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Summary: Written as a guide for people who already have a basic understanding of English and want to improve their ability to speak it the way it is spoken in the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Research & Education Association 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 428.24 MURSummary: Ventures is a six-level, standards-based ESL series for adult-education ESL. Each Student's Book contains 10 topical units composed of six lessons each. The two-page lessons are designed for an hour of classroom instruction. Culture notes as well as speaking, reading, and writing tips enrich and support exercises. Review units include sections focusing on pronunciation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 2008
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3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428.24 VEN 3 Multilevel WorksheetsCall number: 428.24 VEN 3 Student's Book
Call number: 428.24 VEN 3 Teacher's Ed.
Summary: Ventures is a six-level, standards-based ESL series for adult-education ESL. The Workbook provides reinforcement exercises for each lesson in the Student's Book, an answer key for self-study, grammar charts, and examples of a variety of forms and documents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428.24 VEN 4 WorkbookGillett, Amy.
Summary: "If you already speak English and now you'd like to start speaking even better; then speak English Like An American is for you."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Language Success Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428.24 GILSummary: The more digital technology becomes inseparable from our daily lives, the more chances corporate and political media have to manipulate young people-unless students are taught how to dissect and defend against that manipulation. This program helps educators instill media literacy through an exploration of its basic concepts as well as examples drawn from film and television. Defining media...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Gast, Natalie.
Summary: This book is for you if you are a high-intermediate or advanced ESL or EFL learner and now you need to master communication skills in order to function in diverse real-life work-related situations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw Hill 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428.24 GASGast, Natalie.
Summary: "Hundreds of ready-to-use phrases that help you navigate any English-language situation in your daily life."
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428.24 GASFridland, Valerie
Summary: "A linguistic exploration of the speech habits we love to hate-and why our "um"s, "like"s, and "you know"s actually make us better communicators. Do you hate that you say "like" too much? Do you go over your email drafts to remove excess "so"s and "really"s? Do you wish your presentation at work wasn't so full of "um"s and "uh"s? Do you get tripped up by slang, overly familiar greetings, or new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 420.1 FRICrystal, David
Summary: Explaining the nuts and bolts of grammar presents a special challenge, because--far more than is the case with spelling and punctuation--the subject is burdened with a centuries-old history of educational practice that many will recall as anything but glamorous. One of the world's foremost authorities on the English language, Crystal sets out to rid grammar of its undeserved reputation as a dry...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017