Susan Kay is an author celebrated for expanding upon the narratives of existing literary figures, most notably by delving into the history of Erik from Gaston Leroux's classic novel. Her work often explores well-known characters from fresh perspectives, offering intricate backstories and motivations through layered storytelling. Kay's approach focuses on deep psychological portraits, enriching the literary landscape with nuanced interpretations and expanding the emotional and historical scope of beloved tales.
The much-praised "Legacy" offers an exquisite psychological portrait of the queen who defined an era, beloved and touted by readers for its stunning storytelling and intriguing take on the monarch's life.
This incredible portrait of Erik--the Phantom--recreates his entire life, from his survival as a child in a carnival freak show to his creative genius behind the Paris Opera House--and its labyrinthine world below--to his discovery of love.
'Inside Out' is a classroom-tested English course designed to develop real life communicative skills and powers of self-expression. Written by teachers for teachers, 'Inside Out' provides a course for adults and young adults built around structured work on grammar and lexis, planned speaking tasks and engaging writing and listening texts. The main grammar and language functions are presented clearly and practised through anecdote activities and personalization. It contains approximately 90 hours of teaching material at every level and includes review units with activities to consolidate target language.
A classroom tested English-course for adults and young adults, "Inside Out" has been designed to develop real-life communicative skills and powers of self-expression. Creative grammar work: learners organize and develop their knowledge of grammar. Easy-to-use exercises put rules into pratice - and are then recycled as speaking activities. All grammar work is backed up with clear summaries. Personalized speaking tasks: a series of challenging speaking tasks focuses on learners' own experiences and opinions. Choices within tasks encourage learners to take charge of interactions. Structured planning time is built into tasks, improving both fluency and accuracy. Contextualized lexis: lexical items are seen in context, showing how words and phrases function and how they collocate with each other. Focus exercises highlight and recycle lexis to help learners build a bigger and better active vocabulary. Realistic listening and reading: a rich selection of accessible and entertaining texts: cartoons, postcards, letters and extracts from newspapers, magazines and novels. Listenings include conversations, interviews and classic pop songs recorded by the original artists.
Focus is a rich, varied, carefully levelled course for upper secondary students. Specially designed to motivate older teens, it helps them to track their level and achieve the exam results they need. With its unique blended learning package, Focus is the flexible course that gets results.
This is a class-room tested English course for adults and young adults, designed to develop real-life communicative skills and powers of self-expression. Topics covered are: creative grammer work ; personalised speaking tasks ; contextualised lexis ; and realistic listening and reading.
The series is theme-based, as this seems to be the best way to organise material for language learners -it allows material to have some real currency and allows lexis and structures to be contextualised the topics are great for young people who are into how they look, how they feel, how they spend time, what music they listen to. Its very now.EA JOURNAL VOLUME 19 NO 2New Inside Out takes all the best elements of the original Inside Out series - including the emphasis on personalisation an
Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Russian. No prior knowledge of the language is required
The series is theme-based, as this seems to be the best way to organise material for language learners -it allows material to have some real currency and allows lexis and structures to be contextualised the topics are great for young people who are into how they look, how they feel, how they spend time, what music they listen to. Its very now.EA JOURNAL VOLUME 19 NO 2New Inside Out takes all the best elements of the original Inside Out series - including the emphasis on personalisation an
The Workbook provides revision and further practice of all the main points in the Student's Book, plus extra listening practice, pronunciation work and a comprehensive writing course. It also contains a simplified short story.
