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Easy Italian Phrase Book: 770 Basic Phrases for Everyday Use (Dover Language Guides Italian)

Here's the perfect book to use when you're traveling to Italy for business or pleasure -- or whenever fast, effective communication in Italian is needed.This handy, sturdy volume contains more than 770 basic phrases that provide the practical language necessary for most everyday situations. Designed for use as a quick reference tool and an easy study guide, Easy Italian Phrase Book is the perfect companion when traveling abroad or for reading at odd moments in order to learn a few phrases each day.Included are basic phrases used in: making yourself understood; general expressions; restaurants and specialty shops; phone conversations; boat, plane, and train travel; making hotel reservations; and much more. Each phrase in this inexpensive and easy-to-use book is accompanied by a phonetic pronunciation guide, and a complete index makes word and phrase location quick and easy.

Easy Japanese

This is a carefully structured, practical book for learning colloquial spoken Japanese.Each lesson presents a few of the most common features of the language in sentences which are short, easy, and immediately useful. The first thirteen lessons show you there is a lot that can be said with just a word or two. The later lessons introduce more variety and explain a few of the fine points. The sentences reflect how the Japanese language is really spoken. They are short but colloquial, abrupt but not rude. Each lesson contains first a number a number of Japanese phrases followed by material for practice. These are short conversations mad up entirely of the phrases you have learned in the lesson (or in preceding lessons).After the lessons, there is a basic vocabulary of some common Japanese words and their English equivalents. The Japanese verbs are presented both in the polite present (-mas') and the plain resent (-u or -ru). At the end of the book there are indexes of Japanese hiragana and katakana. Key highlights of this book are:30 short, easy-to-follow lessons with practical exercisesA Japanese-English dictionary of over 3,000 most commonly used wordsWriting charts of the hiragana and katakana Japanese syllabaries.

Easy Japanese

This is a carefully structured, practical book for learning colloquial spoken Japanese.Each lesson presents a few of the most common features of the language in sentences which are short, easy, and immediately useful. The first thirteen lessons show you there is a lot that can be said with just a word or two. The later lessons introduce more variety and explain a few of the fine points. The sentences reflect how the Japanese language is really spoken. They are short but colloquial, abrupt but not rude. Each lesson contains first a number a number of Japanese phrases followed by material for practice. These are short conversations mad up entirely of the phrases you have learned in the lesson (or in preceding lessons).After the lessons, there is a basic vocabulary of some common Japanese words and their English equivalents. The Japanese verbs are presented both in the polite present (-mas') and the plain resent (-u or -ru). At the end of the book there are indexes of Japanese hiragana and katakana. Key highlights of this book are:30 short, easy-to-follow lessons with practical exercisesA Japanese-English dictionary of over 3,000 most commonly used wordsWriting charts of the hiragana and katakana Japanese syllabaries.

Easy Mandarin Chinese: Learn to Speak Mandarin Chinese Quickly! (Downloadable Audio Included)

Concise and user-friendly, Easy Mandarin Chinese is designed for anyone who wants to learn Mandarin Chinese--whether on their own or with a teacher.This language learning book introduces the learner to all the basics of the Chinese language and teaches practical daily conversations and vocabulary. It enables users to begin communicating effectively from the very first day and it's compact size makes it a great tool for travelers or business people looking to learn Chinese on the road without giving up on any content.This Mandarin language learning book includes: Useful notes on the Chinese script, pronunciation, sentence structure, vocabulary, and grammar Sections covering greetings, requests, idiomatic expressions and common situations Cultural information about Chinese etiquette as well as do's and don'ts A glossary of the most commonly-used Mandarin Chinese words and phrases Downloadable audio with many hours of native-speaker recordings of the dialogues, vocabulary and exercises.

Easy Russian Phrase Book: Over 690 Basic Phrases for Everyday Use (Dover Language Guides Russian)

Here's the perfect book to use when you're traveling to Russian-speaking areas for business or pleasure -- or whenever fast, effective communication in Russian is needed.This handy, sturdy volume contains more than 700 basic words and phrases that provide the practical language necessary for most everyday situations. Designed for use as a quick reference tool and an easy study guide, Easy Russian Phrase Book is the perfect companion when traveling abroad or for reading at odd moments in order to learn a few phrases each day.Included are basic phrases used in: making yourself understood; general expressions; restaurants and specialty shops; phone conversations; boat, plane, and train travel; making hotel reservations; and much more. Each phrase in this inexpensive and easy-to-use book is accompanied by a phonetic pronunciation guide, and a complete index makes word and phrase location quick and easy.

Easy Russian Phrase Book NEW EDITION: Over 700 Phrases for Everyday Use (Dover Language Guides Russian)

Designed as a quick reference tool and an easy-to-use study guide, this inexpensive and up-to-date book offers fast, effective communications. The perfect companion for tourists and business travelers in Russia, it features words, phrases, and sentences that cover everything from asking directions to ordering dinner.Over 700 conveniently organized expressions include terms for modern telecommunications as well as phrases related to transportation, shopping, medical and emergency situations, and other common circumstances. A phonetic pronunciation accompanies each phrase.

Easy Spanish Phrase Book: Over 770 Basic Phrases for Everyday Use

Here's the perfect book to use when you're traveling to Spain or Latin America for business or pleasure -- or whenever fast, effective communication in Spanish is needed.This handy, sturdy volume contains more than 770 basic words and phrases that provide the practical language necessary for most everyday situations. Designed for use as a quick reference tool and an easy study guide, Easy Spanish Phrase Book is the perfect companion when traveling abroad or for reading at odd moments in order to learn a few phrases each day.Included are basic phrases used in: making yourself understood; general expressions; restaurants and specialty shops; phone conversations; boat, plane, and train travel; making hotel reservations; and much more. Each phrase in this inexpensive and easy-to-use book is accompanied by a phonetic pronunciation guide, and a complete index makes word and phrase location quick and easy.

Easy Spanish Phrase Book NEW EDITION: Over 700 Phrases for Everyday Use (Dover Language Guides Spanish)

Designed as a quick reference tool and an easy-to-use study guide, this inexpensive and up-to-date book offers fast, effective communications. The perfect companion for tourists and business travelers in Spain and Latin America, it features words, phrases, and sentences that cover everything from asking directions to ordering dinner.Over 700 conveniently organized expressions include terms for modern telecommunications as well as phrases related to transportation, shopping, medical and emergency situations, and other common circumstances. A phonetic pronunciation accompanies each phrase.

Easy Tagalog: Learn to Speak Tagalog Quickly

Easy Tagalog brings the Tagalog language and culture of the Philippines alive, giving you all the basics you need to start speaking basic Tagalog immediately. <P><P>The opening chapters introduce the essentials of Tagalog pronunciation and sentence construction, showing you how to build simple Tagalog sentences. Each subsequent chapter gives a short, easy dialogue that's useful in an everyday situation, along with a new set of sentence patterns and a vocabulary list to help you gradually build up your knowledge and repertoire for activities like making new acquaintances, going shopping, and much more. Every chapter contains helpful information on the customs and culture of this warm and friendly island nation, so that you'll soon be able to talk with ease about everything from the weather to your job and home and family. An extensive glossary at the back and a variety of interesting practice activities, with answer keys, help you build your fluency. The audio disc is a great way to learn Tagalog and gives you a solid foundation in correct pronunciation and helps you get a feel for the spoken language. Let Filipino experts Barrios and Camagong teach you how to enjoy this beautiful language.

Easy Thai

Learn the basics of Thai quickly and easily! Easy Thai is exciting and helpful for beginning Thai Language students and anyone who needs a functional day-to-day grasp of colloquial Thai. An excellent resource to learn Thai, its twelve chapters cover practical and useful conversation topics such as introductions, telling the time, directions, ordering food and shopping. Each chapter opens with a dialogue that introduces new language in context, and contains: Vocabulary lists Grammar notes Sentence patterns Exercises Notes on culture and etiquette. All dialogues, vocabulary lists, and sentence patterns are rendered in Thai script, romanized Thai, and English. In the comprehensive, concise introduction to Easy Thai, you will understand how to pronounce, read and write the Thai language. A bilingual dictionary at the end of the book gives translations for approximately 1,000 common words in both Thai and English. An audio disc provides sample conversations by native Thai speakers, helping you to practice authentic pronunciation. Easy Thai contains everything you as a beginning language learner need to know about the basics of Thai, making you a more effective communicator from the very first lesson without having to resort to long, dull, expensive courses of study!

Easy Vietnamese: Learn to Speak Vietnamese Quickly! (Downloadable Audio Included)

Concise and user-friendly, Easy Vietnamese is designed for anyone who wants to learn Vietnamese--whether on their own or with a teacher.This language learning book introduces the learner to all the basics of the Vietnamese language and teaches practical daily conversations and vocabulary. It enables users to begin communicating effectively from the very first day and it's compact size makes it a great tool for travelers or business people looking to learn Vietnamese on the road without giving up on any content.This Vietnamese learning book includes: Useful notes on Vietnamese script, pronunciation, sentence structure, vocabulary, and grammar Sections covering greetings, requests, idiomatic expressions and common situations Cultural information about Vietnamese etiquette as well as do's and don'ts A glossary of the most commonly-used Vietnamese words and phrases Downloadable audio with many hours of native-speaker recordings of the dialogues, vocabulary and exercises.

Easy Ways to Enlarge Your German Vocabulary

Although there are many books that cover German grammar and syntax, remarkably little modern attention has been given to the practical problem of acquiring a German vocabulary. Yet building up or enlarging a basic vocabulary can be one of the most time-consuming and most difficult tasks for the student, if he approaches it by the conventional method of word lists or reading notes. As the present book, by Karl A. Schmidt, Assistant Professor of German at the University of San Francisco, shows, there are modern techniques for building vocabulary efficiently.Professor Schmidt's work builds upon the close relationship of German to English, as well as upon the easy and rational processes that are used in German for word formation. Cognates and words of common foreign origin between English and German are covered, as well as the creation of new words by compounding, by affixes, and other modifications. Concentrating on useful, modern vocabulary, this book is remarkably clear in its presentation and will (in addition to its specific considerations) leave the reader with a sense of the patterns of word formation, so that he can go farther on his own.This book can be used as a supplement to any language course, for self-study by a student who has already had grammatical basics, or as a refresher. The extensive practice examples that are included (with a key at the rear) will enable the reader both to increase his knowledge and to check his progress.

ECCE Romani I: A Latin Reading Program

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ECCE Romani I: A Latin Reading Program

NIMAC-sourced textbook

Ecce Romani I

The title of this series of Latin books is Ecce Romani, which means “Look! The Romans!” The books in the series will present the Romans to you as you learn the Latin language that they spoke. At first you will meet the members of a Roman family. As you continue reading, you will meet mythological and historical characters that meant much to the Romans and remain part of our cultural heritage today. You will be introduced to a vast and colorful world of ancient Mediterranean and European civilizations that included peoples who spoke many different languages, and you will meet people of many different cultures and social levels, ranging from slaves to emperors. You will read passages from many ancient Roman writers and thus come into direct communication with the ancient Romans themselves.

Ecce Romani II: A Latin Reading Program

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ECCE Romani III: A Latin Reading Program

Echo's Voice: The Theatres of Sarraute, Duras, Cixous and Renaude

Helene Cixous (1937-), distinguished not least as a playwright herself, told Le Monde in 1977 that she no longer went to the theatre: it presented women only as reflections of men, used for their visual effect. The theatre she wanted would stress the auditory, giving voice to ways of being that had previously been silenced. She was by no means alone in this. Cixous's plays, along with those of Nathalie Sarraute (1900-99), Marguerite Duras (1914-96), and Noelle Renaude (1949-), among others, have proved potent in drawing participants into a dynamic 'space of the voice'. If, as psychoanalysis suggests, voice represents a transitional condition between body and language, such plays may draw their audiences in to understandings previously never spoken. In this ground-breaking study, Noonan explores the rich possibilities of this new audio-vocal form of theatre, and what it can reveal of the auditory self.

Écrire comme on aimerait lire: Parfaire ses compétences et son style

Écrire comme on aimerait lire est un ouvrage destiné à des étudiants avancés de français. Il vise à étendre les connaissances en matière de vocabulaire et de style afin de libérer l’écriture. Il s’articule autour de quatre axes : la précision lexicale, l’amélioration des phrases, l’emploi des figures de style et la bonne compréhension des dénotations et connotations. En tant que tel, il sera aussi un outil de référence pour la traduction de la L1 vers la L2. Cet ouvrage vise les étudiants de français des niveaux DALF C1 et C2 du CECRL (Cadre Européen Commun de Référence pour les Langues) et ceux au niveau Advanced High de l’échelle des compétences de ACTFL (the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages).

Edexcel International GCSE French Student Book Second Edition

This Student Book provides a grammar-led approach with extensive exam preparation to develop independent, culturally aware students of German, ready for the exam.This book is endorsed by Cambridge International Examinations for the latest IGCSE® (0525) and International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate (0677) syllabuses. Extensive use of German reflects the style of the exams and, with specific advice and practice, it helps students use the acquired skills to their best ability. Topics on German-speaking cultures are integrated throughout to ensure students gain the cultural awareness that is at the heart of this qualification.- Develop students' ability to use German effectively - Stretch and challenge students to achieve their best grades - Ensure the progression required for further study at A-level or equivalent - Provide insight and encourage a positive attitude towards other culturesThe book provides up-to-date content following a clear sequencing of topics designed specifically for teaching German at this level. It is designed to develop spontaneous, confident linguists who are able to progress to further study of German.- Teacher Resource + Audio-CDs (ISBN 9781471833076) includes all recordings and transcripts together with detailed guidance, editable vocabulary lists, cultural PowerPoints and interactive quizzes- Grammar Workbook (ISBN 9781471833182)Vocabulary is also available online at Vocab Express, an interactive learning applicationVisit www.vocabexpress.co.uk/hodder for more information.

Edexcel International GCSE French Student Book Second Edition

This Student Book provides a grammar-led approach with extensive exam preparation to develop independent, culturally aware students of German, ready for the exam.This book is endorsed by Cambridge International Examinations for the latest IGCSE® (0525) and International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate (0677) syllabuses. Extensive use of German reflects the style of the exams and, with specific advice and practice, it helps students use the acquired skills to their best ability. Topics on German-speaking cultures are integrated throughout to ensure students gain the cultural awareness that is at the heart of this qualification.- Develop students' ability to use German effectively - Stretch and challenge students to achieve their best grades - Ensure the progression required for further study at A-level or equivalent - Provide insight and encourage a positive attitude towards other culturesThe book provides up-to-date content following a clear sequencing of topics designed specifically for teaching German at this level. It is designed to develop spontaneous, confident linguists who are able to progress to further study of German.- Teacher Resource + Audio-CDs (ISBN 9781471833076) includes all recordings and transcripts together with detailed guidance, editable vocabulary lists, cultural PowerPoints and interactive quizzes- Grammar Workbook (ISBN 9781471833182)Vocabulary is also available online at Vocab Express, an interactive learning applicationVisit www.vocabexpress.co.uk/hodder for more information.

Edexcel International GCSE German Student Book Second Edition

This Student Book provides a grammar-led approach with extensive exam preparation to develop independent, culturally aware students of German, ready for the exam.This book is endorsed by Cambridge International Examinations for the latest IGCSE® (0525) and International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate (0677) syllabuses. Extensive use of German reflects the style of the exams and, with specific advice and practice, it helps students use the acquired skills to their best ability. Topics on German-speaking cultures are integrated throughout to ensure students gain the cultural awareness that is at the heart of this qualification.- Develop students' ability to use German effectively - Stretch and challenge students to achieve their best grades - Ensure the progression required for further study at A-level or equivalent - Provide insight and encourage a positive attitude towards other culturesThe book provides up-to-date content following a clear sequencing of topics designed specifically for teaching German at this level. It is designed to develop spontaneous, confident linguists who are able to progress to further study of German.- Teacher Resource + Audio-CDs (ISBN 9781471833076) includes all recordings and transcripts together with detailed guidance, editable vocabulary lists, cultural PowerPoints and interactive quizzes- Grammar Workbook (ISBN 9781471833182)Vocabulary is also available online at Vocab Express, an interactive learning applicationVisit www.vocabexpress.co.uk/hodder for more information.

Edexcel International GCSE German Student Book Second Edition

This Student Book provides a grammar-led approach with extensive exam preparation to develop independent, culturally aware students of German, ready for the exam.This book is endorsed by Cambridge International Examinations for the latest IGCSE® (0525) and International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate (0677) syllabuses. Extensive use of German reflects the style of the exams and, with specific advice and practice, it helps students use the acquired skills to their best ability. Topics on German-speaking cultures are integrated throughout to ensure students gain the cultural awareness that is at the heart of this qualification.- Develop students' ability to use German effectively - Stretch and challenge students to achieve their best grades - Ensure the progression required for further study at A-level or equivalent - Provide insight and encourage a positive attitude towards other culturesThe book provides up-to-date content following a clear sequencing of topics designed specifically for teaching German at this level. It is designed to develop spontaneous, confident linguists who are able to progress to further study of German.- Teacher Resource + Audio-CDs (ISBN 9781471833076) includes all recordings and transcripts together with detailed guidance, editable vocabulary lists, cultural PowerPoints and interactive quizzes- Grammar Workbook (ISBN 9781471833182)Vocabulary is also available online at Vocab Express, an interactive learning applicationVisit www.vocabexpress.co.uk/hodder for more information.

Edexcel A level French (includes AS)

Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: FrenchFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2017Endorsed for the Edexcel A Level specification from 2016.Develop all four language skills with a single textbook that has clear progression from GCSE and throughout the new A Level.- Clear progression through four stages of learning: transition, AS, A-level and extension- Develops language skills through reading, listening, speaking and writing tasks, plus translation and research practice- Exposes students to authentic topical stimulus and film and literature tasters for every work- Equips students with the tools they need to succeed with learning strategies throughout - Prepares students for the assessment with advice on the new individual research project and essay-writing - Builds grammar skills with exercises throughout and a detailed grammar reference sectionAudio resources to accompany the Student Book must be purchased separately. They can be purchased in several ways: 1) as part of the Boost digital teacher resources; 2) as a separate audio download; 3) as part of the Boost eBook.The audio resources are not part of the Edexcel endorsement process.

Edexcel A level French (includes AS)

Endorsed for the Edexcel A-level specification from 2016.Develop all four language skills with a single textbook that has clear progression from GCSE and throughout the new A level.- Clear progression through four stages of learning: transition, AS, A-level and extension- Develops language skills through reading, listening, speaking and writing tasks, plus translation and research practice- Exposes students to authentic topical stimulus and film and literature tasters for every work- Equips students with the tools they need to succeed with learning strategies throughout - Prepares students for the assessment with advice on the new individual research project and essay-writing - Builds grammar skills with exercises throughout and a detailed grammar reference sectionAudio resources to accompany the Student Book can be purchased in several ways: 1) as part of the Dynamic Learning Teaching and Learning resource2) downloaded separately3) as part of the Student eTextbook. The Teaching and Learning resources are not part of the approval process.