A2 readers to improve reading skills.

 Hands are around her neck, slowly pressing the life out of her body. She knows she’s going to die. She wants to scream but
can’t. She can’t even breathe. The world turns black and there’s a ringing noise in her ears. The ringing doesn’t stop.

How to improve your spoken English

Every college student in China seems to be studying English. I see them listening to radio programs on their dormitory bed, studying the dictionary in
the back of the classroom, and completing grammar exercises in the cafeteria. But still, these same students come to me and ask the same question:
“Teacher . . . my spoken English is very poor. How to improve my spoken English?” This short book is my answer to their question. This book will reference modern research, but it is not a book for scholars. This book will contain information that will benefit English teachers,but it is not a book for teachers. This is a book for you, the students.

Up Beat starter test multiroomEngage teenagers intellectually and emotionally.

It's their world, keep it upbeat!

Think back to when you were a teenager experiencing real life issues and dealing with new challenges. Now you can help today's young people make the same journey and watch as they learn about the world they live in and make meaningful connections to their lives and experiences. Use Upbeat Digital to improve the rhythm and timing of your classes with ActiveTeach - resources and in-class presentation

Brings language learning to life

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Motivation and Foreign Language Learning: From theory to practice

Motivation is a key aspect of second language learning. There is no doubt that abstract models are basic to gain theoretical insights into motivation; however, teachers and researchers demand comprehensible explanations for motivation that can help them to improve their everyday teaching and research. The aim of this book is to provide both theoretical insights and practical suggestions to improve motivation in the classroom.

Nearly the whole of America’s partisan politics centers on a single question: Can markets solve our social problems? And for years this question has played out ferociously in the debates about how we should educate our children. From the growth of vouchers and charter schools to the implementation of No Child Left Behind, policy makers have increasingly turned to market-based models to help improve our schools, believing that private institutions—because they are competitively driven—are better than public ones.