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Start the conversation in your choice of over 70 world languages and dialects through courses crafted using conversational methodology. Every self-paced language course introduces the learner to cultural insights and grammatical nuances specific to their language of choice, delivered through native speaker dialogue, and created with each individual learner in mind.
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Language
English
Formats
Description
For those who have despaired of ever learning a foreign language, here, finally, is a book that will make the words stick. At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He did not learn them in school -- who does? -- rather, he learned them in the past few years, working on his own and practicing on the subway, using simple techniques and free online resources. In Fluent Forever Wyner reveals what he has discovered.
4) An educator's guide to dual language instruction: increasing achievement and global competence, K-12
Author
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Comprehensively updated, the Second Edition is a user-friendly resource for teachers and administrators to ensure their school's success in implementing and maintaining a dual language program. The book is filled with step-by-step instructions and strategies you can try immediately. The second edition includes key updates on technology, digital resources, and current demographics, standards, and data. Educators will learn how to: choose a model for...
Publisher
Heinemann
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"This edition explains English phonology, morphology, and syntax and the implications for teaching using the International Phonetic Alphabet to prepare students for the Praxis examination including chapters on first and second language acquisition research and theories reviewing ESL teaching methods. With examples, activities, and end-of-chapter applications that link linguistic theory and classroom practice, the Freemans show teachers how to use...
8) Fluent in 3 months: how anyone at any age can learn to speak any language from anywhere in the world
Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A new blueprint for fast language learning. Lewis argues that you don't need a great memory or "the language gene" to learn a language quickly, and debunks a number of long-held beliefs, such as adults not being as good of language learners as children. --
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Choking hazard -- small parts. Not for children under 3 years.
"Study languages from Russian to Chinese; Hear the proper pronunciation of words; Learn basic vocabulary in a variety of languages; Explore cultures around the world."--
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Ivan is a tightly wound philosophy professor whose reverence for logic and order governs not only his academic interests, but also his closest relationships. His wife, Prue, is quite the opposite: a pioneer in the emerging field of biolinguistics, she is young and beautiful, full of life and feeling. Thus far, they have managed to weather their differences. But lately, an odd distance has settled in between them. Might it have something to do with...
13) Count with Dora!
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight/Nick Jr
Pub. Date
2002
Language
Multiple
Description
Young fans will love helping Dora count coconuts, bananas, and pineapples in English and Spanish.
Series
ALA Family Literacy Focus an initiative of 2009-2010 ALA President Dr. Camila Alire volume The Legend of Mu Lan
Publisher
Talawanda High School
Pub. Date
[2012?]
Language
English
Description
The Legend of Mu Lan: A Heroine of Ancient China / written and illustrated by Jiang, Wei and Jiang, Cheng An (Monterey, CA : Victory Press, c1992)
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Series
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
I love you: three of the very best words in the world! And thanks to this adorable board book, preschoolers will learn how to say it in seven different languages. Travel with Iguana across the globe as he tells family and friends, "I love you" in French, Spanish (Argentina), Japanese, Chinese, Arabic (Egypt), Russian, and Hindi (India). --Publisher
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Publisher
Floris Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Mina is worried about starting a new kindergarten in her new country. The classroom is full of laughter, friendly faces and fun things to do, but the only word Mina can understand is her name. As she listens to stories and songs, chatter and instructions, Mina's understanding steadily grows. She tries out sounds that roar in her throat and tickle her tongue until the new words feel like her own. Then one day, Mina realises that this language now belongs...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Many things are different for Ánh now that they've left Vietnam with their family. The weather is colder and they live in communal barracks at a refugee camp while they wait for their new life in America to start. Ánh finds comfort in their warmhearted teacher, Miss Mary Ellen, but has trouble learning to speak English in class. Ánh begins to wonder if the words will ever stop getting stuck between their head and their voice. But with a little...
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