Through the Looking-Glass Level 3 Oxford Bookworms Library

Carroll, Lewis

A level 3 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Jennifer Bassett 'I wish I could get through into looking-glass house,' Alice said. 'Let's pretend that the glass has gone soft and . . . Why, I do believe it has! It's turning into a kind of cloud!' A moment later Alice is inside the looking-glass world. There she finds herself part of a great game of chess, travelling through forests and jumping across brooks. The chess pieces talk and argue with her, give orders and repeat poems . . . It is the strangest dream that anyone ever had . . .

Tooth and Claw - Short Stories Level 3 Oxford Bookworms Library

Saki

A level 3 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Retold for Learners of English by Rosemary Border Conradin is ten years old. He lives alone with his aunt. He has two big secrets. The first is that he hates his aunt. The second is that he keeps a small, wild animal in the garden shed. The animal has sharp, white teeth, and it loves fresh blood. Every night, Conradin prays to this animal and asks it to do one thing for him, just one thing. This collection of short stories is clever, funny, and shows us 'Nature, red in tooth and claw'. In other words, it is Saki at his very best.

Topics in Applied Psycholinguistics

red. Danuta Gabryś-Barker

Tom Topics in Applied Psycholinguistics pod redakcją Danuty Gabryś-Barker jest zbiorem artykułów badawczych zajmujących się tematyką związaną z przyswajaniem/uczeniem się języka obcego/drugiego z perspektywy badawczej psycholingwistyki stosowanej. Obejmuje artykuły poświecone zagadnieniom przyswajania poszczególnych poziomów języka obcego (fonologia, słownictwo), jak również porusza tematykę związaną z osobowością uczącego się, jego sferą emocji oraz zagadnieniu rozwijania współpracy w grupie, jaką jest klasa. Jest to interesująca pozycja nie tylko ze względu na przedstawioną tematykę, ale również ze względu na różnorodność metod badawczych stosowanych przez poszczególnych autorów w przedstawionych przez nich badaniach, począwszy od tradycyjnych metod do bardziej innowacyjnych. Książka powstała z myślą o studentach, przyszłych nauczycielach języka angielskiego jako obcego, ale będzie też zapewne interesująca dla innych badaczy zajmujących się zagadnieniami z zakresu psycholingwistyki i psycholingwistyki stosowanej.

Traduttologia e Traduzioni, vol. III. Interdisciplinarietà della traduzione

Łukasz Jan Berezowski

Nel suo complesso il volume Interdisciplinarieta della traduzione, curato da tukasz Jan Berezowski, offre una rassegna ricca e aggiornata di studi che analizzano, dalle prospettive pia diverse, i risvolti interdisciplinari della traduzione e della traduttologia. Si tratta di una pubblicazione utile non solo per gli specialisti di traduttologia, ma anche per i letterati, i linguisti e i culturologi interessati al dialogo e al confronto tra le culture. Tra i meriti del libro, che presenta contributi in varie lingue, c'e anche l'ampio spettro dei testi e dei contesti presi in considerazione che rendono questa pubblicazione preziosa per una ideale biblioteca europea. (dalla recensione del prof. Raoul Bruni)

Treasure Island - With Audio Level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library

Stevenson, Robert Louis

A level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Retold for Learners of English by John Escott. 'Suddenly, there was a high voice screaming in the darkness: "Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!" It was Long John Silver's parrot, Captain Flint! I turned to run . . .' But young Jim Hawkins does not escape from the pirates this time. Will he and his friends find the treasure before the pirates do? Will they escape from the island, and sail back to England with a ship full of gold?

Treasure Island Level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library

Stevenson, Robert Louis

A level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by John Escott 'Suddenly, there was a high voice screaming in the darkness: "Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!" It was Long John Silver's parrot, Captain Flint! I turned to run . . .' But young Jim Hawkins does not escape from the pirates this time. Will he and his friends find the treasure before the pirates do? Will they escape from the island, and sail back to England with a ship full of gold?

Trening językowy dla seniorów i nie tylko

Paulina Mechło, Paulina Polek

Język to podstawowe narzędzie naszej komunikacji z innymi - to on pozwala nam zrozumieć świat, a światu zrozumieć nas. Pozwala opowiedzieć o naszych emocjach, wyrazić potrzeby, nawiązać relacje. Jest narzędziem podstawowym, a jednocześnie najważniejszym, dlatego istotne jest, by działał sprawnie, pozwalając nam zarówno w mowie, jak i w piśmie oddać precyzyjnie każdą naszą myśl, zrelacjonować każde wydarzenie. A ponieważ wszystkie narzędzia do właściwego funkcjonowania wymagają odpowiedniej konserwacji, a wszystkie umiejętności treningu, także nasze zdolności werbalne możemy wesprzeć odpowiednim zestawem ćwiczeń, aby służyły nam jak najlepiej. Taki trening, zestaw zadań pozwalających zachować i rozwinąć płynność językową w mowie i w piśmie znajdą Państwo w tej książce. Przy okazji przygotowane przez Autorki zagadki i łamigłówki poprawią także pamięć i koncentrację, a przy tym dostarczą, co nie jest przecież bez znaczenia, po prostu pierwszorzędnej rozrywki intelektualnej. Powodzenia i niech, jak u Słowackiego, język giętki wypowie wszystko, co pomyśli głowa. Do dzieła!

Under the Moon - With Audio Level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library

Akinyemi, Rowena

A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Written for Learners of English by Rowena Akinyemi. It is the year 2522, and the planet Earth is dying. The Artificial Ozone Layer is only 300 years old, but it is breaking up fast. Now the sun is burning down on Earth with a white fire. There is no water. Without water, nothing can live. Trees die, plants die, animals die, people die . . . In a colony under the moon, people wait for news - news from home, news from the planet Earth. And in a spaceship high above Earth, a young man watches numbers on a computer screen. The numbers tell a story, and the young man is afraid. The planet Earth is burning, burning, burning . . .

Under the Moon Level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library

Akinyemi, Rowena

A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Written for Learners of English by Rowena Akinyemi It is the year 2522, and the planet Earth is dying. The Artificial Ozone Layer is only 300 years old, but it is breaking up fast. Now the sun is burning down on Earth with a white fire. There is no water. Without water, nothing can live. Trees die, plants die, animals die, people die . . . In a colony under the moon, people wait for news - news from home, news from the planet Earth. And in a spaceship high above Earth, a young man watches numbers on a computer screen. The numbers tell a story, and the young man is afraid. The planet Earth is burning, burning, burning . . .

Upiór rodu Canterville'ów. Angielski z Oscarem Wilde\'em

Oscar Wilde, Ilya Frank

Angielski Przy Okazji! Pełny Angielski Tekst. 100% Tłumaczenia! Ucz się angielskiego czytając ciekawe książki, przygotowane według Metody Edukacyjnego Czytania Ilyi Franka ———————– Opis serii: Książki z serii Metoda Edukacyjnego Czytania Ilyi Franka służą do nauki języka angielskiego przy okazji czytania ciekawych książek w języku oryginalnym z wplecionym dosłownym polskim tłumaczeniem. Metoda polega na specjalnej adaptacji treści w taki sposób że cała zawartość książki jest podzielona na akapity. Najpierw czytamy akapit, z wplecionym polskim tłumaczeniem i niektórymi gramatycznymi i fonetycznymi wyjaśnieniami. Następnie ten sam akapit czytamy już bez tłumaczenia, w oryginalnym języku, czyli „płyniemy bez asekuracji”. Właśnie wtedy nasz mózg przyzwyczaja się do rozumienia języka obcego. Całość jest na tyle spójna, że odbiorca ma poczucie czytania książki w oryginale i przyswaja język, znajdując się w naturalnym stanie rozluźnienia i zaciekawienia treścią. U podstaw Metody leżą między innymi założenia Sugestopedii dr. G Łozanowa, a także prace Jego następców i samodzielnych lingwistów, A.Leontieva, G. Kitajgorodskiej. Seria zawiera dzieła klasyków literatury brytyjskiej i amerykańskiej i w ten sposób przybliża czytelnikowi specyfikę anglojęzycznej kultury. Język oryginału nie jest w żaden sposób uproszczony ani skrócony. Opis książki/treści: Bardzo często ekranizowane opowiadanie grozy z dużą dozą humoru. Otóż duch, od wieków zamieszkujący zamek, który kupili gruboskórni Amerykanie, już całkowicie stracił nadzieję, że uda mu się kiedykolwiek ich przestraszyć. Ale urocza córka Amerykanina poznaje historie upiora i ratuje go od męki przeszłości. „… Biedny sir Simon! Wiele mu zawdzięczam… … Nauczył mnie, czym jest Życie, co znaczy Śmierć i dlaczego Miłość jest od nich silniejsza….” Bardzo szybka, lekka, przyjemna lektura, z gracją,nienachalną dawką sarkazmu i głębszym podtekstem od Oscara Wilde’a.

Utile e traducibile 2. Esercizi di lessico settoriale e quotidiano

Agnieszka Woch, Katarzyna Kowalik, Justyna Groblińska

Il manuale accademico Utile e traducibite 2. Esercizi di lessico settoriale e quotidiano e la seconda parte di una dispensa mirata ad ampliare le conoscenze degli apprendenti della lingua italiana. al livello B2+/C1 o superiore in diversi campi lessicali della vita quotidiana. Lo studio del vocabolario, questa volta nell'ambito di temi, come: l'arredamento della casa, la moda, la partecipazione alla cultura, lo sport, il lavoro e la medicina; e accompagnato da esercizi di traduzione e concentrato sull'introduzione di nuovi termini in un ampio contesto culturale. Si tratta non soltanto della cosiddetta cultura alta, ma anche di quella popolare. Il manuale sviluppa la comprensione della realta della vita quotidiana e delle abitudini, dei rituali, dei comportamenti, del modo di pensare e dei valori attualmente vigenti in Italia.

Utile e traducibile. Esercizi di lessico settoriale e quotidiano

Agnieszka Woch, Justyna Groblińska, Katarzyna Kowalik

La dispensa Utile e traducibile.Esercizi di lessico settoriale e quotidiano nasce dalla necessite di fornire ai docenti del Dipartimento di Italianistica dell'Universita di Łódź uno strumento originale che permetta di formare i futuri insegnanti e traduttori della lingua italiana. Il manuale si basa sull'esperienza diretta delle autrici ed e rivolto agli apprendenti polacchi di lingua italiana a livello B1 o superiore. E stato ideato come strumento pratico per favorire Io studio del lessico, degli elementi della civilta italiana e delle tecniche di traduzione. Lo studente approfondira le sue conoscenze dei campi lessicali importanti e degli elementi della cultura e vita quotidiana in Italia. Sviluppera anche le sue capacita di ricerca delle informazioni, delle tecniche di redazione e di traduzione nella lingua d'arrivo.

Uži si slovenčinu! Čítanka s cvičeniami pre stredne pokročilých

Miroslava Kyseľová, Sylwia Sojda

Podręcznik do nauczania języka słowackiego jako obcego Uži si slovenčinu! Čítanka s cvičeniami pre stredne pokročilých stanowi bardzo aktualny i potrzebny wkład do materiałów dydaktycznych dla cudzoziemców uczących się języka słowackiego, którzy opanowali umiejętności rozumienia tekstu czytanego na średniozaawansowanym poziomie B2-C1, a sprawności produktywne  na poziomie B1 według ESOKJ. Pozycja powstała przede wszystkim z myślą o Słowianach, ale książka może posłużyć do nauki również studentom spoza tego kręgu kulturowego, których kontakt z językiem słowackim jest długotrwały, i którzy posiadają już odpowiednią kompetencję gramatyczną, a chcieliby udoskonalić swoje kompetencje, przede wszystkim w ramach umijętności komunikacyjnych. Ponadto, mogą po nią sięgnąć nie tylko filolodzy, ale wszyscy zainteresowani samodzielną nauką języka słowackiego na poziomie średniozaawansowanym (i wyższym). Publikacja składa się z 15 lekcji o takiej samej strukturze: blok lekcyjny złożony jest z trzech tekstów, dotyczących przewodniego tematu, do których dołączono ciekawe ćwiczenia komunikacyjne, ćwiczenia leksykalne, ćwiczenia gramatyczne oraz słowniczek, a wszystko odpowiednio dopasowane do założonego poziomu.Lekcje mogą składać się zarówno na odrębny kurs nauki języka słowackiego jako obcego, jak i stanowić uzupełnienie materiałów dydaktycznych w trakcie procesu nauczania. Atutem podręcznika są autentyczne, aktualne i oryginalne teksty zaczerpnięte ze słowackich portali internetowych. Stanowi to doskonałe źródło leksyki, której student często nie ma możliwości przyswoić podczas tradycyjnego kursu.

Vanity Fair - With Audio Level 6 Oxford Bookworms Library

Thackeray, William

A level 6 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Retold for Learners of English by Diane Mowat. When Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley leave school, their feet are set on very different paths. Kind, foolish Amelia returns to her comfortable home and wealthy family, to await a suitable marriage, while Becky must look out for herself, earning her own living in a hard world. But Becky is neither kind nor foolish, and with her quick brain and keen eye for a chance, her fortunes soon rise, while Amelia's fall. Greed, ambition, loyalty, folly, wisdom . . . this famous novel gives us a witty and satirical picture of English society during the Napoleonic wars.

Vanity Fair Level 6 Oxford Bookworms Library

Thackeray, William

A level 6 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Diane Mowat When Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley leave school, their feet are set on very different paths. Kind, foolish Amelia returns to her comfortable home and wealthy family, to await a suitable marriage, while Becky must look out for herself, earning her own living in a hard world. But Becky is neither kind nor foolish, and with her quick brain and keen eye for a chance, her fortunes soon rise, while Amelia's fall. Greed, ambition, loyalty, folly, wisdom . . . this famous novel gives us a witty and satirical picture of English society during the Napoleonic wars.

Variability in English across time and space

Ewa Waniek-Klimczak, Anna Cichosz

Synchronic variability in the area of phonetics, phonology, vocabulary, morphology and syntax is a natural feature of any language, including English. The existence of competing variants is in itself a fascinating phenomenon, but it is also a prerequisite for diachronic changes. This volume is a collection of studies which investigate variability from a contemporary and historical perspective, in both native and non-native varieties of English. The topics include Middle English spelling variation, lexical differences between Middle English dialects, Late Middle and Early Modern English forms of address, Middle English negation patterns, the English used by Polish immigrants living in London, lexical fixedness in native and non-native English used by Polish learners, and the phenomenon of phonetic imitation in Polish learners of English. The book should be of interest to anyone interested in English linguistics, especially English phonetics and phonology as well as history of English, historical dialectology and pragmatics. 

Verbs in Fictive Motion

Jacek Tadeusz Waliński

This book presents a corpus-based study of verbs used in expressions of fictive motion, which refers to the cognitive-linguistic phenomenon of describing material objects incapable of movement in terms of motion over their configuration in space. The study focuses specifically on the category of coextension paths, which are used to describe the form, orientation, or location of a spatially extended object in terms of a path over the object’s extent. The analysis, carried out using the British National Corpus, indicates that in English only a fraction of motion verbs are used consistently to express coextension paths, and that some of them are used for this purpose far more systematically than others. A holographic image of structuring coextension paths that emerges from the linguistic data indicates that whereas directional motion verbs tend to be used in fictive motion to express bounded paths, directions, and routes, verbs of motion manner are employed to specify shapes constituting subjective counterparts of spatial contours of actual motion. Moreover, depending on the particular use and the wider linguistic context, certain coextension path expressions can be interpreted as a result of conceptual blending, which fuses multiple facets of motion via a common communicative platform established dynamically in discourse. From the perspective of the analysis, these interpretations are not mutually irreconcilable. The evocation of a particular conceptualization triggered by the semantic attributes conflated in a verb and its satellites is likely to depend not only on individual comprehension strategies, but also on the degree of cultural-linguistic conventionalization of certain fictive motion patterns established through the processes of language acquisition and social transfer.

Voodoo Island - With Audio Level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library

Duckworth, Michael

A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Written for Learners of English by Michael Duckworth. Mr James Conway wants to make money. He wants to build new houses and shops - and he wants to build them on an old graveyard, on the island of Haiti. There is only one old man who still visits the graveyard; and Mr Conway is not afraid of one old man. But the old man has friends - friends in the graveyard, friends who lie dead, under the ground. And when Mr Conway starts to build his houses, he makes the terrible mistake of disturbing the sleep of the dead . . .

Voodoo Island Level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library

Duckworth, Michael

A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Written for Learners of English by Michael Duckworth Mr James Conway wants to make money. He wants to build new houses and shops - and he wants to build them on an old graveyard, on the island of Haiti. There is only one old man who still visits the graveyard; and Mr Conway is not afraid of one old man. But the old man has friends - friends in the graveyard, friends who lie dead, under the ground. And when Mr Conway starts to build his houses, he makes the terrible mistake of disturbing the sleep of the dead . . .

Washington Square - With Audio Level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library

James, Henry

A level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Retold for Learners of English by Kieran McGovern. When a handsome young man begins to court Catherine Sloper, she feels she is very lucky. She is a quiet, gentle girl, but neither beautiful nor clever; no one had ever admired her before, or come to the front parlour of her home in Washington Square to whisper soft words of love to her. But in New York in the 1840s young ladies are not free to marry where they please. Catherine must have her father's permission, and Dr Sloper is a rich man. One day Catherine will have a fortune of 30,000 dollars a year . . .

Washington Square Level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library

James, Henry

A level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Retold for Learners of English by Kieran McGovern When a handsome young man begins to court Catherine Sloper, she feels she is very lucky. She is a quiet, gentle girl, but neither beautiful nor clever; no one had ever admired her before, or come to the front parlour of her home in Washington Square to whisper soft words of love to her. But in New York in the 1840s young ladies are not free to marry where they please. Catherine must have her father's permission, and Dr Sloper is a rich man. One day Catherine will have a fortune of 30,000 dollars a year . . .

Weddings - With Audio Level 1 Factfiles Oxford Bookworms Library

Lindop, Christine

A level 1 Factfiles Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Written for Learners of English by Christine Lindop. 'The bride wore a long white dress, with flowers in her hair. After the wedding, there was a party, and people gave presents to the bride and groom.' This wedding was nearly two thousand years ago, in Rome. Some things don't change. But some things do. Today you can have a wedding on a mountain, or under the sea, or 'Elvis' can sing for you. And different things happen in different places. Little birds made of paper, small trees, money in the bride's shoe, and lots of noise - they are all important for weddings somewhere. Welcome to the wonderful world of weddings!

White Death - With Audio Level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library

Vicary, Tim

A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Written for Learners of English by Tim Vicary. Sarah Harland is nineteen, and she is in prison. At the airport, they find heroin in her bag. So, now she is waiting to go to court. If the court decides that it was her heroin, then she must die. She says she did not do it. But if she did not, who did? Only two people can help Sarah: her mother, and an old boyfriend who does not love her now. Can they work together? Can they find the real criminal before it is too late?

White Death Level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library

Vicary, Tim

A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Written for Learners of English by Tim Vicary Sarah Harland is nineteen, and she is in prison. At the airport, they find heroin in her bag. So, now she is waiting to go to court. If the court decides that it was her heroin, then she must die. She says she did not do it. But if she did not, who did? Only two people can help Sarah: her mother, and an old boyfriend who does not love her now. Can they work together? Can they find the real criminal before it is too late?