True to Life is a five-level course for adults. To ensure a high level of motivation, the course focuses on contemporary themes, language and learning styles that are relevant to adult learners. The Starter level provides between 40 and 60 hours of class work. The other levels provide between 72 and 96 hours of class work, depending on the various options used. The range of extra materials — photocopiable worksheets, tests and videos — create a comprehensive and flexible teaching package. The ready-made lessons can be used as they stand, saving teacher time, or adapted using the optional activities suggested in the Teacher's Book.

True to Life is a five-level course for adults. To ensure a high level of motivation, the course focuses on contemporary themes, language and learning styles that are relevant to adult learners. The Starter level provides between 40 and 60 hours of class work. The other levels provide between 72 and 96 hours of class work, depending on the various options used. The range of extra materials — photocopiable worksheets, tests and videos — create a comprehensive and flexible teaching package. The ready-made lessons can be used as they stand, saving teacher time, or adapted using the optional activities suggested in the Teacher's Book.

The National Curriculum and the Scottish Guidelines emphasise the importance of mental calculation in mathematics. This is the first of four small books that give practice in applying basic mathematical skills, and encourage the children to think about all aspects of number. As well as questions of recall and basic mental manipulation, for which answers only are required, there are puzzles and problems to intrigue and fascinate. Answers to all the questions are given in the accompanying teacher's boo's. Mental Maths 1 has been designed for use with 7-8 year olds, both at school and in the home.

The National Curriculum and the Scottish Guidelines emphasise the importance of mental calculations in mathematics. This is the second of four small books for junior age children, that give practice in applying basic mathematical skills, and encourage the children to think about all aspects of number. As well as questions of recall and basic mental manipulation, for which answers only are required, there are puzzles and problems to intrigue and fascinate children. Answers to all the questions are given in the accompanying, Mental maths for ages 7 to 9, teachers book. Mental maths 2 has been designed for use with 8-9 year olds, both at school and in the home.

The National Curriculum and the Scottish Guidelines emphasise the importance of mental calculations in mathematics. This is the third of four small books for junior age children, that give practice in applying basic mathematical skills, and encourage the children to think about all aspects of number. As well as questions of recall and basic mental manipulation, for which answers only are required, there are puzzles and problems to intrigue and fascinate children. Answers to all the questions are given in the accompanying, Mental maths for ages 9 to 11, teachers book. Mental maths 3 has been designed for use with 9-10 year olds, both at school and in the home.

The National Curriculum and the Scottish Guidelines emphasise the importance of mental calculations in mathematics. This is the last of four small books for junior age children, that give practice in applying basic mathematical skills, and encourage the children to think about all aspects of number. As well as questions of recall and basic mental manipulation, for which answers only are required, there are puzzles and problems to intrigue and fascinate children. Answers to all the questions are given in the accompanying, Mental maths for ages 9 to 11, teachers book. Mental maths 4 has been designed for use with 10-11 year olds, both at school and in the home.

Language Test Construction and Evaluation describes the process of language test construction clearly and comprehensively. Each chapter deals with one stage of the test construction process; from drafting initial test specifications, to reporting test scores, test validation and washback. In addition, current practice in the examining of English as a Foreign Language by different examining boards is reviewed in order to compare testing principles with present test practice. The focus is on the practical: it does not assume a statistical background but explains and demystifies the procedures and concepts that are relevant to the construction and evaluation of language tests. Language Test Construction and Evaluation will provide an invaluable reference for anyone who wishes to understand how language tests are, and should be, constructed.

This collection of original papers comprehensively addresses the area of second language academic listening. The papers are grouped under five broad headings. The first section provides an overview of research relevant to second language lecture comprehension. The second analyses aspects of the cognitive processes involved in listening comprehension. In the third section, the object of the comprehension process is examined, and in the fourth, ethnographic approaches are explored by extending the concept of listening comprehension to place it in the wider context of 'the culture of learning'. In the final section, the theory of second language listening comprehension is related to practical pedagogic concerns. Each section is preceded by an accessible introduction and the book as a whole provides detailed coverage of important aspects of academic listening phenomena.

Teaching Children English focuses on an activity-based approach to teaching young learners aged seven years and over. It examines the educational and linguistic needs of children and provides an overview of appropriate classroom techniques. It highlights the importance of effective classroom management and organisation and supports teachers in the management of classroom resources. It provides extensive practice in lesson planning in terms of language aims. There are ten chapters each dealing with a specific aspect of teaching methodology and classroom practice. Each chapter has a theme-based approach for the task content and includes stories, rhymes, songs, practical tasks and language tasks. Methodology and classroom practice issues are related to these themes — examples include festivals, animals, storytelling and measuring.

The discovery of coherent structures in turbulence has fostered the hope that the study of vortices will lead to models and an understanding of turbulent flow, thereby solving or at least making less mysterious one of the great unresolved problems of classical physics. Vortex dynamics is a natural paradigm for the field of chaotic motion and modern dynamical system theory. The emphasis in this monograph is on the classical theory of inviscid incompressible fluids containing finite regions of vorticity. The effects of viscosity, compressiblity, inhomogeneity, and stratification are enormously important in many fields of application, from hypersonic flight to global environmental fluid mechanics. However, this volume focuses on those aspects of fluid motion that are primarily controlled by the vorticity and are such that the effects of the other fluid properties are secondary. This book will be of interest to students of fluid mechanics, turbulence, and vortex methods as well as to applied mathematicians and engineers.

Although much has been written about the testing and evaluation of language students, few books have dealt with the much broader issue of measuring the success of language programs. Filling a critical gap in the literature of applied linguistics, Language Program Evaluation provides teachers, researchers, and administrators with a complete introduction to both qualitative and quantitative approaches to evaluating the effectiveness of their programs. Through a careful blend of theory, research, and practice, the author presents a testing model that is specifically tailored to the concerns of language education programs and which can be adapted to different contexts and updated as teaching and learning situations evolve. He proposes a shift from purely quantitative studies which consider only end-of-program achievement gains to ones that include an investigation of program process using qualitative, naturalistic methods.

A popular and highly acclaimed four-level course which both interests and stretches learners. Each of the four levels comprises about 80 hours of class work, with additional time for the self-study work. The Teacher's Book contains all the pages from the Classroom Book, with interleaved teaching notes including optional activities to cater for different abilities. There is a video to accompany the Beginner, Pre-intermediate and Intermediate levels. Each video contains eight stimulating and entertaining short programmes, as well as a booklet of photocopiable activities.

A popular and highly acclaimed four-level course which both interests and stretches learners. Each of the four levels comprises about 80 hours of class work, with additional time for the self-study work. The Teacher's Book contains all the pages from the Classroom Book, with interleaved teaching notes including optional activities to cater for different abilities. There is a video to accompany the Beginner, Pre-intermediate and Intermediate levels. Each video contains eight stimulating and entertaining short programmes, as well as a booklet of photocopiable activities.

A popular and highly acclaimed four-level course which both interests and stretches learners. Each of the four levels comprises about 80 hours of class work, with additional time for the self-study work. The Teacher's Book contains all the pages from the Classroom Book, with interleaved teaching notes including optional activities to cater for different abilities. There is a video to accompany the Beginner, Pre-intermediate and Intermediate levels. Each video contains eight stimulating and entertaining short programmes, as well as a booklet of photocopiable activities.

A popular and highly acclaimed four-level course which both interests and stretches learners. Each of the four levels comprises about 80 hours of class work, with additional time for the self-study work. The Teacher's Book contains all the pages from the Classroom Book, with interleaved teaching notes including optional activities to cater for different abilities. There is a video to accompany the Beginner, Pre-intermediate and Intermediate levels. Each video contains eight stimulating and entertaining short programmes, as well as a booklet of photocopiable activities.

A popular and highly acclaimed four-level course which both interests and stretches learners. Each of the four levels comprises about 80 hours of class work, with additional time for the self-study work. The Teacher's Book contains all the pages from the Classroom Book, with interleaved teaching notes including optional activities to cater for different abilities. There is a video to accompany the Beginner, Pre-intermediate and Intermediate levels. Each video contains eight stimulating and entertaining short programmes, as well as a booklet of photocopiable activities.

The New Cambridge English Course 2 Video is designed to review and expand on the themes and language presented in the coursebook. However, the video is completely free-standing so it can easily fit in with any teaching programme or be used with any other coursebook at this lower intermediate level. The video follows the same format as the New Cambridge English Course 1 Video in that there is a mixture of documentary and dramatized sequences whick pick up on the themes and language presented in the coursebook in the six blocks of six units. There is tremendous variety in the video as a whole, from a documentary sequence about the history of Wimbledon to a fictional detective story. The video is accompanied by a Teacher's Guide which contains photocopiable tasks to give to the learners. This photocopiable material is also available separately in a Video Activity Book for those who do not wish to photocopy.

The New Cambridge English Course 2 Video is designed to review and expand on the themes and language presented in the coursebook. However, the video is completely free-standing so it can easily fit in with any teaching programme or be used with any other coursebook at this lower intermediate level. The video follows the same format as the New Cambridge English Course 1 Video in that there is a mixture of documentary and dramatized sequences whick pick up on the themes and language presented in the coursebook in the six blocks of six units. There is tremendous variety in the video as a whole, from a documentary sequence about the history of Wimbledon to a fictional detective story. The video is accompanied by a Teacher's Guide which contains photocopiable tasks to give to the learners. This photocopiable material is also available separately in a Video Activity Book for those who do not wish to photocopy.

The New Cambridge English Course 2 Video is designed to review and expand on the themes and language presented in the coursebook. However, the video is completely free-standing so it can easily fit in with any teaching programme or be used with any other coursebook at this lower intermediate level. The video follows the same format as the New Cambridge English Course 1 Video in that there is a mixture of documentary and dramatized sequences whick pick up on the themes and language presented in the coursebook in the six blocks of six units. There is tremendous variety in the video as a whole, from a documentary sequence about the history of Wimbledon to a fictional detective story. The video is accompanied by a Teacher's Guide which contains photocopiable tasks to give to the learners. This photocopiable material is also available separately in a Video Activity Book for those who do not wish to photocopy.

This book encourages learners to examine the sound system of English in the context of connected speech and describes how intonation works in practice.