HOT TOPICS is guaranteed to engage readers, stimulate thinking, and provoke conversation while developing vocabulary and reading skills. The controversial topics explored in the text all have more than one side to them, thus encouraging debate and classroom discussion.
Language
to go is a four-level course with international appeal
for adult learners of English. It is available at Elementary,
Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate and Upper Intermediate
levels, each offering 40-60 teaching hours.
Taught by Michael Krasny
San Francisco State University
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Imagine that, in one sitting, you could enter a world of imagination and witness the triumphs, tragedies, errors, and epiphanies that arise in the lives of ordinary and extraordinary people. Imagine that, in the time it takes to run an errand, you could gain remarkable insights about the true nature of humanity—its dark secrets and its saving graces. Imagine that, in the space of an hour, you could do this instead:
Visit a Harlem jazz club and hear the inspired improvisations of gifted bluesmen
Attend a glittering Parisian ball bedecked in borrowed jewels
Confront a dangerous criminal on a lonely backwoods road
Journey back to colonial America and encounter a coven of witches
This enlightening experience awaits you in Masterpieces of Short Fiction, a 24-lecture course that samples two centuries' worth of great short stories written by some of the acknowledged masters of the genre, including Anton Chekhov, D. H. Lawrence, Flannery O'Connor, Franz Kafka, and Ernest Hemingway.
The Economist is a weekly news and international affairs publication
owned by “The Economist Newspaper Ltd” and edited in London, UK. It has
been in continuous publication since September 1843. Altough printed in
London, in the USA (where it is largely sold) this publication is
reputed to be the best in its field.
Focus on First Certificate First Certificate in English Respected throughout the world for its tried and tested approach, the highly successful Focus series combines comprehensive exam skills training with excellent reference and practice materials. Medium quality.
24 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture
