The second edition of Working with Texts is a fully revised and updated version of a well-established introductory language textbook. Including a huge range of activities and projects, the book introduces the core areas of language structure and grammar through the analysis of real texts. The second edition includes: a fresh introductory section o how to use the book; new material on differences between spoken and written language, children's language, language and ideology; an updated range of texts, including advertisements, beer mats, horoscopes, newspaper articles, junk mail, comedy sketches, political speeches, letters; more extensions suggesting project work and an answer key at the back; a new concluding section including further analyses, which gives the student practice in analyzing all the different aspects explored throughout the book; updated and annotated further reading and a list of urls for students to visit.