The English word infant is derived from the Latin word meaning unable to speak, reflecting the general sense that the transition from infancy into childhood is marked by the production of the childs first word. However, modern methods for measuring infant behavior and brain activity suggest that there is a great deal of language learning that goes on before first word production. The book, Language Development, by LouAnn Gerken, Ph.D. examines both classic and current studies that trace the development of human language from before birth to the early childhood years.

Focus on First Certificate: Practice Tests with Guidance for the Revised Exam Focus on First Certificate Practice Tests with Guidance offers five complete tests in the style and format of the revised First Certificate examination, together with additional support - Test 1 includes detailed guidance on how to approach each question in all five papers. This support is followed up on Tests 2 and 3 with regular reminders and hints on strategy. The key facts about the Examination are given in a lively introductory section. The explanatory notes and guidance in examination strategies enable the student to benefit from the practice tests in a way which promotes confidence.

First Certificate Trainer: Audio Transcripts

Audio Transcripts feature all the listening activities from the tests. Examinations January 2015 

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First Certificate Trainer: CDs

CDs for the 6 exams of the NEW edition for examinations January 2015

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AUDIOBOOK: Kurt Vonnegut - Bagombo Snuff Box (unabridged audiobook + text)
From out of the blue, here's a new collection of Vonnegut fiction--his first magazine stories from the 1950s in book form at last, with some charming reminiscences (and three new endings for old stories) by the author. Vonnegut says these tales were meant to be as evanescent as lightening bugs, and that image captures their frail magic. They're like time travelers from an epoch when stories swarmed in mass-market magazines, before TV dawned and doomed them.

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