This collection showcases rare Burmese silver, highlighting its unique craftsmanship and cultural significance. Each piece reflects the rich history and artistry of Burma, offering insights into traditional techniques and aesthetic values. The book serves as a valuable resource for collectors and enthusiasts, providing detailed descriptions and context for the exquisite silverwork.
Skills Booster is a four-level series specially written to teach and develop young learners' listening, speaking and writing skills. While the series has been designed to be compatible with any course book of a similar level, it may also be used on its own. The task types presented are closely linked to the Cambridge ESOL examinations from Young Learners English Tests (Starters, Movers, Flyers) at beginner and elementary level to KET and PET at pre- intermediate and intermediate level. Features A wide variety of tasks which reflect the Cambridge ESOL examinations. Writing tasks and models. Listening tasks which introduce the theme of the unit and new lexical items. Speaking tasks with guided dialogues, personal questions, practice in functional language and vocabulary expansion. A pronunciation task to practise sounds which learners often find difficult. Listening tapescripts and answer keys.
Skills Booster is a four-level series specially written to teach and develop young learners' listening, speaking and writing skills. While the series has been designed to be compatible with any course book of a similar level, it may also be used on its own.The task types presented are closely linked to the Cambridge ESOL examinations from Young Learners English Tests (Starters, Movers, Flyers) at beginner and elementary level to KET and PET at pre-intermediate and intermediate level.
Southeast Asia is home to numerous world heritage sites. Through engaging texts and expertly curated objects from the British Museum collection, arranged chronologically and thematically into seven chapters, this volume offers a new approach to one of the most complex and diverse areas of the world. Every object tells a story in a wide-ranging and accessible selection that illuminates the civilizations, societies and local cultures that have defined Southeast Asia over the past 6,000 years. From the emergence of early agricultural communities and stratified societies to the rise of powerful empires and religious developments in Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and Christianity, and to the eras of colonial rule and independence, curator and art historian Alexandra Green traces and explores the variety of Southeast Asian cultures. The texts describe the region through a broad range of objects, including sculptures from the historic civilizations of Java, Angkor, Bagan and Sukhothai, as well as ceramics, furniture, religious items, basketry, textiles, popular posters and contemporary art. This book is an informative visual delight for curious minds everywhere