Haven't written an essay in years? Worried you can't write a coherent essay? Unsure what an essay needs to achieve?You're not alone!Writing an essay is a skill that many students struggle to learn. Knowing how to begin, what to include and what to leave out, how to reference and write in a fluent, engaging yet academic style takes time, practice and commitment.And if you're a mature student who hasn't written an essay for y...

Prepare for your studies. Know what to expect. Make the most of your experience.It is exciting to embark on a new path that will stretch your intellect, open up new career opportunities and enhance your personal development.But it can also be worrying to return to a life of study, where reading, research, note-taking and essay-writing are all required.Much of this anxiety is caused by simply not knowing what lies ahead, and for the mature student, w...

A contemporary young adult novel about a bright dyslexic teen struggling to find her place in a literate world. Counting to D is sure to resonate with anyone who has struggled with learning disabilities, young love, or just being a teen!The kids at Sam's school never knew if they should make fun of her for being too smart or too dumb. That's what it means to be dyslexic, smart, and illiterate. Sam is sick of it. So when her mom gets a job in a faraway city, Sam decides not to tell ...

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series. Please note that the eBook edition does NOT include access to the audio edition and digital book. Written for learners of English as a foreign language, each title includes carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises.Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to ...

Kevin the Sheep is living his dreamTo run his own restaurant with a vegetable theme.Choosing Wolfie to cook is a bit of a twist…What will Kevin find on the wolf’s shopping list?Another hilarious picture book from best-selling author, Jacqueline Harvey

Kevin the Sheep hosts a song competition.It's karaoke - just one-dollar admission!But who's the new sheep that the spotlight's revealed?And how has such talent been so well concealed?Find out the secret, open the book.Go on, you know that you just have to look!

A contemporary young adult novel about a bright dyslexic teen struggling to find her place in a literate world. Counting to D is sure to resonate with anyone who has struggled with learning disabilities, young love, or just being a teen! The kids at Sam’s school never knew if they should make fun of her for being too smart or too dumb. That’s what it means to be dyslexic, smart, and illiterate. Sam is sick of it. So when her mom gets a job in a faraway ci...

Kevin the Sheep is unusual,he does things his own way.But will being different help him save the day?A hilarious new picture book from best-selling author Jacqueline Harvey.

Kevin the Sheep is unusual,he does things his own way.But will being different help him save the day?A hilarious new picture book from best-selling author Jacqueline Harvey.

Joe comes home from school one day to discover that his apparently ordinary parents are actually spies! What's more, baddies are after them! They need to leave their home immediately and disguise themselves to avoid discovery. Joe is thrilled - until he discovers that he has to pretend to be a girl and start his new school as Josephine!Joe (now 'Josephine') is miserable when he starts his new school in a blonde wig, dress and tights. But soon he has a spy mission of his own. Using ...

Pragmatics – the study of language in context, and of how we understand what other people say – is a core subject in English language, linguistics, and communication studies. This textbook introduces the key topics in this fast-moving field, including metaphor, irony, politeness, disambiguation, and reference assignment. It walks the reader through the essential theories in pragmatics, including Grice, relevance theory, speech act theory, and politeness theory. Each chapter includes a rang...

Pragmatics Online examines the use and interpretation of language and communication in digitally mediated contexts. It provides insight into how meaning is communicated online, with a focus on how users negotiate and navigate the constraints and resources of social media sites and other online contexts.The book introduces key concepts in the study of digital contexts and online communication, and discusses how these can be understood from the perspective of pragmatics. Eac...