The Oxford English Dictionary for Schools is carefully targeted to support secondary school students with their independent reference skills, to improve their spelling, punctuation, and grammar, and to build vocabulary. Ideal support for Controlled Assessments.

Every year, billions of animals are raised and killed by human beings for human consumption. What should we think of this practice? In what ways, if any, is it morally problematic? This volume collects twelve new essays by leading moral philosophers examining some of the most important aspects of this topic.

This 2002 book examines approaches to teaching students making the transition from 'advanced' or 'superior' proficiency in a foreign language to 'near-native' ability.

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The structure of the book makes it a valuable resource... Each chapter contains pre-reading questions, reflective tasks and chapter summaries. The book is rich in practical suggestions for classroom delivery, testing and research underpinned by the sound and comprehensive theoretical background ...EA Journal Volume 23 No 2Focus on Vocabulary examines the teaching and learning of English vocabulary for learners of English as a second or foreign language in courses where English is the languag