Advantages: Great quality, educational, fun, great price
Disadvantages: None

...to look at learning to read with my eldest daughter I bought her some of the Level 1 read at home books from the Biff, Chip and Kipper series, I was lucky enough to pick 4 of the books up on Ebay so got them at a really good price. Whe ... Read review

Advantages: It has the word degringolade
Disadvantages: You find some...!!

...a multitude of books on the subject. One of my closer friends, knowing how obsessive compulsive I am about such things and also wanting to expand my vocabulary ... Read review

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E from me. This has been on my wishlist since I read his last one :-) by ryanando

I get to read something new. Woop! Very well portrayed, by Lalibela

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Advantages: Interesting, a good resource book
Disadvantages: No pronunciation guide

I love words. I am a voracious reader and I often come across words that are unfamiliar to me. I experience a geeky pleasure when I discover the meaning and origins of a new word. I have favourite words – words I find amusing, words I find splendidly u ... Read review

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My dad would love this...he started reading the dictionary when he was a child! x by Gingerkitty

Sounds like a lot of fun by mattydalton

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Advantages: My boys love these books, good story, easy to read.
Disadvantages: A bit expensive , especially if collecting the whole set, but worth every pence.

"Alien Invasion" is part of Project X new series for boys. These books are carefully graded so children gradually progress from one reading to the level. This particular story is book band 6 Orange and corresponds to Oxford Reading Tree level 6. I hesitat ... Read review

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Super review x by chrisandmark_is_here

Great review. by kiss_me2070

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Advantages: Incredible series that rally helped my child develop a love for reading.
Disadvantages: Expensive - but worth it.

...son was pouring through the Project X books as quickly as he could before turning to Charilie Higsons books and then graphic novels. He did manage to read all the way up to level 16 before ... Read review

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E from me. Superb review. by MrGump

Does sound an engaging series by moistbabe

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Advantages: An admirable aim of improving academic writing, easy to read and well illustrated
Disadvantages: Short on concrete suggestions and I don't agree with all her criticisms

It sometimes surprises those who know little of the workings of academia that the lecturers entrusted to teach students receive little, if any, formal pedagogical training. What – on reflection – seems almost equally surprising is that most academics, for ... Read review

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Very thoughtful review by catsholiday

Fantastic review xx by sweetdaisy

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Advantages: Easy to understand, Interesting reading topics, lots of tests, CD with times tests.
Disadvantages: NONE

Hi there, If you are one of many students planning to write the TOEFL test, then I might be able to provide some good advice. I say this because I personally took the TOEFL test. I hold a Bachelor's degree in Telecommunication Engineering from India and ... Read review

Advantages: Easy to read, funny and bright pictures
Disadvantages: none

The masked cleaning ladies of Om is the first in a set of three books based around a very dirty castle and how king Harry and his men , who don't like fighting dragons, end up saving the castle with the help of princess Jane. This book is written by John ... Read review

Advantages: Good for locals.
Disadvantages: Bad for non-locals!

Being a true Devonian (fourth generation that I know of!), I was well chuffed when I saw this book being sold in one of my local garden centres. But this soon turned a little bit to embarrassment, when I saw just how many ‘proper phrases’ I used in everyd ... Read review

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Afraid I'm not really a proper Devonian though I have lived here most of my life! by JOHNV

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Advantages: Written in Spanish
Disadvantages: Some words aren't included in dictionary

This is the textbook that we use at my current school to teach Spanish. This series has been used in my school district for years now. This has allowed me to have exposure to these books in various levels of the language.I believe that my school couldn't ... Read review

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Welcome to ciao by catsholiday

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Advantages: Provides a wide range of vocab. Will teach you to read Khmer which is vital for future learning
Disadvantages: Little focus on grammar which although easy cannot be completely ignored

I used this CD course for about four months prior to moving to Phnom Penh after which I began learning Khmer via one to one tuition at the Khmer School of Language. As Khmer is not a particularly widely spoken language it can be difficult to obtain learn ... Read review

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Good for you learning the language by catsholiday

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Advantages: price, appearance, humour, well structured
Disadvantages: None!

...word by making sure that my own work is written grammatically correct. Because I spent all of my school days learning ... Read review

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Interesting. Nice one. John by Coloneljohn

looks good, everyone can learn something from this, I expect. by Claiiiree

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Advantages: Excellent Resource. My students enjoy using it. Makes my life easier.
Disadvantages: Only suitable for my advanced level students

Proficiency Gold Coursebook - Jacky Newman & Judith Wilson Proficiency Gold is a paperback coursebook first published in 2001 and is written by Jacky Newman & Judith Wilson . The book teaches English language and grammar to students ... Read review

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Thanks for the helpful comments. by mirandamac

E from me :o) by VampirePrincessLizzy

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Advantages: Very easy techniques.
Disadvantages: It is a little wordy.

I will attempt to provide you with a good review about this product. Three points to consider are: 1. Should you buy this book? 2. Why should you buy this book? 3. The good and the bad. Should you buy this book? If you suffer from voice problems or you w ... Read review

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Hi, welcome to ciao x by Spottydog11

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Advantages: Lots of information, good pictures, many topics covered
Disadvantages: not good for beginners

Hello fellow peoples! As those of you know who have read some of my other reviews, I am a great lover of languages. One of my best friends recently married a Chinese man, and I was made godfather of her baby so I thought it would be nice to try and learn ... Read review

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Well reviewed by Mistee-Dreamz

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