With its fresh new look, the third edition of the Summit program helps develop confident English speakers who are able to navigate a host of social and professional situations.This two-level course provides high-intermediate learners with an integrated set of global communication skills. It delivers immediate, demonstrable results through its goal- and achievement-based pedagogy and continual recycling of language.The two levels of Summit can be used with Top Notch as the fifth and sixth books in a complete six-level series. Summit 1 covers competencies from B2 to B2 #43

This fully revised third edition of Summit prepares confi dent speakers to navigate the social and professional situations they will encounter in their lives. Summit delivers immediate, demonstrable results through its goals- and achievement-based pedagogy and continual recycling of language. The two levels of Summit can be used with Top Notch as the fi fth and sixth books in a complete six-level series.

With its fresh new look, the third edition of the Summit program helps develop confident English speakers who are able to navigate a host of social and professional situations. This two-level course provides high-intermediate learners with an integrated set of global communication skills. It delivers immediate, demonstrable results through its goal- and achievement-based pedagogy and continual recycling of language. The two levels of Summit can be used with Top Notch as the fifth and sixth books in a complete six-level series. Summit 1 covers competencies from B2 to B2+ and Summit 2 introduces C1 competencies in the Common European Framework of Reference. The entire Summit course can be tailored to blended learning with its integrated online component, MyEnglishLab (access code available separately; not included in the Student Book).

This package consists of the Summit 2 Student Book with ActiveTeach and Workbook 2. Summit helps the high-intermediate learner continue to grow through a balanced development of both fluency and accuracy. Summit offers a unique conversational syllabus and extensive opportunities for discussion, debate, presentations, and projects as well as contextualized grammar review, expansion, and practice. Summit prepares students for academic study through development of word skills, reading and listening skills and strategies, and critical thinking. The second edition offers both online and offline solutions with the following new technology: ActiveBook Each Student's Book includes the digital course book with the complete audio program and extensive extra practice in all skill areas, including reading, listening, and speaking. Printable reading glossaries, "can-do" Self-Assessment charts, and more. ActiveTeach Each Teacher's Edition and Lesson Planner includes the digital Student's Book with interactive whiteboard tools for zooming in, writing, highlighting, and more -- with a "save" option. Instant access to the complete audio program and Summit TV video program. Extensive printable resources including extension activities, Summit TV activity worksheets, workbook answer keys, and audioscripts. MyEnglishLab: Summit A powerful online learning tool for personalized practice and assessment -- an available option to complement the Student's Book. Assign activities and track student and class progress. Also includes Summit TV video online with activities.

Summit helps the high-intermediate learner continue to grow through a balanced development of both fluency and accuracy. Summit offers a unique conversational syllabus and extensive opportunities for discussion, debate, presentations, and projects as well as contextualized grammar review, expansion, and practice. Summit prepares students for academic study through development of word skills, reading and listening skills and strategies, and critical thinking. MyEnglishLab for Summit is a powerful online learning tool for personalized practice and assessment.

A two-level high-intermediate/advanced course, "Summit," by Joan Saslow and Allen Ascher, is the perfect next step for learners who have completed a beginning to intermediate-level course. "Summit" develops competence and confidence in all four skills. "Summit"'s simple instructional design has two essential, motivating features: Concise two-page multiple skills lessons are each designed for one class session. Communication activities at the end of each lesson enable students to set their own progress. Other important features: Ten essential model conversations apply a wide array of conversation strategies for confident communication. Unique step-by-step "Discussion Builders" guarantee successful, thoughtful free discourse. An intensive vocabulary syllabus builds key word skills. Comprehensive writing sections feature rhetorical skills, prewriting, and error correction. Bound-in Grammar and Pronunciation Boosters provide additional reference and practice.

Academic writing is difficult, and Final Draft gives students all the tools they need. Writing skills and in-depth analysis of models set the stage for development. Corpus-based vocabulary, collocations, and phrases, as well as detailed information on the grammar of writing, prepare your learners for college writing courses. Students learn to avoid plagiarism in every chapter of every level. This dedicated, long-term focus on plagiarism avoidance helps ensure that these students are able to use sources and highlight their own thoughts.

Gain a broad foundation of advanced data analytics concepts and discover the recent revolution in databases such as Neo4j, Elasticsearch, and MongoDB. This book discusses how to implement ETL techniques including topical crawling, which is applied in domains such as high-frequency algorithmic trading and goal-oriented dialog systems. You’ll also see examples of machine learning concepts such as semi-supervised learning, deep learning, and NLP. Advanced Data Analytics Using Python also covers important traditional data analysis techniques such as time series and principal component analysis. After reading this book you will have experience of every technical aspect of an analytics project. You’ll get to know the concepts using Python code, giving you samples to use in your own projects. What You Will Learn Work with data analysis techniques such as classification, clustering, regression, and forecasting Handle structured and unstructured data, ETL techniques, and different kinds of databases such as Neo4j, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, and MySQL Examine the different big data frameworks, including Hadoop and Spark Discover advanced machine learning concepts such as semi-supervised learning, deep learning, and NLP Who This Book Is For Data scientists and software developers interested in the field of data analytics.