Robin Walker

A new, up-to-date course where students learn what they need to know for a career in commerce, tourism, nursing, or technology.

A new, up-to-date course where students learn what they need to know for a career in commerce, tourism, nursing, or technology.

English level: Pre-Intermediate .A new, up-to-date course where students learn what they need to know for a career in tourism. Key features * Focuses on the functional language needed to succeed in the job. Grammar, vocabulary, and skills are all contextualized in real work situations. * An aspirational approach includes It''s my job profiles of real professionals, and specialist facts, figures, and quotations on every page. * Writing bank or Reading bank gives practice in working with specialist texts. * Contemporary, easy-to-navigate design with an In this unit learning menu and an end-of-unit Checklist with CEF Can-do tick boxes. * Revision and extension with Projects and Webquests, a student''s website with consolidation exercises from the unit, and a handy Key words list at the end of every unit with the essential vocabulary. * Teacher''s Resource Book provides a specialist background to the area for every unit, plus easy-to-understand tips, additional activities for mixed ability classes, and Grammar tests and Communication worksheets.

A new, up-to-date course where students learn what they need to know for a career in commerce, tourism, nursing, or technology. Oxford English for Careers is a series which prepares pre-work students for starting their career. Everything in each Student''s Book is vocation-specific, which means students get the language, information, and skills they need to help them get a job in their chosen career. The complete series will cover Commerce, Tourism, Nursing, and Technology at Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate levels. * Focuses on the functional language needed to succeed in the job. Grammar, vocabulary, and skills are all contextualized in real work situations. * An aspirational approach includes It''s my job profiles of real professionals, and specialist facts, figures, and quotations on every page. * Writing bank or Reading bank gives practice in working with specialist texts. * Contemporary, easy-to-navigate design with an In this unit learning menu and an end-of-unit Checklist with CEF Can-do tick boxes. * Revision and extension with Projects and Webquests, a student''s website with consolidation exercises from the unit, and a handy Key words list at the end of every unit with the essential vocabulary. * Teacher''s Resource Book provides a specialist background to the area for every unit, plus easy-to-understand tips, additional activities for mixed ability classes, and Grammar tests and Communication worksheets.

La Cordillera Cantábrica es uno de los macizos mejor conservados de la península Ibérica. Sus casi 300 kilómetros albergan una docena de espacios protegidos de enorme calidad entre los cuales destacan tres reservas de la Unesco. Esta guía montañera comprende todo el macizo Cantábrico, abarcando las provincias de Asturias, el oriente de León, la montaña palentina y Cantabria. La guía consta de ocho capítulos, tres de información de tipo general y cinco con las descripciones de las rutas: occidente de León, occidente de Asturias, oriente de León, oriente de Asturias, y Palencia y Cantabria. Incluye un total de 60 ascensiones con datos sobre distancia, desnivel, tiempo, punto de partida, paisajes... Todas ellas son rutas circulares que se acompañan de mapas a escala 1:25.000 y fotografías en color. Editada en formato bolsillo que facilita su manejo esta guía nos será de gran utilidad para recorrer la Cordillera Cantábrica.

Esta guía reúne 42 rutas de senderismo y travesías por los espectaculares Picos de Europa, el primer parque nacional de España. Las rutas varían entre 8 y 24 km, y están clasificadas por nivel de dificultad: desde paseos por valles hasta ascensos exigentes a picos elevados.Incluye:- Descripciones detalladas de cada ruta- Mapas 1:50.000 y perfiles de altitud- Informacion sobre refugios, transporte y bases logisticas- Notas sobre geologia, flora y fauna local- Zonas cubiertas: Cangas de Onis, Cabrales, Liebana, Valdeon y SajambreLa guia destaca lugares emblematicos como los Lagos de Covadonga, la Garganta del Cares y los paisajes karsticos que hacen de los Picos de Europa una joya montañosa unica en España.

Written by award-winning author Robin Walker, A History of Africa takes an in-depth look at the rich and fascinating history of the African continent through the ages. From prehistoric Africa, through ancient Egypt to the African kingdoms, the slave trade, colonialism and countries struggles for independence, right up to the modern-day continent, this book celebrates this vast continent and its people. The text is supported by strong, striking images and includes a section on teaching Black history.The author, Robin Walker, is one of the worlds leading authorities on African history. Published in 2006, his book When We Ruled isthe most advanced historical synthesis on the history of Africa and its people, and has established Robin as the leading authority on the topic in the English-speaking world. Robin is also the author of the prize-winning Black History Matters.Contents: African history From prehistory to kingdoms.Ancient EgyptEgypt invadedKushEthiopiaIn focus: Famous African rulersWest African empiresThe Nigeria regionGreat Zimbabwe and MunhumutapaIn focus: Treasures of AfricaThe enslavedResistanceIn focus: African religionsColonialismIndependence for AfricaIn focus: African culture abroadAfter independenceAfrica today - challengesAfrica today - successesTeaching African historyTimeline, glossary and further informationIndex

An important and hard-hitting chronicle of Black history, written by a celebrated Black historian. Winner of the 2020 School & Library Association prize for readers aged 13-16 and the 2020 ALCS Educational Writers Award.** Fully revised and updated for the new paperback edition. Includes notes on teaching Black history.Black history is an integral part of world history. From the injustices of the past and present, we can learn and be inspired to make the world we live in more fair, equal and just.Black History Matters chronicles thousands of years of Black history, from African kingdoms, to slavery, apartheid, the battle for civil rights, the global Black Lives Matter protests of 2020 and much more. Important and inspiring Black personalities, from Olaudah Equiano to Oprah Winfrey, are highlighted throughout, while achievements and progress are balanced alongside a look at the issues that continue to plague Black communities. #Blacklivesmatter is a powerful international movement, designed to raise awareness of and end ongoing injustice towards black people. This book is designed to connect with that movement and offer an important resource for all young readers during Black History Month and beyond.Contents: Why Black history mattersChapter 1: The African empiresThe lands of the pharaohsAncient Egypt KushEgypt thrives and declinesNorth African invasions EthiopiaThe West African desert empiresThe Nigeria regionMunhumutapaThe East African coastChapter 2: The transatlantic slave tradeThe transatlantic slave trade beginsA trade in human miseryLife as a slaveGrowing resistanceAbolitionThe legacy of the slave tradeChapter 3: ColonialismThe Scramble for AfricaThe Pan-African CongressesAn independent AfricaSouthern Africa and apartheidChapter 4: The African diasporaAfrican-Americans in the USAThe fight for civil rightsChange at lastThe Windrush generationBeing Black in the UKBlack Lives Matter and George FloydBlack Lives Matter in the UKBlack history todayTeaching Black historyGlossaryFurther informationTimelineIndex