For every learner who has wasted dictionary time looking up the individual parts of a Spanish saying only to have the whole add up to nonsense, The Big Red Book of Spanish Idioms provides innovative and easy access to scores of turns-of-phrase and their idiomatic English equivalents.With more than 4,000 Spanish expressions arranged by keyword, numerous example sentences, and an extensive index for cross-referencing, you can quickly find phrase-based translations by way of ...

The story of Michel Thomas reads like a thriller in which adventure and heartbreak combine to produce a unique form of wisdom. Until his death in 2005, he taught languages to ghetto kids, heads of industry and movie stars in a matter of days, succeeding even with people who considered themselves hopeless linguists. To those who have been taught by him, he seemed to be a miracle worker with a magical gift for unlocking the secret powers of the mind. This unique understanding was gained unde...

Essential French Vocabulary is the course for you if you need help with your study of French. This fully revised edition of our best-selling course now comes with free downloadable audio support containing hints on how to learn vocabulary effectively.Unlike a phrasebook or a dictionary, Essential French Vocabulary will take your existing knowledge and build on it systematically and organically, so that you will increase your vocabulary and at the same time expand your range of expr...

Learn Spanish as you explore the colorful and diverse world of Latino cultureBuild a rich Spanish vocabulary without the burden of boring repetition or tedious memorization with Read & Think Spanish. In this audio package, you will find more than 100 intriguing articles written in Spanish about the enchanting diversity of Latino culture--from Spain's Andres Segovia to Peru's ancient fishing techniques to El Dia de los Muertos in Mexico and the United States.Withi...

This book provides 90 quick fluency exercises suitable for nearly any age group. They are arranged into three six-week programs of increasing difficulty and also provided in a single comprehensive six-week form. Build Fluency Muscle offers simple assessment tools to document progress. The book is an outstanding supplemental tool for a wide range of students and situations.It is useful as a supplement to many types of basic writing or language arts classes. Use it with beginning wri...

A writing skills reference book from the author of Romance In a Month:Romance Writers, do you want to:Keep your name in front of your readers with more releases and titles?Learn why you should write shorter in order to write quicker?Meet and exceed your yearly writing goals?Participate in multi-author boxed sets for increased visibility and profit?Claim your fair share of your reader's attention span in today's tsunami of books by produci...

There are many resources on grant writing in science, technology and medicine, but most do not provide the practical advice needed to write the narratives of grant proposals. Designed to help novice and experienced investigators write compelling narratives and acquire research funding, this is a detailed guide to the content, organisation, layout, phrasing, and scientific argumentation of narratives. The authors draw on more than twenty years of research and analysis of grant proposals, ha...

"An easy and effective way of steadily building up your kanji."-Kenneth G. Henshall, A Guide to Remembering Japanese CharactersThis calendarlike practice pad allows you to effectively practice basicintermediate Japanese kanji and learn a year's wroth of kanji in just minutes a day.Although more people are studying the Japanese language than ever before, others are still wary of starting because they believe, "it's too difficult." But KanjiAD...

This volume critically examines the phenomenon of “English fever” in South Korea from both micro- and macro-perspectives. Drawing on original research and rich illustrative examples, the book investigates two key questions: why is English so popular in Korea, and why is there such a gap between the ‘dreams’ and ‘realities’ associated with English in Korea? These questions are explored through the eyes of English-Korean translators and interpreters, who represent the professional group most...

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Say adios to your fears of learning Spanish with the updated premium edition of this fast, painless guideThe updated third edition of Spanish DeMYSTiFieD provides you with the comprehensive, step-by-step educational experience th...

First published in 1936, this book is intended to provide an outline of Anglo-Saxon grammar for beginners, focusing on well-selected, succinctly stated rules rather than giving a detailed survey. It focuses on the West-Saxon dialect as this is best suited to beginners due to its uniformity in phonology and inflection, the fact it forms the basis of Anglo-Saxon grammar, and its prominence in the extant literature. Extracts have been selected from this literature to provide a sufficient basi...

This collection focuses on Chinese learners with original data sets using innovative research methods. It investigates Chinese learners' learning and language skills, perceptions and particularly the processes of reciprocal intercultural adaptations in a wide international context of Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, New Zealand and the UK.