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The Second 100 Chinese Characters: Traditional Character Edition: The Quick and Easy Method to Learn the Second 100 Most Basic Chinese Characters - Paperback

$9.95

by Laurence Matthews (Author), Alison Matthews (Author)This book is a quick and easy way to learn the second 100 basic Chinese traditional characters. The major struggle facing all beginning Chinese language students is to learn to recognize, read and write hundreds of Chinese characters. A working knowledge of characters is essential for any student wishing to learn Chinese. The Second 100 Chinese Characters adopts a structural approach that helps students to overcome this initial difficulty...

Learning Chinese Characters Volume 2: The Characters and Vocabulary You Need to Learn! (Hsk Level 2 & AP Study Exam Prep Workbook) - Paperback

$10.95

by Yi Ren (Author)Reinforce your written Chinese with this practice book for the best-selling Tuttle Learning Chinese Characters. Learning Mandarin Chinese Characters helps students quickly learn the essential Chinese characters that are fundamental to the language. This character workbook is intended for self-study or classroom use and presents 135 high-frequency characters and over 405 prevalent words using these characters. These are the characters and words students need to know if they p...

Elementary Korean: Second Edition (Includes Access to Website for Native Speaker Audio Recordings) - Paperback

$29.95

by Ross King (Author), Jaehoon Yeon (Author)This is a comprehensive and detailed introductory Korean textbook and language learning package. Korean is now the 11th most popular language taught at American universities. This new edition of Elementary Korean, the most comprehensive and detailed introductory Korean textbook available, offers beginning learners of Korean everything they need to learn the language effectively. Perfect for a first-year university-level course use or the independent...

Elementary Korean Workbook: A Complete Language Activity Book for Beginners (Online Audio Included) - Paperback

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by Insun Lee (Author)Elementary Korean Workbook is an extensive beginning level Korean language workbook. This helpful, interactive guide is intended as a companion to its accompanying textbook, Elementary Korean, but can be used with any Korean textbook or as a stand-alone self-study guide to learn Korean. Elementary Korean Workbook is essential for practicing and polishing your proficiency in everyday conversational Korean. There are carefully crafted activities for expanding your ability t...

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by Richard Delacy (Author), Sudha Joshi (Author)This is an elementary level Hindi practice workbook. Intended as a companion to Elementary Hindi or as an independent study tool, this beginner Hindi workbook is the perfect guide for practicing and polishing your basic proficiency in the Hindi language and includes carefully crafted practice activities to read Hindi, write Hindi and speak Hindi. The variety of activities offers beginning level learners the range of practice opportunities they n...

Beginning Chinese Characters: Learn 300 Chinese Characters and 1200 Chinese Words Through Interactive Activities and Exercises (Ideal for Hsk + AP Exa - Paperback

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by Haohsiang Liao (Author), Kang Zhou (Author)Learn the essential Mandarin Chinese characters and words in everyday use in China! Anyone planning to learn Chinese knows that there are 300 primary characters they must understand to function in China. This systematic introduction to the Mandarin language is designed to help you learn them fast--along with how to pronounce, write, and remember 1,200 key vocabulary words and phrases. Essential for anyone wishing to pass the official Chinese gover...

Elementary Tagalog Workbook: Tara, Mag-Tagalog Tayo! Come On, Let's Speak Tagalog! (Online Audio Download Included) - Paperback

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by Jiedson R. Domigpe (Author), Nenita Pambid Domingo (Author)Tara, Mag-Tagalog Tayo Come On, Let's Speak Tagalog Elementary Tagalog's comprehensive approach will help students master basic Tagalog (Filipino) without frustration. From learning to read Tagalog words and pronounce its sounds to using correct grammar, communicating in dialogues and building vocabulary, learners will be surprised at how quickly their skills in Tagalog language develop. The expert guidance in Elementary Tagalog i...

Basic Korean: Learn to Speak Korean in 19 Easy Lessons (Companion Online Audio and Dictionary) - Paperback

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by Soohee Kim (Author), Emily Curtis (Author), Haewon Cho (Author)With an emphasis on practical daily communication, Basic Korean is a great introduction to those looking to learn the language--whether on their own or with a teacher. Learn Korean quickly and easily with the help of real-life conversations by native speakers, everyday Korean vocabulary and expressions, easy-to-understand grammar explanations, notes on social etiquette for those traveling to Korea and so much more With the hel...

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Continuing Korean: Second Edition (Online Audio Included) [With CD (Audio)] - Paperback

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by Ross King (Author), Jaehoon Yeon (Author), Insun Lee (Author)Following Elementary Korean, Continuing Korean is the second volume in Ross King and Jaehoon Yeon's popular series of college-level Korean textbooks. This volume is aimed at the student with one year of Korean language study under their belt, and particularly the student who has mastered the patterns and vocabulary introduced in King and Yeon's Elementary Korean, the first book in this series. Each of the fifteen chapters in Cont...

English Made Easy, Volume Two: A New ESL Approach: Learning English Through Pictures - Paperback

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by Jonathan Crichton (Author), Pieter Koster (Author)English Made Easy is a fun and user-friendly way to learn English It is a breakthrough in English language learning--imaginatively exploiting how pictures and text can work together to create understanding and help learners learn more productively. It gives beginner English learners easy access to the vocabulary, grammar and functions of English as it is commonly used in a comprehensive range of social situations. Self-guided students and c...

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Tuttle Learner's Chinese-English Dictionary: Revised Second Edition [Fully Romanized] - Paperback

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by Li Dong (Author)This Mandarin Chinese Dictionary is for elementary to intermediate learners of Chinese Tuttle Learner's Chinese-English Dictionary is a totally new dictionary designed specifically for elementary to intermediate learners of Chinese and contains all 3,051 vocabulary items prescribed for Levels A and B of the internationally recognized test of Mandarin language proficiency, Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK). This self-contained dictionary has over 5,000 headwords--those required fo...

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Beginning Japanese Textbook: Revised Edition: An Integrated Approach to Language and Culture (Free Online Audio) [With CDROM] - Paperback

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by Michael L. Kluemper (Author), Lisa Berkson (Author), Nathan Patton (Author)Beginning Japanese is a complete Japanese textbook and language learning package for beginning learners. Start speaking, reading and writing Japanese today with the most exciting new introduction to the Japanese language! It follows the story of Kiara, an American exchange student who lives in Japan and loves to study Japanese. With the help of her Japanese friends and the time-traveling Tomo Tanuki (raccoon dog), K...

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Continuing Vietnamese: Let's Speak Vietnamese (Audio Recordings Included) [With CDROM] - Paperback

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by Binh Nhu Ngo (Author)"Quite simply the most serious early intermediate textbook currently available for thoughtful American students at the university level."--Professor Stephen O'Harrow, Director, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Hawai'i at Manoa This is a second-year, intermediate Vietnamese language course designed for high school, college or self-study. Continuing Vietnamese is your next step toward master; it follows the best-selling, linguistically-based Elementary V...

Tuttle Compact Vietnamese Dictionary: Vietnamese-English English-Vietnamese - Paperback

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by Phan Van Giuong (Author)This is a compact and user-friendly Vietnamese dictionary. The Tuttle Compact Vietnamese Dictionary is the most up-to-date and complete Vietnamese dictionary yet published. An essential tool to learn Vietnamese, it is written for English speakers and other non-native users who need to look up Vietnamese terms, and can also be used by Vietnamese speakers who are learning English. This dictionary has 25,000 entries covering all contemporary terms likely to be used in ...

Beginning Japanese Workbook: Revised Edition: Practice Conversational Japanese, Grammar, Kanji & Kana (Online Audio for Listening Practice) - Paperback

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by Michael L. Kluemper (Author), Lisa Berkson (Author), Nathan Patton (Author)Don't let yourself become overwhelmed by the Japanese language Now there is a way to get the most out of your time spent learning Japanese. This companion workbook to Beginning Japanese is the perfect guide for practicing basic conversational Japanese and written Japanese. Beginning Japanese Workbook includes: Dialogues for contextual learning and practice. Translation exercises to reinforce Japanese characters ...

Mandarin Chinese Picture Dictionary: Learn 1,500 Key Chinese Words and Phrases (Perfect for AP and Hsk Exam Prep, Includes Online Audio) - Hardcover

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by Yi Ren (Author)A fun and helpful resource for anyone interested in learning some Mandarin--whether you're 5 or 100 This picture dictionary covers the 1,500 most useful Mandarin Chinese words and phrases. Each word and sentence is given in Mandarin characters--with a Romanized version to help you pronounce it correctly--along with the English meaning. The words are grouped into 40 different themes or topics, including basics like meeting someone new and using public transportation to cultu...

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Tuttle Concise Chinese Dictionary: Chinese-English English-Chinese [Fully Romanized] - Paperback

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by Li Dong (Author)This is the most up-to-date Mandarin Chinese Dictionary available today. Tuttle Concise Chinese Dictionary has both Chinese to English and English to Chinese sections. Its compact size allows for easy transport without limiting the content. This Mandarin dictionary is perfect for Chinese language students, or business people and tourists traveling to China who wish to learn Chinese. It contains over 25,000 words and expressions (including all the required words for the offi...

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Tuttle Chinese-English Dictionary: [Fully Romanized] - Paperback

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by Li Dong (Author)This is an extensive and user-friendly Chinese to English dictionary. The Tuttle Chinese-English Dictionary provides clear and accurate definitions in idiomatic English for the 18,000 most common Chinese vocabulary items (characters and compounds), including all words required for the official HSK Chinese Language Proficiency Examination used by the Chinese government as well as corporations and universities worldwide. This Chinese dictionary is designed specifically for En...

500 Basic Korean Verbs: The Only Comprehensive Guide to Conjugation and Usage - Paperback

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by Kyubyong Park (Author)500 Basic Korean Verbs is a complete study guide to the most common Korean verbs Korean grammar is notoriously difficult for foreigners to master but is essential for those wishing to learn Korean. This book is the only comprehensive guide to the correct usage of Korean verbs available for English-speaking learners. Each of the 500 high-frequency Korean verbs is presented in a convenient single-page format that gives the verb's meaning and pronunciation and displays t...

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Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing - Paperback

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by Mignon Fogarty (Author)Online sensation Grammar Girl makes grammar fun and easy in this New York Times bestseller Are you stumped by split infinitives? Terrified of using "who" when a "whom" is called for? Do you avoid the words "affect" and "effect" altogether? Grammar Girl is here to help! Mignon Fogarty, a.k.a. Grammar Girl, is determined to wipe out bad grammar--but she's also determined to make the process as painless as possible. A couple of years ago, she created a weekly podcast to...

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English Made Easy Volume One: British Edition: A New ESL Approach: Learning English Through Pictures - Paperback

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by Jonathan Crichton (Author), Pieter Koster (Author)This is a fun and user-friendly way to learn English English Made Easy is a breakthrough in English language learning--imaginatively exploiting how pictures and text can work together to create understanding and help learners learn more productively. It gives beginner English learners easy access to the vocabulary, grammar and functions of English as it is actually used in a comprehensive range of social situations. Self-guided students and...

English Made Easy, Volume 2: A New ESL Approach: Learning English Through Pictures - Paperback

$17.95

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Intermediate Japanese Textbook: Your Pathway to Dynamic Language Acquisition: Learn Conversational Japanese, Grammar, Kanji & Kana: (Audio Included) [ - Paperback

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by Michael L. Kluemper (Author), Lisa Berkson (Author)This is complete Japanese textbook and learning package for intermediate level students. In the intermediate level of this highly-acclaimed new series, learners will continue to study Japanese through an engaging storyline which slowly unfolds over the arc of the text, keeping things interesting and adding the motivation needed to master new material. This story-based approach is a great way to learn Japanese. The emphasis in Intermediate ...

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South Eastern Huastec Narratives: A Trilingual Edition - Hardcover

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by Ana Kondic (Translator) South Eastern Huastec, a Mayan language from Mexico, has never before been written down. Although the master storytellers of the language are long gone, today's older generations preserve the vast knowledge of their culture in speech. That spoken heritage in South Eastern Huastec--ranging from traditional house-building techniques to herbal remedies and funerary practices--is gathered here and transcribed for the first time. Collected and recorded by Ana Kondic in t...

Caesar and the Crisis of the Roman Aristocracy: A Civil War Reader - Paperback

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by James S. Ruebel (Author)One of the greatest military and political geniuses in western history, Julius Caesar stirs almost as much controversy today as he did in his own time. Neutrality toward Caesar may well be impossible-and according to James Reubel, it is undesirable. Reubel introduces students of Latin to Caesar and the civil war that Pompey led against him from 49 to 48 B.C. By presenting the Roman leader in his own words and those of his contemporaries, the book forces readers to c...

Supernaturalism of New England - Paperback

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by John Greenleaf Whittier (Author), W. K. McNeil (Introduction by)Because John Greenleaf Whittier looked upon them as source material for creative writing, he was among the first American folklore collectors to gather oral traditions intentionally. Whittier's status as one of the earliest collectors of American folk traditions is evidenced in this work. Number of Pages: 94 Dimensions: 0.69 x 8.28 x 5.37 IN Publication Date: October 13, 2014

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Writing Hard Stories: Celebrated Memoirists Who Shaped Art from Trauma - Paperback

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by Melanie Brooks (Author)Some of the country's most admired authors--including Andre Dubus III, Mark Doty, Marianne Leone, Michael Patrick MacDonald, Richard Blanco, Abigail Thomas, Kate Bornstein, Jerald Walker, and Kyoko Mori--describe their treks through dark memories and breakthrough moments and attest to the healing power of putting words to experience. What does it take to write an honest memoir? And what happens to us when we embark on that journey? Melanie Brooks sought guidance from...

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Consciousness and the Acquisition of Language - Paperback

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by Maurice Merleau-Ponty (Author), Hugh J. Silverman (Translator)The tools, concepts, and vocabulary of phenomenology are used in this book to explore language in a multitude of contexts.Back JacketThe lecture notes taken down by students were periodically gathered together and submitted to Merleau-Ponty for his approval. Then every two or three weeks these notes were published in the Bulletin du Groupe d'etudes de psychologie de l'Universite de Paris. By the end of the year, one would have t...

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Artifactual Literacies: Every Object Tells a Story - Paperback

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by Kate Pahl (Author), Jennifer Rowsell (Author), Celia Genishi (Editor)To re-engage students with literacy, teachers need an entry point that recognizes and honors students' out-of-school identities. This book looks at how artifacts (everyday objects) access the daily, sensory world in which students live. Exploring how artifacts can generate literacy learning, the book shows teachers how to use a family photo, heirloom, or recipe to tell intergenerational tales; how to collaborate with loca...

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Teaching Vocabulary to English Language Learners - Paperback

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by Michael F. Graves (Author), Diane August (Author), Jeannette Mancilla-Martinez (Author)Building on Michael Graves's bestseller, The Vocabulary Book, this new resource offers a comprehensive plan for vocabulary instruction that K-12 teachers can use with English language learners. It is broad enough to include instruction for students who are just beginning to build their English vocabularies, as well as for students whose English vocabularies are approaching those of native speakers. The a...

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Reading the Visual: An Introduction to Teaching Multimodal Literacy - Paperback

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by Frank Serafini (Author), Celia Genishi (Editor), Donna E. Alvermann (Editor)Today's teachers need up-to-the-minute information to help their students make sense of the multimodal texts they encounter daily in and out of school. Reading the Visual is an essential introduction that focuses on what teachers should know about multimodal literacy and how to teach it. This engaging book provides theoretical, curricular, and pedagogical frameworks for teaching a wide-range of visual and multimoda...

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You Gotta Be the Book: Teaching Engaged and Reflective Reading with Adolescents - Paperback

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by Jeffrey D. Wilhelm (Author), Michael W. Smith (Foreword by)This award-winning book continues to resonate with teachers and inspire their teaching because it focuses on the joy of reading and how it can engage and even transform readers. In a time of next-generation standards that emphasize higher-order strategies, text complexity, and the reading of nonfiction, "You Gotta BE the Book" continues to help teachers meet new challenges, including those of increasing cultural diversity. At the c...