Die erste von Oscar Wilde selbst besorgte Märchensammlung (1888) enthält neben der berühmten Titelgeschichte die kaum weniger populären Erzählungen 'Die Nachtigall und die Rose', 'Der eigensüchtige Riese', 'Der treue Freund', 'Die bedeutsame Rakete' sowie Gedichte in Prosa.
Die elfjährige Pollyanna ist im Haus ihrer Tante zunächst nicht sehr willkommen. Doch das Waisenkind hat eine Glücksformel: Sie findet in allem etwas, über das man froh sein kann. Das Mädchen erobert die Herzen der Menschen und entdeckt das Geheimnis ihrer vergrämten Tante. Da wird die so überschäumend fröhliche Pollyanna vom Schicksal auf eine harte Probe gestellt. – Amerikanische Kinder lieben seit vielen Generationen dieses Buch, das aus jeder Zeile Lebenslust und Zuversicht verströmt.
»Auf Korfu zu leben, war ein bisschen so, als wäre man in eine dieser opulenten, komischen Opern geraten.« Man schreibt das Jahr 1935. Die Durrells sind das britische Klima leid. Was also läge näher, als auszuwandern? So kehrt der zehnjährige Gerry gemeinsam mit seinen drei Geschwistern und seiner Mutter Louisa England den Rücken – und betritt eine zauberhafte Welt, die für die ganze Familie prägend sein wird: die griechische Insel Korfu. In seinen literarischen Erinnerungen erzählt Gerald Durrell, wie sich sein Blick für die Natur öffnete. Und macht dabei so geistreiche wie witzige Beobachtungen über Mensch und Tier. Über die eigensinnigen Einheimischen, die herrlichen Marotten seiner Familie und die tierischen Gäste in ihrem Haus.
This is a practical and imaginative addition to the New Headway. It helps students to express themselves clearly and confidently by training them in the key areas of pronunciation. There is practice of individual sounds, with a guide to suitable exercises for speakers of particular languages. There is a focus on lexical sets. Training is given in stress and intonation patterns for accurate, functional use. Help is provided with the features of connected speech.
This is a practical and imaginative addition to the New Headway. It helps students to express themselves clearly and confidently by training them in the key areas of pronunciation. There is practice of individual sounds, with a guide to suitable exercises for speakers of particular languages. There is a focus on lexical sets. Training is given in stress and intonation patterns for accurate, functional use. Help is provided with the features of connected speech.
Headway is a multi-level course for adults and young adults who want to use English both accurately and fluently. Grammar and vocabulary are taught and explained thoroughly, and all four languages skills are systematically developed. The Headway series combines traditional methods of language teaching and pore recent communicative approaches. Together, Headway Intermediate and headway Upper-Intermediate bring the student up to the level of Cambridge First Certificate. John and Liz Soars have many years of experience as teachers and teacher trainers. Both have worked et International House, London, and Liz was one of the chief examiners of the Cambridge/RSA Dip TEFL. Each level of Headway provides approximately 120 hours of teaching. Key features of Headway Intermediate include: Comprehensive coverage of the tense system and verb forms. Detailed treatment of grammar in two stages: first within the unit where it is introduced, and secondly, in a fuller version suitable for self-study and revision, in the Grammar section at the back of the book. Highly systematic skills development work. Authentic material and tasks to boost students' confidence in dealing with real English. This Workbook provides intensive extra practice and includes exercises to develop accuracy, systematic vocabulary work, and extra help with writing. It can also be used for self-study.
When Wallace the inventor meets Wendolene in her wool shop, he falls in love with her at once. But why does her dog, Preston, hate Wallace's dog, Gromit? Then, after Wallace's new sheep-shaving and pullover-making machine falls into the wrong hands, things start to go very wrong. Can Gromit save Wallace from the danger of a 'close shave'?
A multi-level course, supported by a broad range of supplementary material, which targets both accuracy and fluency in all four language skills.
"Sherlock Holmes the case of the blue diamond"-- Cover.
