-- Communicative, student-centered activities enable students to engage in meaningful communication. A wealth of pair work, role plays, and group work helps students learn cooperatively.
-- Abundant practice -- oral and written -- reinforces new concepts in guided and open-ended formats.
-- Grammar is presented and recycled in interesting and humorous contexts -- both readings and conversations -- so that students experience how the language is really used.
-- Basic competencies are taught in context: asking directions, taking a bus, buying food, shopping for clothes, etc.
-- Ample opportunity for review is provided in each chapter, using all four language skills. In addition, every fourth chapter is a review chapter.
-- Student Books are fully illustrated with humorous four-color drawings (Books 1-4). Clear direction lines and headings make Student Books "transparent" to students and teachers alike.
-- Workbooks feature lessons closely coordinated with the lessons in the text, and provide additional writing practice with the same grammatical structures and vocabulary.
-- Teacher's Resource Manuals for each level include reduced Student Book pages accompanied by page-by-page teaching suggestions.
-- Audiocassettes for each level include the dialogues, stories, and pronunciation exercises in the Student Books. A variety of voices, accompanied by appropriate sound effects, gives students opportunities to hear English spoken by native speakers.
-- Screening and Placement Tests assure accurate placement of students.
Fodor's Exploring Britain
Updated regularly, Fodor's Exploring Guides are photo rich, with extraordinary coverage of the history, culture, art, and architecture of worldwide destinations. They include concise hotel and restaurant reviews, detailed city and regional maps, historic walks and excursions, and shopping tours. "Absolutely gorgeous, fun, colorful, and sophisticated."--"Chicago Tribune.
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A Little Shopping by Cynthia Rylant, ISBN 0689817096
Romantic Lilly, practical Rosie, and exuberant Tess are three cousins who share a charming attic room in their Aunt Lucy's pretty blue house on Cobble Street. The cousins decide to create a dollhouse for Aunt Lucy in the shape of her flower shop, and manage to rescue an escaped parrot along the way. B&W illustrations.
A Little Shopping by Cynthia Rylant, ISBN 0689817096
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Let's Go Pocket City Guide San Francisco, 1st Ed.
Conveniently sized for a pocket, briefcase, or backpack, the redesigned "Let's Go San Francisco Pocket City Guide" is an easy-to-use guide contained within a foldout map - a vital resource for residents and tourists alike. The eleven sturdy panels show full-color maps of Downtown San Francisco and the Bay Area, as well as the city's BART system. Forty pages of text provide essential information on neighborhoods, sights, museums, dining, nightlife, and shopping in every price range. Quick-reference sight and street indices help you orient yourself and get where you need to go.
Let's Go Pocket City Guide San Francisco, 1st Ed.
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If...Questions for Teens by Evelyn McFarlane, ISBN 0375505555
Adolescence is one of the most challenging times of our lives -- and, of course, the most fun. What do teens want to know about and ask about? It may be friends, TV, school, romance, music, peer pressure, cliques, proms, parties, gossip, parents, food, hair, videos, shopping, sports, card, the future -- just to name a few. And there is nothing more fun for teens than asking friends and schoolmate questions about all these things.
If...Questions for Teens by Evelyn McFarlane, ISBN 0375505555
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Virginia/Peninsula Atlas
Large scale atlas with street level detail showing ZIP Codes, block numbers, airports, points of interest, shopping centers, schools, parks and more. Includes James City County, York County and the cities of Williamsburg, Newport News, Hampton and Poquoson. Fully indexed.
Virginia/Peninsula Atlas
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Friends: The Complete Second Season
Episodes include:
Disc 1 - "The One With Ross's New Girlfriend" - Rachel gets an unpleasant surprise when Ross returns home. Phoebe has varied success when cutting her friends hair! "The One With The Breast Milk" - Monica goes shopping with Ross's new girlfriend and is too afraid to tell Rachel. Joey is troubled when a fellow after-shave salesman outperforms him on the job. "The One Where Heckles Dies" - The downstairs neighbor dies and bequeaths his strange possessions to Monica and Rachel. "The One With Phoebe's Husband" - Everyone's surprised when Phoebe's husband shows up. "The One With Five Steaks And An Eggplant" - When planning a birthday party for Ross, the six discovers money is an issue in life, even among friends. "The One With The Baby On The Bus" - Joey And Chandler accidentally leave Ben on a bus while babysitting. Phoebe (whose Smelly Cat debuts here) gets fired from her Central Perk singing gig, and is replaced by a professional. Disc 2 - "The One Where Ross Finds...
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Access Los Angeles
With "Access Los Angeles," your visit will be an easy, enjoyable experience— warm, sandy beaches and movie-star glamour are at your fingertips.
"Access Los Angeles" has been divided and organized into neighborhoods, so you know where you are and where you're headed.
Unique color-coded and numbered entries allow you to discover the best: Hotels Restaurants Attractions Shopping sights Parks and Outdoor Spaces
Large, easy-to-read maps with entry numbers keyed to text ensure that you will instantly find what you must not miss.
"Access" is your indispensable walk-around guide to Los Angeles. Our writers, who live in and love the city, will lead you by the hand down the remarkable streets, sharing the unforgettable sights and pointing out the undiscovered gems and all the majestic landmarks that only Los Angeles has to offer.
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