The Tear of Meng Jiangnu (+ CD-ROM) Chen Carol Beijing Language and Culture University Press

The future is coming. It knows no bounds, and neither should science fiction • They say the more things change the more they stay the same. But over the last hundred years, science fiction has changed. Vibrant new generations of writers have sprung up across the globe, proving the old adage false. From Ghana to India, from Mexico to France, from Singapore to Cuba, they draw on their unique backgrounds and culture, changing the face of the genre one story at a time • Prepare yourself for a journey through the wildest reaches of the imagination, to visions of Earth as it might be and the far corners of the universe. Along the way, you will meet robots and monsters, adventurers and time travellers, rogues and royalty • In The Best of World SF, award-winning author Lavie Tidhar acts as guide and companion to a world of stories, from never-before-seen originals to award winners, from twenty-three countries and seven languages

Innovative activities for Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) teachers and trainee teachers • CLIL Activities is organised into five chapters: Activating, Guiding understanding, Focus on language, Focus on speaking and Focus on writing. A further chapter provides practical ideas for assessment, review and feedback. The Background to CLIL section offers a clear explanation of what CLIL is and its benefits and challenges • The book contains a wide range of easily accessible activities that can be used in any order. Dedicated subject pages include annotated extracts from authentic school teaching materials, demonstrating how language is used in particular school subjects, such as geography, science, maths and ICT • The accompanying CD-ROM contains print-ready CLIL activities

By a two-time debating world champion, a dazzling look at how arguing better can transform your life – and the world – for the better • Everyone debates, in some form, most days. Sometimes we do it to persuade; other times to learn, discover a truth, or simply to express something about ourselves. We argue to defend ourselves, our work, and our loved ones from external threat. We do it to get our way, or just to get ahead • As a two-time debating world champion, Bo has made a career out of arguing. Over the past few years, however, he’s noticed how we’re not only arguing more and more, but getting worse at it – a fact proven by our polarised politics. By tracing his own journey from immigrant kid to world champion, as well as those of illustrious participants in the sport such as Malcolm X, Edmund Burke and Sally Rooney, Seo shows how the skills of debating – information gathering, truth finding, lucidity, organization, and persuasion – are often the cornerstone of successful careers and happy lives

- The fascinating history of castles told for children just beginning to read growing in reading confidence and ability • - Explains in a lively way why castles were first built, what it was like to live in one, and the cunning tricks used to defend them • - Featuring the humorous illustrations of Teri Gower • - Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton • - The CD includes lively music and sound effects, and a listen along version followed by a read along version with prompts for page turns

Лингвострановедческое учебное пособие для развития коммуникативной компетенции в устном вербальном общении состоит из 10 учебных тематических блоков (Unit), каждый из которых включает четыре раздела: I. Речевая практика; II. Ролевая игра; III. Приложение для чтения; IV. Глоссарий. Сочетание лингвострановедческой и прагматической ориентации пособия, широкий охват изучаемых тем, аутентичный материал, лексическая насыщенность учебных блоков, большое количество упражнений преимущественно речевого характера, а также нацеленность на формирование всех компонентов иноязычной коммуникативной компетенции позволят любым категориям обучающихся не только ознакомиться с современной действительностью страны изучаемого языка, но и свободно общаться на английском языке в различных ситуациях повседневного общения на уровне В1-В2 в зависимости от индивидуального исходного уровня, что, в частности, способствует развитию академической мобильности