Another BBC World Services Learning English program. The London Life series ran from September 2005 to April 2007. The series covers 83 programs, ranging from ethnic groups living in London to the waxwork museum. Each program is accompanied by an audio recording, the transcript of the program, the summary of the program with a glossary. There is also a comprehension quiz with some of the articles. Excellent listening and vocabulary practice.
Prime Time is a series of five courses for young adult or adult learners of English at Elementary to Upper-Intermediate level. The series combines active English learning with a variety of lively topics presented in themed modules.
Innocence, Heterosexuality, and the Queerness of Children’s Literature examines distinguished classics of children’s literature both old and new—including L. Frank Baum’s Oz books, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House series, J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, and Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series—to explore the queer tensions between innocence and heterosexuality within their pages.
This series helps students practice their writing skills in a simple and systematic way by providing topics that are familiar to target students and useful expressions for daily life. The series consists of 4 books; Diary (Book 1), Letter (Book 2), Book Report (Book 3) and Essay (Book 4), and each book consists of 6 topics familiar to students. By following the organized practices and exercises, students will have a good command of writing in English from a single sentence and paragraph to diaries, letters, book reports and essays.
