This fully updated 2012 edition of English for Academic Study. Reading is designed to challenge and stimulate students on pre-sessional and pre-departure courses. The Course Book contains step-by-step activities written by EAP professionals at the University of Reading's International Study and Language Centre. The activities are designed for use with authentic reading texts in the accompanying EAS: Reading & Writing Source Book. EAS. Reading is based on an extensive review of recent research into EAP writing methodology, and reflects the most recent developments in language teaching for academic purposes.
Superman: Doomsday and Beyond: A BBC Full-Cast Radio Drama
This thrilling full–cast original radio drama is based on the long–running comic strip. As Daily Planet lovebirds Clark Kent and Lois Lane finally get engaged, the villainous Lex Luthor dies in a plane crash. Metropolis is thriving with prosperity and happiness under Superman's care—or so it seems. Produced by Dirk Maggs, who directed the recent new episodes of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, this production is hugely acclaimed by fans.
Catford's unique interactive approach to the study of phonetics leads readers to explore the entire range of human sounds through a series of introspective experiments carried out in their own vocal tracts, proceeding systematically from familiar vocal postures and articulations to new and unknown ones. By actually articulating sounds, and attending to the motor sensations they produce, the reader acquires a deep, personal understanding of the principles of phonetic classification. Informed throughout by recent research in aerodynamics and acoustics, this book will interest a wide range of students and teachers of languages, linguistics, speech therapy, and anthropology.
The Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China’s capital city, was the setting of the National Congress of the Communist Party of China. These large events takes place every five years. Why are they so important? In this issue, we provide a brief history of China, what happens at a National Congress and why, this year’s did not follow recent tradition.
IELTS Listening Recent Actual Test - Volume 2 IELTS Listening Recent Actual Tests Volume 2 includes 6 IELTS listening tests which were in the real IELTS examinations from 2007 to 2015.