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PROFESSIONAL

LONGMAN HOW TO SERIES  -  Jeremy Harmer

Most professional books are difficult enough for native speakers.  Imagine your colleagues struggling with the concepts, methods, terminology, and theory using a second language.  The Longman How To series is a simple and brief but relevant and useful presentation of ESL basics for teachers:

 

How to Teach English  -  Jeremy Harmer

How to Teach Grammar  -  Scott Thornbury

How to Teach Pronunciation  -  Gerald Kelly

How to Teach Speaking  -  Scott Thornbury

How to Teach Vocabulary  -  Scott Thornbury

How to Teach Writing  -  Jeremy Harmer

How to Teach Business English  -  Evan Frendo

How to Use the Internet in ELT  -  Dede Teeler, Peta Grey

How to Teach for Exams  -  Sally Burgess, Katie Head

 

 

REFERENCE

 

Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language

David Crystal

 

The Cambridge Guide to English Usage

Pam Peters

 

Blooming English

Kate Burridge

Cambridge

 

The English Language:  A historical introduction

Charles Barber

Cambridge

 

 

COMPUTERS

 

LEARN ABOUT COMPUTERS

OPERATE COMPUTERS YOURSELF

ILLUSTRATED COMPUTER ENCYCLOPEDIA

ILLUSTRATED COMPUTER DICTIONARY

ILLUSTRATED WORLD OF COMPUTERS

ILLUSTRATED WORLD OF INTERNET

ILLUSTRATED WORLD OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

ILLUSTRATED WORLD OF MULTIMEDIA

ILLUSTRATED WORLD OF DESKTOP PUBLISHING

ILLUSTRATED WORLD OF HARDWARE

ILLUSTRATED WORLD OF NETWORKING

Dreamland Publications

 

Extremely visual and extremely easy to understand.  MUCH better than "For Dummies" or "Complete Idiot's Guide."  Read these books and you will have a thorough, sound knowledge of computers  -  concept, terminology, and practice.

 

 

  

 

WALL COMPUTERS CHARTS

Dreamland offers 64 wall charts on every topic under the sun in its trademark highly visual and very thorough format.  Surely the largest and best collection on the market.  Includes 12 on the human body and 16 on sports.

Laminated on art card.  Size: 56 cm X 90 cm.

 

Dreamland also offers 20 preschool charts on basic subjects.

Spiral bound.  Size:  48 cm X 70 cm.

 

 

  

 

RECOMMENDED MOVIES

12 Angry Men  -  the ulimate conversation movie

The Out of Towners  -  the ultimate listening movie

Anatomy of a Murder  -  the ultimate courtroom movie

Day of the Jackle  -  the ultimate plot movie

The Sound of Music  -  the ultimate musical

Antz  -   the ultimate theme movie

13 Days  -  the best documentary ever?

Gentlemen's Agreement  -   the ultimate social commentary movie?

A Tale of Two Cities  -   best classic story?

Kramer versus Kramer  -   the ultimate divorce movie

Forbidden Planet  -  science fiction, but not too difficult for ESLers

Stuart Little 2  -   for children and new beginners

Ghandi  -  Indian accent

For Whom the Bell Tolls  -  Spanish accent

 

Citizen Kane

Casablanca

On The Waterfront

Rebel Without a Cause

From Here to Eternity

Chinatown

Sunset Boulevard

Meet John Doe

High Noon

The Philadelphia Story

Father of the Bride

Strangers on a Train

Forrest Gump

You've Got Mail

A Few Good Men

 

many more to come