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.Teaching English as a Foreign Language (Teach Yourself Series)
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by: David Riddell

March 28, 2003
For anyone new to teaching, this book offers a solid grounding in general teaching practise, but generally a little less than one might wish on TEFL. However there are nuggets of useful information, and the book is far more reasonably priced than other guides - as such, it is very good value for money.

I would strongly recommend this for anyone new to teaching, or returning to teaching after a break/moving to teaching adults from teaching children. The book is divided into logical and helpful sections, beginning with generic teaching skills and moving through subject specific areas such as teaching grammar, pronunciation, speaking and listening and writing.

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.Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary
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from: OUP Oxford

June 02, 2005
This dictionary is a set text for my 3rd-level OU Latin course, but in my opinion it is not up to the normal OUP standard. Although edited by James Morwood, it seems to be the insensitive abridgement of a much larger work. Although the basic vocabulary is probably adequate, there are not enough phrases/idioms present, esp. on the English-Latin side. On the plus side, the print format is very clear, and the grammar section is quite good.

May suit some, but if you're really serious about the finer details, look elsewhere.
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.Brazilian Portuguese (Lonely Planet Phrasebook)
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by: Marcia Monje de Castro

January 01, 2008
At first sight, a useful book despite a dictionary at the back that contains some glaring omissions of basic words such as 'from' and 'please', as well as other useful words such as 'sting'. Its culinary reader is threadbare too, with plenty of omissions - annoying when tried to decipher a menu.

But the real flaw is in the phonetic spellings of the Portuguese words. The author uses 'ng' to indicate the nasal vowels that characterise Brazilian Portuguese, but this only works about half the time. The rest of the time you're just mispronouncing the word.

The biggest omission of all, though, is as follows. In Brazilian Portuguese, when a 't' is followed by an 'e' or an 'i', this means the 't' is pronounced like the 'j' in ... Read More:
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.English Grammar In Use with Answers: A Self-study Reference and Practice Book for Intermediate Students of English (Grammar in Use)
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by: Raymond Murphy

April 15, 2004
Excellent intermediate grammar book with simple explanations / examples and exercises. Great for teachers and sudents!
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.Greek (Lonely Planet Phrasebook)
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by: Athanasios Spilias

March 01, 2006
As an absolute beginner I found this phrasebook perfect and made me far more confident in my attempts to speak Greek.

The book's layout not only looks good but is logical and easy to use. Words are broken up phonetically making them relatively easy to pronounce.

All eventualities appear to be catered for.Even if you don't intend to use it, the section on romance will provide some laughs as you read some of the phrases that are included.

For those more adventurous there is even a section on grammar which is worth a read.

In my opinion the best Greek phrasebook on the market




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.Advanced Grammar in Use With CD ROM (Grammar in Use)
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by: Martin Hewings

April 28, 2005
I like that one. It contains everything you may need, while you are using a little advanced English. Your grammar will become very good. It can be very useful in every way if you are just studing English or you want to live in English speaking country or you want to study there, or work for foreign company. In every way I recommend this book highly to everybody that want to speak English well.
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.Harraps French Grammar (Harrap's French Study Aids)
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by: Harrap

September 16, 2002
I bought this because it's an Open University set book, but I needn't have bothered. Although it is excellent, it's no better than the grammar book I already owned.

Moreover, my tutor has only referred me to a specific section once in the first five months of this eight-month course. Even then, the relevant information was easy to find in my other grammar book.

The one advantage I can see for this book is its size. It would fit easily in a day-bag or large pocket when travelling.
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.The Unfolding of Language
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by: Guy Deutscher

June 01, 2006
Very readable account of how language developed, the author has an engaging style and a good way with metaphors which helps the casual reader get a handle on the more complex linguistic stuff. Some slow chapters and it seemed to end rather abruptly, but cleared up a lot of "why do we..?" type questions nicely.
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.English Language Skills for Higher English (SEM)
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by: Mary Firth, Andrew Ralston

January 01, 1998
Gives you the meanings of all language, sentence structure and punctuation terms needed to impress your marker. Plus, gives you examples of the types of questions related to these terms which are commonly asked in the close reading paper and shows you clearly how to answer them. I also found this book really helpful when it came to analysing the literature and writing critical essays. The best book you'll buy for Higher English.
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.Easy Learning Polish (Collins Easy Learning Audio Course)
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by: Hania Forss

July 07, 2008
All quite good fun, and non-patronising, it has the poor plinky-plonky music you would expect and the odd slightly cringey librarian's joke "so you want to say good day - dzin dobre - pretend you want to start your day with a gin - not a good idea" etc. But it's friendly and accessible, and doubtless very useful as a phrase book, though I haven't found a Pole to try out my new-found skills.

The only issue is the lack of written confirmation of your pronunciation, so, taking a simple word like 'sir' - I couldn't tell from the female narrator whether it was pronounced paNi or paNGi. For my level of language I suspect it won't much matter; and it's good fun driving along learning Polish with your toddler in any case.
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