Chris Sowton Knihy

Get your students thinking critically. A six-level skills-based English course.

Unlock is a five-level academic skills course that combines carefully scaffolded exercises, a comprehensive approach to critical thinking and motivating video.

First published in 1930, Swallows and Amazons secured Arthur Ransome's reputation as one of the most influential children's authors of all time, yet prior to writing fiction he had had a turbulent career as a journalist and war correspondent in revolutionary Russia. In this refreshing account of Ransome's work, Alan Kennedy sets out to explain his enduring appeal, combining literary criticism with psychological expertise. Not only did Ransome apply a careful narrative theory to his works, his use of symbolism aligning them more with the modernist tradition than with the event-driven children's literature of contemporaries such as Richmal Crompton and Enid Blyton, but his novels are also more than usually autobiographical. This Kennedy ably demonstrates with reference to three particular challenges Ransome faced in a seriously conflicted his father's untimely death, his abandonment of his infant daughter in order to escape his catastrophic first marriage, and the innumerable compromises that kept him alive during his Russian exile. A Thoroughly Mischievous The Other Arthur Ransome is the first study to tackle this matter systematically, giving casual and scholarly readers alike new insights into this fascinating figure.

Cambridge Academic English is a three-level integrated skills course for higher education students at university or on foundation courses. Designed specifically for students preparing for university, this integrated skills course develops language and real academic skills essential for successful university studies across disciplines. With authentic lectures and seminars, language informed by the Cambridge Academic Corpus and Academic Word Lists, the course guarantees the English that students learn is up to date and relevant to them. The Teacher's Book provides extensive teacher support including teaching notes and additional photocopiable worksheets for the classroom.

A three-level (B1+ to C1) integrated skills course for higher education students at university or on foundation courses.

A five-level reading course to help learners develop a range of academic and critical thinking skills to build confidence and prepare for college courses.

Unlock is a four-level academic skills course that combines thought-provoking video from Discovery Education™ with carefully scaffolded exercises and a fresh approach to critical thinking skills. The Reading and Writing Skills 3 Teacher's Book with DVD provides detailed lesson plans for classrooms. Language Notes, Background Notes and Optional Activities are included to ensure you get the most possible from the materials and can deal with queries from students. In addition, the Teacher's Book provides ideas on how to get even more from the Objectives Review, Wordlist, and Review Test sections. The Discovery Education™ video on the Teacher's DVD (also accessible via our LMS) is used to introduce topics, promote discussion and motivate learners. The videos provide a new angle on a wide range of academic subjects.

Originally published in 1984, this new introductory text fulfilled a need amongst both psychology and education students for a book which dealt with reading in a way that explored areas beyond the strictly practical question of how to teach children to read.