Past Simple Learning English through History - Couverture souple

Ronder, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1859645291 ISBN 13 : 9781859645291

Editeur : Garnet Education, 2012

Synopsis

Past Simple: Learning English through British History and Culture A fascinating and informative introduction to British history and culture. Chronological: 1. Civilizing the barbarians: The Romans in Britain 2. 1066 and all that: The Norman Conquest 3. Majesty and marriages: King Henry VIII 4. Good Queen Bess: Elizabeth I 5. Roundheads and Cavaliers: The English Civil War 6. Fire and plague: Samuel Pepys' London 7. The longest reign: The Victorians 8. A long way from Tipperary: World War I 9. Britain can take it: The Blitz 10. From the cradle to the grave: The welfare state 11. Cultural revolution: The swinging sixties 12. The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher Thematic: 1. From barons to ballot box: The long road to democracy 2. The Bard of Avon: William Shakespeare 3. The Sun never set: The British Empire 4. A special relationship? Britain and the USA 5. A funny old game: Cricket 6. Seen and not heard: British childhood 7. Auld enemies: England and Scotland 7. That cloud in the west: Ireland 9. A safe haven: Immigrationto Britain 10. An enduring obsession: Social class in Britain

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Peter Thompson is head of history at London s leading sixth-form college and has over 20 years history teaching experience, working mostly with 16-19-year-olds and adults. He taught English as a foreign language whilst living in Berlin, Germany, for three years during the 1990s. David Ronder started his English teaching career in Barcelona in the early 1990s. He has taught business and general English in the UK for many years, recently specialising in ESOL. An Edinburgh history graduate, he has always been interested in the connections between language and history. He devised and ran an innovative course to teach British history to ESOL students at the Institute in North London, which formed the initial basis for Past Simple. He is a published travel journalist, and though he continues to teach, he now works mainly as a freelance editor and Spanish translator. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Garnet Education
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1859645291
• ISBN 13: 9781859645291
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
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