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Providing a much-needed critical synthesis of research on teaching vocabulary and grammar to students of a second or foreign language, this book puts the research into perspective in order to distil recommendations for language teaching. Boers evaluates a comprehensive range of both well-established and lesser-known research strands and classroom practices to draw out the most effective instructional approaches to teaching words, multiword expressions and grammar patterns. Chapters discuss learn...

A Concise Dictionary of Nakoda (Assiniboine) brings to life the hopes and dreams of Nakoda (Assiniboine) elders. The Nakoda language-also known as Assiniboine, an Ojibwe ethnonym meaning "stone enemy"-is an endangered Siouan language of the Mississippi Valley branch spoken in southern Saskatchewan as well as in northern Montana. Nakoda belongs to the Dakotan dialectal continuum, which includes Dakota, Lakhota, and Stoney. The fieldwork for this project was done between 2018 and 2020 with Elder W...

Este volumen propone una aproximacion plural a los conceptos de centro y periferia en aspectos literarios e historico-culturales en el marco general de las relaciones hispano-austriacas. El analisis, siguiendo los parametros citados, resulta novedoso, ya que el objeto de estudio se aborda desde diferentes campos de investigacion, permitiendo, por tanto, propuestas interdisciplinares. Predominan los estudios concretos de tipo contrastivo y tematico, propios de la literatura comparada, pero se tra...

Learn about Korean culture while improving your language skills! Korean Folktales for Language Learners introduces 36 traditional Korean folktales in parallel Korean and English versions along with detailed notes and exercises aimed at beginning/intermediate language learners. The book is perfect practice for first- and second-year Korean students but is sure to entertain anyone wishing to learn about Korean culture. This elegantly illustrated volume is designed to help language learners expa...

DE LECTOR A ESCRITOR is a process-oriented, reading-to-write approach for Spanish composition courses based on authentic texts as models for compositional analysis.

Express Fluency from Teach Yourself gives you a focused, quick and effective language lesson. Start to speak Latin American Spanish through this bite-sized conversation and role-play exercise. -Listen and repeat key vocabulary -Hear the words and phrases in an authentic dialogue -Answer comprehension questions -Practice a role-play Learn all the language you need to introduce people, say where you're from and what you do as a job. This advanced beginner level lesson is a simple step-b...

The fun way to improve English grammar and vocabulary and to improve standardized test scores! The humorous, irreverent style makes these programs perfect for getting students back into the swing of school. Laugh-out-loud examples, reviews, monologues, and short quizzes make the information easy to absorb.

Provides students with simple and clear explanations of the grammatical terms they're likely to encounter in their Bible software of choice. While Bible language and exegetical programs provide users with lots of useful information, most of them unfortunately don't explain the basic meaning of the grammatical terminology or why that information is significant for understanding biblical texts. For most of us, it's been a long time since we've had any formal training in English grammar. So if y...

This original, entertaining, and surprising book investigates verbal blunders: what they are, what they say about those who make them, and how and why we've come to judge them.Um... is about how you really speak, and why it's normal for your everyday speech to be filled with errors—about one in every ten words. In this charming, engaging account of language in the wild, linguist and writer Michael Erard also explains why our attention to some blunders rises and falls. Where did the Freudian slip...