An Introduction to English Grammar provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of English grammar. The first part of the book (`The Grammar') provides a step-by-step introduction to the key topics in English grammar. The second part (`The Applications') shows how a grasp of these topics can be helpful in resolving usage problems, in developing a clear writing style, and in mastering punctuation and spelling.

A whole chapter, `English in Use', is devoted to illustrating the grammatical fe...

Includes pictures, notes and an extensive section on Oscar Wilde's life and works. Dorian Gray is having his picture painted by Basil Hallward, who is charmed by his looks. But when Sir Henry Wotton visits, and seduces Dorian into the worship of youthful beauty with an intoxicating speech, Dorian makes a wish he will live to regret: that all the marks of age will now be reflected in the portrait, rather than on Dorian's own face. The stage is now set for a masterful tale about appearance, rea...

Romeo and Juliet is the world's most famous drama of tragic young love. Defying the feud which divides their families, Romeo and Juliet enjoy the fleeting rapture of courtship, marriage and sexual fulfilment; but a combination of old animosities and new coincidences brings them to suicidal deaths.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's Syndrome.

He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns and the truth. He hates the colours yellow and brown and being touched.

He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own, but when he finds a neighbour's dog murdered he sets out on a terrif...

First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies is now recognised as a classic, one of the most celebrated and widely read of modern novels. This edition, which includes an introduction and notes by Ian Gregor and Mark Kinkead-Weekes, meets the demand for its use in schools and its prescription by numerous examining boards. In compiling the notes they have borne in mind the needs of younger readers not only in this country but overseas.

De taalvaardigheid van de leerlingen speelt een cruciale rol in het onderwijs. Leraren die aandacht hebben voor de rol van taal in hun vak, kunnen hun leerlingen met praktische middelen toegang geven tot dat vak én voorbereiden op de hoge taaleisen die de maatschappij aan hen stelt. Ook in hun toekomst is het immers essentieel dat leerlingen op niveau kunnen redeneren en formuleren, in hun vak en daarbuiten.

Een taalgerichte vakdidactiek helpt leraren om hun onderwijs op hoog niveau te blijv...

In de adolescentie stellen jongeren vragen als ‘Wie ben ik?’, ‘Wat kan ik?’ en ‘Wat wil ik?’ Door de vele invloeden waar jongeren vandaag de dag mee te maken krijgen, zijn het vinden van de antwoorden op deze vragen en daarmee het actief vormgeven van een eigen identiteit van groot belang. Om adolescenten hierin te kunnen begeleiden, is het nodig dat professionals die met hen werken goed inzicht hebben in dit proces.

Identiteitsontwikkeling en leerlingbegeleiding beschrijft de ont...

The second Oxford edition of Shakespeare's Complete Works reconsiders every detail of their text and presentation in the light of modern scholarship. The nature and authority of the early documents are re-examined, and the canon and chronological order of composition freshly established. Spelling and punctuation are modernized, and there is a brief introduction to each work, as well as an illuminating and informative General Introduction.

Included here for the firsttime is the play The Reign ...

Movie tie-in edition of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller.

Now a major motion picture from Twentieth Century Fox, starring Amandla Stenberg

No. 1 New York Times bestseller

"A classic in the making." The Times

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"A must-read." The Pool

"Outstanding." The Guardian

"Powerful." Metro

Read the book that inspired the movie! Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she wa...

In welke werelden bewegen jongeren zich? Waar hechten zij waarde aan? Wat betekenen sociale media voor hen en hoe maken zij er gebruik van? Leefwerelden van jongeren gaat over het dagelijkse leven van jongeren: thuis, op school, met hun vrienden en als grootgebruikers van media en digitale cultuur. Het boek is geschreven vanuit het perspectief van jongeren, zichtbaar gemaakt via voorbeelden en illustraties uit (inter)nationaal wetenschappelijk onderzoek, berichtgeving in de (sociale) media e...