Young Learners Go! is a complete English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) course that gives young learners a solid foundation and a positive first experience in learning English.

- teaches English through meaningful themes and practical contexts that are relevant to learners' daily lives - Based on the multiple intelligences theory - Spiral progression teaching: allowing for a complete understanding and acquisition of the language for learners - Learner-centric : develops learners' ownership of the language - User-friendly

The Ins and Outs of Prepositions

Prepositions pose more problems for the non-native speaker or learner of English than any other part of speech. Why? Prepositions are just little words that never change in form; they are pronounced softly, in unstressed syllables; they aren't even given capital letters in book titles; native speakers choose the correct ones without thinking. How can they be confusing?
The word "preposition" has a straightforward definition: a word placed before a noun or pronoun to define its relationship with another word in the sentence. For the learner of English, however, prepositions are anything but straightforward
Prepositions are difficult, if not impossible, to define without using other prepositions.

English as a Global Language
David Crystal's informative account of the rise of English as a global language explores the history, current status and potential of English as the international language of communication. This new edition of his classic work includes additional sections on the future of English as a world language, English on the Internet, and the possibility of an English "family" of languages. Footnotes, new tables, and a comprehensive bibliography reflect the expanded scope of the revised edition. An internationally renowned scholar in the field of language and linguistics, David Crystal received an Order of the British Empire in 1995 for his services to the English Language. He is the author of several books with Cambridge, including Language and the Internet (2001), Language Death (2000), English as a Global Language (1997), Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language (1997), and Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (19
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David Crystal, world authority on the English language, has written a timely and informative account of the phenomenon of English as a global language - the most successful the globe has ever known, with perhaps 1,500 million speakers . But if its rise continues what will be the fate of less powerful tongues? and what would have been the impact if Bill Gates had grown up speaking Chinese? What makes a world language? And why is English the leading candidate? Will it continue to hold that position? This book will appeal to anyone with an interest in language issues, whatever their political views on the subject.

English colloquial idioms
The English Language has a wealth of colourful, poetic idioms. When you listen to people is conversation, you notice how frequently they use such expressions as "once in a blue moon", "that rings a bell". This dictionary is a comprehensive reference work, written in simple English and presented in a manner that explains the pecularities of everyday conversation.

Natural English Reading & Writing Skills Elementary Resource Book
The 14 reading lessons are based around accessible, authentically-sourced texts from newspapers and websites to leaflets and fiction. You'll find familiar reading skills such as predicting and reading for specific information along with more challenging ones such as inferring.