English for Academic Purposes - Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers - Chazal de
Gives an up-to-date overview of the research into English for Academic Purposes and discusses key concepts.
How to Kill a Dragon. Aspects of Indo-European Poetics - Calvert Watkins
In How to Kill a Dragon Calvert Watkins follows the continuum of poetic formulae in Indo-European languages, from Old Hittite to medieval Irish. He uses the comparative method to reconstruct traditional poetic formulae of considerable complexity that stretch as far back as the original common
Intention - Gertude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe
Intention is one of the masterworks of twentieth-century philosophy in English. First published in 1957, it has acquired the status of a modern philosophical classic. The book attempts to show in detail that the natural and widely accepted picture of what we mean by an intention gives rise to
Skyjack! - Tim Vicary
When a large plane is hijacked, the Prime Minister looks at the list of passengers and suddenly becomes very, very frightened. There is a name on the list that the Prime Minister knows very well - too well. There is someone on that plane who will soon be dead - if the hijackers can find out who he
Conversational Interaction in Second Language Acquisition - Oxford Applied Linguistics - Mackey
This edited collection of empirical studies examines the link between interaction and second language learning. The studies provide readers with insights into a wide variety of issues at the centre of current research into the relationship between conversational interaction and second language
Understanding Second Language Acquisition 2nd Edition - Oxford Applied Linguistics - Ellis
In the 30 years since Rod Ellis first published the award-winning Understanding Second Language Acquisition, it has become a classic text. This new, fully updated edition continues to provide an authoritative and highly readable introduction to key areas of theory and research in second language
Classroom English - Oxford Basics - George
An accessible guide to using English in the classroom for non-native speaker teachers. The book is in two parts: Section 1 provides advice on issues such as how to check that learners have understood and when to use English. Section 2 looks at different situations in the classroom, for example,
