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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Spanish for Veterinarians 2e
Book SynopsisSpanish for Veterinarians, Second Edition, is designed to help you rapidly learn working Spanish for clinical conversations. Packed with the practical vocabulary information and conversational tools found in the first edition, the new edition now includes a new chapter on exotics and expanded information on the Spanish required for pre-consultation discussion. The pronunciation exercises, available online as audio files to help veterinary team members effectively and confidently use Spanish in their client communications, have also been revised and expanded. This new edition is a lively presentation of the Spanish that working vets increasingly need to know.Trade Review"A useful feature is access to a Web site where readers can listen to native pronunciation of words and download pronunciation exercises. As a teaching tool, this is priceless, particularly because most communications between veterinarians and Spanish speaking clients will be oral.... This book is a useful introduction to Spanish.... Any attempts to communicate to owners in their native language will be met with relief and appreciation, and the book succeeds in providing a basic working version of the Spanish language." - Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, December 2008Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xi CHAPTER 1: Getting Started 3 Pronunciation of Spanish 3 Nouns and Plurals 5 Articles and Plurals 6 Names of Animals 6 CHAPTER 2: The Body and How to Describe It 11 Adjectives 11 External Body Parts 14 Internal Organs 15 CHAPTER 3: Verbs: Where the Action Is 19 Regular Verbs 19 Weak-Kneed Verbs 22 CHAPTER 4: Irregular Verbs 25 Four Essential Irregular Verbs: tener, estar, ser, and ir 25 World's Simplest Verb: hay 32 CHAPTER 5: How Long Has the Cow Had a Fever? 33 Duration of Time 33 The Present Perfect 34 The Verb dar 36 Feeding Vocabulary 37 CHAPTER 6: The Past and Accidents 41 Past Time Verbs 41 Accidents 46 CHAPTER 7: Telling People What to Do 49 Verbal Shorthand 49 Giving Commands 50 Giving Something to Somebody 53 Polite Suggestions 54 CHAPTER 8: Taking a Clinical History 57 CHAPTER 9: The Diagnostic Exam 61 CHAPTER 10: Cattle 67 Special Vocabulary 68 Illnesses 69 CHAPTER 11: Horses 75 Special Vocabulary 76 Illnesses 76 CHAPTER 12: Sheep and Goats 79 Special Vocabulary 79 Illnesses 80 CHAPTER 13: Swine 83 Special Vocabulary 83 Illnesses 84 CHAPTER 14: Dogs and Cats 87 Special Vocabulary 87 Illnesses 89 CHAPTER 15: Exotic Pets 93 Special Vocabulary 93 APPENDIX: Registration Forms 99 Answer Key to Exercises 103 Dictionary 109
£35.06
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Writing and Producing Television News
Book SynopsisThe single universal bit of advice that working journalists give students is learn to write well. Solid writing is the key to any successful and solid broadcast news operation. In Writing and Producing Television News, Second Edition author Eric Gormly uses contemporary news events as an engaging backdrop to teach students the fundamentals of writing news for television and cable. Author Gormly draws on his extensive background as a television journalist to explain how real newsrooms work. The text reviews basic grammar, introduces students to industry-specific terminology and the particular rules for TV newswriting, appraises the basics of a television news story, and reveals how television writing differs from writing for other media. The core of the book develops various story formats, and gives step-by-step instruction on how to transform basic information into properly scripted, solid stories. Included in this edition are the latest in script formattTable of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgements xiii 1 Television News: An Introduction 3 2 Television Newswriting: A Different Style 11 3 A Brief Review of Grammar 17 4 Some General Rules for Television Newswriting 35 5 Usage 53 6 Approaching the Television News Story 69 7 Story Formats: Some Basics 101 8 The Voice Over: VO 137 9 Sound on Tape: SOT 165 10 The Voice Over/Sound Bite: VO/SOT 187 11 Putting the Formats Together 211 12 Interviewing: Conversation with a Goal 223 13 The Package 235 14 An Interview with Deborah Potter 271 15 The Live Shot 275 16 An Interview with Beverly White 285 17 Producing the Newscast 295 18 The Station and the Newsroom 321 19 A look Inside: WFAA-TV, Dallas 331 20 Finding a Job 365 Index 387
£57.90
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Pulitzer Prize Feature Stories
Book SynopsisAs Garlock relates in the preface, "The quality of the research, reporting and writing of these unique features is stunning. No two are written exactly the same way. But they all hold to one constant: strong emotions and content-powerful, touching, frightening, harrowing journalism.Table of ContentsPreface. 1979 Mrs. Kelly's Monster (Jon Franklin, The Baltimore Evening Sun). 1980 Zepp's Last Stand (Madeline Blais, The Miami Herald). 1981 Death of a Playmate (Teresa Carpenter, The Village Voice). 1982 The Federal Beauracracy (Saul Pett, Associated Press). 1983 Toxic Shock (Nan Robertson, The New York Times). 1984 Making It Fly (Peter Rinearson, The Seattle Times). 1985 A Boy of Unusual Vision (Alice Steinbach, The Baltimore Sun). 1986 Life on the Land: An American Farm Family (John Camp, St. Paul Pioneer Press). 1987 How Super Are Our Supercarriers (Steve Twomey, The Philadelphia Inquirer). 1988. AIDS in the Heartland (Jacqui Banaszynski, St. Paul Pioneer Press). 1989 Being Black in South America (David Zucchino, The Philadelphia Inquirer). 1990 Adam & Megan (Dave Curtin, Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph). 1991 A Gift Abandoned (Sheryl James, The St. Petersburg Times). 1992 Grady's Gift (Howell Raines, The New York times Magazine). 1993 The Stalking of Kristin (George Lardner Jr., The Washington Post). 1994 First Born, Fast Grown: The Manful Life of Nicholas, The Mississippi Reclaims Its True Domain Cruel Flood: It Tore at Graves, and at Hearts (Isabel Wilkerson, The New York Times). 1995 Against All Odds. Class Struggle (Ron Suskind, The Wall Street Journal). 1996 All She Has, $150,000, Is Going to a University. Terror in Oklahoma City at Ground Zero. Where Alabama Inmates Fade into Old Age. A Killer's Only Confidant: The Man Who Caught Susan Smith. Another Battle of New Orleans: Mardi Gras (Rick Bragg, The New York Times). 1997 The Umpire's Sons (Lisa Pollak, The Baltimore Sun). 1998 Angels & Demons (Thomas French, St. Petersburg Times). 1999 Crime Scene: Beyond the Statistics, A Druggist Confronts the Reality of Robbery (Angelo B. Henderson, Wall Street Journal). 2000 Crossing Over (J. R. Moehringer, Los Angeles Times). 2001 The Boy Behind The Mask (Tom Hallman, Jr., The Oregonian). 2002 A Father's Pain, a Judge's Duty, and a Justice Beyond Their Reach (Barry Siegel, Los Angeles Times). 2003 Enrique's Journey (Sonia Nazario, Los Angeles Times). Acknowledgments.
£65.50
Wayne State University Press Practice Practice
Book SynopsisThis workbook contains additional exercises to supplement each chapter of Latin Via Ovid, a Latin textbook for classroom use. It features exercises consisting of fill-ins, sentence completion, declining verbs, translation in and out of Latin, and crossword puzzles.
£19.96
Wayne State University Press Workbook for Language Skills
Book SynopsisFeatures exercises for spelling, writing, word retrieval, and reading comprehension skills. This book contains sections on Reading, Writing, and Word Retrieval and include target areas like sentence completions, reading comprehension, spelling, and sentence formulation.
£73.50
The University of Alabama Press A Sanskrit Grammar
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£23.36
University of Hawai'i Press Japanese Now Text v 4
Book SynopsisThis volume covers the final year of a four-year Japanese learning programme. Containing reading selections, it aims to expand the student's vocabulary and grammatical patterns through conversation and discussion of both Japanese culture and appropriate styles of speech in various social settings.
£20.76
University of Hawai'i Press Integrated Korean Advanced Intermediate Level 2
Book SynopsisAll volumes in this series have been developed in accordance with performance-based principles and methodology, integrating speaking, listening, reading, writing and culture. Grammar points are systematically introduced with simple but adequate explanations and many examples.
£24.76
University of Hawai'i Press Integrated Korean High Advanced 2 Klear Textbooks
Book SynopsisThese textbooks are the 9th and 10th volumes in a five-level series developed by teachers and linguists of Korean. Each lesson consists of pre-reading activities, one or two main reading texts, new words, useful expressions, exercises, comprehension questions, related reading, discussion and composition and English translation of the reading texts.
£25.56
University of Hawai'i Press O Si Manu a Alii A Text for the Advanced Study of Samoan Language and Culture
Book SynopsisThis text is a comprehensive guide for teachers of Samoan oratory and the Samoan language. It is also an authoritative resource book for students of the language. The author's descriptions of Samoan culture provide the necessary social contexts for learning these important speech registers.
£33.71
University of Hawai'i Press Intermediate Ilokano An Integrated Language and
Book SynopsisIn this work, each of the 12 lessons consists of eight components - reading, vocabulary study, story, questions for conversation, grammar notes, writing practice, fluency practice, and culture notes. It is intended for students with one year of college-level Ilokano.
£25.56
University of Hawai'i Press Integrated Korean Advanced Level 1 Integrated
Book SynopsisThese textbooks are the seventh and eighth volumes in a five-level series developed collaboratively by leading classroom rteachers and linguists of Korean. Grammar points are systematically introduces with simple but adequate explanations and abundant examples, exercises and drills.
£23.96
University of Hawai'i Press Remembering Traditional Hanzi How Not to Forget
Book SynopsisCovers the writing and meaning of the 1,000 most commonly used characters in the Chinese writing system. This book presents systematic arranging of characters in an order that is best suited to memorization.
£30.95
University of Hawai'i Press Integrated Korean Accelerated 1 KLEAR Textbooks
Book SynopsisAddresses the linguistic needs and abilities of heritage learners in a single academic year. Volume 1 presents lessons on thematically organised subjects, starting with familiar topics such as family, friends, and daily routines. Volume 2 advances to more formal subjects beyond family and friends, such as travel, Korean history and culture.
£25.56
University of Hawai'i Press Integrated Korean Advanced 1 44 KLEAR Textbooks
Book SynopsisA thoroughly revised edition of Integrated Korean: Advanced 1, the seventh volume of the best-selling series developed collaboratively by leading classroom teachers and linguists of Korean. All the series' volumes have been developed in accordance with performance-based principles and methodology.
£26.96
University of Hawai'i Press Integrated Korean Workbook
Book SynopsisThis workbook accompanies Integrated Korean: High Intermediate 2, the sixth volume of the best-selling series developed collaboratively by leading classroom teachers and linguists of Korean. All volumes are developed according to performance-based methodology and principles.
£22.36
University of Hawai'i Press Tagalog Structures Pali Language Texts Pali
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£15.26
John Wiley & Sons Teaching NineteenthCentury American Poetry
Book SynopsisThis marks a milestone in the resurgence of the study of the rest. It features poets, like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Lydia Huntley Sigourney, who were famous in their day, as well as poets who were marginalised on the basis of their race or their sociopolitical agenda. It also takes a fresh look at poets whose work has been dismissed as sentimental, genteel, or didactic.
£73.80
MP-MLA Modern Lanuage Assoc Teaching Representations of the Spanish Civil War
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£31.30
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S. The ProtoElamite Texts from Tepe Yahya
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£26.96
Cornell University Press Burmese Myanmar
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£42.30
Cornell University Press Contemporary Vietnamese
Book SynopsisThis textbook presumes knowledge of the contents of Spoken Vietnamese for Beginners or an understanding of the basic vocabulary and sentence structures of Vietnamese. Its aim is to build on that understanding through the development of general conversation skills and reading comprehension. The book follows the format of Spoken Vietnamese for Beginners as well: each lesson opens with conversations, a second section explains and gives additional examples of sentence structures and expressions, and a third section offers exercises based on the conversations as well as various readings. A fourth section provides grounding in expanded vocabulary. The conversations in this textbook revolve around a foreign student coming to Vietnam to study. In the conversations, people share opinions across cultures and ask for information ranging from the practicalities of travel to cultural awareness. The vocabulary covered here touches on health, economics, etiquette, and religion. The c
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Cornell University Press A.U.A. Language Center Thai Course
Book SynopsisThe set includes extensive grammar, dialogues, and conversations, as well as tone distinction, manipulation, and identification.
£18.99
Cornell University Press A.U.A. Language Center Thai Course
Book SynopsisThe set includes extensive grammar, dialogues, and conversations, as well as tone distinction, manipulation, and...
£15.99
Cornell University Press Beginning Indonesian through SelfInstruction Book 1
Book SynopsisVolume 1 of a complete three-volume curriculum for learning Indonesian at the beginning and intermediate levels.
£16.13
Information Age Publishing Readings in Language Studies Volume 6
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Information Age Publishing Readings in Language Studies Volume 6
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£29.40
Centre for the Study of Language & Information Let's Speak Twi: A Proficiency Course in Akan
Book SynopsisLet’s Speak Twi is an introductory language-learning textbook for speakers of English and other languages who seek proficiency in Akan Twi, the most widely used and understood native language of Ghana. Included in the book are several practice exercises and activities; an extensive range of culturally relevant topics and dialogues; lists of idiomatic, colloquial, and euphemistic expressions; a reference glossary; and tips on culturally appropriate behavior.
£20.50
Orange Grove Books Liberte: A First Year French Textbook
£32.21
Equinox Publishing Ltd Comida y Cultura en el Mundo Hispanico (Food and Culture in the Hispanic World)
Book SynopsisEnglish summary: This is the first Spanish textbook to use food as the vantage point from which to learn language and acquire cultural literacy. It presents a rich introduction to food and food practices across the Hispanic world. It serves advanced secondary-level/high school students and students in second- and third-year Spanish at the university level who are furthering their knowledge of Hispanic cultures. Information is organized according to topics and key concepts, with historical and literary texts acting as enrichment and support for cultural concepts. Each chapter is comprised of a main reading on a key topic (for example, Aztec food practices) and followed by smaller sections on particular concepts or artifacts related to the main topic. There are sections on related language expressions, reading comprehension exercises, suggested writing exercises, and topics for discussion. Each chapter also contains illustrations in the form of colour photographs and drawings, and includes suggestions for video and web links. The book has been successfully used in the author's university classes on food and culture over a number of years. It provides an attractive alternative to well-established curricular offerings because it allows for the discussion of culture and literary texts in a context that is both familiar and appealing to students. The textbook invites multimedia presentations that make the material and concepts easy to grasp. German description: El libro ofrece una rica introduccion a la cultura para estudiantes de niveles intermedios y avanzados de lengua a traves del estudio de las practicas alimentarias. El texto presenta una vision global de los alimentos en el contexto de las diversas culturas y paises que componen el mundo de habla hispana. Combina temas de interes actual con la presentacion de artefactos y elementos relevantes de la cultura material, asi como la contribucion de grupos etnicos. Hasta la fecha ningun libro de texto destinado al estudio del espanol ha utilizado la comida como el foco central desde el que aprender el idioma y adquirir conocimientos culturales. Este libro esta dirigido a estudiantes avanzados de secundaria y estudiantes en el tercer y cuarto ano de espanol a nivel universitario. El libro puede utilizarse como una introduccion alternativa a los temas culturales y literarios tras finalizar el segundo ano de lengua gracias a la amplitud de los temas que trata. La informacion esta org! anizada por temas y conceptos clave, con textos historicos y literarios que sirven de enriquecimiento y apoyo para los conceptos culturales. Cada capitulo cuenta con una lectura principal en un tema clave (por ejemplo, las practicas de la alimentacion azteca), seguido por secciones mas pequenas centradas en conceptos o en artefactos relacionados con el tema principal. Hay secciones sobre expresiones linguisticas relacionadas con el tema, ejercicios de comprension de las lecturas, sugerencias para ejercicios de escritura y de trabajo individual o en grupo, asi como temas de conversacion y debate. Cada capitulo tambien contiene ilustraciones en forma de fotografias y dibujos. Este libro ofrece una atractiva oferta curricular, ya que permite la discusion de temas de cultura y de textos literarios en un contexto que es a la vez familiar y ameno para los estudiantes. El libro de texto tambien invita presentaciones multimedia que hacen que el material y los conceptos sean de mas !facil comprension.Trade Review"Presents a novel approach to teaching the culture and language of the Hispanic world which is interesting and thorough." Professor Maria Paz Moreno, University of Cincinnati "Very enjoyable and extremely informative, this work fills an important gap within the field of Hispanic and Latin American studies programs." Assistant Professor Rafael Climent-Espino, Baylor UniversityTable of ContentsCapitulo 1: Comida, Cultura y Tradiciones Ancestrales (Ancestral Food, Culture and Traditions)Capitulo 2: 'De que Humor estas Hoy?(Good Humour/Bad Humour)Capitulo 3: Reglas Dieteticas y Persecucion Religiosa(Dietary Laws and Religious Persecution)Capitulo 4: Chocolate y el Mundo Azteca(Chocolate and the Aztec World)Capitulo 5: Tradiciones Nativas Americanas: Incas, Aimaras y Mapuches (Native American Traditions: Incas, Aymara and Mapuches)Capitulo 6: Intercambio Colombino(Colombian Exchange)Capitulo 7: Comida de Pelicula: Identidades Culturales(Movie Food: Cultural Identities)Capitulo 8: Los Gauchos y el Fuego(The Gauchos and Fire)Capitulo 9: Cocina y Mestizaje (Cooking and Intercultural Relationships)Capitulo 10: Centroamerica y las Aportaciones Mayas(Central America and the Mayan Contributions)Capitulo 11: Gustos y Disgustos: El Sabor de la Tierra(Likes and Dislikes: The Taste of my Land)Capitulo 12: Dietas Carnivoras, Dietas Vegetarianas(Carnivores and Vegetarians)Capitulo 13: Mapas Gastronomicos: Espana(Gastronomic Maps: Spain)Capitulo 14: Naciones Culturales y Gastronomicas: Euskadi(Cultures and Gastronomic Nations: Basque Country)
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Cornell University Press Description and Explanation in Korean Linguistics
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together fifteen new papers on Korean linguistics originally presented at the Ninth International Conference on Korean Linguistics, 1994. Contributions range from phonetics and phonology, to syntax and grammaticalization, and address important theoretical issues from a wide variety of formal frameworks. The volume contains new research by established scholars like Gregory Iverson, Young-key Kim-Renaud, Susumu Kuno, and Joan Maling, as well as papers by relative newcomers to the field: Sung-ock Sohn, Jae-Hoon Yeon, Mark Vincent, Chang-Bong Lee and Yoon-suk Chung. The papers in this volume will be of interest to students and researchers in both general linguistics and Korean language and linguistics.Trade Review[These] fifteen articles (flanked by the editor's excellent Introduction and very useful Index)represent a broad spectrum of Korean linguistic scholarship. The articles are cross-linguisticand make contributions not only to Korean linguistcs but also to general linguistic theory by challenging, criticizing and revising existing models and theories.... The wide array of data and the authors' astute insights in interpreting them are quite impressive and remarkable. One cannot but feel admiration for the ingeniousness of these linguists! * Acta Koreana *
£100.80
University of Massachusetts Press Práticas textuais: Escrita, oralidade e
Book SynopsisOrganized around themes of particular relevance for Portuguese language learners, this textbook develops students' writing competence in a range of textual genres and features sources drawn from across the Portuguese-speaking world—literary, journalistic, or otherwise. Práticas textuais also provides the opportunity for a review of typically challenging elements of grammar, such as the contrast between indicative and subjunctive moods and compound verbal tenses, and helps learners progress from advanced-low to advanced-midlevel proficiency, according to the ACTFL guidelines, or from level B2 to C1, following the CEFR. Online components accompany the text, including reviews for each lesson, audio files and scripts, and answers to textbook activities, as well as teaching suggestions for instructors.
£20.66
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Spanish Grammar Companion for Teachers:
Book SynopsisThis textbook boosts the confidence of persons teaching Spanish as a second language, who may lack confidence in their understanding of tricky areas of expression. Their previous training did not enable them to control (much less explain to others) the many “danger zones” which challenge graduate students serving as teaching assistants, in-service teachers, and others who use Spanish professionally. It offers original and insightful analyses, abundant examples and helpful English comparisons. It disarticulates the machinery of grammar into manageable parts. It is not intended for those beginning to learn Spanish (since it skips the basics to focus on the “rough spots”), but is directed to those who know Spanish well, yet need to overcome their nagging limitations in obtuse areas, e.g. subjunctive, reflexives, pronouns (neuter, relative, personal), adjective placement, ser/estar, preterite/imperfect, commands, gender, passive and impersonal expressions. There are special sections devoted to words easily confused with each other, use of the accent mark, irregular verbs, and sentence structure.It is useful for self-study and to supplement texts in composition, culture and linguistics courses. It benefits native-speaker teachers unfamiliar with the “why” of their language, as well as buttressing anglophone instructors of scant linguistic background. The result is a better prepared teacher and a more promising learning experience for the students.Table of ContentsLanguage Learning.- Verb Forms and Functions.- Nouns and their Modifiers.- Ways of BEing.- Personal Pronouns.- Prepositions and Adverbs.- Subjunctive.- Relative Clauses and Relative Pronouns.- Questions, Commands and Reported Speech.- Comparison, Negation and Coordination.- Passives and Impersonal Expressions.- Appendix A: The Spanish Written Accent.- Appendix B: Verbal Irregularity.- Appendix C: Sentences and their Structures.- Appendix D: Vocabulary Distinctions (words frequently confused with each other)
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de Gruyter Deubede - Torte
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de Gruyter Über >w-Exklamativsätze
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£95.00
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Basic Czech III
Book SynopsisBASIC CZECH is a modern textbook of Czech as a foreign language based on English, a sequel to Basic Czech I and Basic Czech II. It consists of six units (approx. 2000 words and phrases) and it is based on communicative and comparative approach. The textbook can be used in intensive as well as two-semester and other types of classes. It is also suitable for self-study. It provides the key to all exercises. All words and phrases are included in the Czech-English word list at the end of each unit. The grammatical and lexical topics covered in this volume exceed the level we commonly call basic. Nevertheless to preserve the formal continuity of all three volumes, we have kept the title Basic Czech. Grammar and vocabulary covered corresponds with level B1-B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
£16.50
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo Developing Intercultural Competence Through
Book SynopsisThe volume offers a valuable result of a joint intercultural project between two universities from the neighbouring countries of Poland and Ukraine. Among the mass of books on intercultural communication, the proposed volume distinguishes itself by three features: unusual format combining the work of both scholars and students, the focus on the intracultural approach, and practical designation. It also stresses the increasing awareness in the modern world that teaching/learning English serves the purpose of developing general intercultural competence and not building the knowledge about the English speaking world. The choice of topics indicates an interesting cultural difference - Ukrainiar inclination to focus on the characteristic and attractive aspects of their own culture and Polish on the problematic and the difficult.Trade ReviewThe volume Developing Intercultural Competence throught English: Focuses on Ukrainian and Polish Cultures offers a valuable result on a joint intercultural project between two universities from the neighbouring countries of Poland and Ukraine. Among the mass of books on intercultural communication the proposed volume distinguishes itself by three features: unusual format combining the work of both scholars and students, the focus on the intracultural approach, and practical designation. -- Prof. Lucyna Aleksandrowicz-Pedich, Professor at the Institute of English StudiesDepartment of English, Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities
£999.99
De Gruyter Research on Tibeto-Burman Languages
£85.00
New India Publishing Agency General English: Skill Development Series, Volume
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The Chinese University Press Business Chinese
Book SynopsisThis textbook is designed for students of Chinese as a second/foreign language who have had three years of study at college. Focusing on topics of international business and foreign trade, the book offers advanced training in vocabulary, grammar, and rhetoric. With an emphasis on communication and practicality, the textbook contains detailed explanations for word usages and sentence structures, and ample exercises of different kinds, each targeting at a specific skill area. It also includes various authentic materials, including documents, forms, and letters, etc. In addition, it provides some useful cultural information and business background knowledge in each lesson. Songren Cui obtained his Ph.D. from UCLA in 1992. His research interests include language proficiency and testing, teaching methodology and learning strategies, pedagogical grammar and discourse grammar. He has been an assistant professor of the Asian Studies Program of Bowdoin College since 1999.
£26.96
The Chinese University Press Cantonese Colloquial Expressions
Book SynopsisThis book of Cantonese idioms is a pragmatic reference guide to everyday Cantonese conversation in Hong Kong. It will help learners understand speakers' intended meanings, since people do not always use the literal meaning of words or phrases in communication with others. Instead people often use metaphors and figurative language to express themselves. It is important to note that the metaphorical use of language is pervasive in all aspects of human discourse, including casual conversation as well as poetry. It provides coverage of over 1,800 entries of the most commonly-used Cantonese colloquial expressions. Entries are clearly grouped under ten different categories, with an index for ease of reference. The user-friendly Yale Romanization system is adopted, with a brief pronunciation guide.
£20.21
The Chinese University Press Business Chinese
Book SynopsisThe book aims to develop competence in advanced Chinese particularly on business content. In contrast to the normal practice that language is taught in isolation from substantive content, Business Chinese presents the language in both content and context-the language and content is firmly context embedded. When using the book, learners need to integrate their language skills and content knowledge to accomplish the learning tasks. To keep abreast of the real business world, all the texts and exercises are authentic materials coming from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Tailored to the learners' communication need, the book integrates the oral language (listening and speaking) with the written language (reading and writing). Business Chinese is a practical guide for those who aspire to Chinese language and China business.
£26.96
The Chinese University Press Classical Chinese Primer (Reader)
Book SynopsisWhile the teaching of Modern Chinese as a foreign language has made progress by leaps and bounds, the same cannot be said about the teaching of Classical Chinese. This is regrettable as the influence of the latter on the former in terms of both vocabulary and syntax is pervasive and profound, so much so that many of the subtler points and fine nuances in Modern Chinese will be missed unless one also has acquired at least a rudimentary knowledge of Classical Chinese. At the same time, a good and solid foundation in Classical Chinese is a must if one would pursue reading any text written before the 20th century. Moreover, precisely because Classical Chinese has ceased to be used as the official medium of written expression and a true proficiency in it can only be acquired through extensive reading of classical texts from China's long past, there is a real need for more fully annotated and clearly analyzed readers and other teaching aids designed especially for the beginning students.""Classical Chinese Primer"" is thus meant to be an attempt to address this urgent need in the teaching of Classical Chinese. Designed for those who have studied Modern Chinese for one or two years, but who have had no exposure to Classical Chinese before, ""Classical Chinese Primer"" is in a set of two volumes: the reader itself and a workbook. This reader includes forty lessons in total, covering selected readings from ancient fables, philosophical texts, as well as historical and literary writings. Each selection is accompanied by annotations and clear and jargon-free grammar notes. Beginners of Classical Chinese will find this reader useful in building up their basic grammatical knowledge of the language.
£28.46
The Chinese University Press Learning Chinese Language and Culture –
Book SynopsisLearning Chinese Language and Culture is an intermediate level textbook, which was intended to be used throughout the entire school year and designed mainly for students who have completed introductory courses of Chinese as a foreign language. This book illustrates Chinese language knowledge and introduces Chinese culture in twenty-two lessons, covering a variety of cultural content, including customs and manners, holidays and festivals, poems and idioms, calligraphy and couplets, myths and legends, feng shui and superstitions, and historical relics and sceneries and many others. In every lesson, the authors have strived to maintain a clear topic and a coherent structure. They have also endeavored to keep the contents lively and achieve a fluent writing style while closely controlling the structure and grammar of every lesson.
£31.46
The Chinese University Press Learning Chinese Language and Culture –
Book SynopsisLearning Chinese Language and Culture is an intermediate level textbook, which was intended to be used throughout the entire school year and designed mainly for students who have completed introductory courses of Chinese as a foreign language. This book illustrates Chinese language knowledge and introduces Chinese culture in twenty-two lessons, covering a variety of cultural content, including customs and manners, holidays and festivals, poems and idioms, calligraphy and couplets, myths and legends, feng shui and superstitions, and historical relics and sceneries and many others. In every lesson, the authors have strived to maintain a clear topic and a coherent structure. They have also endeavored to keep the contents lively and achieve a fluent writing style while closely controlling the structure and grammar of every lesson.
£999.99
OUP Oxford New Headway Elementary Workbook with Key Edition
Book SynopsisThe second edition of New Headway Elementary contains a modified syllabus and extensively updated material from the first edition.
£22.14
Balloons Book 1
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