English Firsthand is one of the world's best-selling oral communication courses and has been supporting ELT teachers and students for over 25 years.The approach of the course is that students learn English by using English and, with support, they can communicate in English right from the very start. English Firsthand is designed to build learner success and confidence by providing ample interactive and personalized tasks that help each student feel that English is his or her own language – a language to use for personal expression.
More than anything else, language is what makes us human. Linguistics, the discipline which studies the structure, function and phenomena of language, has uncovered many surprising and fascinating things about the nature of our human language faculty. But these findings are often presented in opaque technical terminology which hides their simplicity and beauty. "Intoducing Linguistics" demystifies the subject, presenting a clear account of what linguists do, how they go about it, and what they have achieved so far.
Introducing Multilingualism is a brand new, comprehensive and user-friendly introduction to the dynamic field of multilingualism.
Adopting a compelling social and critical approach, Jean-Jacques Weber and Kristine Horner guide readers through the established theories about multilingualism. The book covers language as a social construct, language contact and variation, language and identity and the differences between individual and societal multilingualism.
English Firsthand is one of the world's best-selling oral communication courses and has been supporting ELT teachers and students for over 25 years. The approach of the course is that students learn English by using English and, with support, they can communicate in English right from the very start. English Firsthand is designed to build learner success and confidence by providing ample interactive and personalized tasks that help each student feel that English is his or her own language – a language to use for personal expression.
The History of Literature in English covers the main developments in the history of British and Irish literature, with accompanying language notes which explore the interrelationships between language and literature at each stage. With a span from AD 600 to the present day, it emphasises the growth of literary writing, its traditions, conventions and changing characteristics, and includes literature from the margins, both geographical and cultural. Extensive quotations from poetry, prose and drama underpin the narrative.
