Author : David Crystal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 36,23 MB
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1107611806
Written in a detailed and fascinating manner, this book is ideal for general readers interested in the English language.
Author : Paul Pimsleur
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 24,37 MB
Release : 2013-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 1442369027
In this entertaining and groundbreaking book, Dr. Paul Pimsleur, creator of the renowned Pimsleur Method, the world leader in audio-based language learning, shows how anyone can learn to speak a foreign language. If learning a language in high school left you bruised, with a sense that there was no way you can learn another language, How to Learn a Foreign Language will restore your sense of hope. In simple, straightforward terms, Dr. Pimsleur will help you learn grammar (seamlessly), vocabulary, and how to practice pronunciation (and come out sounding like a native). The key is the simplicity and directness of Pimsleur’s approach to a daunting subject, breaking it down piece by piece, demystifying the process along the way. Dr. Pimsleur draws on his own language learning trials and tribulations offering practical advice for overcoming the obstacles so many of us face. Originally published in 1980, How to Learn a Foreign Language is now available on the 50th anniversary of Dr. Pimsleur’s publication of the first of his first audio courses that embodied the concepts and methods found here. It's a fascinating glimpse into the inner workings of the mind of this amazing pioneer of language learning.
Author : Nicholas Brown
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 11,1 MB
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1136926623
This dictionary contains 10,000 Russian words in order of importance starting with the most common and finishing with words that occur about 8 times in a million. All the words have English translations, many have examples of usage and the entries include information on stress and grammatical irregularities. There is also a complete alphabetical index to the words in the list. A learner who knows all or most of these 10,000 words can be regarded as competent in Russian for all normal purposes. The list takes you from a beginner's core vocabulary through to postgraduate level.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 587 pages
File Size : 18,88 MB
Release : 2015-07-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0309324882
Children are already learning at birth, and they develop and learn at a rapid pace in their early years. This provides a critical foundation for lifelong progress, and the adults who provide for the care and the education of young children bear a great responsibility for their health, development, and learning. Despite the fact that they share the same objective - to nurture young children and secure their future success - the various practitioners who contribute to the care and the education of children from birth through age 8 are not acknowledged as a workforce unified by the common knowledge and competencies needed to do their jobs well. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 explores the science of child development, particularly looking at implications for the professionals who work with children. This report examines the current capacities and practices of the workforce, the settings in which they work, the policies and infrastructure that set qualifications and provide professional learning, and the government agencies and other funders who support and oversee these systems. This book then makes recommendations to improve the quality of professional practice and the practice environment for care and education professionals. These detailed recommendations create a blueprint for action that builds on a unifying foundation of child development and early learning, shared knowledge and competencies for care and education professionals, and principles for effective professional learning. Young children thrive and learn best when they have secure, positive relationships with adults who are knowledgeable about how to support their development and learning and are responsive to their individual progress. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 offers guidance on system changes to improve the quality of professional practice, specific actions to improve professional learning systems and workforce development, and research to continue to build the knowledge base in ways that will directly advance and inform future actions. The recommendations of this book provide an opportunity to improve the quality of the care and the education that children receive, and ultimately improve outcomes for children.
Author : Serge Sharoff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 33,91 MB
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1317917847
A Frequency Dictionary of Russian is an invaluable tool for all learners of Russian, providing a list of the 5,000 most frequently used words in the language and the 300 most frequent multiword constructions. The dictionary is based on data from a 150-million-word internet corpus taken from more than 75,000 webpages and covering a range of text types from news and journalistic articles, research papers, administrative texts and fiction. All entries in the rank frequency list feature the English equivalent, a sample sentence with English translation, a part of speech indication, indication of stress for polysyllabic words and information on inflection for irregular forms. The dictionary also contains twenty-six thematically organised and frequency-ranked lists of words on a variety of topics, such as food and drink, travel, and sports and leisure. A Frequency Dictionary of Russian enables students of all levels to get the most out of their study of vocabulary in an engaging and efficient way. It is also a rich resource for language teaching, research, curriculum design, and materials development. Former CD content is now available to access at www.routledge.com/9780415521420 as support material. Designed for use by corpus and computational linguists it provides the full text in a format that researchers can process and turn into suitable lists for their own research purposes.
Author : Geoffrey Leech
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 39,83 MB
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1317882040
Word Frequencies in Written and Spoken English is a landmark volume in the development of vocabulary frequency studies. Whereas previous books have in general given frequency information about the written language only, this book provides information on both speech and writing. It not only gives information about the language as a whole, but also about the differences between spoken and written English, and between different spoken and written varieties of the language. The frequencies are derived from a wide ranging and up-to-date corpus of English: the British National Corpus, which was compiled from over 4,000 written texts and spoken transcriptions representing the present day language in the UK. The book is based on a new version of the corpus (available from 2001) providing more accurate grammatical information, which is essential (for example) for distinguishing words like leaves (noun) and leaves (verb) with different meanings. The book begins with a general introduction, explaining why such information is important and highlighting interesting linguistic findings that emerge from the statistical analysis of the British National Corpus vocabulary. It also contains twenty four 'interest boxes' which highlight and comment on different aspects of frequency - for example, the most common colour words in English in order of frequency, and a comparison of male words (e.g. man) and female words (e.g. woman) in terms of their frequency.
Author : Pinhok Languages
Publisher : Pinhok Languages
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 24,45 MB
Release : 2022-05-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :
French vocabulary book + French dictionary This French vocabulary book contains more than 3000 words and phrases which are grouped by topic to make it easier for you to pick what to learn first. On top of that, the index in the second half of the book provides you with a basic French-English as well as English-French dictionary which makes this a great resource for learners of all levels. What you can expect from this book: This French learning resource is a combination of French vocabulary book and a two-way basic French dictionary: Part 1 - Topic based French vocabulary book: This is the main part of the book and represents a list of chapters each containing French vocabularies for a certain topic. The French vocabularies in the chapters are unsorted on purpose to separate remembering them from a defined alphabetical order. You can start at any chapter and dive directly into the topics that interest you the most. Part 2 - Basic English-French dictionary: The index in the second half of the book can be used as a basic French dictionary to look up words you have learned but can't remember or learn new words you need. Part 3 - Basic French-English dictionary: Easy to use and with just the right amount of words, this third part finishes off with a second index that allows you to look for French words and directly find the English translation How to use this French vocabulary book: Not sure where to start? We suggest you first work your way through the verbs, adjectives and phrases chapters in part one of the book. This will give you a great base for further studying and already enough vocabulary for basic communication. The French dictionaries in part two and three can be used whenever needed to look up words you hear on the street, English words you want to know the French translation for or simply to learn some new words. Some final thoughts: Vocabulary books have been around for centuries and as with so many things that have been around for some time, they are not very fashionable and a bit boring, but they usually work very well. Together with the basic French dictionary parts, this vocabulary book is a great resource to support you throughout the process of learning French and comes in particularly handy at times when there is no internet to look up words and phrases.
Author : Rose-Marie Dechaine
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 21,22 MB
Release : 2012-02-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1118101596
The fascinating, fun, and friendly way to understand the science behind human language Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics students study how languages are constructed, how they function, how they affect society, and how humans learn language. From understanding other languages to teaching computers to communicate, linguistics plays a vital role in society. Linguistics For Dummies tracks to a typical college-level introductory linguistics course and arms you with the confidence, knowledge, and know-how to score your highest. Understand the science behind human language Grasp how language is constructed Score your highest in college-level linguistics If you're enrolled in an introductory linguistics course or simply have a love of human language, Linguistics For Dummies is your one-stop resource for unlocking the science of the spoken word.
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Page : 564 pages
File Size : 24,19 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Language and languages
ISBN :
Author : Ralph Fasold
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 43,6 MB
Release : 2006-03-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521847680
This accessible textbook offers balanced and uniformly excellent coverage of modern linguistics.
