Is this the right book for me? A course to take you from beginner to confident teacherAre you looking for a complete course in teaching English as a foreign language which takes you effortlessly from beginner to confident teacher? Whether you are starting from scratch, or are just out of practice, Teach English as a Foreign Language will guarantee success! Now fully updated to make your language teaching experience fun and interactive. You can still rely on the ben...

The ultimate guide for developing your career as an English teacher.Succeed in TEFL is packed with information on how to develop within the profession including chapters on:-getting the most out of observations-teaching exam classes-becoming a trainer-doing action research-using online resources-becoming a manager-a...

This new edition of Teach EFL is the ultimate practical reference guide to teaching English as a Foreign Language.'Riddell's book is a classic - it answers all those questions new language teachers have....covers an amazing amount in a clear accessible way.'David Carr, Director of Teacher TrainingInternational House LondonThis book is packed with information on:-effective teaching techniques.-sound classroom mana...

Decades after pulling up stakes, three sixty-something Canadians living in three different countries are drawn back to the town in which they spent their formative years and built their lifelong friendship. In Roots Revisited, they share their memories of the town that molded them and sent them on their way, and examine the effect of those hometown experiences on their adult lives out in the world. They go on to chronicle what has become of their hometown, and examine the effect t...

From the once-popular yet unfairly neglected Victorian writer Charlotte Riddell comes a pair of novels which cleverly upholster the familiar furniture of the haunted house story. In 'An Uninhabited House', the hauntings are seen through the perspective of the solicitors who hold the deed of the property. Here we find a shrewd comedic skewering of this host of scriveners and clerks, as slowly the safer world of commerce and law gives way and an encounter with the supernatural becomes more a...

Charlotte Eliza Lawson Cowan was born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland, on 30th September 1832, the youngest daughter of James Cowan, a High Sheriff for the County of Antrim, and Ellen Kilshaw from Liverpool, England.In the winter of 1855, four years after her father's death, she and her mother moved to London. Sadly, within the year, her mother also passed.In 1857, she married Joseph Hadley Riddell, a civil engineer. The marriage was happy by all accounts but produ...

Lorina, a young schoolgirl, is led by a black rabbit through a wood to a magical land. There she finds a race of green people, who are all overworked, starving and suffering from the toxic fumes billowing out of a nearby castle. She decides to gain access to the castle for the poor green people, and within its walls she meets the "insiders", selfish creatures who hoard all the resources and treat the outsiders as slaves. Her quest leads her to encounter the bureaurat, the superviper, the f...

To the vast majority of the English public, the role of the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has often been distant and incomprehensible, its judges a caste apart from society. The Power of Judges ends this mystery, exploring the fundamental concept of justice and explaining the main functions of the courts, the challenges they face, and the complexity of the judicial system.In this lucid account of the judiciary, David Neuberger and Peter Riddell lead us through an array of...

A celebration of love from the author of Ottoline, Poems to Fall in Love With sees Chris Riddell select his very favourite classic and modern poems about love.This beautiful collection explores love in all its guises, from silent admiration through passion to tearful resignation. These poems speak of the universal experiences of the heart.Poems to Fall in Love With features famous poems, old and new, and a few surprises. Classic verses sit alongsid...

Liu Zhi (c.1662-c.1730), a well-known Muslim scholar in China, published in Chinese outstanding theological works, short treatises, and easy-to-memorize short poems on Islam. He encountered various challenges in his interpretation and transmission of Islamic texts. First, traditional Arabic and Persian Islamic texts used Arabic and Persian concepts to explain Islam. This book answers the question, did Liu Zhi communicate difficult Islamic concepts? Second, Islam has insisted on monotheism....

Benny Lewis, a renowned polyglot who speaks over ten languages—all self-taught—runs the largest language-learning blog in the world, Fluent In 3 Months. Lewis is a full-time "language hacker," someone who devotes all of his time to finding better, faster, and more efficient ways to learn languages. Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World is a new blueprint for fast language learning. Lewis argues that you don’t ...

A complete and thorough textbook that introduces the IELTS exam to students and also provides key tips and instructions for students. Published by Pineview College - one of Australia's leading English language schools, this book is the perfect reference tool for any student who needs to sit the IELTS exam.Readers of this valued book can also complete sample questions and access certified online practice exams. Feedback and guidance is provided to the online students.This bo...