Conversaciones Fáciles en Inglés en Lugares Públicos


Book Description

Conversaciones fáciles en inglés en lugares públicos para aprender inglés rápido es una guía esencial para estudiantes de inglés como lengua extranjera que deseen mejorar sus habilidades conversacionales. Este libro le ofrece muchas oportunidades para practicar inglés en situaciones de la vida real. Si piensas vivir en el extranjero o viajar a países de habla inglesa, este libro te ayudará a practicar y aprender el inglés cotidiano. Cada capítulo consta de 3 partes: Parte 1: Hablar del futuro Parte 2: Conversación sobre el presente Parte 3: Hablar del día a día Este libro es completamente bilingüe, por lo que no tendrás que salir de él para buscar la traducción de una palabra en inglés que no entiendas. No sólo desarrollarás tus habilidades de conversación, sino que también ampliarás tu vocabulario descubriendo nuevas palabras y frases de uso común en lugares públicos como bibliotecas, cafeterías, incluso en una farmacia, ¡y mucho más! Aprenderá a expresarse con claridad, precisión y confianza cuando hable con hablantes nativos de inglés. Conversaciones fáciles en inglés en lugares públicos le enseñará a: Pedir una pizza Pedir ayuda en una tienda de comestibles Pedir en un restaurante Pida ayuda en un avión y ¡mucho más! Conversaciones fáciles en inglés en lugares públicos, podrá entablar conversaciones prácticas con hablantes nativos de inglés. Hazte con un ejemplar y empieza a practicar hoy mismo... ¡en lugares públicos!




The Bilingual Family


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An up-to-date, accessible guide for parents of bilingual children.




The Inner World of the Immigrant Child


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This powerful book tells the story of one teacher's odyssey to understand the inner world of immigrant children, and to create a learning environment that is responsive to these students' feelings and their needs. Featuring the voices and artwork of many immigrant children, this text portrays the immigrant experience of uprooting, culture shock, and adjustment to a new world, and then describes cultural, academic, and psychological interventions that facilitate learning as immigrant students make the transition to a new language and culture. Particularly relevant for courses dealing with multicultural and bilingual education, foundations of education, and literacy curriculum and instruction, this text is essential reading for all teachers who will -- or currently do -- work in today's school environment.




Children's Friendship Training


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First published in 2003. Children's Friendship Training is a complete manualized guide for therapists treating children with peer problems. This unique, empirically validated treatment is the first to integrate parents into the therapy process to ensure generalization to school and home. Representing over twelve years of research, Children's Friendship Training presents the comprehensive social skills training program developed by these pioneering authors. Step-by-step interventions help children develop the skills to initiate mutually satisfying social interactions. These interactions can lead to higher regard within the peer group and the development of satisfying dyadic relationships that will, in turn, serve to enhance overall well being. Clinical and empirical rationales, illustrative case examples and parent handouts that educate parents and give specific guidelines for homework assignments are presented for each treatment module. Brief relevant reviews of the child development literature and selective reviews of assessment techniques and other approached to children's social skills training are presented to sufficiently acquaint therapists interested in implementing children's friendship training.




The Intentional Teacher


Book Description

Young children and teachers both have active roles in the learning processHow do preschoolers learn and develop? What are the best ways to support learning in the early years? This revised edition of The Intentional Teacher guides teachers to balance both child-guided and adult-guided learning experiences that build on children's interests and focus on what they need to learn to be successful in school and in life.This edition offers new chapters on science, social studies, and approaches to learning. Also included is updated, expanded information on social and emotional development, physical development and health, language and literacy, mathenatics, and the creative arts. In each chapter are many practical teaching strategies that are illustrated with classroom-based anecdotes.The Intentional Teacher encourages readers to- Reflect on their principles and practices- Broaden their thinking about appropriate early curriculum content and instructional methods- Discover specific ideas and teaching strategies for interacting with children in key subject areasIntentional teaching does not happen by chance. This book will help teachers apply their knowledge of children and of content to make thoughtful, intentional use of both child-guided and adult-guided experiences.










Creative Watercolor


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Creative Watercolor offers beginners a fun, modern, and practical approach to a timeless medium with instructions on how to paint simple motifs and lettering and embellish projects beautifully. In Creative Watercolor, popular watercolor artist and workshop instructor Ana Victoria Calderon shares her step-by-step techniques for painting modern motifs in this classic medium. Through a series of easy tutorials and projects, you will: Get an overview of basic materials and tools, plus options for embellishing your paintings Master essential techniques, starting with easy warm-up activities, learning to layer, and getting into the flow with watercolor, plus an introduction to scanning and digital editing for making multiples Learn to paint a variety of simple, beautiful motifs: flowers and leaves, butterflies and critters, fruits and vegetables, and delightful lettering Use what you've learned to create unique, stylish stationery, including beautiful invitations, place cards, menus, monograms, recipe gift cards, thank you notes—any project you can imagine, for any kind of event you can think of! There's never been a better time to dive into the world of watercolor, so why wait? Grab a brush and get painting! Perfect for creative beginners, the books in the Art for Modern Makers series take a fun, practical approach to learning about and working with paints and other art mediums to create beautiful DIY projects and crafts.




Faith's Checkbook


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"Ask anything in my name, I will do it." (John 14:14) Charles H. Spurgeon supplies daily deposits of God's promises into the reader's personal bank of faith. He urges the reader to view each Bible promise as a check written by God, which can be cashed by personally endorsing it and receiving the gift it represents!




Tarzan and the Ant-Men (Serapis Classics)


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Tarzan, the king of the jungle, enters an isolated country called Minuni, inhabited by a people four times smaller than himself, the Minunians, who live in magnificent city-states which frequently wage war against each other. Tarzan befriends the king, Adendrohahkis, and the prince, Komodoflorensal, of one such city-state, called Trohanadalmakus, and joins them in war against the onslaught of the army of Veltopismakus, their warlike neighbours.