>Big Grammar Book: Intermediate Level (Printable Worksheets)

>Title: Big Grammar Book: 140 worksheets for English lessons
Level: Intermediate
Author(s): Matt Purland
Publisher: English Banana.com
Date: 2006
Pages: 331
Size: 2.83 Mb
Format: PDF in rar
Quality: Excellent, printable
Language: British English

This great value manual features 104 photocopiable worksheets and tests. The book is divided into six parts as follows:-

1. Grammar
2. Vocabulary [+/-]

3. Spelling
4. Reading
5. Speaking & Listening
6. Research

Contents
• Adjective Pairs – ‘-ing’ and ‘-ed’ Adjectives
• Verb ‘to have’
• List of Common Abstract Nouns
• Make or Do
• Question Tags Using Verbs ‘could’, ‘would’ and ‘should’
• What’s Wrong With This Picture?
• Hotel Anagrams
• Music Genres
• Picture Dictionary – Quiz
• Word Pyramid
• Advanced Spelling Challenge
• Beat the Spell-checker – Going on Holiday
• Just Vowels – Mixed Emotions
• Any Answers
• Famous Britons – Reading Comprehension
• The London Underground – Alphabetical Order
• Advanced Homophones
• Any Answers – Think of an Answer
• Class Survey – Food & Drink
• Tongue Twisters
• 125 Years of the Central Library in Derby, UK – Quiz
• American English
• American States and their Nicknames
• Anagrams of World Cities
• etc.

All worksheets and tests come with answer keys.

>Real American/Frankly Speaking (eBook+Audiobook)

>Title: Real American/Frankly Speaking
Author(s): МОСКВА
Publisher: Repetitor Multimedia
Date: 2004
Pages: 154/174
Size: 416 Kb/854 Kb/224 Mb
Format: PDF/MP3
Quality: 44kHz/160kbps
Language: American English

Real American/Frankly Speaking is a series of training programs for the American conversational English. [+/-]

“REAL American” is aimed at developing speaking, improved understanding of the language listening and learning interpretation. There are two versions of eBooks. The original eBook is in English together with Rusian and the other is in English only which I’ve cut off the Runsian translation. Just in case you can add your own language in the blank areas. That is my purpose.

Real American/Frankly Speaking features topics related to many different aspects of life in the United States such as:
• family
• friends
• identity
• nature
• pets
• sports
• traditions
• holidays and weekdays
• music
• hobbies
• etc.

eBook (English only)
Real_American_Frankly_Speaking.rar
eBook (English and Rusian)
Real_American_Frankly_Speaking_RU.rar
Audio CDs (224 Mb)
American_Frankly_Speaking_CD.part1.rar
American_Frankly_Speaking_CD.part2.rar

>Pronounce it Perfectly in American English (eBook+Audio)

>Title: Pronounce it Perfectly in American English
Author(s): Jean Yates, M.A., Corporate Linguistics Trainer
Publisher: Barron’s Educational Series, Inc.
Date: Feb 1, 2005
Pages: 197
Size: 35 Mb + 259 Mb
Format: PDF + MP3 (24kbps/22kHz)
Language: American English

“Learn to Speak with an Authentic American Accent”
“Listen and Imitate the Sound Patterns of
Spoken American English”

Enhance your American pronunciation and accent. The goal of the course is to “perfect” your pronunciation to be understood the first time ,to be confident and be proud of the way you speak. [+/-]

ESL students, TOEFL and TOEIC test takers, and all others for whom English is a second language and who want to improve their pronunciation will find this book and compact disc combination especially instructive. The new second edition presents a significantly increased number of exercises, all of them providing practice in every sound that is specific to American-style English. Emphasis is on stress and intonation patterns in conversational English. Recognition of these patterns is essential to fluent speech and listening comprehension. Four compact discs replace the first edition’s audiocassettes, and have been increased by 50 minutes in playing time to a total of 5 hours and 20 minutes.

When mastering English, nothing is more important than learning to pronounce the words and phrases so that you’re understood. This CD-and-book program emphasizes speaking, sound discrimination, and standard intonation patterns in American-style English. ESL students, TOEFL and TOEIC test takers, and all others for whom English is a second language and who want to improve their pronunciation will find this book and compact disc combination especially valuable.

eBook (35 Mb)
Pronounce_it_Perfectly_in_American_English.rar
Audio CDs (259 Mb)
Pronounce_Perfect_AmE_English_CD1.rar
Pronounce_Perfect_AmE_English_CD2.rar
Pronounce_Perfect_AmE_English_CD3.rar
Pronounce_Perfect_AmE_English_CD4.rar

>The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama (with Audiobook)

>Title: The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Author(s): Barack Obama http://www.barackobama.com
Publisher: Crown, New York
Date: October 17, 2006 (1st Edition)
Pages: 217
Size: 1.14 Mb/117.4 Mb
Format: PDF/MP3
Quality: Excellent
Language: American English

ABOUT THIS BOOK
Echoing themes he sounded in his extraordinary keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Senator Barack Obama speaks in this book to Americans of all stripes [+/-]

who are weary of the smallness of U.S.politics today, and who long for something rooted in the faith and decency of the American Dream.

In The Audacity of Hope he draws on his experience as a senator and lawyer, a professor and father, a Christian and a skeptic, to illuminate the greatness of America’s original ideals — and to remind us how vital it is to keep them before us. Along the way he explores such charged topics as globalization, the notion of American exceptionalism, the function of religion in public life, and the struggle to find a shared language in a nation torn by differences. While sharing his personal views on family, faith, and values, he argues that our very survival depends on finding common ground.

Pundits and voters alike have hailed Senator Obama as a man of uncommon vision in an age of partisan opportunism. The Audacity of Hope is a book of transforming power, a foundation for those who long for a politics that acknowledges the nobility and complexity of our lives

About the Author
Barack Obama graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991, where he served as the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review. He has worked as a community organizer, civil rights attorney, and law professor. Since 1997, he has represented parts of Chicago’s South Side in the Illinois General Assembly, and he is currently the junior U.S. senator from Illinois. He lives in Chicago with his wife, Michelle, and daughters, Malia and Sasha.

eBook (1.14 Mb)
The_Audacity_of_Hope.rar
Audiobook (117.4 Mb)
The_Audacity_of_Hope_Audio.zip

>Oxford Word Magic (multi media CD ROM + Book)

>

Oxford Word Magic (multi media CD ROM + Book)

Author: Stella Maidment
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Teaches 1500 English words the fun way, through pictures, sound and games.
Learn the important words for 35 topics with this book and CD-Rom. Read and listen to the stories, look at the pictures, and practise vocabulary through speaking or writing excercises or by playing games.
Use Word Magic at home, or in the classroom with students working alone, in small groupss or as a whole class.
The book and the CD-Rom You can use separately, too.

At the last site of the book You can find a short instruction how to use CD-Rom.

EBOOK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/113184511/Oxford_Word_Magic.pdf

Software
http://rapidshare.com/files/159011053/owma-e.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/159025118/owma-e.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/159039847/owma-e.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/159041342/owma-e.part4.rar

>Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide: Discover Your Next Great Read

>Title: Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide: Discover Your Next Great Read
Author(s): Nick Rennison
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd; Rev Ed edition
Date: October 6, 2006
Pages: 497
Size: 2.59 Mb
Format: PDF in rar
Quality: Excellent
Language: American English

When you’re just finishing a novel that you’ve found hard to put down, deciding what to read next can be a daunting task. The Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide features hundreds of authors and thousands of titles, [+/-]

with navigation features to lead you on a rich journey through some the best literature to grace our shelves.

This greatly expanded edition includes the latest contemporary authors and landmark novels, an expanded non-fiction section, a timeline setting historical events against literary milestones, prize-winner and book club lists.

An accessible and easy-to-read guide that no serious book lover should be without.

“The essential guide to the wild uncharted world of contemporary and 20th century writing.” Robert McCrum, The Observer.

About Nick Rennison
Nick Rennison is a bookseller, editor and freelance writer. He reviews new titles for Waterstones Books Quarterly.

>Oxford International Express MultiROM (Elementary, Intermediate, Pre-Intermediate)

>Title: Oxford International Express MultiROM
Level: Elementary, Intermediate, Pre-Intermediate
Author(s): Keith Harding and Adrian Wallwork
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2007
Size: 22Mb/30Mb/30Mb
Format: MultiROM

A four-level course designed for working adults who need English for work, travel, and socializing. Each MultiROM contains electronic versions of texts from the International Express Student’s Book. [+/-]

This MultiROM which accompanies the Student’s Book offers an interactive wordbank, reading texts from the Student’s Book, dictation exercises, and practice activities for the Language focus and Focus on functions sections of the Student’s Book.

Elementary
International_Express_Elementary_MultiROM.rar
Pre-Intermediate
International_Express_Pre-Intermediate_MultiROM.rar
Intermediate
International_Express_Intermediate_MultiROM.rar

>Big Talk a Lot Spoken English Course Book 1 and 2 (Printable)

>Title: Talk a Lot Spoken English Course Book 1
Level: Elementary
Author(s): Matt Purland
Publisher: English Banana.com
Date: April 6, 2008
Pages: 169/177
Size: 810.21/837.33 Kb
Format: PDF in rar
Quality: Excellent, printable
Language: British English

• Complete 12-week spoken English course
• All materials, instructions and answers are included
• Brand new and unique learning method
• Learn and recall questions, answers and negatives using 8 common verb forms
• Learn 400+ essential vocabulary words
• 100% photocopiable [+/-]

Talk a Lot is a great new way to learn spoken English, and quite a departure from the standard ELT course book. Instead of spending hours reading and writing, students havethe opportunity to engage in challenging and fun speaking and listening activities with their friends.

On this course students learn how to think in English as well as Talk a Lot!

The Talk a Lot course objectives are very simple:

• Every student talking in English
• Every student listening to and understanding English
• Every student thinking in English, and
• Every student taking part in class

Talk a Lot is structured so that every student can practise and improve English grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, intonation, word and sentence stress, and interpersonal skills, by working in pairs, groups and one to one with the teacher.

The main benefits of Talk a Lot are:

• Students have to think in English during lessons in a controlled and focused way
• Students learn how to memorise correct English structures naturally, without abstract and unrelated grammar lessons
• Students learn how to construct eight different common verb forms, using positive, negative and question forms, as well as embedded grammar appropriate to their level. The verb forms studied are: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present Perfect, Modal Verbs, Future Forms, and First Conditional
• Students learn 400+ essential vocabulary words by heart
• Students enjoy following a simple and effective method that produces results quickly

The ten lesson topics studied in Talk a Lot Elementary Book 1 are: Town, Food, Shopping, Health, Transport, Clothes, Work, Family, Home, and Free Time.

The ten lesson topics studies in Talk a Lot Elementary Book 2 are: Crime, Sport, Music, Weather, Animals, Cars, The Human Body, Colours and Numbers, Life Events and Nature.

Big_Spoken_English_1.rar
Big_Spoken_English_2.rar

>Big How to Run Your Own English Course (Printable)

>Title: Big How to Run Your Own English Course: 36 Essential Documents for Planning and Running Your Course
Author(s): Matt Purland
Publisher: English Banana.com
Date: July 5, 2007
Pages: 87
Size: 2.19 Mb
Format: PDF in rar
Quality: Excellent, printable
Language: British English

The documents that make up the English Banana.com Schools pack are not meant to be a fully exhaustive collection. This pack is a quick starter guide to running an English course and [+/-]

contains all the forms and paperwork you need to plan a course, enrol and assess learners, as well as keep sufficient records. Some of the documents are self-explanatory, e.g. the Class Posters or the Teacher’s Expenses Claim Form, while others have detailed notes, e.g. the Lesson Plan and Schemes of Work.

Levels:
We have created materials that can be used for courses at three distinct levels, because the free teaching materials on English Banana.com are largely aimed at these levels.

The levels are:

Beginner – from students with absolutely no knowledge of English or the alphabet (zerobeginners) to students who are starting to form basic sentences and who know survival English.

Elementary – students who are quickly improving and learning more vocabulary week in week out, and who are able to confidently make simple sentences. They can attempt to make complex sentences, but are still making a lot of mistakes in all areas of the language.

Intermediate – these students have overcome all the basic difficulties of learning the English language and are starting to branch out in their reading, writing, speaking and listening by experimenting with more difficult vocabulary and longer, more complex sentences. Mistakes happen, but they occur less frequently than at Elementary level and students are able to interact confidently in English in a wide range of social situations.

>Big Check It Again! (Printable Worksheets)

>Title: Big Check It Again!: Learn how to spot common mistakes in written English – and avoid making them!
Author(s): Matt Purland
Publisher: English Banana.com
Date: 2005
Pages: 98
Size: 2.38 Mb
Format: PDF in rar
Quality: Excellent, printable
Language: British English

This new book will help you as you aim to make your written English:

a) clearer (and therefore more valuable to both you and your reader)
b) more impressive (making you or your company look more professional) [+/-]

The sources for these texts are wide-ranging: they are not simply misprints culled from humble parish magazines. They reflect what I have been reading over the past twelve months. I ended up finding so many mistakes that I thought they would form the basis of a useful workbook for anyone who wants to improve their written English. Not just students of English, but anyone who writes with the hope of someone reading their work – i.e. anyone who writes with the purpose of communication. The examples in this book include professional texts written by employees of major organisations, such as a national broadcaster, an international bank and a popular film monthly. There are also examples adapted from texts produced by smaller organisations, such as a large further education college, a regional tourism marketing group and a specialist publishing company. Amateur texts, written by people who don’t write for a living, are represented by material adapted from the likes of a local folk club’s “What’s On?” flyer, a local carnival brochure and a large cathedral’s weekly newsletter.