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The super-villain, Twister, plans to smash cities to the ground with his tornado. Can the agents come up with a plan to stop him?Book InformationISBN 9780435070786Author Diana BentleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint HeinemannPublisher Pearson...

Steve Skidmore and Steve Barlow bring us a trio of plays for younger readers focusing on Mona, the world's greatest MOANER! Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for...

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. In...

For those who are familiar with the first edition, it will be convenient to have some indication of where the main changes lie. Chapter one has been largely rewritten to give an outline of current approaches to a model of comprehension of spoken language...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781921775697Author Lauren GawneFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Custom Book CentrePublisher Custom Book Centre

These books are ideal for developing readers to help broaden their vocabulary and give them confidence with sounds and words as they learn to read. Consolidate sounds and tricky words from previous phases in the Exploring Letters book. Then read the...

In Word Meaning, Richard Hudson introduces readers to the techniques of lexical semantic analysis.Word Meaning:* is based on a problem-solving approach to language* introduces readers to the technical terminology and basic principles associated with the...

This textbook is a clear and concise introduction to the study of how new languages come into being. Starting with an overview of the field's basic concepts, it surveys the new languages that developed as a result of the European expansion to the...

The History of Linguistics, to be published in five volumes, aims to provide the reader with an authoritative and comprehensive account of the attitudes to language prevailing in different civilizations and in different periods by examining the very...

The super-villian, Scorcher, plans to destroy all the crops and watch as people starve. Can the agents come up with a plan to stop him?Book InformationISBN 9780435070779Author Diana BentleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint HeinemannPublisher Pearson...

The super-villian, Scorcher, plans to destroy all the crops and watch as people starve. Can the agents come up with a plan to stop him?Book InformationISBN 9780435070779Author Diana BentleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint HeinemannPublisher Pearson...

There are two wordless stories about trucks in this comic. Both stories are based on the familiar truck characters from the Lilac Level fiction cluster, Trucktown. The only text that appears in the stories is titles, sound effects and occasionally...

Routledge A Level English Guides equip AS and A2 Level students with the skills they need to explore, evaluate and enjoy English. Books in the series are built around the various skills specified in the assessment objectives (AOs) for all AS and A2 Level...

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. In...

In this pioneering study, a world-renowned generative syntactician explores the impact of phenomena known as 'third factors' on syntactic change. Generative syntax has in recent times incorporated third factors - factors not specific to the language...

Note: This is the bound book only and does not include access to the Enhanced Pearson eText. To order the Enhanced Pearson eText packaged with a bound book, use ISBN 0134403398. This book is the ideal source for teaching oral language, reading, writing,...

This title is part of Bug Club, the first whole-school reading programme that joins books with an online reading world to teach today's children to read. In this Pink-A level Trucktown book: It's raining in Trucktown and Melvin is in the garage keeping...

Talking Donald Trump examines the language of Donald Trump's presidential campaign from the perspective of sociocultural linguistics. This book offers an insight into the many stages of Trump's political career, from his initial campaign for the...

Devised in collaboration with the Open University and Macquarie University, Australia, Analysing English in a Global Context is specifically designed for the postgraduate student market, as well as for teachers of English as a second or foreign language...

This book tells you all about creepy crawlies. You can find them in your garden and home and on you too! Test what you have learnt in the Creepy Crawly Quiz. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading...

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. In...

The fluffy, blue Binks are soft and sweet, but they are not the cleverest creatures in the woods. When the Snappy Fang finds out how soft and sweet they are, he starts to gobble them up one by one. Can the Binks escape the Snappy Fang? This enchanting...

This book investigates how forensic scientists find very small clues that are almost invisible to the rest of us, and use them to help to solve crimes. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency...

Read Write Inc. Literacy and Language covers your literacy and language teaching for years 2-6/P3-7. The programme inspires a love of literature through the study of complete texts, with a core structure of grammar skills taught in context and through...

Arising from cultural anthropology in the late 1980s and early 1990s, postcolonial translation theory is based on the observation that translation has often served as an important channel of empire. Douglas Robinson begins with a general presentation of...

The use of large, computerized bodies of text for linguistic analysis and description has emerged in recent years as one of the most significant and rapidly-developing fields of activity in the study of language. This book provides a comprehensive...

Dialogue interpreting is a generic term covering a diverse range of fields of interpreting which have in common the basic feature of face-to-face interaction between three parties: the interpreter and (at least) two other speakers. The interaction...

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. This...

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. This...

Advancing Quantitative Methods in Second Language Research is the first hands-on guide to conducting advanced research methods in the fields of applied linguistics and second language studies. While a number of texts discuss basic quantitative research...

In Linguistic Theory, Robert de Beaugrande analyses linguistic theories not as abstract ideas or theses, but as the process and product of theoretical discourse. He argues that the best documentation of this discourse can be found in the 'fundamental'...

This study brings together many of the resources needed for the exploration of English historical syntax and deals with many of the important changes in English sentence structure from Old English to present. It also features a survey of published...

Knowing a second language entails some unease; it requires a willingness to make mistakes and work through misunderstandings. The renowned literary scholar Doris Sommer argues that feeling funny is good for you, and for society. In Bilingual Aesthetics...

Examines the ways language has changed in the twentieth century. It concentrates on standard English and takes a historical rather than sociolinguistic view of the changes which have occurred.Book InformationISBN 9780582210899Author Laurie BauerFormat...

Ragbag, Dot and Bob want to save water.They try to collect rainwater in a cup and a hat (an umbrella!) but with little success. Even the fish narrowly escape having water taken from their tank! Eventually, the Apes collect lots of water in a tub - enough...

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. In...

Comics are a pervasive art form and an intrinsic part of the cultural fabric of most countries. And yet, relatively little has been written on the translation of comics. Comics in Translation attempts to address this gap in the literature and to offer...

Understanding Language Testing presents an introduction to language tests and the process of test development that starts at the very beginning. Assuming no knowledge of the field, the book promotes a practical understanding of language testing using...

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Excite your children and give them a firm foundation in phonics. Part of the Bug Club family, Bug Club Phonics aims to help children learn to read by the age of six in a fun and accessible way. Following the order of Letters and Sounds, the Bug Club...