With over twenty years of experience teaching English as a foreign language, this author has honed strategies for developing students' reading and writing skills. Her current work as a freelance author delves into the literary and cultural dimensions of language acquisition. She contributes to prominent series and serves as an editor for playscripts, enriching language education with deeper literary and cultural insights. Her approach aims to make language learning a more engaging and culturally aware experience.
Emma Woodhouse, beautiful, clever and rich, has no wish to marry, but she enjoys making matches for those around her. It was Emma who found the perfect husband for her governess Miss Taylor. So when her dear friend Mr Knightley tells her that she should let people choose their own husbands and wives, she will not listen. But does Emma really understand people as well as she thinks? And is she even right about her own feelings, when she says that she will never fall in love?
Published 2017. Intermediate to Upper Intermediate CEF level B1/B2 - 1,400
Headwords Oxford Bookworms enjoy a world-wide reputation for high-quality
storytelling and a great reading experience. Research shows reading a lot
improves all your language skills. Experts recognize Oxford Bookworms as the
most consistent series in terms of language control, length, and quality of
story - very important for fluent reading and extensive reading. There's a
wide choice of titles too - something for everyone. When did you last meet a
polar bear, or go to a magician for help? These stories offer many different
experiences. Some are strange, some are scary, some are sad, some are blackly
funny. A few are shocking - when Lin Lin returns home for a funeral, she
learns a dark and terrible family secret which may destroy her. Bookworms
World Stories collect stories written in English from around the world. These
stories are from Australia, Canada, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, Singapore, South
Africa, and Trinidad.
Published 2017. Intermediate to Upper Intermediate CEF level B1/B2 - 1,400
Headwords Oxford Bookworms enjoy a world-wide reputation for high-quality
storytelling and a great reading experience. Research shows reading a lot
improves all your language skills. Experts recognize Oxford Bookworms as the
most consistent series in terms of language control, length, and quality of
story - very important for fluent reading and extensive reading. There's a
wide choice of titles too - something for everyone. 'My brother preferred
being with mother and me. He used to help us prepare vegetables in the kitchen
or make the bread. But what he liked best was listening to my mother's
stories.' But those childhood days are long gone, and now a great distance
divides sister and brother, children and mother. The stories in this volume of
World Stories come from India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The writers are Romesh
Gunesekera, M. Athar Tahir, Chitra Divakaruni, Anu Kumar, Anne Ranasinghe,
Ruskin Bond, Anita Desai, Vijita Fernando, and Amara Bavani Dev.
In The Merchant of Venice, the penniless but attractive Bassanio seeks, and finally wins, the hand of the fabulously wealthy Portia. But even as the play provokes laughter, it also provokes something disturbing, as Bassanio's courtship is actually financed by the magnificent villain Shylock the moneylender -- the focus of anti-Semitic sentiment, and one of the most controversial yet strangely sympathetic of Shakespeare's characters, whose actions and whose treatment in the play are still debated to this day.This simplified retelling of the Shakespearean comedy also includes activities related to the text.
Zum 75. Todestag F. Scott Fitzgeralds Der Held der Titelgeschichte altert ›rückwärts‹, die forsche Bernice plant eine nahezu revolutionäre Aktion und ein Besuch bei einer alten Jugendliebe nimmt eine überraschende Wendung – drei kleine Meisterwerke aus der Feder eines Hauptvertreters der amerikanischen Moderne fangen die Stimmung der ›Roaring Twenties‹ ein und bestechen durch ihre sprachliche wie poetische Kraft. dtv zweisprachig – Die Vielfalt der Sprachen auf einen Blick Die Reihe umfasst drei Sprach-Niveaus – Einsteiger, Fortgeschrittene und Könner – und mittlerweile über 130 Titel in vielen Sprachen. Landeskunde, Kulturgeschichte und Redewendungen, zeitgenössische und klassische Texte in unterschiedlichen Formen und Genres – von der Kurzgeschichte bis zum Krimi – für jeden Lesegeschmack ist etwas dabei. Einzigartig ist die konsequente Zeilengleichheit zwischen Originaltext und Übersetzung, damit man vom ersten bis zum letzten Wort in zwei Sprachwelten zuhause ist.
Now the subject of a major film by Baz Luhrmann, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan, this work is F. Scott Fitzgerald's brilliant fable of the hedonistic excess and tragic reality of 1920s America. Edited with an introduction and notes by Tony Tanner, it follows young, handsome, and fabulously rich Jay Gatsby, the bright star of the Jazz Age. As writer Nick Carraway becomes immersed in Gatsby's extravagant world, he confronts the mystery of Gatsby's origins and desires. Beneath the glamorous facade lies a secret: a silent longing that can never be fulfilled, leading to a destructive obsession that unravels Gatsby's life. Fitzgerald captures the disillusionment of post-war America and the moral failures of a society fixated on wealth and status. More than a reflection of a specific era, the narrative chronicles Gatsby's tragic pursuit of his dream, embodying the universal conflict between illusion and reality. Fitzgerald, who married Zelda Sayre, whose struggles influenced his writing, has attained mythical status in American literary history. His masterwork is often regarded as the 'great American novel.' After his death, The New York Times noted that he 'created a "generation"' in both fact and literary sense.
When did you last meet a polar bear, or go to a magician for help? These stories offer many different experiences. Some are strange, some are scary, some are sad, some are blackly funny. A few are shocking - when Lin Lin returns home for a funeral, she learns a dark and terrible family secret which may destroy her. Bookworms World Stories collect stories written in English from around the world. These stories are from Australia, Canada, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, Singapore, South Africa, and Trinidad
Designed for upper-intermediate to advanced students, this resource focuses on enhancing knowledge of English idioms and contemporary expressions. It offers insights into their meanings and usage, helping learners to communicate more effectively and naturally in everyday situations.
A series of four books that provide extensive guidance and English practice in key areas of the language. This book for lower-intermediate to intermediate students provides extensive guidance and practice in four crucial areas: Grammar, Vocabulary, Situations and Writing. Recycling Intermediate English can be used to supplement any coursebook at this level, in class or for self-study. It provides useful extra practice for the Cambridge Preliminary English Test (PET) and the Skills for Life Entry 3 examination.
Bookworms World Stories collect stories written in English from around the world. The stories in this volume are from China, India, Malaysia and Singapore
