the Nest of Students

Angela Downing ... 550 pages - Publisher: Routledge; 3rd edition (January, 2015) ...

Colin McIntosh, Ben Francis, Richard Poole ... 
963 pages - Publisher: Oxford University Press; 2nd edition (May 5, 2009) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 0194325385 - ISBN-13: 978-0194325387 ...

The dictionary that helps students write and speak natural-sounding English, now in a new edition with CD-ROM. Which words usually go together? This dictionary shows you the common word combinations (collocations) that are essential for natural-sounding British and American English. Completely revised and extended, the new edition has over 250,000 collocations and over 75,000 examples.

Betty S. Azar, Stacy A. Hagen ... 554 pages - Publisher: Pearson Longman; 3rd edition (July , 2005) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0131849379 - ISBN-13: 978-0131849372 ...

Ed Swick ... 192 pages - Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education; 2nd edition (March, 2013) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 0071807373 - ISBN-13: 978-0071807371 ...

Build a solid foundation in English grammar: As a beginning learner of English, you might find that grammar concepts such as indefinite articles, relative pronouns, the passive voice, or gerunds can be confusing. To go forward with your English skills, you need guidance through tricky grammar areas. That's where Practice Makes Perfect: English Grammar for ESL Learners comes in. Practice Makes Perfect: English Grammar for ESL Learners offers a complete overview of English grammar using concise, easy-to-understand language. It will help increase your confi dence writing and communicating in English. Thanks to the proven Practice Makes Perfect format, you will polish your English grammar skills in no time at all. Practice Makes Perfect: English Grammar for ESL Learners helps you: Understand the different rules and elements of grammar. * Build your grammar skills with more than 100 engaging exercises. * Broaden your knowledge with sentence rewrites and creative writing prompts. * New! Test your overall comprehension with a review section.

Pamela Peterson Breyer ... 147 pages - Publisher: Pearson Education ESL; 1st edition (April, 1996) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0133402746 - ISBN-13: 978-0133402742 ...

GrammarWork, English Exercises in Context, Second Edition, by Pamela Peterson Breyer, is a four-level series of exercise books that feature structures tied to meaningful contexts. Self-contained, contextualized exercises are designed for written practice; "Make It Work" sections enable students to apply what they have learned to realistic situations. Perforated answer keys are included. GrammarWork 4 is for high-intermediate students.

Pamela Peterson Breyer ... 147 pages - Publisher: Pearson Education ESL; 2nd edition (February, 1996) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0133402665 - ISBN-13: 978-0133402667 ...

GrammarWork, English Exercises in Context, Second Edition, by Pamela Peterson Breyer, is a four-level series of exercise books that feature structures tied to meaningful contexts. Self-contained, contextualized exercises are designed for written practice; "Make It Work" sections enable students to apply what they have learned to realistic situations. Perforated answer keys are included. GrammarWork 3 is for intermediate students.

Pamela Peterson Breyer ... 147 pages - Publisher: Pearson Longman; 2nd edition (March, 1995) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 013340241X - ISBN-13: 978-0133402414 ...

GrammarWork, English Exercises in Context, Second Edition, by Pamela Peterson Breyer, is a four-level series of exercise books that feature structures tied to meaningful contexts. Self-contained, contextualized exercises are designed for written practice; "Make It Work" sections enable students to apply what they have learned to realistic situations. Perforated answer keys are included. GrammarWork 1 is for beginning students.

Pamela Peterson Breyer ... 146 pages- Publisher: Pearson Education ESL; 1st edition (November 1, 1995)
Language: English - ISBN-10: 0133402584 - ISBN-13: 978-0133402582

GrammarWork, English Exercises in Context, Second Edition, by Pamela Peterson Breyer, is a four-level series of exercise books that feature structures tied to meaningful contexts. Self-contained, contextualized exercises are designed for written practice; "Make It Work" sections enable students to apply what they have learned to realistic situations. Perforated answer keys are included. GrammarWork 2 is for high-beginning students.

Valerie Adams ... 
184 pages
Publisher: Routledge; (July 15, 2014)
Language: English
ASIN: B00LTNZ5Z2

Complex Words in English presents a comprehensive account of present-day word formation in English. Starting with a discussion of some basic issues, including the definition of 'word', motivation, lexicalization, productivity, the relevance of historical information and the usefulness of dictionaries and other data-bases, the book then moves on to describe in detail a variety of prefixing, suffixing and compounding patterns - all illustrated with copious up-to-date examples. Other topics that are explored in-depth include diminutives, backformation and other effects of reanalysis, Latin and Greek based formations and sound symbolism.

C. E. Eckersley, M. Macaulay , M. Higgins ... 

This ever popular four-book series Brighter Grammer helps students understand the key points of English grammer, using only essential technical terms. Graded exercises allow teachers to monitor development, and lively illustrations enhance the text and retain the students' intrest.

Russell Brickey, Laura L. Beadling, Evelyn Martens ... 248 pages - Publisher: McFarland; (July, 2014) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0786476966 - ISBN-13: 978-0786476961.

For English instructors at every level, the task of producing a worthwhile, workable plan for each class period can prove challenging. This invaluable work offers a vast compilation of writing exercises and in-class activities collected from professors, graduate students and lecturers from colleges and universities across the United States. Step-by-step instructions guide teachers through class discussions and exercises on topics ranging from invention, argumentation, formatting, thesis development and organization to rhetorical situation, visual rhetoric, peer review and revision. From high school teachers and first-time teaching assistants to experienced writing professors looking to enhance their courses, anyone who teaches English will appreciate the fresh ideas found in this indispensable volume.

Louise Hashemi, Raymond Murphy ... 142 pages - Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 2nd edition (May, 2004) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0521755484 - ISBN-13: 978-0521755481

This book contains 200 varied exercises to provide students with extra practice of the grammar they have studied in English Grammar in Use Third Edition. The ideal companion to English Grammar in Use, this book includes 200 additional exercises for extra practice of all the grammar covered in the main book. These supplementary exercises, with answers, are ideal for self-study.

Jennifer Seidl, Michael Swan ... 120 pages - Publisher: Oxford Univ. Press; (November, 1987) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 0194311880 - ISBN-13: 978-0194311885 ...

An alphabetical guide to the most common problems of grammar and vocabulary.

Huber Gray Buehler ... 
176 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; (June 1, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1514155710
ISBN-13: 978-1514155714

The art of using one's native tongue correctly and forcibly is acquired for the most part through imitation and practice, and is not so much a matter of knowledge as of habit. As regards English, then, the first duty of our schools is to set before pupils excellent models, and, in all departments of school-work, to keep a watchful eye on the innumerable acts of expression, oral and written, which go to form habit. Since, however, pupils come to school with many of their habits of expression already formed on bad models, our schools must give some attention to the special work of pointing out common errors of speech, and of leading pupils to convert knowledge of these errors into new and correct habits of expression. This is the branch of English teaching in which this little book hopes to be useful. All the "Exercises in English" with which I am acquainted consist chiefly of "sentences to be corrected." To such exercises there are grave objections. If, on the one hand, the fault in the given sentence is not seen at a glance, the pupil is likely, as experience has shown, to pass it by and to change something that is not wrong. If, on the other hand, the fault is obvious, the exercise has no value in the formation of habit. Take, for example, two "sentences for correction" which I select at random from one of the most widely used books of its class: "I knew it was him," and "Sit the plates on the table." A pupil of any wit will at once see that the mistakes must be in "him" and "sit," and knowing that the alternatives are "he" and "set," he will at once correct the sentences without knowing, perhaps, why one form is wrong, the other right. He has not gained anything valuable; he has simply "slid" through his exercise. Moreover, such "sentences for correction" violate a fundamental principle of teaching English by setting before the impressionable minds of pupils bad models. Finally, such exercises are unnatural, because the habit which we hope to form in our pupils is not the habit of correcting mistakes, but the habit of avoiding them.

Adrian Wallwork ... 190 pages - Publisher: Springer; 2013 edition (October 14, 2012) ... 
Language: English - ISBN-10: 1461442974 - ISBN-13: 978-1461442974 ...

Iris Eisenbach ... 
109 pages
Publisher: Vieweg+Teubner Verlag; 2011 edition (February 24, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3834809578
ISBN-13: 978-3834809575

This textbook is intended for students of materials science, of different branches of engineering and of related disciplines who need to re-activate their English language skills. Using authentic materials and figures selected from scientific texts, students will improve their reading, writing and speaking skills in a context relevant to their specialist studies.

Contents: Introduction - Characteristics of Materials - Metals - Ceramics - Polymers - Composites - Advanced Materials - Environmental Issues

Target Group: students of natural sciences, materials science and of different branches of engineering,
students of technical subjects at Berufsakademien, professionals in industry.

Evelien Keizer ... 
320 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1st edition (March 29, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0199571872
ISBN-13: 978-0199571871

This is the first textbook on Functional Discourse Grammar, a recently developed theory of language structure which analyses utterances at four independent levels of grammatical representation: pragmatic, semantic, morphosyntactic and phonological. The book offers a very systematic and highly accessible introduction to the theory: following the top-down organization of the model, it takes the reader step-by-step though the various levels of analysis (from pragmatics down to phonology), while at the same time providing a detailed account of the interaction between these different levels. The many exercises, categorized according to degree of difficulty, ensure that students are challenged to use the theory in a creative manner, and invite them to test and evaluate the theory by applying it to the new data in various linguistic contexts.

Evelien Keizer uses examples from a variety of sources to demonstrate how the theory of Functional Discourse Grammar can be used to analyse and explain the most important functional and formal features of present-day English. The book also contains examples from a wide variety of other typologically diverse languages, making it attractive not only to students of English linguistics but to anyone interested in linguistic theory more generally.

Kersti Borjars, Kate Burridge ...
328 pages - Publisher: Routledge; 2nd edition (April 30, 2010) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 1444109871 - ISBN-13: 978-1444109870 ...

Answering key questions such as 'Why study grammar?' and 'What is standard English?', Introducing English Grammar guides readers through the practical analysis of the syntax of English sentences.

With all special terms carefully explained as they are introduced, the book is written for readers with no previous experience of grammatical analysis. It is ideal for all those beginning their study of linguistics, English language or speech pathology, as well as students with primarily literary interests who need to cover the basics of linguistic analysis.

The approach taken is in line with current research in grammar, a particular advantage for students who may go on to study syntax in more depth. All the examples and exercises use real language taken from newspaper articles, non-standard dialects and include excerpts from studies of patients with language difficulties. Students are encouraged to think about the terminology as a tool kit for studying language and to test what can and cannot be described using these tools.

This new edition has been fully revised in line with recent research. There is a new chapter on World English, a new glossary and a free website with extensive further reading and answers to the exercises, which can be found at www.routledge.com/cw/borjars.

Martha J. Kolln, Robert W. Funk, Susan X Day ... 
240 pages - Publisher: Longman; 9th edition (October, 2011) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 0205209602 - ISBN-13: 978-0205209606 ... 

Simon Clarke ... 
232 pages
Publisher: MacMillan (July 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 140507051X
ISBN-13: 978-1405070515