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I’m A.J. Hoge, the creator of the Effortless English Teaching System and the Director of The Effortless English Club- the most complete English speaking system for adult learners. My audio lessons are best-sellers in over 25 countries.


Fifteen years ago, at my first teaching job, I had a student named Gladys. Gladys was wonderful. She was intelligent, friendly, and she worked hard. Every day she studied English textbooks for 4 hours! She tried to remember 50 new vocabulary words every day!

But, after 6 months of hard work, she still could not speak. Sadly, this was true for all of the student’s in the class. I felt terrible. So I asked other teachers for help. But they had the same problem.. very few of their students improved either. That’s when I realized something was wrong– something is wrong with normal English teaching methods.

I wanted to help all of the happy, friendly, intelligent, wonderful students like Gladys– and I decided I would find an answer. I would find a way to help my students speak English quickly, easily, and automatically. For many years, I studied books about English teaching. I constantly tried new methods in my classes. I read research studies.

Eventually, I got a Masters degree in Teaching English… and that’s when I found incredible new methods. I was so excited! Immediately I began to use these new methods in my classes… and every day I worked hard to IMPROVE these methods.

After several more years of testing and improving, I finally found the answer! My students began to improve quickly. They learned to speak easily and automatically. And even better– they loved my classes and they were very very happy!

I was excited! I loved seeing my students improve. My classes were full of excited students! But then I had another problem– I could only help a few students in my class. Yet, I knew there were thousands, perhaps millions of students who needed my help. I knew that everywhere in the world, there were English students who wanted to speak English well.

Finally, I had an idea– I would record my lessons and offer them on the internet to English students everywhere! It took a long time, and a lot of work, but finally I finished a full pack of lessons– my Original Effortless English Lessons!

Now, I can help students everywhere in the world… and now I can help you. I’m so grateful to be your teacher. I promise I will always do my best to help you speak excellent English.

Get Rid of your Accent is a speech training manual for mastering British English pronunciation. The book is based on a tried and trusted method used in London drama schools for British people with provincial accents to learn standard British English. It includes humourous sentences, tongue twisters, period verses, rhyme exercises, period pictures. Relevant subjects are received pronunciation, elocution and phonetics.

Unlike most language software programs, Learn to Speak? English teaches the language from the ground up. It not only immerses the user in the language, but it provides extensive grammar lessons as well. The course is equivalent to a 2-year college course in English! Each Lesson contains a vocabulary list, story, dialogue, grammar topic, conversation lab, and exercises. Also included are fun games to break the monotony while strengthening and reinforcing learning. Speech recognition technology allows users to test their knowledge and perfect their accents with immediate feedback from the computer.


Included with the Learn to Speak:
English software is a 115-page workbook for practicing away from the computer.

What is the Best Way to Learn English? In order to truly learn English, you must learn to do four things:
* Learn English grammar
* Learn English vocabulary
* Be able to listen to and comprehend the English language
* To be understood by others when you speak English

Learn to Speak? English is designed with these four things in mind. Unlike many other language software programs, Learn to Speak? English does much more than help you memorize words. Using a step-by-step process, you learn both vocabulary and grammar rules. Then, using the speech recognition technology, you can test your proficiency in speaking and understanding English.

Learn to Speak English 10 includes the following features:
* 40 Lessons
* Speech Recognition
* Games & Crossword Puzzles
* Audio Course
* iPOD and MP3 Lessons
* Printed Reference Book
* Personalized Lesson Plans
* Diagnostic Pre test
* Practice Workshops
* Advanced Online Courses
* Online Cultural Resources
* PDA Dictionary
* Printable exercises
* 1 convenient DVD-ROM
* Bonus MP3 Audio Tour

It takes learners from the verb to be up to the present perfect. Perhaps the book tries to cover too much too quickly; the past simple is reached very quickly and slower students would benefit from additional exercises using the present simple. The teacher’s book has also been improved and the workbook includes a useful CD ROM.

A new Grammar Bank section with rules and exercises. Practical English lessons, a focus on functional language supported by the New English File Study Link Videos.

The same unequalled level of teacher support. More photocopiable materials for teachers, with an extra grammar and communicative activity for every lesson.

The are 4 Levels:
• Elementary
• Pre-Intermediate
• Intermediate
• Upper-Intermediate

English is probably one of the most widely used languages in the world, which many say is the first global lingua franca. However, spelling, punctuation, grammar, and style of English language have been a problem for many native, let alone non-native English speakers or writers. Just imagine if you’re writing a business document in English, using incorrect, misspelled, or incomprehensible English, and face the consequences of wrong interpretation, or worst, failing to clinch a contract or sales.

With the help of WhiteSmoke 2009, everybody can write better and have perfect English style. WhiteSmoke 2009 is an innovative proofreading and editing tool that helps author and writer compose well–written emails to family and friends, create professional results for business and corporate settings and linguistically correct essay, etc.

WhiteSmoke 2009 features include ability to detect errors in spelling, fix incorrect contextual (real-word) spelling, insert missing auxiliaries, insert missing determiners, insert missing prepositions, insert missing nouns, insert missing copula (be), insert missing words in set phrases, subject-verb agreement, auxiliary-verb agreement, determiner-noun agreement, preposition-verb agreement, fix tense by context, fix aspect by context, delete redundant words, monitor capitalization, fix incorrect punctuation (run-ons, sentence delimiters, commas inside sentence, comma after introductory phrase, comma after prepositional phrase in the beginning of the sentence), substitute coordinating conjunctions in sentence beginnings to appropriate sentence connectors, offer alternative wording to whole phrases for varied writing style

Description : 40 units of quick exercises with regular test sections for beginner to intermediate students. Grammar in Practice provides grammar practice in a simple and accessible format. Each book has 40 units of quick grammar exercises with regular test sections to encourage learners to revise what they have learnt. The books are small and easy to carry so learners can choose when and where they want to study. This book is suitable for students at Level 6/Upper-Intermediate.

Spelling Made Easy from DK Interactive Learning
In a fun game-show format, Spelling Made Easy will help your students become familiar with spelling rules, exceptions to the rules and patterns. Students will develop strategies for tackling common spelling errors. Intelligent software assesses each student's abilities and then presents tutorial lessons for those topics where special attention is needed. The program also includes a special teacher's section where each student's progress report can be viewed. Working independently with Spelling Made Easy, your students will master spelling, a key building block for writing and communicating effectively!

Topics
* Spelling & Sounds:
* Consonants
* Vowels
* Combining Letters
* Silent Letters
* Homophones
* Prefixes & Suffixes:
* Suffixes
* Ending in "E"
* Endings
* Doubling Letters:
* Main Rules
* Main Exceptions
* Ending in "I"
* Plurals:
* Ending in "Y"
* Ending in "O", "F" and "FE"
* Adding "S" and "ES"
* Punctuation & Spelling:
* Apostrophe
* One or more Words
* Hyphens
* Capital Letters
* Key Terms:
* Vowels & Consonants
* Long & Short Vowels
* Syllables & Stresses
* Base Words, Prefixes and Suffixes
* Vowel & Consonant Suffixes
Key Features
* Diagnostic testing
* Intelligent software identifies strengths & weaknesses
* Comprehensive & individualized progress charts
* Over 1,750 target words
* Easy-to-understand explanations
* Instantaneous feedback in exercises
* Teacher's Section with detailed student records

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English for Socializing can be completed in 25-30 hours, so students make progress quickly. Hands-on tasks allow students to use new language immediately.
How can it be used?
As a stand-alone, short, intensive course.
For self-study, using the interactive MultiROM.

English for Telephoning can be completed in 25-30 hours, so students make progress quickly. Hands-on tasks allow students to use new language immediately.
How can it be used?
As a stand-alone, short, intensive course.
For self-study, using the interactive MultiROM.

The first edition of Garner's Modern American Usage established Bryan Garner as "an American equivalent of Fowler" (Library Journal). With more than 23,500 copies sold, this witty, accessible, and engaging book has become the new classic reference work praised by professional copyeditors as well as the general public looking for clear advice on how to write more effectively. In 1999, Choice magazine named it an Outstanding Academic Book and the American Library Association dubbed it an Outstanding Reference Source.

With thousands of succinct entries, longer essays on key issues and problematic areas, and up-to-the-minute judgments on everything from trendy words to the debate over personal pronouns, GMAU is approachable yet authoritative. Since the book first appeared in 1998, Bryan Garner has diligently continued tracking how we use our language. The second edition includes hundreds of new entries ranging from Dubya to weaponize (coined in 1984 but used extensively since 9/11) to foot-and-mouth, plethora (a "highfalutin equivalent of too many"), Slang, Standard English, and Dialects. It also updates hundreds of existing entries.

Meanwhile, Garner has written a major essay on the great grammar debate between descriptivists and prescriptivists. Painstakingly researched with copious citations from books and newspapers and newsmagazines, this new edition furthers Garner's mission to help everyone become a better writer, and to enjoy it in the process.

Ideal for a complete course or as a pronunciation supplement, PRONOUNCING AMERICAN ENGLISH provides extensive activities to help college-bound students develop clear speech and appropriate intonation.

Summary: Excelent book to teach or to learn English phonetics
Rating: 5

I have found this book very clear and easy to follow by anyone wishing to improve his English pronunciation. The examples and exercises are excellent, specially the contrast ones. The explanations and practices about stress and intonation are very useful and easy to understand. This book was given to me without the tapes which I have not been able to get. I am sure that these tapes are a necessary complement to this book.

Speech introduces students to the speech and communication skills that will benefit them forever. The textbook covers a wide range of topics including debate, presentations, interpersonal skills, nonverbal communication, interviewing, and speeches.
Chances are that you will enjoy this textbook. You will find many cartoons and humorous anecdotes. The quips and quotes will entertain you. The writing style is personal and friendly. But the facts you expect in a matter as serious as communicating effectively fill every page.

CONTENTS

UNIT 1 The Person
Chapter 1: Building Responsibility
Chapter 2: Building Confidence

UNIT 2 Person to Person
Chapter 3: Listening
Chapter 4: Nonverbal Communication
Chapter 5: Interpersonal Communication
Chapter 6: Interviewing
Chapter 7: Group Discussion

UNIT 3 Preparation and Process
Chapter 8: Researching Your Presentation
Chapter 9: Organizing Your Speech
Chapter 10: Logic and Reasoning
Chapter 11: Effective Language
Chapter 12: Effective Delivery

UNIT 4 Presentations
Chapter 13: Speeches to Inform
Chapter 14: Speeches to Persuade
Chapter 15: Extemporaneous and Impromptu Speaking
Chapter 16: Oral Interpretation
Chapter 17: Speeches for Special Occasions

UNIT 5 Problem Solving and Conflict Management
Chapter 18: Supporting Your Views
Chapter 19: Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Chapter 20: Parliamentary Procedure

UNIT 6 The Person Revisited
Chapter 21: Building Leadership

It has been eight years since "An Introduction to the Grammar of English" was first published. The second edition is completely revised and greatly expanded, especially where texts, example sentences, exercises, and cartoons are concerned. It continues to provide a very lively and clearly written textbook. The book introduces basic concepts of grammar in a format which inspires the reader to use linguistic arguments.
The style of the book is engaging and examples from poetry, jokes, and puns illustrate grammatical concepts. The focus is on syntactic analysis and evidence. However, special topic sections contribute sociolinguistic and historical reasons behind prescriptive rules such as the bans on split infinitives, dangling participles, and preposition stranding. The book is written for undergraduate students and structured for a semester-long course.

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Oxford English Dictionaries Second Edition





1. Oxford English Dictionaries Second Edition for Windows

This CD-ROM offers unparalleled access to the world’s most important reference work for the English language. The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books


The text of this version is that of the second edition, 1989, and also includes the Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series (Volumes 1–3), published in 1993 and 1997, and now almost 7,000 new words and meanings from the OED’s ongoing research programme.

Here is a summary of the main features of the new OED on CD-ROM:
• Quick search and easy-to-use navigation features
• Select how entries are displayed by turning pronunciations, etymologies, variant spellings, and quotations on and off
• Advanced searching to allow full exploitation of the data. You can look for quotations by date, author or work, search pronunciations, find words which have come into English from a particular language, etc.
• Automatic cross-referencing: click on any word in any entry to find it in the Dictionary
• Automatic look-up feature enabling fast access to OED headwords from other applications.


2. Follow Me BBC Learning
Beginner

The complete English-teaching video course
1. What’s your name?
2. How are you?
3. Can you help me?
4. Left, right, straight ahead.
5. Where are they?
6. What’s the time?
7. What’s this? What’s that?
8. I like it very much.
9. Have you got any wine?
10. What are they doing?
11. Can I have you name, please?
12. What does she look like?
13. No smoking.
14. It’ on the first floor.
15. Where’s he gone?
More...


Elementry
16. Going away.
17. Buying things.
18. Why do you like it?
19. What do you need?
20. I sometimes work late.
21. Welcome to Britain.
22. Who’s that?
23. What would you like to do?
24. How can we get there?
25. Where is it?
26. What’s the date?
27. Whose is it?
28. I enjoy it
29. How many and how much?
30. What have you done?


InterMediate
31. Haven’t we met before?
32. What did you say?
33. Please stop!
34. How can I get to Brightley?
35. Where can I get it?
36. There’s a concert on Wednesday
37. What’s it like?
38. What do you think of him?
39. I need someone
40. What were you doing?
41. What do you do?
42. What do you know about him?
43. You shouldn’t do that.
44. I hope you enjoy your holiday
45. Where can I see a football match?


Advanced
46. When will it be ready?
47. Where did you go?
48. I think it’s awful
49. A room with a view
50. You’ll be ill
51. I don’t believe in strikes.
52. They look tired.
53. Would you like to…?
54. Holiday plans.
55. The second shelf on the left.
56. When you are ready…
57. Tell them about Britain.
58. I liked everything.
59. Classical or modern?
60. Finale.

The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exam gauges students’ English language comprehension by testing their listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills for entrance into universities, non-academic business settings, and immigration tests.