11,7MB+11,2MB+11,4MB) / Audio 82MB

This book is really a knock-off of the author's 'Colloquial Hindi'. Of course the two languages do share a vast vocabulary and grammar in common, but what it really means here is that if you already have one of these books (the Hindi would be the better one to get) you really don't need the other.

The dialogues, grammar and exercises are all in a phonetic transcription and only the dialogues (in the back of the book) are given in the nastaliq script. The printing of this beautiful and ornately detailed script is so tiny that it is literally necessary to use a magnifying lens to read it.

Description: Colloquial Urdu is a practical course in everyday written and spoken Urdu requiring no prior knowledge of the language. This book is ideal for study independently or with a teacher. Cassettes recorded by native Urdu speakers are also available.
This paperback in the Colloquial Language Learning Series is available individually here or as part of a cassette pack. To purchase the book and the cassettes, please refer to the cassette pack listing for this language.


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English Grammar (Language Workbooks)

By Richard Hudson
Publisher: Routledge
Pages: 144 |Publication Date: 1998-05-11
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415174104
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Description: Are you having trouble determining your subjects from objects, or adverbs from adjectives?
English Grammar offers a new approach to the teaching of traditional grammar, using the insights of modern linguistics and modern teaching methods.

Clearly written for the absolute beginner, this workbook helps readers to understand grammatical concepts such as 'noun', 'auxiliary verb' and 'subject', encourages the reader to practice applying newly discovered concepts to ordinary texts, and teaches the user to analyze the grammatical role of almost every word in any English text.


Whether you are just trying to brush up on your grammar knowledge or starting from scratch, this accessible workbook provides the basics you need.

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