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Welcome to the English Subject Guide, a good place to start when searching for resources to support your studies. If you have any questions email your Subject Librarian.
Don't hate grammar by
Don’t Hate Grammar helps students and professionals write clearly and correctly. It covers the most important aspects of grammar, construction, style and referencing, using simple definitions and clear examples. It explains New Zealand English with local words and grammatical rules in a simple and friendly style. The book design enables people to quickly find the information they need while they are writing on paper or computer.
Contents
Introduction -- 1. Parts of speech, verb tense and quantity -- 2. Sentenced and xlauses -- 3. Pronouns -- 4. Sentence add-ons: modifiers and phrases -- 5. Subject-verb agreement -- 6. Punctuation -- 7. Mechanics and quantitative language -- 8. Pelling and variations -- 9. Easily confused words -- 10. Active vioce and better writing -- 11. References and sources -- Index.
Dewey Number: 428.2 WORPublication Date: 2022
English Grammar by
Looking for an easy-to-use guide to English grammar? This handy introduction covers all the basics of the subject, using a simple and straightforward style. Students will find the book's step-by-step approach easy to follow and be encouraged by its non-technical language. Requiring no prior knowledge of English grammar, the information is presented in small steps, with objective techniques to help readers apply concepts. With clear explanations and well chosen examples, the book gives students the tools to understand the mysteries of English grammar as well as the perfect foundation from which to move on to more advanced topics.
Dewey Number: 428.2 ALTPublication Date: 2010
English Pronunciation in Use Elementary by
Understand and be understood in English with the best-selling English Pronunciation in Use. Fifty easy-to-use units cover all aspects of pronunciation, including individual sounds, word stress, connected speech and intonation. An additional reference section offers a glossary of specialized terms, help with the pronunciation of numbers and geographical names, and fun exercises on phonemic symbols and minimal pairs. Versions with Audio CDs, supporting each unit with audio material in a range of accents. and with a CD-ROM, are available to purchase separately.
Dewey Number: 421.52 MARPublication Date: 2007- Everyday English : guided dialogues for English language learners by Contains guided dialogues for English language learners to practise and learn the features of spoken English.Dewey Number: 428.24 BRAISBN: 9780958291934Publication Date: 2012
English Readers
The Library has a selection of readers, some with CD's, which you can borrow. They are graded by level of difficulty, Pink is elementary, Yellow is intermediate and Blue is advanced.
Oliver Twist by
Penguin Readers is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders.
Dewey Number: 428.6 DICISBN: BluePublication Date: 2000
New Zealand, Level 2 by
This award-winning graded readers series is full of original fiction, adapted fiction and factbooks especially written for teenagers. From Maori traditions, such as the world-famous Haka dance, to its stunning geography, the 'Land of the Long White Cloud' is a country rich in tradition and sporting adventure. Explore this spectacularly beautiful country through the myths and legends that are part of its culture. This is a British English version of the title. The book comes with a CD-ROM/Audio CD with vocabulary games and complete text recordings. Cambridge Experience Readers, previously called Cambridge Discovery Readers, get your students hooked on reading.
Dewey Number: 428.6 JOHISBN: YellowPublication Date: 2009
The Teacher's Secret by
Are men cleverer than women? Is a poor man cleverer than a rich man? And what about teachers? Are they always cleverer than their students? The people in these six well-known folk tales from around the world all want to be clever. But are some of them just stupid?
Dewey Number: 428.6 HANISBN: PinkPublication Date: 2004
Online Videos
- Clickview: Simple English A series of 18 videos using english in everyday situations
Websites
- ELLLO ELLLO has over 3,000 free listening lessons for all levels! Most lessons have audio or video, a transcript, vocab support and interactive quizzes.
English for Employment
English for Vocational Purposes by
English for Vocational Purposes provides a linguistic description of English in the context of the trades and investigates how this specialist language is used in real-world contexts. As the demand for English-speaking workers in the trades grows internationally, a major gap in the research on language in the trades is evident. Based on courses in construction and engineering at a polytechnic in New Zealand, this book offers an empirical response to this gap in research. Features of this book include: new research on linguistic features of written and spoken texts in trades education, with a special focus on discourse, visual elements of written texts and vocabulary; real-life examples of the language in context, along with implications for teaching and learning and a chapter devoted to putting research findings into practice; qualitative and quantitative data to support examples and shed light on the most complex aspects of English as a trades language; supplementary material online which includes technical word lists in areas of carpentry, plumbing, automotive technology and fabrication (welding). Paving the way for a new research agenda in the field of ESP, English for Vocational Purposes is key reading for advanced students, researchers and practitioners in the areas of ESP, trades education and vocational education.
Dewey Number: 428.0071 COXISBN: 9781138326286Publication Date: 2019
Librarian
Where to look on the shelves
Use the Dewey or Call number to find books on Level 4 of the Main Library (South Campus).
| English dictionaries | 423 |
| English grammar | 428.24 |
| IELTS | 428.34, 428.0076 |
| English readers | 428.6 |
| Language dictionaries | 430 - 499 |