Books 01: Essential Grammar in Use

Raymond Murphy, 2007  Essential Grammar in Use, with ANSWERS and CD, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge    Third edition

This is a self-study reference and practice book to learn english grammar at elementary level.

This is an easy to use book with full-colour illustrations, explanations of grammar points and exercises to check understanding.

The CD-ROM contains lots of additional practice exercises.

ISBN: 9780521675437

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Books 02: English Vocabulary in Use - Elementary

Michael McCarthy and Felicity O’Dell, 2010 English Vocabulary in Use Elementary, with answers and CD-ROM, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge   Second edition

An updated edition of the best-selling vocabulary practice book.

English Vocabulary in Use Elementary covers all the words and phrases you need at this level to understand and be understood in English.

The book comes with a CD-ROM that has interactive games, hundreds of practice exercises, audio recordings, customisable tests and a built-in dictionary.

 ISBN: 9780521136204

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Books 03: Cambridge Essential English Dictionary

Cambridge Essential English Dictionary, 2011 Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

A monolingual English dictionary for elementary to intermediate learners of English, using short, easy to understand definitions and lots of example sentences to put English language into context.

This new edition of the Cambridge Essential English Dictionary clearly marks essential vocabulary that students need to know at A1-B1 levels.

• Over 15,000 up-to-date words with clear and easy to understand definitions 
• Hundreds of short, natural example sentences show exactly how the language is naturally used in spoken and written English 
• 'Common Error' boxes, based on the Cambridge Learner Corpus, help avoid mistakes that learners of English typically make 
• Hundreds of illustrations and sixteen pages of colour pictures aid vocabulary learning and make it ideal for self-study 

9780521170925

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(In this area I will give some guidance about how an English-English dictionary can be used, in preference to online, smartphone and other dictionaries.)