Subject & Study Guides: English Language: Books

Dictionaries

Cambridge Essential English Dictionary
A small, low-level monolingual English dictionary for beginners and pre-intermediate learners of English
Oxford Collocations Dictionary by Oxford (Editor)
The dictionary that helps students write and speak natural-sounding English

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Level 1 (Ground floor) Te Puna Library

English Language workbooks 428.24

Dictionaries 423

Readers 428.6

Level 3 (Top floor) Te Puna Library

Academic Writing - 808

Text books - 808.0428

NZ magazines - 919.3

Readers

New Zealand, Level 2 by Margaret Johnson
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..Includes CD-ROM/Audio CD with vocabulary games and complete text recordings.
Our Green Future
This reader explores the newest and cleverest ideas in sustainable energy and ecologically friendly construction. Word count: 2573. Lexile Reading Level: 880L.
Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: the Everest Story by Tim Vicary
It is beautiful to look at, hard to reach, and terribly difficult to climb. Winds of 200 kilometres per hour or more scream across it day and night, while the temperature falls to -20°C or lower.. Level B1.

Listening by Chris Flint; Jamie Flockhart
Develop key listening skills and become more confident when listening to English, however it is spoken. To improve your listening skills, you need to hear real conversations
Reading: A2 (Collins English for Life: Skills) by Anna Osborn
Develop key reading skills and become more confident when reading in English. If you want to understand everything you read in English, you need to practise reading different kinds of texts
Writing by Kirsten Campbell-Howes; Clare Dignall
Are you comfortable writing English in the classroom but nervous about writing in the real world? To write confidently in English you need to practise different styles of written English
Speaking by Cheryl Pelteret
Do you want to sound more like a native speaker of English? You need the key phrases and the conversational tools native speakers use to get their message across

Ken Paterson author.; Roberta Wedge
Provides students with the functional grammar they need to succeed in their academic studies

Focus on Pronunciation 1 by Lane
The edition gives beginning students the tools, tips, and techniques they need to speak clearly, accurately, and fluently