Excellent!, 14 Apr 2008
Excellent intermediate grammar book with simple explanations / examples and exercises. Great for teachers and sudents!

Nice price, 19 Jan 2008
This edition is my favourite.

I've been using and recommending EGIU for over 20 years (oh my..). Raymond Murphy must owe me ££££'s in commissions ;-)

At this price, order 2.

If your class is going to buy the book, then you'll need the newest edition. Very cunning of you to change it ever so slightly every new edition, Cambridge University Press

One of the best grammar book I have ever used, 21 Jan 2005
I used it a lot for teaching classes and as a self-reference, this book is clear and easy to understand, on top of it there are tons of exercises to practise, which is brilliant.

Best Grammar Book (for beginners and intermadiate), 27 Jun 2001
It is a reference and practice book so you are going to always need this under your hand. Definetely for self-study.

Teachers and students should not be without this book, 17 Dec 2000
The whole series is invaluable to EFL / ESL teachers and students. Strongly recommended for practical use in the classroom and self study for students.

Those new to teaching foreign students will also find this book helpful for improving their own grammar. Exercises in the book can be used in lessons making this book a long-term investment.

Excellent!, 14 Apr 2008
Excellent intermediate grammar book with simple explanations / examples and exercises. Great for teachers and sudents!

Nice price, 19 Jan 2008
This edition is my favourite.

I've been using and recommending EGIU for over 20 years (oh my..). Raymond Murphy must owe me ££££'s in commissions ;-)

At this price, order 2.

If your class is going to buy the book, then you'll need the newest edition. Very cunning of you to change it ever so slightly every new edition, Cambridge University Press

One of the best grammar book I have ever used, 21 Jan 2005
I used it a lot for teaching classes and as a self-reference, this book is clear and easy to understand, on top of it there are tons of exercises to practise, which is brilliant.

Best Grammar Book (for beginners and intermadiate), 27 Jun 2001
It is a reference and practice book so you are going to always need this under your hand. Definetely for self-study.

Teachers and students should not be without this book, 17 Dec 2000
The whole series is invaluable to EFL / ESL teachers and students. Strongly recommended for practical use in the classroom and self study for students.

Those new to teaching foreign students will also find this book helpful for improving their own grammar. Exercises in the book can be used in lessons making this book a long-term investment.

Up to date and VERY informative!, 06 Sep 2008
Jeremy Harmer has been prominent in the EFL industry for many years. This latest version of his classic 'The Practice of English Language Teaching' is very informative and full of all the neccessary aspects of the EFL industry. It also includes comments on some very modern methods and techniques, such as DOGME EFL, interactive whiteboards and cuisinere rods.

Harmer is very easy to read and is not heavy like some of the earlier English language writers. The DVD is a welcome edition, and though it really doesn't offer anything new it is still enlightening to watch other teachers teach in a real-life classroom situation.

Although, bearing the same title as the 3 previous versions, it is pretty much a whole new book...with a lot of new chapters. So if you do have an older edition, it is still highly recommended to update your library with this one.

The Practice of English Language Teaching (4th Edition) is recommended for any teachers wanting to develop their teaching techniques or indeed wanting to take the DELTA course. It is probably too detailed and in depth for CELTA trainees or newly qualified EFL teachers.

Excellent!, 14 Apr 2008
Excellent intermediate grammar book with simple explanations / examples and exercises. Great for teachers and sudents!

Nice price, 19 Jan 2008
This edition is my favourite.

I've been using and recommending EGIU for over 20 years (oh my..). Raymond Murphy must owe me ££££'s in commissions ;-)

At this price, order 2.

If your class is going to buy the book, then you'll need the newest edition. Very cunning of you to change it ever so slightly every new edition, Cambridge University Press

One of the best grammar book I have ever used, 21 Jan 2005
I used it a lot for teaching classes and as a self-reference, this book is clear and easy to understand, on top of it there are tons of exercises to practise, which is brilliant.

Best Grammar Book (for beginners and intermadiate), 27 Jun 2001
It is a reference and practice book so you are going to always need this under your hand. Definetely for self-study.

Teachers and students should not be without this book, 17 Dec 2000
The whole series is invaluable to EFL / ESL teachers and students. Strongly recommended for practical use in the classroom and self study for students.

Those new to teaching foreign students will also find this book helpful for improving their own grammar. Exercises in the book can be used in lessons making this book a long-term investment.

Up to date and VERY informative!, 06 Sep 2008
Jeremy Harmer has been prominent in the EFL industry for many years. This latest version of his classic 'The Practice of English Language Teaching' is very informative and full of all the neccessary aspects of the EFL industry. It also includes comments on some very modern methods and techniques, such as DOGME EFL, interactive whiteboards and cuisinere rods.

Harmer is very easy to read and is not heavy like some of the earlier English language writers. The DVD is a welcome edition, and though it really doesn't offer anything new it is still enlightening to watch other teachers teach in a real-life classroom situation.

Although, bearing the same title as the 3 previous versions, it is pretty much a whole new book...with a lot of new chapters. So if you do have an older edition, it is still highly recommended to update your library with this one.

The Practice of English Language Teaching (4th Edition) is recommended for any teachers wanting to develop their teaching techniques or indeed wanting to take the DELTA course. It is probably too detailed and in depth for CELTA trainees or newly qualified EFL teachers.

Superb and incredibly inventive prequel to Jane Eyre, 06 Aug 2007
The Wide Sargasso Sea is the story of Antoinette Cosway/ Bertha Mason, the mad first wife of Mr Rochester from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.

It tells her story, as the marginalised outsider, and shows how she came to be locked in a grey tower in England, guarded night and day, and despised and feared by her husband, from her childhood roots in the Caribbean.

It is a brilliant book, atmospheric, passionate and political; still as relevant as when it was first written. It stands alone, without having read Jane Eyre, despite its brevity. However, it is in the context of Jane Eyre that it is really best understood.

It is always audacious to take on a classic novel in this way, but Wide Sargasso Sea does so imaginatively and sympathetically, creating characters that have a life of their own, beyond Bronte's text.

A great book that gives in depth view into the mind of "Bertha", 26 Jun 2007
Even thought I didn't enjoy the film too much the book itself is phenomenal. The story of Bertha, the first Mrs. Rochester, "Wide Sargasso Sea" is a not only a brilliant deconstruction of Charlotte Bront's legacy, but is also a damning history of colonialism in the West Indies. This novel addresses the issue of race and culture, but it also addresses the inner thought processes of a woman confronted with cultural chaos between the Creole, Jamaican, and British in the Caribbean.

Told from different points of view, the text is a tapestry weaving Bertha's story with Edward Rochester's early life. Like the seaweed the book is named for, the structure floats in and out of artistic consciousness as though on a sea of many unwritten stories. Although some might argue that "Wide Sargasso Sea," detracts from "Jane Eyre," I feel that Jean Rhys gives us a fuller understanding about the cultural historiography that produces "great literature." As a champion for the silenced voices, Charlotte Bront herself was all too aware of societies' injustices.

While today, "Jane Eyre" is generally accepted as a tract on social class, feminism, and conscious production of art, 150 years ago, Bront was lambasted by contemporary critics as unchristian, seditious and a poor writer. I can not help but think Bront, as social critic, would have cheered the publication of "Wide Sargasso Sea." A wonderful book for anyone studying Latin America or the Caribbean.


Caribbean then and now, 17 Nov 2006
I re-read this upon finding it - along with Phyllis Shand Allfrey's The Orchid House - on a bookshelf a decade after first buying and reading both. They both depict a colonial way of life which has come to an end. Wide Sargasso Sea is quite simply an exquisite portrayal of Jamaica and the other un-named island which the newly-weds travel to and albeit short, a marvellous novel. Jane Eyre was an must for O-level but I never warmed to her, unlike Antoinette, whose story is tragic and still an enigma in the novel. Who really made her insane?...

Mad women in the attic, 31 Jul 2006
This is a story from the point of view of the 'mad women' in Jane Eyre. I found it all consuming and couldn't put it down. Don't worry if you haven't read JA it's still a fantastic book and if you are a JA fan, don't feel it will detract from that wonderful novel, as the 2 can be read exclusively of each other. Either way, you will be left wondering, was his wife mad, or did Mr Rochester make her that way?

Makes you think..., 30 Jul 2005
Wide Sargasso Sea is a prequel to Charlotte Bronte`s Jane Eyre.
It is a very short book but it is very moving,readable and beautifully written.Jean Rhys uses descriptions about Jamacia which conjer up it`s smells and sights so you feel that you are actually there.
The narrative displacement is easy to keep track of as it is only between Mr Rochester and his mad bride(who is actually called Antoniette by the way).Antoniette is easy to sympathise with especially in the first and final parts as they are told by her.If you have read Jane Eyre before you will see her in a different light and even care about her.
However I will not spoil this fantastic book.I would recommend reading Jane Eyre first as you will appreciate it better,but even if you haven`t I still recommend.
I am now waiting to read Quartet also by Jean Rhys.

Excellent!, 14 Apr 2008
Excellent intermediate grammar book with simple explanations / examples and exercises. Great for teachers and sudents!

Nice price, 19 Jan 2008
This edition is my favourite.

I've been using and recommending EGIU for over 20 years (oh my..). Raymond Murphy must owe me ££££'s in commissions ;-)

At this price, order 2.

If your class is going to buy the book, then you'll need the newest edition. Very cunning of you to change it ever so slightly every new edition, Cambridge University Press

One of the best grammar book I have ever used, 21 Jan 2005
I used it a lot for teaching classes and as a self-reference, this book is clear and easy to understand, on top of it there are tons of exercises to practise, which is brilliant.

Best Grammar Book (for beginners and intermadiate), 27 Jun 2001
It is a reference and practice book so you are going to always need this under your hand. Definetely for self-study.

Teachers and students should not be without this book, 17 Dec 2000
The whole series is invaluable to EFL / ESL teachers and students. Strongly recommended for practical use in the classroom and self study for students.

Those new to teaching foreign students will also find this book helpful for improving their own grammar. Exercises in the book can be used in lessons making this book a long-term investment.

Up to date and VERY informative!, 06 Sep 2008
Jeremy Harmer has been prominent in the EFL industry for many years. This latest version of his classic 'The Practice of English Language Teaching' is very informative and full of all the neccessary aspects of the EFL industry. It also includes comments on some very modern methods and techniques, such as DOGME EFL, interactive whiteboards and cuisinere rods.

Harmer is very easy to read and is not heavy like some of the earlier English language writers. The DVD is a welcome edition, and though it really doesn't offer anything new it is still enlightening to watch other teachers teach in a real-life classroom situation.

Although, bearing the same title as the 3 previous versions, it is pretty much a whole new book...with a lot of new chapters. So if you do have an older edition, it is still highly recommended to update your library with this one.

The Practice of English Language Teaching (4th Edition) is recommended for any teachers wanting to develop their teaching techniques or indeed wanting to take the DELTA course. It is probably too detailed and in depth for CELTA trainees or newly qualified EFL teachers.

Superb and incredibly inventive prequel to Jane Eyre, 06 Aug 2007
The Wide Sargasso Sea is the story of Antoinette Cosway/ Bertha Mason, the mad first wife of Mr Rochester from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.

It tells her story, as the marginalised outsider, and shows how she came to be locked in a grey tower in England, guarded night and day, and despised and feared by her husband, from her childhood roots in the Caribbean.

It is a brilliant book, atmospheric, passionate and political; still as relevant as when it was first written. It stands alone, without having read Jane Eyre, despite its brevity. However, it is in the context of Jane Eyre that it is really best understood.

It is always audacious to take on a classic novel in this way, but Wide Sargasso Sea does so imaginatively and sympathetically, creating characters that have a life of their own, beyond Bronte's text.

A great book that gives in depth view into the mind of "Bertha", 26 Jun 2007
Even thought I didn't enjoy the film too much the book itself is phenomenal. The story of Bertha, the first Mrs. Rochester, "Wide Sargasso Sea" is a not only a brilliant deconstruction of Charlotte Bront's legacy, but is also a damning history of colonialism in the West Indies. This novel addresses the issue of race and culture, but it also addresses the inner thought processes of a woman confronted with cultural chaos between the Creole, Jamaican, and British in the Caribbean.

Told from different points of view, the text is a tapestry weaving Bertha's story with Edward Rochester's early life. Like the seaweed the book is named for, the structure floats in and out of artistic consciousness as though on a sea of many unwritten stories. Although some might argue that "Wide Sargasso Sea," detracts from "Jane Eyre," I feel that Jean Rhys gives us a fuller understanding about the cultural historiography that produces "great literature." As a champion for the silenced voices, Charlotte Bront herself was all too aware of societies' injustices.

While today, "Jane Eyre" is generally accepted as a tract on social class, feminism, and conscious production of art, 150 years ago, Bront was lambasted by contemporary critics as unchristian, seditious and a poor writer. I can not help but think Bront, as social critic, would have cheered the publication of "Wide Sargasso Sea." A wonderful book for anyone studying Latin America or the Caribbean.


Caribbean then and now, 17 Nov 2006
I re-read this upon finding it - along with Phyllis Shand Allfrey's The Orchid House - on a bookshelf a decade after first buying and reading both. They both depict a colonial way of life which has come to an end. Wide Sargasso Sea is quite simply an exquisite portrayal of Jamaica and the other un-named island which the newly-weds travel to and albeit short, a marvellous novel. Jane Eyre was an must for O-level but I never warmed to her, unlike Antoinette, whose story is tragic and still an enigma in the novel. Who really made her insane?...

Mad women in the attic, 31 Jul 2006
This is a story from the point of view of the 'mad women' in Jane Eyre. I found it all consuming and couldn't put it down. Don't worry if you haven't read JA it's still a fantastic book and if you are a JA fan, don't feel it will detract from that wonderful novel, as the 2 can be read exclusively of each other. Either way, you will be left wondering, was his wife mad, or did Mr Rochester make her that way?

Makes you think..., 30 Jul 2005
Wide Sargasso Sea is a prequel to Charlotte Bronte`s Jane Eyre.
It is a very short book but it is very moving,readable and beautifully written.Jean Rhys uses descriptions about Jamacia which conjer up it`s smells and sights so you feel that you are actually there.
The narrative displacement is easy to keep track of as it is only between Mr Rochester and his mad bride(who is actually called Antoniette by the way).Antoniette is easy to sympathise with especially in the first and final parts as they are told by her.If you have read Jane Eyre before you will see her in a different light and even care about her.
However I will not spoil this fantastic book.I would recommend reading Jane Eyre first as you will appreciate it better,but even if you haven`t I still recommend.
I am now waiting to read Quartet also by Jean Rhys.

The nitty-gritty of English usage, 01 Aug 2008
An invaluable reference book if you want to get right down to the real nitty-gritty of grammatical usage. Detailed and extensive, descriptive rather than prescriptive, and corpus-based, this is a grammar for the C21st.




Five star approach to real grammar, 17 Jul 2008
This book really is a gem given its size and the amount of grammar it covers. It is invaluable for answering all of the difficult questions TESOL teachers may face, e.g. phrasal verbs, modality and compound nouns etc. It also explains why written and spoken grammars are so different, and should be treated as so. All of the examples used are from a corpus of real language. I have used it both in my undergraduate and now post-graduate work. It is simply the best.

Excellent!, 14 Apr 2008
Excellent intermediate grammar book with simple explanations / examples and exercises. Great for teachers and sudents!

Nice price, 19 Jan 2008
This edition is my favourite.

I've been using and recommending EGIU for over 20 years (oh my..). Raymond Murphy must owe me ££££'s in commissions ;-)

At this price, order 2.

If your class is going to buy the book, then you'll need the newest edition. Very cunning of you to change it ever so slightly every new edition, Cambridge University Press

One of the best grammar book I have ever used, 21 Jan 2005
I used it a lot for teaching classes and as a self-reference, this book is clear and easy to understand, on top of it there are tons of exercises to practise, which is brilliant.

Best Grammar Book (for beginners and intermadiate), 27 Jun 2001
It is a reference and practice book so you are going to always need this under your hand. Definetely for self-study.

Teachers and students should not be without this book, 17 Dec 2000
The whole series is invaluable to EFL / ESL teachers and students. Strongly recommended for practical use in the classroom and self study for students.

Those new to teaching foreign students will also find this book helpful for improving their own grammar. Exercises in the book can be used in lessons making this book a long-term investment.

Up to date and VERY informative!, 06 Sep 2008
Jeremy Harmer has been prominent in the EFL industry for many years. This latest version of his classic 'The Practice of English Language Teaching' is very informative and full of all the neccessary aspects of the EFL industry. It also includes comments on some very modern methods and techniques, such as DOGME EFL, interactive whiteboards and cuisinere rods.

Harmer is very easy to read and is not heavy like some of the earlier English language writers. The DVD is a welcome edition, and though it really doesn't offer anything new it is still enlightening to watch other teachers teach in a real-life classroom situation.

Although, bearing the same title as the 3 previous versions, it is pretty much a whole new book...with a lot of new chapters. So if you do have an older edition, it is still highly recommended to update your library with this one.

The Practice of English Language Teaching (4th Edition) is recommended for any teachers wanting to develop their teaching techniques or indeed wanting to take the DELTA course. It is probably too detailed and in depth for CELTA trainees or newly qualified EFL teachers.

Superb and incredibly inventive prequel to Jane Eyre, 06 Aug 2007
The Wide Sargasso Sea is the story of Antoinette Cosway/ Bertha Mason, the mad first wife of Mr Rochester from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.

It tells her story, as the marginalised outsider, and shows how she came to be locked in a grey tower in England, guarded night and day, and despised and feared by her husband, from her childhood roots in the Caribbean.

It is a brilliant book, atmospheric, passionate and political; still as relevant as when it was first written. It stands alone, without having read Jane Eyre, despite its brevity. However, it is in the context of Jane Eyre that it is really best understood.

It is always audacious to take on a classic novel in this way, but Wide Sargasso Sea does so imaginatively and sympathetically, creating characters that have a life of their own, beyond Bronte's text.

A great book that gives in depth view into the mind of "Bertha", 26 Jun 2007
Even thought I didn't enjoy the film too much the book itself is phenomenal. The story of Bertha, the first Mrs. Rochester, "Wide Sargasso Sea" is a not only a brilliant deconstruction of Charlotte Bront's legacy, but is also a damning history of colonialism in the West Indies. This novel addresses the issue of race and culture, but it also addresses the inner thought processes of a woman confronted with cultural chaos between the Creole, Jamaican, and British in the Caribbean.

Told from different points of view, the text is a tapestry weaving Bertha's story with Edward Rochester's early life. Like the seaweed the book is named for, the structure floats in and out of artistic consciousness as though on a sea of many unwritten stories. Although some might argue that "Wide Sargasso Sea," detracts from "Jane Eyre," I feel that Jean Rhys gives us a fuller understanding about the cultural historiography that produces "great literature." As a champion for the silenced voices, Charlotte Bront herself was all too aware of societies' injustices.

While today, "Jane Eyre" is generally accepted as a tract on social class, feminism, and conscious production of art, 150 years ago, Bront was lambasted by contemporary critics as unchristian, seditious and a poor writer. I can not help but think Bront, as social critic, would have cheered the publication of "Wide Sargasso Sea." A wonderful book for anyone studying Latin America or the Caribbean.


Caribbean then and now, 17 Nov 2006
I re-read this upon finding it - along with Phyllis Shand Allfrey's The Orchid House - on a bookshelf a decade after first buying and reading both. They both depict a colonial way of life which has come to an end. Wide Sargasso Sea is quite simply an exquisite portrayal of Jamaica and the other un-named island which the newly-weds travel to and albeit short, a marvellous novel. Jane Eyre was an must for O-level but I never warmed to her, unlike Antoinette, whose story is tragic and still an enigma in the novel. Who really made her insane?...

Mad women in the attic, 31 Jul 2006
This is a story from the point of view of the 'mad women' in Jane Eyre. I found it all consuming and couldn't put it down. Don't worry if you haven't read JA it's still a fantastic book and if you are a JA fan, don't feel it will detract from that wonderful novel, as the 2 can be read exclusively of each other. Either way, you will be left wondering, was his wife mad, or did Mr Rochester make her that way?

Makes you think..., 30 Jul 2005
Wide Sargasso Sea is a prequel to Charlotte Bronte`s Jane Eyre.
It is a very short book but it is very moving,readable and beautifully written.Jean Rhys uses descriptions about Jamacia which conjer up it`s smells and sights so you feel that you are actually there.
The narrative displacement is easy to keep track of as it is only between Mr Rochester and his mad bride(who is actually called Antoniette by the way).Antoniette is easy to sympathise with especially in the first and final parts as they are told by her.If you have read Jane Eyre before you will see her in a different light and even care about her.
However I will not spoil this fantastic book.I would recommend reading Jane Eyre first as you will appreciate it better,but even if you haven`t I still recommend.
I am now waiting to read Quartet also by Jean Rhys.

The nitty-gritty of English usage, 01 Aug 2008
An invaluable reference book if you want to get right down to the real nitty-gritty of grammatical usage. Detailed and extensive, descriptive rather than prescriptive, and corpus-based, this is a grammar for the C21st.




Five star approach to real grammar, 17 Jul 2008
This book really is a gem given its size and the amount of grammar it covers. It is invaluable for answering all of the difficult questions TESOL teachers may face, e.g. phrasal verbs, modality and compound nouns etc. It also explains why written and spoken grammars are so different, and should be treated as so. All of the examples used are from a corpus of real language. I have used it both in my undergraduate and now post-graduate work. It is simply the best.

Good introduction, 01 Oct 2008
This is a good basic introduction but I can't rate this any higher than three stars because there is little advice within this book on practical teaching skills which I would have expected from the title. The text is somewhat turgid but is improved by the helpful use of different typography to highlight section headings and important ideas raised in each chapter. The practical examples used are quite helpful. A useful complementary text to this book is Jim Scrivener's 'Learning Teaching' which has much more to say on the practical issues of teaching a class.

useful introduction, 11 Nov 2007
I read this in preparation for CELTA and subsequently when reviewing what I was doing in my classes. Useful. NB Much more practical than Harmer's 'The Practice of English Teaching', which is a dreadful book...

This is NOT an essential as so many courses will tell you., 20 Jan 2006
This is a very overated book,
For anyone with a basic command of the English language, much of the content is unnecessary. Whilst many CELTA and TESOL courses imply you this book is an essential , it really is not. I felt the price was far to high for a softback book which gives little practical advice or materials for teaching. On finishing my TESOL 4 week course i promptly sold the book and was glad to be shut of it to be honest.

A good all rounder for anyone starting off on a TEFL career, 13 Mar 2002
This book is a good basis for anyone starting off on a TEFL career and/or studying for the TEFL certificate. The chapters are simply written and run through the basic approach to teaching english. It gives a good introduction but is really a one-off read and you are unlikely to use it as a reference book during your career.

Excellent!, 14 Apr 2008
Excellent intermediate grammar book with simple explanations / examples and exercises. Great for teachers and sudents!

Nice price, 19 Jan 2008
This edition is my favourite.

I've been using and recommending EGIU for over 20 years (oh my..). Raymond Murphy must owe me ££££'s in commissions ;-)

At this price, order 2.

If your class is going to buy the book, then you'll need the newest edition. Very cunning of you to change it ever so slightly every new edition, Cambridge University Press

One of the best grammar book I have ever used, 21 Jan 2005
I used it a lot for teaching classes and as a self-reference, this book is clear and easy to understand, on top of it there are tons of exercises to practise, which is brilliant.

Best Grammar Book (for beginners and intermadiate), 27 Jun 2001
It is a reference and practice book so you are going to always need this under your hand. Definetely for self-study.

Teachers and students should not be without this book, 17 Dec 2000
The whole series is invaluable to EFL / ESL teachers and students. Strongly recommended for practical use in the classroom and self study for students.

Those new to teaching foreign students will also find this book helpful for improving their own grammar. Exercises in the book can be used in lessons making this book a long-term investment.

Up to date and VERY informative!, 06 Sep 2008
Jeremy Harmer has been prominent in the EFL industry for many years. This latest version of his classic 'The Practice of English Language Teaching' is very informative and full of all the neccessary aspects of the EFL industry. It also includes comments on some very modern methods and techniques, such as DOGME EFL, interactive whiteboards and cuisinere rods.

Harmer is very easy to read and is not heavy like some of the earlier English language writers. The DVD is a welcome edition, and though it really doesn't offer anything new it is still enlightening to watch other teachers teach in a real-life classroom situation.

Although, bearing the same title as the 3 previous versions, it is pretty much a whole new book...with a lot of new chapters. So if you do have an older edition, it is still highly recommended to update your library with this one.

The Practice of English Language Teaching (4th Edition) is recommended for any teachers wanting to develop their teaching techniques or indeed wanting to take the DELTA course. It is probably too detailed and in depth for CELTA trainees or newly qualified EFL teachers.

Superb and incredibly inventive prequel to Jane Eyre, 06 Aug 2007
The Wide Sargasso Sea is the story of Antoinette Cosway/ Bertha Mason, the mad first wife of Mr Rochester from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.

It tells her story, as the marginalised outsider, and shows how she came to be locked in a grey tower in England, guarded night and day, and despised and feared by her husband, from her childhood roots in the Caribbean.

It is a brilliant book, atmospheric, passionate and political; still as relevant as when it was first written. It stands alone, without having read Jane Eyre, despite its brevity. However, it is in the context of Jane Eyre that it is really best understood.

It is always audacious to take on a classic novel in this way, but Wide Sargasso Sea does so imaginatively and sympathetically, creating characters that have a life of their own, beyond Bronte's text.

A great book that gives in depth view into the mind of "Bertha", 26 Jun 2007
Even thought I didn't enjoy the film too much the book itself is phenomenal. The story of Bertha, the first Mrs. Rochester, "Wide Sargasso Sea" is a not only a brilliant deconstruction of Charlotte Bront's legacy, but is also a damning history of colonialism in the West Indies. This novel addresses the issue of race and culture, but it also addresses the inner thought processes of a woman confronted with cultural chaos between the Creole, Jamaican, and British in the Caribbean.

Told from different points of view, the text is a tapestry weaving Bertha's story with Edward Rochester's early life. Like the seaweed the book is named for, the structure floats in and out of artistic consciousness as though on a sea of many unwritten stories. Although some might argue that "Wide Sargasso Sea," detracts from "Jane Eyre," I feel that Jean Rhys gives us a fuller understanding about the cultural historiography that produces "great literature." As a champion for the silenced voices, Charlotte Bront herself was all too aware of societies' injustices.

While today, "Jane Eyre" is generally accepted as a tract on social class, feminism, and conscious production of art, 150 years ago, Bront was lambasted by contemporary critics as unchristian, seditious and a poor writer. I can not help but think Bront, as social critic, would have cheered the publication of "Wide Sargasso Sea." A wonderful book for anyone studying Latin America or the Caribbean.


Caribbean then and now, 17 Nov 2006
I re-read this upon finding it - along with Phyllis Shand Allfrey's The Orchid House - on a bookshelf a decade after first buying and reading both. They both depict a colonial way of life which has come to an end. Wide Sargasso Sea is quite simply an exquisite portrayal of Jamaica and the other un-named island which the newly-weds travel to and albeit short, a marvellous novel. Jane Eyre was an must for O-level but I never warmed to her, unlike Antoinette, whose story is tragic and still an enigma in the novel. Who really made her insane?...

Mad women in the attic, 31 Jul 2006
This is a story from the point of view of the 'mad women' in Jane Eyre. I found it all consuming and couldn't put it down. Don't worry if you haven't read JA it's still a fantastic book and if you are a JA fan, don't feel it will detract from that wonderful novel, as the 2 can be read exclusively of each other. Either way, you will be left wondering, was his wife mad, or did Mr Rochester make her that way?

Makes you think..., 30 Jul 2005
Wide Sargasso Sea is a prequel to Charlotte Bronte`s Jane Eyre.
It is a very short book but it is very moving,readable and beautifully written.Jean Rhys uses descriptions about Jamacia which conjer up it`s smells and sights so you feel that you are actually there.
The narrative displacement is easy to keep track of as it is only between Mr Rochester and his mad bride(who is actually called Antoniette by the way).Antoniette is easy to sympathise with especially in the first and final parts as they are told by her.If you have read Jane Eyre before you will see her in a different light and even care about her.
However I will not spoil this fantastic book.I would recommend reading Jane Eyre first as you will appreciate it better,but even if you haven`t I still recommend.
I am now waiting to read Quartet also by Jean Rhys.

The nitty-gritty of English usage, 01 Aug 2008
An invaluable reference book if you want to get right down to the real nitty-gritty of grammatical usage. Detailed and extensive, descriptive rather than prescriptive, and corpus-based, this is a grammar for the C21st.




Five star approach to real grammar, 17 Jul 2008
This book really is a gem given its size and the amount of grammar it covers. It is invaluable for answering all of the difficult questions TESOL teachers may face, e.g. phrasal verbs, modality and compound nouns etc. It also explains why written and spoken grammars are so different, and should be treated as so. All of the examples used are from a corpus of real language. I have used it both in my undergraduate and now post-graduate work. It is simply the best.

Good introduction, 01 Oct 2008
This is a good basic introduction but I can't rate this any higher than three stars because there is little advice within this book on practical teaching skills which I would have expected from the title. The text is somewhat turgid but is improved by the helpful use of different typography to highlight section headings and important ideas raised in each chapter. The practical examples used are quite helpful. A useful complementary text to this book is Jim Scrivener's 'Learning Teaching' which has much more to say on the practical issues of teaching a class.

useful introduction, 11 Nov 2007
I read this in preparation for CELTA and subsequently when reviewing what I was doing in my classes. Useful. NB Much more practical than Harmer's 'The Practice of English Teaching', which is a dreadful book...

This is NOT an essential as so many courses will tell you., 20 Jan 2006
This is a very overated book,
For anyone with a basic command of the English language, much of the content is unnecessary. Whilst many CELTA and TESOL courses imply you this book is an essential , it really is not. I felt the price was far to high for a softback book which gives little practical advice or materials for teaching. On finishing my TESOL 4 week course i promptly sold the book and was glad to be shut of it to be honest.

A good all rounder for anyone starting off on a TEFL career, 13 Mar 2002
This book is a good basis for anyone starting off on a TEFL career and/or studying for the TEFL certificate. The chapters are simply written and run through the basic approach to teaching english. It gives a good introduction but is really a one-off read and you are unlikely to use it as a reference book during your career.

A good learning tool, 31 Jan 2006
I used to be an EFL teacher and this book is a good learning tool, it has good variety and balance in all areas of speaking, listening, reading and writing, has fun ideas that appeal to teacher and student too. Use this inconjunction with Murphy's Grammar and you are onto a winner. Also check out the Teachers book as there are extra actvities you can utilise. A real joy to teach with.

Excellent!, 14 Apr 2008
Excellent intermediate grammar book with simple explanations / examples and exercises. Great for teachers and sudents!

Nice price, 19 Jan 2008
This edition is my favourite.

I've been using and recommending EGIU for over 20 years (oh my..). Raymond Murphy must owe me ££££'s in commissions ;-)

At this price, order 2.

If your class is going to buy the book, then you'll need the newest edition. Very cunning of you to change it ever so slightly every new edition, Cambridge University Press

One of the best grammar book I have ever used, 21 Jan 2005
I used it a lot for teaching classes and as a self-reference, this book is clear and easy to understand, on top of it there are tons of exercises to practise, which is brilliant.

Best Grammar Book (for beginners and intermadiate), 27 Jun 2001
It is a reference and practice book so you are going to always need this under your hand. Definetely for self-study.

Teachers and students should not be without this book, 17 Dec 2000
The whole series is invaluable to EFL / ESL teachers and students. Strongly recommended for practical use in the classroom and self study for students.

Those new to teaching foreign students will also find this book helpful for improving their own grammar. Exercises in the book can be used in lessons making this book a long-term investment.

Up to date and VERY informative!, 06 Sep 2008
Jeremy Harmer has been prominent in the EFL industry for many years. This latest version of his classic 'The Practice of English Language Teaching' is very informative and full of all the neccessary aspects of the EFL industry. It also includes comments on some very modern methods and techniques, such as DOGME EFL, interactive whiteboards and cuisinere rods.

Harmer is very easy to read and is not heavy like some of the earlier English language writers. The DVD is a welcome edition, and though it really doesn't offer anything new it is still enlightening to watch other teachers teach in a real-life classroom situation.

Although, bearing the same title as the 3 previous versions, it is pretty much a whole new book...with a lot of new chapters. So if you do have an older edition, it is still highly recommended to update your library with this one.

The Practice of English Language Teaching (4th Edition) is recommended for any teachers wanting to develop their teaching techniques or indeed wanting to take the DELTA course. It is probably too detailed and in depth for CELTA trainees or newly qualified EFL teachers.

Superb and incredibly inventive prequel to Jane Eyre, 06 Aug 2007
The Wide Sargasso Sea is the story of Antoinette Cosway/ Bertha Mason, the mad first wife of Mr Rochester from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.

It tells her story, as the marginalised outsider, and shows how she came to be locked in a grey tower in England, guarded night and day, and despised and feared by her husband, from her childhood roots in the Caribbean.

It is a brilliant book, atmospheric, passionate and political; still as relevant as when it was first written. It stands alone, without having read Jane Eyre, despite its brevity. However, it is in the context of Jane Eyre that it is really best understood.

It is always audacious to take on a classic novel in this way, but Wide Sargasso Sea does so imaginatively and sympathetically, creating characters that have a life of their own, beyond Bronte's text.

A great book that gives in depth view into the mind of "Bertha", 26 Jun 2007
Even thought I didn't enjoy the film too much the book itself is phenomenal. The story of Bertha, the first Mrs. Rochester, "Wide Sargasso Sea" is a not only a brilliant deconstruction of Charlotte Bront's legacy, but is also a damning history of colonialism in the West Indies. This novel addresses the issue of race and culture, but it also addresses the inner thought processes of a woman confronted with cultural chaos between the Creole, Jamaican, and British in the Caribbean.

Told from different points of view, the text is a tapestry weaving Bertha's story with Edward Rochester's early life. Like the seaweed the book is named for, the structure floats in and out of artistic consciousness as though on a sea of many unwritten stories. Although some might argue that "Wide Sargasso Sea," detracts from "Jane Eyre," I feel that Jean Rhys gives us a fuller understanding about the cultural historiography that produces "great literature." As a champion for the silenced voices, Charlotte Bront herself was all too aware of societies' injustices.

While today, "Jane Eyre" is generally accepted as a tract on social class, feminism, and conscious production of art, 150 years ago, Bront was lambasted by contemporary critics as unchristian, seditious and a poor writer. I can not help but think Bront, as social critic, would have cheered the publication of "Wide Sargasso Sea." A wonderful book for anyone studying Latin America or the Caribbean.


Caribbean then and now, 17 Nov 2006
I re-read this upon finding it - along with Phyllis Shand Allfrey's The Orchid House - on a bookshelf a decade after first buying and reading both. They both depict a colonial way of life which has come to an end. Wide Sargasso Sea is quite simply an exquisite portrayal of Jamaica and the other un-named island which the newly-weds travel to and albeit short, a marvellous novel. Jane Eyre was an must for O-level but I never warmed to her, unlike Antoinette, whose story is tragic and still an enigma in the novel. Who really made her insane?...

Mad women in the attic, 31 Jul 2006
This is a story from the point of view of the 'mad women' in Jane Eyre. I found it all consuming and couldn't put it down. Don't worry if you haven't read JA it's still a fantastic book and if you are a JA fan, don't feel it will detract from that wonderful novel, as the 2 can be read exclusively of each other. Either way, you will be left wondering, was his wife mad, or did Mr Rochester make her that way?

Makes you think..., 30 Jul 2005
Wide Sargasso Sea is a prequel to Charlotte Bronte`s Jane Eyre.
It is a very short book but it is very moving,readable and beautifully written.Jean Rhys uses descriptions about Jamacia which conjer up it`s smells and sights so you feel that you are actually there.
The narrative displacement is easy to keep track of as it is only between Mr Rochester and his mad bride(who is actually called Antoniette by the way).Antoniette is easy to sympathise with especially in the first and final parts as they are told by her.If you have read Jane Eyre before you will see her in a different light and even care about her.
However I will not spoil this fantastic book.I would recommend reading Jane Eyre first as you will appreciate it better,but even if you haven`t I still recommend.
I am now waiting to read Quartet also by Jean Rhys.

The nitty-gritty of English usage, 01 Aug 2008
An invaluable reference book if you want to get right down to the real nitty-gritty of grammatical usage. Detailed and extensive, descriptive rather than prescriptive, and corpus-based, this is a grammar for the C21st.




Five star approach to real grammar, 17 Jul 2008
This book really is a gem given its size and the amount of grammar it covers. It is invaluable for answering all of the difficult questions TESOL teachers may face, e.g. phrasal verbs, modality and compound nouns etc. It also explains why written and spoken grammars are so different, and should be treated as so. All of the examples used are from a corpus of real language. I have used it both in my undergraduate and now post-graduate work. It is simply the best.

Good introduction, 01 Oct 2008
This is a good basic introduction but I can't rate this any higher than three stars because there is little advice within this book on practical teaching skills which I would have expected from the title. The text is somewhat turgid but is improved by the helpful use of different typography to highlight section headings and important ideas raised in each chapter. The practical examples used are quite helpful. A useful complementary text to this book is Jim Scrivener's 'Learning Teaching' which has much more to say on the practical issues of teaching a class.

useful introduction, 11 Nov 2007
I read this in preparation for CELTA and subsequently when reviewing what I was doing in my classes. Useful. NB Much more practical than Harmer's 'The Practice of English Teaching', which is a dreadful book...

This is NOT an essential as so many courses will tell you., 20 Jan 2006
This is a very overated book,
For anyone with a basic command of the English language, much of the content is unnecessary. Whilst many CELTA and TESOL courses imply you this book is an essential , it really is not. I felt the price was far to high for a softback book which gives little practical advice or materials for teaching. On finishing my TESOL 4 week course i promptly sold the book and was glad to be shut of it to be honest.

A good all rounder for anyone starting off on a TEFL career, 13 Mar 2002
This book is a good basis for anyone starting off on a TEFL career and/or studying for the TEFL certificate. The chapters are simply written and run through the basic approach to teaching english. It gives a good introduction but is really a one-off read and you are unlikely to use it as a reference book during your career.

A good learning tool, 31 Jan 2006
I used to be an EFL teacher and this book is a good learning tool, it has good variety and balance in all areas of speaking, listening, reading and writing, has fun ideas that appeal to teacher and student too. Use this inconjunction with Murphy's Grammar and you are onto a winner. Also check out the Teachers book as there are extra actvities you can utilise. A real joy to teach with.

still waiting for them., 17 Dec 2007
hi there!

i have bought two books from this seller. i was phoned from the compnay by a lady, despite to this there is no result till now.
i was charged £42.50 on 5th of december, but i am still waiting for my books.
i don't know whether i will receive it or not. i hope i will soon receive it?!

many thanks!

ata

An excellent elementary EFL textbook., 22 Mar 2006
The English File series is one of the best available and the new Elementary level is an improvement over the original. The student’s book is well laid out, well illustrated and has vocabulary and grammar sections at the back.

It takes learners from the verb to be up to the present perfect. Perhaps the book tries to cover too much too quickly; the past simple is reached very quickly and slower students would benefit from additional exercises using the present simple. The teacher’s book has also been improved and the workbook includes a useful CD ROM.

Excellent!, 14 Apr 2008
Excellent intermediate grammar book with simple explanations / examples and exercises. Great for teachers and sudents!

Nice price, 19 Jan 2008
This edition is my favourite.

I've been using and recommending EGIU for over 20 years (oh my..). Raymond Murphy must owe me ££££'s in commissions ;-)

At this price, order 2.

If your class is going to buy the book, then you'll need the newest edition. Very cunning of you to change it ever so slightly every new edition, Cambridge University Press

One of the best grammar book I have ever used, 21 Jan 2005
I used it a lot for teaching classes and as a self-reference, this book is clear and easy to understand, on top of it there are tons of exercises to practise, which is brilliant.

Best Grammar Book (for beginners and intermadiate), 27 Jun 2001
It is a reference and practice book so you are going to always need this under your hand. Definetely for self-study.

Teachers and students should not be without this book, 17 Dec 2000
The whole series is invaluable to EFL / ESL teachers and students. Strongly recommended for practical use in the classroom and self study for students.

Those new to teaching foreign students will also find this book helpful for improving their own grammar. Exercises in the book can be used in lessons making this book a long-term investment.

Up to date and VERY informative!, 06 Sep 2008
Jeremy Harmer has been prominent in the EFL industry for many years. This latest version of his classic 'The Practice of English Language Teaching' is very informative and full of all the neccessary aspects of the EFL industry. It also includes comments on some very modern methods and techniques, such as DOGME EFL, interactive whiteboards and cuisinere rods.

Harmer is very easy to read and is not heavy like some of the earlier English language writers. The DVD is a welcome edition, and though it really doesn't offer anything new it is still enlightening to watch other teachers teach in a real-life classroom situation.

Although, bearing the same title as the 3 previous versions, it is pretty much a whole new book...with a lot of new chapters. So if you do have an older edition, it is still highly recommended to update your library with this one.

The Practice of English Language Teaching (4th Edition) is recommended for any teachers wanting to develop their teaching techniques or indeed wanting to take the DELTA course. It is probably too detailed and in depth for CELTA trainees or newly qualified EFL teachers.

Superb and incredibly inventive prequel to Jane Eyre, 06 Aug 2007
The Wide Sargasso Sea is the story of Antoinette Cosway/ Bertha Mason, the mad first wife of Mr Rochester from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.

It tells her story, as the marginalised outsider, and shows how she came to be locked in a grey tower in England, guarded night and day, and despised and feared by her husband, from her childhood roots in the Caribbean.

It is a brilliant book, atmospheric, passionate and political; still as relevant as when it was first written. It stands alone, without having read Jane Eyre, despite its brevity. However, it is in the context of Jane Eyre that it is really best understood.

It is always audacious to take on a classic novel in this way, but Wide Sargasso Sea does so imaginatively and sympathetically, creating characters that have a life of their own, beyond Bronte's text.

A great book that gives in depth view into the mind of "Bertha", 26 Jun 2007
Even thought I didn't enjoy the film too much the book itself is phenomenal. The story of Bertha, the first Mrs. Rochester, "Wide Sargasso Sea" is a not only a brilliant deconstruction of Charlotte Bront's legacy, but is also a damning history of colonialism in the West Indies. This novel addresses the issue of race and culture, but it also addresses the inner thought processes of a woman confronted with cultural chaos between the Creole, Jamaican, and British in the Caribbean.

Told from different points of view, the text is a tapestry weaving Bertha's story with Edward Rochester's early life. Like the seaweed the book is named for, the structure floats in and out of artistic consciousness as though on a sea of many unwritten stories. Although some might argue that "Wide Sargasso Sea," detracts from "Jane Eyre," I feel that Jean Rhys gives us a fuller understanding about the cultural historiography that produces "great literature." As a champion for the silenced voices, Charlotte Bront herself was all too aware of societies' injustices.

While today, "Jane Eyre" is generally accepted as a tract on social class, feminism, and conscious production of art, 150 years ago, Bront was lambasted by contemporary critics as unchristian, seditious and a poor writer. I can not help but think Bront, as social critic, would have cheered the publication of "Wide Sargasso Sea." A wonderful book for anyone studying Latin America or the Caribbean.


Caribbean then and now, 17 Nov 2006
I re-read this upon finding it - along with Phyllis Shand Allfrey's The Orchid House - on a bookshelf a decade after first buying and reading both. They both depict a colonial way of life which has come to an end. Wide Sargasso Sea is quite simply an exquisite portrayal of Jamaica and the other un-named island which the newly-weds travel to and albeit short, a marvellous novel. Jane Eyre was an must for O-level but I never warmed to her, unlike Antoinette, whose story is tragic and still an enigma in the novel. Who really made her insane?...

Mad women in the attic, 31 Jul 2006
This is a story from the point of view of the 'mad women' in Jane Eyre. I found it all consuming and couldn't put it down. Don't worry if you haven't read JA it's still a fantastic book and if you are a JA fan, don't feel it will detract from that wonderful novel, as the 2 can be read exclusively of each other. Either way, you will be left wondering, was his wife mad, or did Mr Rochester make her that way?

Makes you think..., 30 Jul 2005
Wide Sargasso Sea is a prequel to Charlotte Bronte`s Jane Eyre.
It is a very short book but it is very moving,readable and beautifully written.Jean Rhys uses descriptions about Jamacia which conjer up it`s smells and sights so you feel that you are actually there.
The narrative displacement is easy to keep track of as it is only between Mr Rochester and his mad bride(who is actually called Antoniette by the way).Antoniette is easy to sympathise with especially in the first and final parts as they are told by her.If you have read Jane Eyre before you will see her in a different light and even care about her.
However I will not spoil this fantastic book.I would recommend reading Jane Eyre first as you will appreciate it better,but even if you haven`t I still recommend.
I am now waiting to read Quartet also by Jean Rhys.

The nitty-gritty of English usage, 01 Aug 2008
An invaluable reference book if you want to get right down to the real nitty-gritty of grammatical usage. Detailed and extensive, descriptive rather than prescriptive, and corpus-based, this is a grammar for the C21st.




Five star approach to real grammar, 17 Jul 2008
This book really is a gem given its size and the amount of grammar it covers. It is invaluable for answering all of the difficult questions TESOL teachers may face, e.g. phrasal verbs, modality and compound nouns etc. It also explains why written and spoken grammars are so different, and should be treated as so. All of the examples used are from a corpus of real language. I have used it both in my undergraduate and now post-graduate work. It is simply the best.

Good introduction, 01 Oct 2008
This is a good basic introduction but I can't rate this any higher than three stars because there is little advice within this book on practical teaching skills which I would have expected from the title. The text is somewhat turgid but is improved by the helpful use of different typography to highlight section headings and important ideas raised in each chapter. The practical examples used are quite helpful. A useful complementary text to this book is Jim Scrivener's 'Learning Teaching' which has much more to say on the practical issues of teaching a class.

useful introduction, 11 Nov 2007
I read this in preparation for CELTA and subsequently when reviewing what I was doing in my classes. Useful. NB Much more practical than Harmer's 'The Practice of English Teaching', which is a dreadful book...

This is NOT an essential as so many courses will tell you., 20 Jan 2006
This is a very overated book,
For anyone with a basic command of the English language, much of the content is unnecessary. Whilst many CELTA and TESOL courses imply you this book is an essential , it really is not. I felt the price was far to high for a softback book which gives little practical advice or materials for teaching. On finishing my TESOL 4 week course i promptly sold the book and was glad to be shut of it to be honest.

A good all rounder for anyone starting off on a TEFL career, 13 Mar 2002
This book is a good basis for anyone starting off on a TEFL career and/or studying for the TEFL certificate. The chapters are simply written and run through the basic approach to teaching english. It gives a good introduction but is really a one-off read and you are unlikely to use it as a reference book during your career.

A good learning tool, 31 Jan 2006
I used to be an EFL teacher and this book is a good learning tool, it has good variety and balance in all areas of speaking, listening, reading and writing, has fun ideas that appeal to teacher and student too. Use this inconjunction with Murphy's Grammar and you are onto a winner. Also check out the Teachers book as there are extra actvities you can utilise. A real joy to teach with.

still waiting for them., 17 Dec 2007
hi there!

i have bought two books from this seller. i was phoned from the compnay by a lady, despite to this there is no result till now.
i was charged £42.50 on 5th of december, but i am still waiting for my books.
i don't know whether i will receive it or not. i hope i will soon receive it?!

many thanks!

ata

An excellent elementary EFL textbook., 22 Mar 2006
The English File series is one of the best available and the new Elementary level is an improvement over the original. The student’s book is well laid out, well illustrated and has vocabulary and grammar sections at the back.

It takes learners from the verb to be up to the present perfect. Perhaps the book tries to cover too much too quickly; the past simple is reached very quickly and slower students would benefit from additional exercises using the present simple. The teacher’s book has also been improved and the workbook includes a useful CD ROM.

still waiting for them., 17 Dec 2007
hi there!

i have bought two books from this seller. i was phoned from the compnay by a lady, despite to this there is no result till now.
i was charged £42.50 on 5th of december, but i am still waiting for my books.
i don't know whether i will receive it or not. i hope i will soon receive it?!

many thanks!

ata

An excellent elementary EFL textbook., 22 Mar 2006
The English File series is one of the best available and the new Elementary level is an improvement over the original. The student’s book is well laid out, well illustrated and has vocabulary and grammar sections at the back.

It takes learners from the verb to be up to the present perfect. Perhaps the book tries to cover too much too quickly; the past simple is reached very quickly and slower students would benefit from additional exercises using the present simple. The teacher’s book has also been improved and the workbook includes a useful CD ROM.

Excellent!, 14 Apr 2008
Excellent intermediate grammar book with simple explanations / examples and exercises. Great for teachers and sudents!

Nice price, 19 Jan 2008
This edition is my favourite.

I've been using and recommending EGIU for over 20 years (oh my..). Raymond Murphy must owe me ££££'s in commissions ;-)

At this price, order 2.

If your class is going to buy the book, then you'll need the newest edition. Very cunning of you to change it ever so slightly every new edition, Cambridge University Press

One of the best grammar book I have ever used, 21 Jan 2005
I used it a lot for teaching classes and as a self-reference, this book is clear and easy to understand, on top of it there are tons of exercises to practise, which is brilliant.

Best Grammar Book (for beginners and intermadiate), 27 Jun 2001
It is a reference and practice book so you are going to always need this under your hand. Definetely for self-study.

Teachers and students should not be without this book, 17 Dec 2000
The whole series is invaluable to EFL / ESL teachers and students. Strongly recommended for practical use in the classroom and self study for students.

Those new to teaching foreign students will also find this book helpful for improving their own grammar. Exercises in the book can be used in lessons making this book a long-term investment.

Up to date and VERY informative!, 06 Sep 2008
Jeremy Harmer has been prominent in the EFL industry for many years. This latest version of his classic 'The Practice of English Language Teaching' is very informative and full of all the neccessary aspects of the EFL industry. It also includes comments on some very modern methods and techniques, such as DOGME EFL, interactive whiteboards and cuisinere rods.

Harmer is very easy to read and is not heavy like some of the earlier English language writers. The DVD is a welcome edition, and though it really doesn't offer anything new it is still enlightening to watch other teachers teach in a real-life classroom situation.

Although, bearing the same title as the 3 previous versions, it is pretty much a whole new book...with a lot of new chapters. So if you do have an older edition, it is still highly recommended to update your library with this one.

The Practice of English Language Teaching (4th Edition) is recommended for any teachers wanting to develop their teaching techniques or indeed wanting to take the DELTA course. It is probably too detailed and in depth for CELTA trainees or newly qualified EFL teachers.

Superb and incredibly inventive prequel to Jane Eyre, 06 Aug 2007
The Wide Sargasso Sea is the story of Antoinette Cosway/ Bertha Mason, the mad first wife of Mr Rochester from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.

It tells her story, as the marginalised outsider, and shows how she came to be locked in a grey tower in England, guarded night and day, and despised and feared by her husband, from her childhood roots in the Caribbean.

It is a brilliant book, atmospheric, passionate and political; still as relevant as when it was first written. It stands alone, without having read Jane Eyre, despite its brevity. However, it is in the context of Jane Eyre that it is really best understood.

It is always audacious to take on a classic novel in this way, but Wide Sargasso Sea does so imaginatively and sympathetically, creating characters that have a life of their own, beyond Bronte's text.

A great book that gives in depth view into the mind of "Bertha", 26 Jun 2007
Even thought I didn't enjoy the film too much the book itself is phenomenal. The story of Bertha, the first Mrs. Rochester, "Wide Sargasso Sea" is a not only a brilliant deconstruction of Charlotte Bront's legacy, but is also a damning history of colonialism in the West Indies. This novel addresses the issue of race and culture, but it also addresses the inner thought processes of a woman confronted with cultural chaos between the Creole, Jamaican, and British in the Caribbean.

Told from different points of view, the text is a tapestry weaving Bertha's story with Edward Rochester's early life. Like the seaweed the book is named for, the structure floats in and out of artistic consciousness as though on a sea of many unwritten stories. Although some might argue that "Wide Sargasso Sea," detracts from "Jane Eyre," I feel that Jean Rhys gives us a fuller understanding about the cultural historiography that produces "great literature." As a champion for the silenced voices, Charlotte Bront herself was all too aware of societies' injustices.

While today, "Jane Eyre" is generally accepted as a tract on social class, feminism, and conscious production of art, 150 years ago, Bront was lambasted by contemporary critics as unchristian, seditious and a poor writer. I can not help but think Bront, as social critic, would have cheered the publication of "Wide Sargasso Sea." A wonderful book for anyone studying Latin America or the Caribbean.


Caribbean then and now, 17 Nov 2006
I re-read this upon finding it - along with Phyllis Shand Allfrey's The Orchid House - on a bookshelf a decade after first buying and reading both. They both depict a colonial way of life which has come to an end. Wide Sargasso Sea is quite simply an exquisite portrayal of Jamaica and the other un-named island which the newly-weds travel to and albeit short, a marvellous novel. Jane Eyre was an must for O-level but I never warmed to her, unlike Antoinette, whose story is tragic and still an enigma in the novel. Who really made her insane?...

Mad women in the attic, 31 Jul 2006
This is a story from the point of view of the 'mad women' in Jane Eyre. I found it all consuming and couldn't put it down. Don't worry if you haven't read JA it's still a fantastic book and if you are a JA fan, don't feel it will detract from that wonderful novel, as the 2 can be read exclusively of each other. Either way, you will be left wondering, was his wife mad, or did Mr Rochester make her that way?

Makes you think..., 30 Jul 2005
Wide Sargasso Sea is a prequel to Charlotte Bronte`s Jane Eyre.
It is a very short book but it is very moving,readable and beautifully written.Jean Rhys uses descriptions about Jamacia which conjer up it`s smells and sights so you feel that you are actually there.
The narrative displacement is easy to keep track of as it is only between Mr Rochester and his mad bride(who is actually called Antoniette by the way).Antoniette is easy to sympathise with especially in the first and final parts as they are told by her.If you have read Jane Eyre before you will see her in a different light and even care about her.
However I will not spoil this fantastic book.I would recommend reading Jane Eyre first as you will appreciate it better,but even if you haven`t I still recommend.
I am now waiting to read Quartet also by Jean Rhys.

The nitty-gritty of English usage, 01 Aug 2008
An invaluable reference book if you want to get right down to the real nitty-gritty of grammatical usage. Detailed and extensive, descriptive rather than prescriptive, and corpus-based, this is a grammar for the C21st.




Five star approach to real grammar, 17 Jul 2008
This book really is a gem given its size and the amount of grammar it covers. It is invaluable for answering all of the difficult questions TESOL teachers may face, e.g. phrasal verbs, modality and compound nouns etc. It also explains why written and spoken grammars are so different, and should be treated as so. All of the examples used are from a corpus of real language. I have used it both in my undergraduate and now post-graduate work. It is simply the best.

Good introduction, 01 Oct 2008
This is a good basic introduction but I can't rate this any higher than three stars because there is little advice within this book on practical teaching skills which I would have expected from the title. The text is somewhat turgid but is improved by the helpful use of different typography to highlight section headings and important ideas raised in each chapter. The practical examples used are quite helpful. A useful complementary text to this book is Jim Scrivener's 'Learning Teaching' which has much more to say on the practical issues of teaching a class.

useful introduction, 11 Nov 2007
I read this in preparation for CELTA and subsequently when reviewing what I was doing in my classes. Useful. NB Much more practical than Harmer's 'The Practice of English Teaching', which is a dreadful book...

This is NOT an essential as so many courses will tell you., 20 Jan 2006
This is a very overated book,
For anyone with a basic command of the English language, much of the content is unnecessary. Whilst many CELTA and TESOL courses imply you this book is an essential , it really is not. I felt the price was far to high for a softback book which gives little practical advice or materials for teaching. On finishing my TESOL 4 week course i promptly sold the book and was glad to be shut of it to be honest.

A good all rounder for anyone starting off on a TEFL career, 13 Mar 2002
This book is a good basis for anyone starting off on a TEFL career and/or studying for the TEFL certificate. The chapters are simply written and run through the basic approach to teaching english. It gives a good introduction but is really a one-off read and you are unlikely to use it as a reference book during your career.

A good learning tool, 31 Jan 2006
I used to be an EFL teacher and this book is a good learning tool, it has good variety and balance in all areas of speaking, listening, reading and writing, has fun ideas that appeal to teacher and student too. Use this inconjunction with Murphy's Grammar and you are onto a winner. Also check out the Teachers book as there are extra actvities you can utilise. A real joy to teach with.

still waiting for them., 17 Dec 2007
hi there!

i have bought two books from this seller. i was phoned from the compnay by a lady, despite to this there is no result till now.
i was charged £42.50 on 5th of december, but i am still waiting for my books.
i don't know whether i will receive it or not. i hope i will soon receive it?!

many thanks!

ata

An excellent elementary EFL textbook., 22 Mar 2006
The English File series is one of the best available and the new Elementary level is an improvement over the original. The student’s book is well laid out, well illustrated and has vocabulary and grammar sections at the back.

It takes learners from the verb to be up to the present perfect. Perhaps the book tries to cover too much too quickly; the past simple is reached very quickly and slower students would benefit from additional exercises using the present simple. The teacher’s book has also been improved and the workbook includes a useful CD ROM.

still waiting for them., 17 Dec 2007
hi there!

i have bought two books from this seller. i was phoned from the compnay by a lady, despite to this there is no result till now.
i was charged £42.50 on 5th of december, but i am still waiting for my books.
i don't know whether i will receive it or not. i hope i will soon receive it?!

many thanks!

ata

An excellent elementary EFL textbook., 22 Mar 2006
The English File series is one of the best available and the new Elementary level is an improvement over the original. The student’s book is well laid out, well illustrated and has vocabulary and grammar sections at the back.

It takes learners from the verb to be up to the present perfect. Perhaps the book tries to cover too much too quickly; the past simple is reached very quickly and slower students would benefit from additional exercises using the present simple. The teacher’s book has also been improved and the workbook includes a useful CD ROM.

Paper free classes, 20 Jul 2007
The exercises are based around the whiteboard. The classes are organized in such a way as to present to the class, using only a pen and a board. It presents task orientated aims and objectives. Some of the classes are a bit hit and miss but this might have more to do with me than the activities.

Bargain buy for first time teachers!, 22 Nov 2002
The Oxford Basics series contains all the essentials for the newly qualified teacher and elementary learners. The books are organised into 30 useful topic areas eg. numbers, food and drink, describing people. Each book has the same format with units clearly laid out in the form of an actual lesson plan giving ideas for activities, checking comprehension, pronunciation points and follow-up activities. They have easy to copy pictures and a variety of exercises for each unit.

Having bought all five books in the series they did at first seem to repeat material, however because each book focuses on a different skill they complement each other. For less than the average cost of a single teaching book I'd recommend the complete series.

Excellent!, 14 Apr 2008
Excellent intermediate grammar book with simple explanations / examples and exercises. Great for teachers and sudents!

Nice price, 19 Jan 2008
This edition is my favourite.

I've been using and recommending EGIU for over 20 years (oh my..). Raymond Murphy must owe me ££££'s in commissions ;-)

At this price, order 2.

If your class is going to buy the book, then you'll need the newest edition. Very cunning of you to change it ever so slightly every new edition, Cambridge University Press

One of the best grammar book I have ever used, 21 Jan 2005
I used it a lot for teaching classes and as a self-reference, this book is clear and easy to understand, on top of it there are tons of exercises to practise, which is brilliant.

Best Grammar Book (for beginners and intermadiate), 27 Jun 2001
It is a reference and practice book so you are going to always need this under your hand. Definetely for self-study.

Teachers and students should not be without this book, 17 Dec 2000
The whole series is invaluable to EFL / ESL teachers and students. Strongly recommended for practical use in the classroom and self study for students.

Those new to teaching foreign students will also find this book helpful for improving their own grammar. Exercises in the book can be used in lessons making this book a long-term investment.

Up to date and VERY informative!, 06 Sep 2008
Jeremy Harmer has been prominent in the EFL industry for many years. This latest version of his classic 'The Practice of English Language Teaching' is very informative and full of all the neccessary aspects of the EFL industry. It also includes comments on some very modern methods and techniques, such as DOGME EFL, interactive whiteboards and cuisinere rods.

Harmer is very easy to read and is not heavy like some of the earlier English language writers. The DVD is a welcome edition, and though it really doesn't offer anything new it is still enlightening to watch other teachers teach in a real-life classroom situation.

Although, bearing the same title as the 3 previous versions, it is pretty much a whole new book...with a lot of new chapters. So if you do have an older edition, it is still highly recommended to update your library with this one.

The Practice of English Language Teaching (4th Edition) is recommended for any teachers wanting to develop their teaching techniques or indeed wanting to take the DELTA course. It is probably too detailed and in depth for CELTA trainees or newly qualified EFL teachers.

Superb and incredibly inventive prequel to Jane Eyre, 06 Aug 2007
The Wide Sargasso Sea is the story of Antoinette Cosway/ Bertha Mason, the mad first wife of Mr Rochester from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.

It tells her story, as the marginalised outsider, and shows how she came to be locked in a grey tower in England, guarded night and day, and despised and feared by her husband, from her childhood roots in the Caribbean.

It is a brilliant book, atmospheric, passionate and political; still as relevant as when it was first written. It stands alone, without having read Jane Eyre, despite its brevity. However, it is in the context of Jane Eyre that it is really best understood.

It is always audacious to take on a classic novel in this way, but Wide Sargasso Sea does so imaginatively and sympathet