Beginning Conversations


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Finally, a fun and easy way to learn REAL conversational Japanese! Crafted especially for beginners, this book offers a dynamic way to learn conversational Japanese through engaging, real-life dialogues. Each dialogue is designed to enhance your understanding of everyday Japanese, making this an ideal resource for learners aiming to achieve fluency. We are including, at no extra charge, sound files for all the dialogues found in this book. Listen on demand with the QR codes found in the book or download the files to your computer. Also, download an Anki flashcard deck with all the lines. The download link is found on the last page. Why Choose This Book? Listen and Learn: Each dialogue is accompanied by high-quality audio files. Access these through easy-to-scan QR codes within the book or download them from a link provided on the last page. Interactive Learning Tools: Boost your learning with a free Anki flashcard deck for each dialogue line, aiding in effective memorization and recall. Rich Content: Includes seven dialogues set in various everyday scenarios that will prepare you to face real-world conversations with confidence. Features: Authentic Dialogues: Experience natural pacing in conversations, which might seem fast at first but are designed to enhance your listening skills as you revisit them. Cultural and Grammatical Insights: Each dialogue comes with detailed notes on vocabulary, grammar, and cultural contexts, helping you understand the nuances of the language. Comprehensive Approach: From introducing yourself to eating out, the book covers a wide range of practical situations. Bonus content Download sound files for all dialogues QR Codes to scan and instantly hear just that dialogue Free Anki flashcard deck of each line Seven dialogues in various beginning conversation settings The dialogues are presented naturally and all in Japanese. This may be too fast for you at first but try listening to it a few times to attune your ears. As you master the vocabulary and understand the grammatical points mentioned in the book, you may find what was difficult upon first hearing is easy the second (or tenth!) time around. The bonus files also include a free Anki flashcard deck with the phrases found in this book. The book itself contains the dialogue with the English translation, but it also adds cultural and grammatical notes to help you understand the dialogue in context. Contents: Dialogue One in Japanese: Jane Introduces Herself to a Coworker Dialogue Two in Japanese: Jane Meets Her New Boss Dialogue Three in Japanese: Jane Introduces Herself Dialogue Four in Japanese: Jane Meets Her Neighbor Dialogue Five in Japanese: Jane has a Headache Dialogue Six in Japanese: Jane and Neighbor Tanaka Dialogue Seven in Japanese: Eating Out Embark on your journey to fluency with "Learn Japanese through Dialogues: Beginning Conversations" and discover a fun, effective way to enhance your Japanese speaking skills!




More Courageous Conversations About Race


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"Since the highly acclaimed Courageous Conversations About Race offered educators a frame work and tools for promoting racial equity, many schools have implemented the Courageous Conversations Protocol. Now ... in a book that's rich with anecdote, Singleton celebrates the successes, outlines the difficulties, and provides specific strategies for moving Courageous Conversations from racial equity theory to practice at every level, from the classroom to the school superintendent's office"--Back cover.




Difficult Conversations


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The 10th-anniversary edition of the New York Times business bestseller-now updated with "Answers to Ten Questions People Ask" We attempt or avoid difficult conversations every day-whether dealing with an underperforming employee, disagreeing with a spouse, or negotiating with a client. From the Harvard Negotiation Project, the organization that brought you Getting to Yes, Difficult Conversations provides a step-by-step approach to having those tough conversations with less stress and more success. you'll learn how to: · Decipher the underlying structure of every difficult conversation · Start a conversation without defensiveness · Listen for the meaning of what is not said · Stay balanced in the face of attacks and accusations · Move from emotion to productive problem solving




We Need to Talk


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“WE NEED TO TALK.” In this urgent and insightful book, public radio journalist Celeste Headlee shows us how to bridge what divides us--by having real conversations BASED ON THE TED TALK WITH OVER 10 MILLION VIEWS NPR's Best Books of 2017 Winner of the 2017 Silver Nautilus Award in Relationships & Communication “We Need to Talk is an important read for a conversationally-challenged, disconnected age. Headlee is a talented, honest storyteller, and her advice has helped me become a better spouse, friend, and mother.” (Jessica Lahey, author of New York Times bestseller The Gift of Failure) Today most of us communicate from behind electronic screens, and studies show that Americans feel less connected and more divided than ever before. The blame for some of this disconnect can be attributed to our political landscape, but the erosion of our conversational skills as a society lies with us as individuals. And the only way forward, says Headlee, is to start talking to each other. In We Need to Talk, she outlines the strategies that have made her a better conversationalist—and offers simple tools that can improve anyone’s communication. For example: BE THERE OR GO ELSEWHERE. Human beings are incapable of multitasking, and this is especially true of tasks that involve language. Think you can type up a few emails while on a business call, or hold a conversation with your child while texting your spouse? Think again. CHECK YOUR BIAS. The belief that your intelligence protects you from erroneous assumptions can end up making you more vulnerable to them. We all have blind spots that affect the way we view others. Check your bias before you judge someone else. HIDE YOUR PHONE. Don’t just put down your phone, put it away. New research suggests that the mere presence of a cell phone can negatively impact the quality of a conversation. Whether you’re struggling to communicate with your kid’s teacher at school, an employee at work, or the people you love the most—Headlee offers smart strategies that can help us all have conversations that matter.




How To Start A Conversation And Make Friends


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Now revised and updated for the digital era, the classic bestseller How to Start a Conversation and Make Friends has helped hundreds of thousands of people communicate with wit, confidence, and enthusiasm for more than a generation. Small-talk expert Don Gabor has completely revised and updated this definitive guide, showing how to combine essential techniques in the art of conversation with necessary skills for communicating in the twenty-first century. By following the simple and dynamic guidelines in this easy-to-read book, you’ll be ready to strike up a great conversation anytime, anywhere—whether you’re at a cocktail party or chatting online. Learn how to keep the conversation going by asking the right questions, using body language effectively, and avoiding conversation pitfalls. Combining his tried-and-true methods with a whole new section on communicating online and through social networking, Don Gabor shows you how to: · Identify your personal conversation style · Engage in online conversations using proper etiquette and security · Turn online conversations into face-to-face relationships · Boost your personal and professional speaking skills to the next level Packed with charts, hundreds of opening lines, real-life examples, FAQs, helpful hints, and solid professional advice, How to Start a Conversation and Make Friends will help you connect with others at home, work, online, in person, and everywhere in between.




Eight Dates


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Whether you’re newly together and eager to make it work or a longtime couple looking to strengthen and deepen your bond, Eight Dates offers a program of how, why, and when to have eight basic conversations with your partner that can result in a lifetime of love. “Happily ever after” is not by chance, it’s by choice– the choice each person in a relationship makes to remain open, remain curious, and, most of all, to keep talking to one another. From award-winning marriage researcher and bestselling author Dr. John Gottman and fellow researcher Julie Gottman, Eight Dates offers an ingenious and simple-to-implement approach to effective relationship communication. Here are the subjects that every serious couple should discuss: Trust. Family. Sex and intimacy. Dealing with conflict. Work and money. Dreams, and more. And here is how to talk about them—how to broach subjects that are difficult or embarrassing, how to be brave enough to say what you really feel. There are also suggestions for where and when to go on each date—book your favorite romantic restaurant for the Sex & Intimacy conversation (and maybe go to a yoga or dance class beforehand). There are questionnaires, innovative exercises, real-life case studies, and skills to master, including the Four Skills of Intimate Conversation and the Art of Listening. Because making love last is not about having a certain feeling—it’s about both of you being active and involved.




You Are Your Best Thing


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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Tarana Burke and Dr. Brené Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organizers, artists, academics, and cultural figures to discuss the topics the two have dedicated their lives to understanding and teaching: vulnerability and shame resilience. Contributions by Kiese Laymon, Imani Perry, Laverne Cox, Jason Reynolds, Austin Channing Brown, and more NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MARIE CLAIRE AND BOOKRIOT It started as a text between two friends. Tarana Burke, founder of the ‘me too.’ Movement, texted researcher and writer Brené Brown to see if she was free to jump on a call. Brené assumed that Tarana wanted to talk about wallpaper. They had been trading home decorating inspiration boards in their last text conversation so Brené started scrolling to find her latest Pinterest pictures when the phone rang. But it was immediately clear to Brené that the conversation wasn’t going to be about wallpaper. Tarana’s hello was serious and she hesitated for a bit before saying, “Brené, you know your work affected me so deeply, but as a Black woman, I’ve sometimes had to feel like I have to contort myself to fit into some of your words. The core of it rings so true for me, but the application has been harder.” Brené replied, “I’m so glad we’re talking about this. It makes sense to me. Especially in terms of vulnerability. How do you take the armor off in a country where you’re not physically or emotionally safe?” Long pause. “That’s why I’m calling,” said Tarana. “What do you think about working together on a book about the Black experience with vulnerability and shame resilience?” There was no hesitation. Burke and Brown are the perfect pair to usher in this stark, potent collection of essays on Black shame and healing. Along with the anthology contributors, they create a space to recognize and process the trauma of white supremacy, a space to be vulnerable and affirm the fullness of Black love and Black life.




Broadcasting


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The greatest of men and women, from the beginning of creation to the present time, all faced the same battle: the battle between faith and fear. In this book, I unveil the hidden forces behind the source that provokes faith and fear. It is a power that we all possess; some are aware of it, and others are not. The moment you get the revelation of this power, the course of your life will begin to change dramatically. In this book that you are holding, I will take you on an epic real-life journey through historical events and testimonies that brought about the most significant victories and tragic defeats that were faced, and they all came about through the same source, which is the power of words.




Conversation and Technology


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We live in a world where social interaction is increasingly mediated by technological devices. In this book, Ian Hutchby explores the impact these technologies have on our attempts to communicate. Focusing on four examples - telephones, computerized expert systems at work, speech-based systems dealing with enquiries from the public, and multi-user spaces on the Internet - Hutchby asks: are we increasingly technologized conversationalists, or is technology increasingly conversationalized? Conversation and Technology draws on recent theory and empirical research in conversation analysis, ethnomethodology and the social construction of technology. In novel contributions to each of these areas, Hutchby argues that the ways in which we interact can be profoundly shaped by technological media, while at the same time we ourselves are shapers of both the cultural and interactional properties of these technologies. The book begins by examining a variety of theoretical perspectives on this issue. Hutchby offers a critical appraisal of recent sociological thinking, which has tended to over-estimate society's influence on technological development. Instead he calls for a new appreciation of the relationship between human communication and technology. Using a range of case studies to illustrate his argument, Hutchby explores the multiplicity of ways in which technology affects our ordinary conversational practices. Readers in areas as diverse as sociology, communication studies, psychology, computer science and management studies will find much of interest in this account of the human and communicative properties of various forms of modern communication technology.




Toolkit for Mentor Practice


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All the processes, strategies, and tools a mentor needs to support and retain new teachers! Field-tested and evidence-based, this resource is a complete kit with everything mentors need to support novice teachers on their journey to becoming confident, effective professionals. Guiding mentors and their protégés through three transformational learning stages, the toolkit features: A mentoring process that uses data collection and collaborative conversations to improve classroom practices Data-gathering tools that reveal how new teachers interact with students, plan for instruction, design lessons, analyze student work, and differentiate instruction Implementation guidelines and examples that illustrate how to use each tool