This first-year French textbook program allows students to examine, compare, and contrast authentic discourse to discover individual and shared language use and cultural perspectives. Students also acquire the sounds and rhythmic patterns necessary to develop pronunciation and conversational fluency, as well as listening comprehension skills.
An Advanced Reader of Chinese Language and Culture
Suitable for teaching and learning Chinese language and culture at the advanced level, this title combines classical and modern Chinese language skills, Chinese culture, and expository and narrative writing practice. It also includes sections on function words that help students to understand classical Chinese.
Suitable for courses in advanced Chinese and Chinese culture, this title presents an approach to cultural integration and immersion. It features a distinctive topic of Chinese culture that serves as a portal to Chinese perceptions and perspectives.
Dari is the most used language in Afghanistan. This book is designed to cover one year of instruction, offers beginning learners a communicative approach to the Dari language that emphasizes task-oriented, communicative activities for developing the four language skills - speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
Dari is the most commonly used language in Afghanistan; in fact, all official documents are written in it. This book is designed to cover one year of instruction and offers intermediate learners a communicative approach to the Dari language that develops the four language skills-speaking, listening, reading and more.
Elisabeth Kendall and Yehia A. Mohamed's Diplomacy Arabic is a convenient guide for Arabic language learners, featuring over 1,300 common terms and expressions essential for success in diplomatic communication. This book is a must-have for skilled work in international relations in the Middle East.
The Middle East is an increasingly important place in the minds and concerns of the English-speaking world. Suitable for those who are beginning to learn the Arabic spoken by Palestinians, or those who live in Syria or Lebanon, this title provides an introduction to the essential features and vocabulary of spoken Palestinian Arabic.
Informed by the latest research in the field of second language acquisition and written entirely in Spanish, this book responds to the central questions that lie at the heart of learning Spanish as a second or foreign language. Each chapter examines the linguistic challenges and pitfalls involved in Spanish-language learning.
