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Essential tools to improve your English skills

The new 3rd edition of English Basics and More English Basics has been developed specifically for New Zealand students with a new engaging design. It offers independent study for those wishing to improve their understanding of the basics of English grammar and punctuation. Now also available as engaging, student friendly e-workbooks, suitable for Mac, PC, iPad & tablet.

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Achievement English Close Reading of Unfamiliar Text

These integrated textbook-workbooks in the Achievement English: Close Reading of Unfamiliar Text – Years 11, 12 and 13 series are designed to prepare students for these externally assessed standards. Each title takes only the relevant Close Reading sections to focus on the analytical skills required in these standards.

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Complete Close Reading – Supporting Years 9 and 10 English

Complete Close Reading is a three-book course for New Zealand to help develop and practice the vitally important skills of reading with comprehension and responding to a variety of written, visual and oral texts. It holds to the idea that you can’t run before you walk and, therefore, divides its questions into sections that bring together the best ideas.

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Getting Familiar with the Unfamiliar 1 and 2

These easy-to-follow workbooks have been created for students to use with little or no teacher intervention. The workbooks include a variety of activities, accommodating all types of learners, and share a common goal of students being able to tackle any text with confidence and write thoughtful responses.

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Making Meaning and Creating Meaning

The second editions of the ever-popular How to ... Achieve in Year 9 and Year 10 English have been updated to reflect current teaching and curriculum changes. Some favourites have been retained, but a fresh new design, extracts and resources have been added to appeal to students and teachers alike.

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Essential English

Essential English is an invaluable personal resource designed to help your students’ memory when texts are being read, analysed and critiqued. It’s easy-to-use A-Z format of terminology used in a senior English classroom makes it a comprehensive reference tool.

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Essential Text Types

Often when students read, the essentials are not considered. This guide is intended to present the intentions of a type of writing first and an example to demonstrate how a writer achieves those intentions. Essential Text Types is designed to help produce over 30 different types of written texts from general academic essays, speeches, media articles and job applications.

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