Rebecca J Hughes

...which saw this genteel, middle class, Edwardian woman embraced by people from what must have seemed to her extremely alien environments. But she is perhaps better known for her invaluable contribution to the folk dance revival in the early years of the twentieth century to the evolution of the En...

This book contains varied practice activities and a wide range of formal and informal text-types for upper-intermediate to advanced students. Exploring Grammar in Writing develops students' understanding of how genre, context and purpose affect grammatical choices in writing. The book provides 20 un...

Corpus-based reference/practice grammar emphasising speech and grammar choices in context. Exploring Grammar in Context draws on real spoken and written English from the most up-to-date research in the Cambridge International Corpus. Clearly structured units focus on main grammar areas with key poin...

This is a story about school bullying. Ethan is a student who is teased by the school bully 'Billy'. Ethan is a tall, blonde-haired boy, picked on because he is good at his studies. Billy is a short dark-haired boy who enjoys teasing Ethan whenever he gets the opportunity. Ethan's mum wants to tell ...

In this activity-based text, Rebecca Hughes invites the reader to examine the differences between spoken and written English.Instead of presenting a bewildering array of 'facts' about variety in English, she encourages the reader to actively investigate the differences between these two modes of com...

Speaking is a dynamic, interpersonal process and one that strongly influences how we are perceived by others in a range of formal and everyday contexts. Despite this, speaking is often researched and taught as if it is simply writing delivered in a different mode. In Teaching and Researching Speakin...

Teaching & Researching: Speaking is an up-to-date summary of current research and issues in the field of teaching and researching that can then be applied to classroom practice.