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Brenda's Owl
Brenda's Owl
Brenda's Owl
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Teaching English to non-native-speaker adults tends to focus on standard topics like business, shopping and travel. Brenda's Owl rings the changes with 24 short, whimsical stories about the oddball side of life in an ordinary English garden. With patterns, phrases and idioms that are current and useful in dozens of everyday conversational contexts, this book is easy to teach and fun to study!

LanguageEnglish
PublisherAngus Waycott
Release dateJul 6, 2012
ISBN9781476132167
Brenda's Owl
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Angus Waycott

Angus Waycott's books about travel and cookery have been published in the UK, USA, Japan and the Netherlands. He has been the voice of TV news broadcasts, commercials and award-winning documentaries, voiced "character" parts in game software and anime productions, and worked as a copywriter, photographer, teacher, translator, lighting designer and builder. He is married with two daughters.

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    Brenda's Owl - Angus Waycott

    Brenda’s Owl

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    Angus Waycott

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    Copyright Angus Waycott 2012

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    Table of Contents

    1. Outfoxed

    2. Paint-A-Pot

    3. Mushroom Compost

    4. Vine Time

    5. The Patio

    6. Brenda’s Owl

    7. Slug Party

    8. Garden Centre

    9. Just Add Onions

    10. The Shed

    11. Guy Fawkes Day

    12. Apple Pip

    13. Cheers!

    14. The Gardener

    15. Ash Tree

    16. Peanut Thief

    17. Nesting Box

    18. Frogs Are Strange

    19. Wasps’ Nest

    20. Prize Radish

    21. Oh No, Not Rhubarb

    22. Bye Bye Blackberry

    23. Clearing Up

    24. A Box Of Apples

    Introduction

    Teaching English to non-native-speaker adults tends to focus on standard topics like business, shopping, correspondence and travel. Brenda's Owl brings a new subject into the mix, with 24 short, whimsical stories about the oddball side of life in an ordinary English garden. A handy resource for both teachers and students, its patterns, phrases and idioms are current and useful in dozens of everyday conversational contexts.

    This book is easy to teach and fun to study!

    1. OUTFOXED

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    One day last week, our neighbour Jim came round and knocked at the door. I thought you ought to know, he said. I was looking out of the window at 6 o'clock this morning, and there it was. A huge fox, with a long bushy tail. Walking around in your garden.

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