Lynda Edwards

Practise it! Smash it! is a brand-new supplementary skills series with engaging, contemporary content aimed at teenagers and young adults studying for exams. Each title is full of tips and exam strategy work and is presented in the format of student posts and blogs. Listening and Speaking for First (FCE) focuses on the challenges in the Listening and Speaking First Certificate exam papers with combined skills activities and lots of practice of the First question types.

Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need in the ELT classroom for motivating, contemporary graded material that will instantly appeal to students. Another adventure for night watchman Larry Daley and friends. When the Tablet of Ahkmenrah begins to corrode, Larry Daley and his friends from the New York Museum of Natural History must travel to the British Museum in London to find out how to fix it.

Integrated skills work for lively language practice. * SkillsWork is an exciting new book for teachers and students who want to focus on skills development at intermediate level and beyond. * SkillsWork can be used alongside a standard coursebook or on its own, ideal if you want to teach away from the coursebook for part of the day or week. * SkillsWork provides forty interesting lessons of integrated skills work with each unit having a focus skill while also linking in to practice all four skills in each and every lesson. * SkillsWork provides endless opportunities to extend and practice the students' lexical range, using both active and passive vocabulary. It provides work on collocations, phrasal verbs, word building, idioms and register. * SkillsWork is made up of a variety of task types, from full class discussion to individual homework, giving students the opportunity to learn and use new language in a variety of ways. * SkillsWork provides practice in writing and speaking tasks required of students in life, work and exams; letter writing, reviews, emails, reports, complaints, planning, comparing, discussing, objecting etc. * SkillsWork is lively and motivating with a range of engaging and relevant topics

When the Guardians spaceship is attacked, a mysterious helper destroys their attackers. Who is Ego? What does he know about Peter Quill? And what are his terrible plans? Peter, Gamora, Drax, Rocket, and Grootthe Guardians of the Galaxyhave saved the galaxy once, but can they do it again?

Bea lives under a bridge. She watches people, but they don't look at her. Then, one day, a policeman stops and talks to her. Bea doesn't like talking and she doesn't remember much. But he is looking for a little girl, and there was a child in Bea's old life. Can she remember now? An exciting new series which provides reading and language learning at five levels. As well as enjoyable stories and texts, each book provides a range of integrated activities designed to develop reading skills, consolidate vocabulary, and offer personalised project work. Each book is supported by a CD-ROM which contains additional activities and the complete audio recording. What's special about Penguin Active Reading? Beautiful illustrations, photographs, maps and diagrams help to bring the stories alive and reinforce meaning Integrated activities help your students think about the story/text in advance, check comprehension, learn new vocabulary and practise key grammar structures Outside the classroom - a bank of ideas for project work, as well as a great range of background information on related themes Student motivation - a fully-interactive CD-ROM (includes complete audio recording) and supporting website complement the activities contained in the book Help with testing - an unbeatable choice of activities in the book and on the CD-ROM Every title has its own photocopiable worksheet packed with background information about the book and author as well as a range of activities to practise new vocabulary and grammar, increase comprehension and develop all four skills. Regular test questions help check students' understanding of the story and language so problem areas can be identified immediately.

There are two important things in young Nelson’s life – running and his Granny Sarah. Trainer Ken wants Nelson to be a famous runner. Can Nelson run for his country at the Olympic Games? And does he remember his promise to his grandmother?