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50 Swedish Coffee Breaks: Short activities to improve your Swedish one cup at a time (50 Coffee Breaks Series)
Transform your down time into ‘do time’.
The most successful language learners create a habit of studying on a regular basis. 50 Swedish Coffee Breaks makes it easy to master a simple routine of improving your Swedish by effortlessly integrating it with your calming daily ritual – from a 5-minute espresso to a 15-minute latte.
Organised by 5, 10 and 15 minutes, these 50 varied and lively activities – from anagrams and idiom challenges to recipes and quotations – are created for high-beginner to intermediate adult and young-adult learners and designed to keep you motivated while building your skills in key areas.
· Reading comprehension
· Writing skills
· Grammar confidence
· Translation abilities
· Vocabulary expansion
· Cultural awarenessBy practising Swedish in a fun and relaxed way in the time you have, you will stay on track to achieve your language-learning aspirations. So, pick up your preferred brew and this practical book, and make learning the most pleasant and productive part of your busy day.
For 15 years Coffee Break Languages has helped make it possible for millions of people to learn a language in a way that fits into their everyday life: whether that’s while walking the dog, at the gym, or on their coffee break!
Teach Yourself has collaborated with Coffee Break Languages to bring their brilliant method to a wider audience by producing their first-ever printed product. All the activities are written by long-time teachers of the language in Coffee Break’s characteristically friendly and conversational style. It’s the perfect complement to your studies.
The activities are levelled for high-beginner to low-intermediate learners: CEFR A2-B1 and ACTFL Intermediate-low/mid
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Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses, Premium Fifth Edition
Improve your skills with the bestselling workbook on Spanish verbs―now updated and enhanced with new audio exercisesVerbs are the cornerstone of active language proficiency, so making sure you get a firm grasp on their forms and use is vitally important. In Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses, Premium Fifth Edition, you’ll find all the instruction and practice you need to achieve written mastery and feel more confident conversing in Spanish.
Written with extensive expertise and relatable humor by the veteran teacher and bestselling author Dorothy Richmond, this premium edition provides more than just the rules: You’ll find clear explanations on when and why particular verb tenses should be used, so you’ll gain a deeper understanding and find them easier to remember. You’ll also find powerful learning tools in addition to the vigorous workbook exercises, including audio exercises, unique to the app, that test recognition of verb forms, extensive recordings (including 110 conjugations), and the ability to record yourself (and replay) so that you can compare your pronunciation against native speakers.
You’ll also find:
• Streaming audio recordings of the answers to 106 exercises in the book, via digital support through iOS, Android, and the web
• Sets of flashcards for all the verb and vocabulary lists, now with Text-to-Speech for pronunciation guidelines
• Convenient digital auto-fill glossary makes look up quick and easy
• NEW: Audio exercises to test recognition of verb formsRead more
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Welcome to Welsh: Complete Welsh course for beginners – totally revamped & updated
A beginners’ course for Welsh learners, ideal for self-study. With 16 units using strip cartoons to present sentence structures and grammar points, plus dictionary section. New edition, completely redesigned and content revamped to teach the language you hear around you today. The original version has sold 70K copies since publication in 1984.Read more
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Chinese Made Easy: Textbook Bk. 2: Simplified Characters Version: Textbook v. 2, (inkl. 2 Audio CDs)
Chinese Made Easy adopts a new approach to teaching Chinese as a second or foreign language. It is designed for young students taking GCSE/IGCSE/A-Level Mandarin Chinese Exams (UK), SAT II / AP Chinese Examinations (USA), IB Chinese Exam, Australian Mandarin exams, HSK (Mainland China), or for those students who are starting to learn Chinese on their own. The course is in two levels, level one (books 1,2 & 3) and level 2 (books 4 & 5). Contents – Book 2 – Colours and clothing – Weather and holidays – Hobbies – Students daily routine – School subjects – School facilities – Making telephone calls The course features: – Task-based learning coupled with a focus on form and function – A wide variety of texts and practice materials – Up-to-date topics relevant to young students – Careful pacing for gradual progress in language skills – Clearly focused aims for each unit – Regular consolidation and reinforcement – Practical tasks and activities to practice use of the target language – Both simplified and original Chinese script in the vocabulary list – Language materials presented in a fun, interesting way – Highly attractive and colourful page designsRead more
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Chinese Stories for Language Learners: A Treasury of Proverbs and Folktales in Chinese and English (Free Audio CD Included)
The highly anticipated next book in Tuttle’s Stories for Language Learners series is here! This book presents 22 classic Chinese proverbs and the traditional tales behind them. The stories are bilingual, with the Chinese and English versions presented on facing pages. Each includes an explanation of how the proverb is used today, cultural notes, vocabulary and discussion questions. Audio recordings of the tales by native speakers are included, giving students a chance to improve their pronunciation and comprehension. Some of the proverbs featured in this collection include: “Painting the Eyes on the Dragon” Based on the story of a famous court painter in 6th century China who painted dragons, this proverb refers to the finishing touches needed to bring a work of art or literature to life. In a discussion, it refers to the final statements used to clinch the argument. “Waiting for Rabbits by a Tree Stump” Based on an ancient folktale about a foolish farmer who sees a rabbit kill itself in front of him by running into a tree stump, then gives up tilling his field to wait for more rabbits by the stump. This saying is applied to people who wait passively for luck to strike again. It also refers to impractical people who stick to one way of doing things only because it has worked for them once in the past. “Pure Water Has No Fish; Perfect People Have No Friends” Many versions of this historical tale exist. The one told here is about a 2nd century AD official sent to govern a far-flung outpost on the Silk Road who is fastidious in applying strict rules and thereby causes the local people to rebel against him. In the professional world, it is used to refer to people who do not like to work with an overly strict supervisor or colleague. Whether being used in a classroom or for self-study, Chinese Stories for Language Learners provides an educational and entertaining way for intermediate Mandarin learners to expand their vocabulary and understanding of the language.Read more
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HSK 1 Chinese Characters Workbook for Beginners – Volume 1: New Words, Pinyin, Stroke Order, Popular Phrases, Example Sentences, Daily Dialogues, Quiz … for Lesson 1 – 7…
This book is a companion book for HSK 1 Standard Course Textbook and Workbook, designed to help learners to build a strong foundation in Mandarin Chinese Characters in each Lesson.
It includes:
- 6 Main Rules of Chinese Stroke Order & Example Characters
- 8 Basic Chinese Character Stroke Groups, Writing Direction & Example Characters
- New Words from Each Lesson 1 – 7 from HSK 1 Standard Course Textbook 1
- Mandarin Characters in Large Print
- Pinyin with tones
- English Meanings
- Popular Phrases in Simplified Chinese, Pinyin and English Definition.
- Stroke Order
- Example Sentences with new Words
- Daily Dialogues similar to the conversation of each Lesson
- Quiz and Answers – With Pinyin and English Meaning
It is perfect for beginners who want to master the most important vocabularies of the Chinese Language easily and quickly.
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Lonely Planet Fast Talk French: Guaranteed to Get You Talking (Phrasebook)
Although you can get by in France without speaking the language, knowing just a few essential phrases can help you make friends, enjoy service with a smile, and discover richer, more rewarding travel experiences. Fast Talk French is the concise language guide that is guaranteed to get you talking with confidence.
Taste your way around the cellars of Champagne, explore the sights of Paris, or grab that great shopping bargain.
Essential phrases to meet all your travel needs
How to get local recommendations
Easy-to-use pronunciation guides
Expert tips to boost your confidence
About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we’ve printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You’ll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day.
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‘Lonely Planet. It’s on everyone’s bookshelves; it’s in every traveller’s hands. It’s on mobile phones. It’s on the Internet. It’s everywhere, and it’s telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.’ Fairfax Media (Australia)
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Thinking Welsh: Signposts on the Road to Fluency
Thinking Welsh focuses on how common English words, phrases and constructions map onto Welsh, and highlights the key areas of difference and difficulty in these mapping operations.
150 English words and grammatical and communicative concepts are listed alphabetically, explained in clear and accessible language, and given ample exemplification to illustrate their meaning and use. All instances of mutation are marked with the usual typographic signs, and cross-references are given throughout to related entries. A list of essential grammatical terms and a Welsh index round off the manual.
Thinking Welsh is a ground-breaking resource for post-beginner students wishing to explore lexical issues and master key syntactic structures as a way of attaining fluency of expression and comprehension in modern spoken and standard Welsh.
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£32.76£34.99Thinking Welsh: Signposts on the Road to Fluency
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