In this cartoon, available only to a vacation, a porpoise Linney, Ming-Ming Duckling and bug So find themselves in a magical world of the Nutcracker Prince to take part in new adventures.This cheerful, but full of educational moments release includes 3 additional episodes where animals out of the classroom become the heroes of our time.
Wonder Pets series was designed specifically for preschoolers. Heroes inoculate children team spirit, love for music and singing.

The Oxford History of English traces the language from its obscure Indo-European roots to its position as the world's first language. In accounts made vivid with examples from an immense range of documentary evidence, including letters, diaries, and private records, fifteen experts describe the history of English in all its versions, written and spoken. They reveal the language's rich and protean variety over the centuries and chart the progress of all its versions, standard, regional, and international. With impeccable and approachable scholarship, they describe and explain its constantly changing sounds, words, meanings, and grammar. This is a book for everyone interested in the English language, present and past.

Kid's Box is a brand new, six-level course for young learners. Bursting with bright ideas to inspire both teachers and students, Kid's Box gives children a confident start to learning English. It also fully covers the syllabus for the Cambridge Young Learners English (YLE) tests. These audio CDs contain all the songs and stories from Pupil's Book 1, helping young learners to use the language they have learned in a fun, 'no-pressure' context.

Kid's Box is a brand new, six-level course for young learners. Bursting with bright ideas to inspire both teachers and students, Kid's Box gives children a confident start to learning English. It also fully covers the syllabus for the Cambridge Young Learners English (YLE) tests. These audio CDs contain all the songs and stories from Pupil's Book 1, helping young learners to use the language they have learned in a fun, 'no-pressure' context.

New language is presented in context through picture stories and a variety of entertaining characters. Practice and reinforcement is provided by child-centred activities such as songs, rhymes, and games.
Colourful illustrations and photographs provide visual explanations and make the pages bright and attractive.

This colourful four-level course is for very young learners aged 5-7 years. English is acquired through play, which means children learn the language and have lots of fun at the same time. At Levels 1 and 2 children learn to use English confidently through listening and speaking before they are taught to read and write at Levels 3 and 4.
The course materials include a video with entertaining stories and a set of beautifully illustrated story cards to help children remember what they've learnt. For teachers looking for further support, optional components such as picture cards and musical videos are available for extra class work and practice.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS is a lively reading skills book for elementary students. Based on slightly adapted authentic texts,the material is carefully designed to develop a variety of reading skills and build up students’ confidence to enjoy reading in English.

The aim of this book is to teach children to read and write through an early systematic phonics programme. This means that the children are taught the main 42 sounds of English, not just the alphabet sounds. With this knowledge they are taken through stages of blending sounds to form words and then to reading.

The main goal of this conference is to present and discuss new trends in education and to promote collaboration, discussion and sharing of knowledge, experience and expertise. ICONTE–2010 conference is supported by many universities and organizations and it has already formed a large, multi-national and friendly community of colleagues who would love to share ideas

The Longman Exams Skills series is for students preparing for the First Certificate and proficiency exams. The books in each set provide through preparation for each of the papers with lots of practice based on real exam tasks.

WORD FOR WORD is a writing skills book for elementary students.. Each unit uses process techniques of drafting and rewriting to build up students' confidence to experiment with a variety of writing skills. Progressing from short to longer texts, students develop the ability to write effectively for different purposes.

OUTLINES is a writing skills book for pre- intermediate students. Covering both general problem areas and a range of useful text types, the material is designed to develop students' ability to write effectively for different purposes . Each unit uses process techniques of drafting and rewriting to build up students' confidence to experiment with a variety of writing skills.

There is nothing really spectacular, provocative, or unexpected in Language and the Internet, but it offers a survey that is lively and accessible while solid and reliable. Crystal is often chatty and informal, but only a few times does he ring a wrong note (Unix talk does not, for example, work "using a normal phone connection between e-addresses"). Anyone curious about language use on the Internet should find Language and the Internet compelling reading; some may also find it practically useful as a guide to different kinds of Internet communities. And it may not offer much that's novel to those with extensive online experience, but it is still interesting to see what familiar phenomena look like from the perspective of a linguist.After a brief introduction, Crystal devotes two chapters to what he calls "Netspeak", looking at features common to most Internet communications.

Wonderland makes learning English a magical, memorable experience, by using the familiar fantastic world of Disney characters that children know and love.
The Wonderland series has been written for Greek and Cypriot Pre-Junior and Junior classes. The course uses a structured syllabus focussing on skills development, with abundant practice and recycling. Amazing stories, songs, chants, listening and reading materials inspire pupils to talk and write about their lives, opinions and experiences.

This is the official guide from the makers of the TOEFL to ensure your exam success! The Official Guide to the TOEFL[registered] iBT is the leading guide to the most widely accepted English-language proficiency test in the world - the TOEFL test. Written by ETS, the makers of the test, this book includes two real full-length TOEFL tests for practice, as well as explanations of every section of the test and information on what is expected of you for every speaking and writing task. You will learn how to construct your answers and integrate the four skills needed to demonstrate academic English-language proficiency: reading, listening, speaking and writing. The accompanying CD-ROM provides on-screen interactive versions of both real TOEFL tests in the book, just like the one you will encounter on test day.