Anne Baker volgde een opleiding tot verpleegster in Engeland, maar woonde na haar huwelijk in Libië en Nigeria voordat ze terugkeerde naar Birkenhead, waar ze werkte als wijkverpleegkundige. Ze woont nu met haar man in Merseyside.
Dit boek geeft een brede introductie in de taalwetenschap in al haar facetten. De structuur van taal krijgt uiteraard ruime aandacht, maar ook de taalgebruiker en de taalgemeenschap komen uitgebreid aan bod.
Annie Baker's mesmerising exploration of the frailty and loneliness of human
experience. The week after Thanksgiving. A bed and breakfast in Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania. A cheerful innkeeper. A young couple struggling to stay
together. Thousands of inanimate objects, watching.
Anne Baker's compelling Merseyside saga brings a delightful cast of characters
face to face with the trials and tribulations of life - but the family will
survive it all.
Our heroine must face up to the secrets of her mother's past to find love and
happiness in this evocative Merseyside saga from bestselling author Anne Baker
Sunday Times bestselling author Anne Baker returns with another compelling saga of family secrets, heartache and happy endings Dinah Radcliffe doesn't have much money to spend on the finer things in life but she shares a contented existence with her mother, Sarah. They have seen their share of troubles since Dinah's father was killed in the Great War but the Radcliffes have always made the best of things. When Dinah meets widowed businessman Richard Haldane at the races, her life changes beyond recognition. Richard sweeps Dinah off her feet, dazzling her with a glimpse of wealth and privilege beyond her wildest dreams, and they are married in a matter of weeks. But Richard is not the man Dinah thought he was. Soon, she's learning that money can't buy you happiness. And that she's married to a man who takes far more dangerous risks than just betting on his horses...
Pronunciation Pairs is a classic listening and pronunciation text that teaches students to recognize and produce all of the speech sounds of North American English. It also covers important features such as word and sentence stress, and intonation.
Der klassische Aussprachekurs Ship or Sheep? wurde komplett überarbeitet. In
jeder Unit wird gezielt die Aussprache eines Einzellautes geübt sowie dessen
richtige Betonung im Wort als auch Minimalpaare behandelt. Der Kurs richtet
sich an Lernende auf GER-Niveau B1-B2. Durch den klar strukturierten und
eingängen Lösungsteil eignet sich Ship or Sheep? sowohl zum Selbststudium als
auch für den Einsatz im Unterricht. Diese Ausgabe enthält keine Audio CDs.