D.K. PUBLISHING @ E805.1

----

Ideal for English test preparations or ESL lesson plans, the Teacher’s Guide uses visual teaching methods to introduce English as a second language, reinforced through a variety of exercises and examples that students can get involved in. 

This Teacher’s Guide is an essential resource that can be used to support an entire classroom as well as for one-to-one tuition to help teach English as a second language. Use this comprehensive teaching resource to approach practical English usage for beginners in a simplified, fun, and engaging way with practical tips and exercises suggested throughout the book.

Use the guide as a stand-alone lesson structure or alongside the English for Everyone Course and Practice Books (Levels 1-4) for a fully comprehensive course on English covering core language skills, grammar rules, and vocabulary with supporting audio materials, online resources, and practice exercises. 

MICHAEL POWELL @ E805.1

----

English is full of beauty and surprises, yet despite being the lingua franca of the globalisation world, it has a reputation for being difficult to learn because its grammar also has so many quirks and contradictions.

Did you know:

- "Terry loves yoghourt" is an example of illeism

- preposition stranding is a bogus rule

- sometimes it's acceptable to begin a sentence with "but" or "and"

- "Could you pass the salt?" is "whimperative"

- it's OK to boldly split infinitives.

Many of us don't even know the basics, so not only does GRAMMAR GEEK reveal obscure grammar rules and bogus ones you can safely ignore, it's also a handy primer, so in the future you'll have no excuse for dangling a modifier or misplacing a semicolon.

VERITY COLE @ E805.18

----

The Study Skills Book contains further practice for students to do as self-study. The content follows the unit themes of the Student's Book, providing exam practice and allowing students to become confident with IELTS tasks. An Audio CD contains all the listening practice, while there is also an entire practice exam with an accompanying answer key.

SHERRY ELLIS @ E811

----

A collection of personal writing exercises and commentary from some of today's best novelists, short story writers, and writing teachers, including Jill McCorkle, Amy Bloom, Robert Olen Butler, Steve Almond, Jayne Anne Phillips, Virgil Suarez, Margot Livesay, and more.

What's the secret behind the successful and prolific careers of critically acclaimed novelists and short story writers Amy Bloom, Steve Almond, Jayne Anne Phillips, Alison Lurie, and others? Divine assistance? Otherworldly talent? An unsettlingly close relationship with the Muse? While the rest of us are staring at blank sheets of paper, struggling to come up with a first sentence, these writers are busy polishing off story after story and novel after novel. Despite producing work that may seem effortless, all of them have a simple technique for fending off writer's block: the writing exercise. In Now Write!, Sherry Ellis collects the personal writing exercises of today's best writers and lays bare the secret to their success.

TIMOTHY D. WALKER @ E521

----

Finland shocked the world when its fifteen-year-olds scored highest on the first Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a set of tests touted for evaluating critical-thinking skills in maths, science, and reading. That was in 2001; but even today, this tiny Nordic nation continues to amaze. How does Finnish education―with short school days, light homework loads, and little standardised testing―produce students who match the PISA scores of high-powered, stressed-out kids in Asia?

When Timothy D. Walker started teaching fifth graders at a Helsinki public school, he began a search for the secrets behind the successes of Finland’s schools. Walker wrote about several of those discoveries, and his Atlantic articles on this subject became hot topics of conversation. Here, he gathers all he learned and reveals how any teacher can implement many of Finland's best practices.

Remarkably, Finland is prioritising the joy of learning in its newest core curricula and Walker carefully highlights specific strategies that support joyful K-12 classrooms and integrate seamlessly with educational standards in the United States.

From incorporating brain breaks to offering a peaceful learning environment, this book pulls back the curtain on the joyful teaching practices of the world's most lauded school system. His message is simple but profound: these Finland-inspired strategies can be used in the U.S. and other countries. No educator―or parent of a school-aged child―will want to miss out on the message of joy and change conveyed in this book.

LIN LOUGHEED @ E805.18

----

This newly updated edition of IELTS Practice Exams with online audio prepares test takers for success on the IELTS, an English competency test that's recognized by more than 9,000 organisations in over 145 countries.

The program presents:

Six full-length Academic Module IELTS practice exams with answers and explanations

Six full-length General Training Module IELTS practice exams with answers and explanations

Audio prompts for all of the tests' listening modules

Sample responses for the writing and speaking modules

DEBORAH KENNY @ E785

----

The inspiring account of Deborah Kenny’s pursuit of social justice for our nation’s most vulnerable children. Part memoir, part manifesto, it is a hopeful and practical exposition of what it takes to transform schools and create organisations where the staff lights up with entrepreneurial drive. 

Students enter Harlem Village Academies, the network of charter schools Kenny founded, several years behind grade level, but in just a few years they are transformed, ranking among the highest in the nation. How did they do it? For the first time, Kenny reveals the secret to creating a powerful workplace culture that attracts the most talented people and brings out their passion and highest performance—a culture that produces stunning student achievement results and teachers who regularly use words like “magical” to describe the workplace environment. It is a must-read for anyone who cares about children and the future of this country and for leaders who want to inspire fierce dedication in their employees.