Smart, compelling, fun, and affordable, Speak Up connects with students through great speaking useful guidance, and many interesting topics that bring speech to life.
Everywhere hailed as a masterpiece of historical adventure, this enthralling narrative recounts the experiences of twelve American sailors who were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa in 1815, captured by desert nomads, sold into slavery, and subjected to a hellish two-month journey through the bone-dry heart of the Sahara. The ordeal of these men - who found themselves tested by barbarism, murder, starvation, death, dehydration, and hostile tribes that roamed the desert on camelback - is made indelibly vivid in this gripping account of courage, brotherhood, and survival.
Whether around the campfire, between the covers of a great book, or in the theater, the desire to tell stories has been a common human impulse for thousands of years. These 48 lectures take you on a journey through time and around the world- from the enormous auditoriums of ancient Greece to a quiet study in the home of a 19th-century New England spinster- to introduce the history of world literature.
Venture into First for Schools is an international course preparing secondary students for the Cambridge English: First for Schools exam.The course prepares students for exam success from the outset with systematic skills development and scaffolded exam practice in every unit. Exam guides offer tips and hints for every task type, and students can prepare for the examination with the online practice test.
Tapestry is the first multi-skills English Language Teaching series. Tapestry Listening & Speaking prepares students to become successful, independent learners through: engaging communicative work, motivating activities, Language Learning Strategies, Academic Power Strategies.