Jeremy Harmer – författare

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student''s capabilities. Penny Wade travels to Barcelona to perform in a concert with her orchestra. But the trip is not quite what she imagined. Her double bass goes missing and her boyfriend is acting very strangely. One night everyone is woken by screams and the orchestra manager is found dead on the street outside their hotel. Did he fall from the hotel window or was he pushed? And what has Penny''s missing double bass got to do with it? Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CD including complete text recordings from the book.

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student''s capabilities. A musician disappears, leaving only a strange e-mail message. Her husband, in a desperate search to find her, revisits their shared past and has to face up to some unpleasant realities, before trying to rebuild his life. His journey of discovery takes us across the world to Poland and Rio and deep into the human heart. Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs including complete text recordings from the book.

Cambridge English Readers is an award-winning series of original fiction readers for learners of English, offering exciting reading from Starter to Advanced levels. "In the early 1990s Katy, a young reporter, arrives in Sarajevo, a city under siege, and receives conflicting advice from two colleagues. 'Of all the wars I've been in,' a news cameraman tells her,'this is the one where it's not possible to 'be objective'. You can't be objective about what's going on here.' 'This is not my war or your war,' an Italian journalist explains. 'We just report what we see, but we stay outside it. We can't get too involved. We mustn't get too near.' But Katy does get too near...Paperback only. Also available with downloadable audio."

Cambridge English Readers is an award-winning series of original fiction readers for learners of English, offering exciting reading from Starter to Advanced levels. "Penny Wade travels to Barcelona to perform in a concert with her orchestra. But the trip is not quite what she imagined. Her double bass goes missing and her boyfriend is acting very strangely. One night everyone is woken by screams and the orchestra manager is found dead on the street outside their hotel. Did he fall from the hotel window or was he pushed? And what has Penny's missing double bass got to do with it? Also available with downloadable audio."

Cambridge English Readers is an award-winning series of original fiction readers for learners of English, offering exciting reading from Starter to Advanced levels. "A musician disappears, leaving only a strange e-mail message. Her husband, in a desperate search to find her, revisits their shared past and has to face up to some unpleasant realities, before trying to rebuild his life. His journey of discovery takes us across the world to Poland and Rio and deep into the human heart. Also available with downloadable audio."

An uncomplicated analysis of the nature of writing, particularly in terms of process, product and genre Discussion of the practical implications of teaching the theory of writing Descriptions of a broad spread of writing tasks, simple and extended, to help teachers select those that will be most effective in developing their students’ writing skills

 

 

In this accessible book, Jeremy Harmer draws on his extensive experience of communicative language teaching to provide 50 tried and tested classroom activities. The book sets out the characteristics of good communicative activities, before outlining a range of clear, practical and fun examples that will help teachers in a wide range of contexts to effectively engage learners and develop their communicative skills. Topics covered include interacting with texts, delivering presentations and performances, and including communicative activities in a longer language and topic journey.

Essential theory, practical teaching advice and classroom ideas presented in full colour, across two-pages, on DVD footage and through pin code access on the web.

Written in accessible English, Essential Teacher Knowledge is ideal preparation for TKT, any other entry-level teacher qualifications, or as a handbook for any EFL teacher.

Over 2 hours of DVD footage includes

Demonstrations of key teaching techniques, such as giving instructions and drilling, letting new teachers see theory put into practice ‘Voices' teachers from around the world sharing opinions and ideas about key issues for the global ELT community.

The Practice of English Language Teaching is an essential guide for teachers of English. It explains current pedagogy to teachers who want to access the most relevant ELT practices and incorporate them into their lessons.

The Practice of English Language Teaching includes:

English as a world language Theories of language and language learning Learner characteristics which influence teacher decisions Guidance on managing learning Teaching language systems (grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation) Teaching language skills (speaking, writing, listening and reading) Practical teaching ideas The role of technology (old and new) in the classroom Assessment for language learning in the digital age

About the accompanying DVD which runs for 3 hours

For the fifth edition of The Practice of English Language Teaching, we decided to take a film crew out to see what English language lessons look like in different places, in different situations and, crucially, with different age groups. And so we asked a number of teachers if they would let us film them at work, doing one of their ‘normal’ lessons.

With that in mind, we went to Ankara in Turkey and filmed two teachers, Asli Nilüfer Usluel and Emel Atasoy, working with young learners.

In the UK, we filmed at a residential summer school in the city of Oxford. Varinder Unlu and John Duthie taught teenagers from a variety of different countries and different language backgrounds.

Back in Turkey, we had the chance to record lessons (taught by Zeynep Büyüktuna and Çigdem Özen) for adult Turkish students who were getting ready to study at an English-medium university.

In Mexico, at a private language school, we had the good fortune to film teachers Juan Pablo Monfón Jiménez, Ricardo Fajardo Cortés and Araceli Menchaca Sánchez with their adult Mexican students.

In each case, after the lesson, I was able to interview the teachers on camera so that I could ask them about their lessons and about the issues that came up as a result of their teaching choices.

This year marks the golden jubilee of the last eruption of Artemio's Fire, San Miguel's very own volcano. Tourists and locals alike are traveling north from the big city to the festival on the mountain.    Jacinto Perez, lascivious music professor and violin virtuoso, seeks redemption in this pilgrimage. Mayor Silvestre Ocampo worries about containing the cult that is threatening his and the town's moment of glory. Confined to his old hacienda, Don Esteban is nearing the end of his life. His sister wonders how she will bear this loss, while his beautiful granddaughter Angelita Hernandez embarks on a dangerous and momentous journey to the mountain to see him one last time.    But the most unexpected guest to the festival is the volcano itself, which has been lying in uneasy slumber for the past fifty years.

As Don Estaban lies on his deathbed, the town of San Miguel prepares for the celebration of its volcano's 50th birthday. There will be a concert and a parade, but there are also threats of demonstrations and vigilantes. It's all too much for the local mayor, who is beginning to wish they'd never planned these festivities.Nevertheless, amidst all the chaos and suffering, lives intermingle in unexpected ways, and are transformed in the shadow of Artemio's Fire.

The volcano still smolders over San Miguel, but it is the interconnected lives of its people that burn with passion, conflict, and hope. Federico, a lawyer torn between loyalty to his family and the stirrings of forbidden love, struggles to find his footing in a world shifting beneath him. Genoveva, a young nurse driven by grief and conviction, joins a movement that could change everything. And Silvestre, once a compromised mayor, begins to imagine a future larger than himself, though forces around him will stop at nothing to silence the change he wants to bring.Burning Questions is a sweeping story of resilience and renewal, where private lives intertwine with public struggles, and no one remains untouched by change. The story pulls readers into a world of unforgettable characters fighting for love, justice, and belonging. As the third book in The Volcano at St. Miguel series, this novel also stands alone as a powerful story that will captivate those who believe in rising from the ashes.