This is the third in a practical textbook series that provides a structured program for teaching language, writing and thinking skills.Twenty self-contained units cover a wide range of popular topics and features lively, high-interest texts. As students work through the units, the basics of English are taught logically and sequentially.The Move into English series is designed to complement and lead up to the highly successful Into English by the same authors.Key features: a clear, focuse

Move into English 1 provides a clear, focused approach to teaching the essential skills in language, writing and thinking for lower-secondary students.The book presents thirty self-contained units covering a wide range of popular topics and feature lively, high-interest texts. As students work through the units, the basics of English are taught logically and sequentially.Key features an introduction to types of texts, purpose, audience and context high-interest, varied texts for understa

Into English is a down-to-earth, practical textbook offering a focused approach for Year 10 students onwards. It offers a clear approach to English skills and concepts. Topics as diverse as film techniques, writing strategies, analysis of visual images and appreciation of texts are presented. The range of topics allows teachers to dip into the book as needed in the context of their own English program.Special features: focuses on the key concepts of purpose, audience, context, tone, langu

A bestselling linguist takes us on a lively tour of how the English language is evolving before our eyes -- and why we should embrace this transformation and not fight it Language is always changing -- but we tend not to like it. We understand that new words must be created for new things, but the way English is spoken today rubs many of us the wrong way. Whether it’s the use of literally to mean “figuratively” rather than “by the letter,” or the way young people use LOL and like, or business jargon like What’s the ask? -- it often seems as if the language is deteriorating before our eyes. But the truth is different and a lot less scary, as John McWhorter shows in this delightful and eye-opening exploration of how English has always been in motion and continues to evolve today. Drawing examples from everyday life and employing a generous helping of humor, he shows that these shifts are a natural process common to all languages, and that we should embrace and appreciate these changes, not condemn them. Words on the Move opens our eyes to the surprising backstories to the words and expressions we use every day. Did you know that silly once meant “blessed”? Or that ought was the original past tense of owe? Or that the suffix -ly in adverbs is actually a remnant of the word like? And have you ever wondered why some people from New Orleans sound as if they come from Brooklyn? McWhorter encourages us to marvel at the dynamism and resilience of the English language, and his book offers a lively journey through which we discover that words are ever on the move and our lives are all the richer for it.