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An activity book to accompany Collins First English Words, winner of the Best Entry for Young Learners prize at HRH The Duke of Edinburgh English Language Book Awards 2012. Encourage a love for learning English and capture the imagination of children. Through fun and engaging activities, young learners can practise the English words they need to learn with the help of Ben, Daisy and Keekee the monkey. * Covers the first English words children need to learn * Words grouped into themes * Fun, varied and engaging activities, written specifically to help young children develop their skills of analysis and improve their linguistic awareness * Beautiful illustrations * Plenty of space for children to practise their writing and drawing skills * Notes for parents and teachers Collins First English Words Activity Book 1 can be used independently or alongside the beautifully-illustrated dictionary, Collins First English Words. Activity Book 1 contains simple but engaging activities that will encourage children to look and read, and to pick up a pencil and write. It is the ideal starting point for developing a love of learning English, reading and writing for young children. Also available: First English Words, First English Words Activity Book 2, First English Words Teacher's Book, First English Words Activity Pack. |
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An activity book to accompany Collins First English Words, winner of the Best Entry for Young Learners prize at HRH The Duke of Edinburgh English Language Book Awards 2012. Encourage a love for learning English and capture the imagination of children. Through fun and engaging activities, young learners can practise the English words they need to learn with the help of Ben, Daisy and Keekee the monkey. * Covers the first English words children need to learn * Words grouped into themes * Fun, varied and engaging activities, written specifically to help young children develop their skills of analysis and improve their linguistic awareness * Beautiful illustrations * Plenty of space for children to practise their writing and drawing skills * Notes for parents and teachers Collins First English Words Activity Book 2 can be used independently or alongside the beautifully-illustrated dictionary, Collins First English Words. Activity Book 2 builds on the skills developed in Activity Book 1 and includes activities that help children to further improve their ability to read and write. The activities will help build children's confidence and equip them with the skills they need when starting primary school. Also available: First English Words, First English Words Activity Book 1, First English Words Teacher's Book, First English Words Activity Pack. |
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An activity pack to accompany First English Words, winner of the Best Entry for Young Learners prize at HRH The Duke of Edinburgh English Language Book Awards 2012. The First English Words Activity Pack contains a broad range of fun, varied and engaging activities and resources, inspired by the award-winning, beautifully illustrated picture dictionary First English Words. Young learners can meet, learn and practise their first words in English and develop their literacy skills with the help of Ben, Daisy and Keekee the monkey. Encourage a love for learning English and capture the imagination of children at home or in the classroom. The pack contains: — First English Words Picture Dictionary and audio CD with songs and words — First English Words Activity Book 1 — First English Words Activity Book 2 — First English Words Teacher's Book — Audio CD with stories and words — Pack of 100 flashcards (210 x 148mm) — Pack of 35 story cards (279 x 210mm) — 4 posters * Covers the first English words children need to learn * Develops literacy and analysis skills * Components are beautifully illustrated and in full colour * Activity Books contain plenty of space for children to practise their writing and drawing * Teacher's Book includes lesson plans, ideas for activities and games, and photocopiable resources * Audio CDs help children develop listening and speaking skills and a love of singing and storytelling Also available: First English Words, First English Words Activity Book 1, First English Words Activity Book 2, First English Words Teacher's Book. |
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Flashcards to accompany Collins First English Words, winner of the Best Entry for Young Learners prize at HRH The Duke of Edinburgh English Language Book Awards 2012. Make learning English fun! Introduce young learners to their first words in English with this pack of bright and colourful flashcards. * 100 flashcards with illustrations on one side and words on the other * Ideas and instructions for fun games and activities to help children learn the words * Beautiful illustrations to capture childrens' imaginations and inspire them to learn English Collins First English Words Flashcards can be used independently or alongside the beautifully-illustrated dictionary, Collins First English Words and with the Collins First English Words Activity Books. Also available: First English Words, First English Words Activity Book 1, First English Words Activity Book 2, First English Words Teacher's Book, First English Words Activity Pack |
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An essential guide for teachers using First English Words in the classroom. With lesson plans, photocopiable resources and helpful advice, this Teacher's Book contains all the support you need for using the award-winning picture dictionary First English Words with your young learners. Discover the range of activities that are possible with First English Words and develop a love for learning English amongst children in the classroom. * Sample lesson plans based around the themes and vocabulary of First English Words * Techniques that can be applied to every theme in order to build your own lesson plans * Photocopiable resources to support the lesson plans * Ideas for activities and games Also available: First English Words, First English Words Activity Book 1, First English Words Activity Book 2, First English Words Activity Pack. |
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Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully adapted versions are shorter with the language targeted at upper-intermediate learners (CEF level B2). Each reader includes: — A CD with a reading of the adapted story; — Helpful notes on characters; — Cultural and historical notes relevant to the plot; — A glossary of the more difficult words Strange items have disappeared from the student hostel on Hickory Road and Mrs Hubbard, the warden, is becoming suspicious. Detective Hercule Poirot has been a little bored recently and decides to try to solve the mystery. But the investigation turns sinister when one of the students is found poisoned in her room. |
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Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully adapted versions are shorter with the language targeted at upper-intermediate learners (CEF level B2). Each reader includes: — A CD with a reading of the adapted story; — Helpful notes on characters; — Cultural and historical notes relevant to the plot; — A glossary of the more difficult words Hercule Poirot, the famous detective, is on holiday in the south of England when he meets a lady called Nick Buckley. Nick has had a lot of mysterious 'accidents'. First, her car brakes failed. Then, a large rock just missed her when she was walking, and later, a painting almost fell on her while she was asleep. Finally, Poirot finds a bullet hole in her hat! Nick is in danger and needs Poirot's help. Can he find the guilty person before Nick is harmed? |
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Give your child the support they need in English These new practice test materials for Cambridge English: Flyers (also known as Young Learners English: Flyers) support young learners and include comprehensive guidance for both teachers and parents. By working through the practice tests, children will feel ready for what they need to do on the day of the test, and will also have fun whilst they are learning. The book includes: — 3 full practice tests with a colourful and clear design to motivate and encourage young learners, and prepare them for what they will see in the real test; — An audio CD with recordings by young native English speakers The Teacher's Guide and a Parent's Guide are available online, and are full of information and support for anyone preparing their child for their first Cambridge English test. For Teachers and Parents (available online); — A full guide to each part of the test; — Ideas for exam preparation activities; — Model answer recordings for the Speaking paper — recorded by young native English speakers so that learners hear examples of correct English again and again; — Cambridge English vocabulary list with the key words learners need to know; — Audio scripts for the Listening and Speaking sections; — Answer key. |
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Prepare yourself thoroughly for the IELTS exam By using Practice Tests for IELTS, you will: — Feel completely confident about how the IELTS exam works; — Know what to expect on the day of the exam; — Improve your score through realistic practice All you need for your ideal IELTS score: — Four complete Academic IELTS tests; — PLUS Two complete General Reading and Writing papers; — A clear guide to how the IELTS exam works; — A whole section full of useful tips on how to do well in the exam; — A CD (+ transcript) with accurate model Speaking and Listening papers; — Answers and explanations for all four papers (including model answers for Speaking and Writing). You can trust Collins COBUILD Practice Tests for IELTS contains a mini-dictionary with definitions based on COBUILD content. The 4.5-billion-word Collins Corpus is the world's largest database of the English language. It is updated every month and has been at the heart of Collins COBUILD for over 20 years. |
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Give your child the support they need in English These new practice test materials for Cambridge English: Movers (also known as Young Learners English: Movers) support young learners and include comprehensive guidance for both teachers and parents. By working through the practice tests, children will feel ready for what they need to do on the day of the test, and will also have fun whilst they are learning. The book includes: — 3 full practice tests with a colourful and clear design to motivate and encourage young learners, and prepare them for what they will see in the real test; — An audio CD with recordings by young native English speakers The Teacher's Guide and a Parent's Guide are available online, and are full of information and support for anyone preparing their child for their first Cambridge English test. For Teachers and Parents (available online); — A full guide to each part of the test; — Ideas for exam preparation activities; — Model answer recordings for the Speaking paper — recorded by young native English speakers so that learners hear examples of correct English again and again; — Cambridge English vocabulary list with the key words learners need to know; — Audio scripts for the Listening and Speaking sections; — Answer key. |
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Get your child off to a great start in English These new practice test materials for Cambridge English: Starters (also known as Young Learners English: Starters) support young learners and include comprehensive guidance for both teachers and parents. By working through the practice tests, children will feel ready for what they need to do on the day of the test, and will also have fun whilst they are learning. The book includes: * 3 full practice tests with a colourful and clear design to motivate and encourage young learners, and prepare them for what they will see in the real test * An audio CD with recordings by young native English speakers The Teacher's Guide and a Parent's Guide are available online, and are full of information and support for anyone preparing their child for their first Cambridge English test. For Teachers and Parents (available online) * A full guide to each part of the test * Ideas for exam preparation activities * Model answer recordings for the Speaking paper — recorded by young native English speakers so that learners hear examples of correct English again and again * Cambridge English vocabulary list with the key words learners need to know * Audio scripts for the Listening and Speaking sections * Answer key. |
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A new classroom course based on unscripted and authentic listening materials Real Lives, Real Listening will teach students vital skills they need to listen more effectively to English, however it is spoken. Through authentic recordings the course exposes students to the grammatical structures and lexis which are used most frequently in spoken English throughout the world. * MP3 CD with authentic interviews featuring native and non-native speakers of English * detailed comprehension and practice exercises * includes information on simplification, linking, elision and weak forms * teacher's notes and answer keys available at www.collinselt.com Real Lives, Real Listening will boost students' confidence and raise their awareness of the differences between spoken and written English. Created by Sheila Thorn of The Listening Business, the series reflects the latest academic theories on the importance of authentic listening practice in language acquisition. Suitable for learners at Advanced level (CEF level B2-C1). |
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A new classroom course based on unscripted and authentic listening materials Real Lives, Real Listening will teach students vital skills they need to listen more effectively to English, however it is spoken. Through authentic recordings the course exposes students to the grammatical structures and lexis which are used most frequently in spoken English throughout the world. This new edition from Collins combines all three topics into one book. * MP3 CD with authentic interviews featuring native and non-native speakers of English * detailed comprehension and practice exercises * includes information on simplification, linking, elision and weak forms * teacher's notes and answer keys available at www.collinselt.com Real Lives, Real Listening will boost students' confidence and raise their awareness of the differences between spoken and written English. Created by Sheila Thorn of The Listening Business, the series reflects the latest academic theories on the importance of authentic listening practice in language acquisition. Suitable for learners at Elementary and Pre-intermediate level (CEF level A2). |
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If you feel overwhelmed by the complexity of TOEFL, Collins Skills for TOEFL iBT Test can help. This book helps you handle the integrated aspect of the tasks in the test, and give you tips and strategies for the different question types you will face. Collins Skills for the TOEFL iBT Test is a two book series (1 Listening/Speaking; 2 Reading/Writing) to help learners prepare for the 'Test of English as a Foreign Language', used by over 7,500 institutions in 130 countries as a measure of language ability. To date, 25 million learners have taken the test around the world. In particular these books are aimed at helping learners handle the integrated-skill aspect of the test, where they are required to produce responses based on mixed input. The books help learners to familiarise with the TOEFL test. Learners focus on improving their skills and test-taking times for specific sections of the test, and look at solutions for how to overcome the most common challenges of the test. The books provide clear strategies and tips to help learners improve their score. Summary * Quick Guide: question overviews give learners an easy reference to the characteristics of each question type * Challenges and Solutions: these sections offer strategy and skills reviews to help learners learn how to overcome the most common challenges. * Get it right: gives a quick overview of the most important steps for doing well on each question type and includes useful vocabulary and expressions * Answer Analysis: teaches learners how to rule out distracter answer options * Progressive Practice: encourages independent learning by offering a graded progression of content and task sets * Review Test sections: offer timed TOEFL test-taking guides and help learners practice what they've learned in a simulated environment * Audio CD: enables effective TOEFL practice *Highly experienced author team, who have written TOEFL materials before and worked as teachers preparing learners for the test. |
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Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully adapted versions are shorter with the language targeted at upper-intermediate learners (CEF level B2). Each reader includes: — A CD with a reading of the adapted story; — Helpful notes on characters; — Cultural and historical notes relevant to the plot; — A glossary of the more difficult words Six people sit down for dinner at a table laid for seven. No one can forget the night exactly a year ago that Rosemary Barton died at this same table surrounded by the same people, her beautiful face turned blue with cyanide poison. Rosemary had always been memorable — and people had strong reactions to her. Did one of the six people at dinner feel strongly enough about her to kill her? |
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Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully adapted versions are shorter with the language targeted at upper-intermediate learners (CEF level B2). Each reader includes: — A CD with a reading of the adapted story; — Helpful notes on characters; — Cultural and historical notes relevant to the plot; — A glossary of the more difficult words Pretty, young Anne Beddingfeld comes to London looking for adventure. But adventure finds her when she sees a man fall off an Underground platform and die on the rails. The police think the death was an accident. But who was the man in the brown suit who examined the body before running away? Anne has only one clue, but she is determined to bring the mysterious killer to justice. Anne's adventure takes her on a cruise ship all the way to Cape Town and on into Africa... |
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Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully adapted versions are shorter with the language targeted at upper-intermediate learners (CEF level B2). Each reader includes: — A CD with a reading of the adapted story; — Helpful notes on characters; — Cultural and historical notes relevant to the plot; — A glossary of the more difficult words Lymstock is a small town with lots of secrets. Recently several people in the town have received anonymous hate-mail. When Mrs Symmington receives one of the letters and then dies in mysterious circumstances, the people of the town no longer know whom they can trust. Who is writing the letters? And why? Miss Marple helps solve the mystery. |
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Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully adapted versions are shorter with the language targeted at upper-intermediate learners (CEF level B2). Each reader includes: — A CD with a reading of the adapted story; — Helpful notes on characters; — Cultural and historical notes relevant to the plot; — A glossary of the more difficult words When Colonel Protheroe is found murdered in the vicar's study, it seems that almost everyone in the village of St Mary Mead had a motive to kill him. This is the first case for Agatha Christie's legendary female detective, Miss Marple. She needs to use all her powers of observation and deduction to solve the mystery. |
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Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully adapted versions are shorter with the language targeted at upper-intermediate learners (CEF level B2). Each reader includes: — A CD with a reading of the adapted story; — Helpful notes on characters; — Cultural and historical notes relevant to the plot; — A glossary of the more difficult words Roger Ackroyd is a man who knows too much. He knows the woman he loved poisoned her first husband. He knows someone was blackmailing her — and now he knows she killed herself. When Roger Ackroyd is found murdered, the famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, is called in to find out who the killer is. |
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Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully adapted versions are shorter with the language targeted at upper-intermediate learners (CEF level B2). Each reader includes: — A CD with a reading of the adapted story; — Helpful notes on characters; — Cultural and historical notes relevant to the plot; — A glossary of the more difficult words Recently, there have been some strange things happening at Styles, a large country house in Essex. Evelyn Howard, a loyal friend to the family for years, left the house after an argument with Mrs Inglethorp. Mrs Inglethorp is then suddenly taken ill and dies. Has she been poisoned? It is up to the famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, to find out what happened. |
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