Das Buch enthalt einen Kurs fur Anfanger und fortgeschrittene Anfanger, wobei die Texte auf Deutsch und auf Tschechisch nebeneinanderstehen. Die Motivation des Schulers wird durch lustige Alltagsgeschichten uber das Kennenlernen neuer Freunde, Studieren, die Arbeitssuche, das Arbeiten etc. aufrechterhalten. Die dabei verwendete Methode basiert auf der naturlichen menschlichen Gabe, sich Woerter zu merken, die immer wieder und systematisch im Text auftauchen. Satze werden stets aus den im vorherigen Kapitel erklarten Woertern gebildet. Das zweite und die folgenden Kapitel des Anfangerkurses haben nur jeweils etwa 30 neue Woerter. Die Audiodateien sind auf www.lppbooks.com/Czech/FCzR_audio/ inklusive erhaltlich.

Das Buch enthalt einen Kurs fur Anfanger und fortgeschrittene Anfanger, wobei die Texte auf Deutsch und auf Rumanisch nebeneinanderstehen. Die Motivation des Schulers wird durch lustige Alltagsgeschichten uber das Kennenlernen neuer Freunde, Studieren, die Arbeitssuche, das Arbeiten etc. aufrechterhalten. Die dabei verwendete Methode basiert auf der naturlichen menschlichen Gabe, sich Woerter zu merken, die immer wieder und systematisch im Text auftauchen. Satze werden stets aus den im vorherigen Kapitel erklarten Woertern gebildet. Das zweite und die folgenden Kapitel des Anfangerkurses haben nur jeweils etwa 30 neue Woerter. Das Buch ist mit den Audiodateien ausgestattet. Die Adresse der Homepage des Buches, wo Audiodateien zum Anhoeren und Herunterladen verfugbar sind, ist am Anfang des Buches auf der bibliographischen Beschreibung vor dem Copyright-Hinweis aufgefuhrt.

Das Buch enthalt einen Kurs fur Anfanger und fortgeschrittene Anfanger, wobei die Texte auf Deutsch und auf Japanisch nebeneinanderstehen. Die Motivation des Schulers wird durch lustige Alltagsgeschichten uber das Kennenlernen neuer Freunde, Studieren, die Arbeitssuche, das Arbeiten etc. aufrechterhalten. Die dabei verwendete Methode basiert auf der naturlichen menschlichen Gabe, sich Woerter zu merken, die immer wieder und systematisch im Text auftauchen. Satze werden stets aus den im vorherigen Kapitel erklarten Woertern gebildet. Das zweite und die folgenden Kapitel des Anfangerkurses haben nur jeweils etwa dreissig neue Woerter. Dank der internationalen Lautschrift Romaji fallt das Verstehen und Einpragen besonders leicht. Das Buch ist mit den Audiodateien inklusive ausgestattet. Die Adresse der Homepage des Buches, wo die Audiodateien zum Anhoeren und Herunterladen verfugbar sind, ist am Anfang des Buches auf der bibliographischen Beschreibung vor dem Copyright-Hinweis aufgefuhrt.

Designed to be highly practical, Espanol Comercial is a concise, well-organized resource for advanced, fluent students who want to improve their speaking skills in Spanish for business purposes. The book increases vocabulary and teaches speaking skills for use in professional environments. A practical tool for improving cross-cultural communication, the text also helps students recognize and employ the appropriate register for negotiating successfully in Spanish. The book is organized into twelve chapters, each of which presents a specific business-related topic as the context for language acquisition. These topics include globalization and the Hispanic world, companies in Latin America and Spain, company assets, entering international markets, and the production of goods and services. Each chapter also weaves in information about the countries in Latin America, providing students with a valuable overview of the region. In addition, students learn about business management, human resources, banking, funding and investment, and the future of business. Each of the twelve chapters includes vocabulary, phrases, application exercises, and an expansion activity. Espanol Comercial is written specifically for courses in Spanish that focus on business terminology, topics, and practices.

Non e sempre la solita storia: Dal nord al sud (Italian Stories Level 3) helps students explore the language and culture of Italy in a meaningful, up-to-date context. Readers engage in and learn from the story of two brothers who embark on an adventure across Italy and explore some of the most beautiful regions. As they travel across the boot of Italy, the Stivale, they discover that their adventure is much bigger than they had expected! An immersion text, the language, grammar, and cultural instruction come together seamlessly. A visual dictionary provides pictorial clues to new words in the texts. True/false questions after each reading allow students to immediately check comprehension. Target vocabulary and grammatical structures are recycled throughout the text for review and to function as building blocks for new language and conversational skills. Non e sempre la solita storia is designed to be a companion reader to standard textbooks. It is appropriate for intermediate Italian courses in university programs, and can also serve as a review and refresher for students at the advanced level.

Bridge to China is a new, four-part Mandarin Chinese primer series for today's North American college and high school students. The series opens with an introduction to Pinyin, the Chinese phonetic alphabet, which optimizes students' ability to speak successfully as they learn. The first two books are for beginning students and emphasize pronunciation, listening, and speaking. Book 2 also incorporates reading skills. Books 3 and 4 target intermediate Mandarin Chinese learners and place equal emphasis on speaking and reading skills. The series offers well-chosen, high-interest topics for oral activities, lively situational dialogues, important grammatical structures, and select usages of modern Chinese. It also provides entertaining, culturally informative readings, supplementary vocabulary lists, and two-way vocabulary glossaries at the end of each book. Extensively class-tested, Bridge to China integrates the 5 Cs of language learning-communication, culture, comparisons, connections, and communities. It lays a solid foundation in the target language and successfully prepares students for advanced study. This series can be used in two-year college programs, four-year high school programs, and short-term intensives.

Non e sempre la solita storia helps students explore the language and culture of Italy in a meaningful, up-to-date context. Readers will engage in and learn from the story of a group of young artists who start their own company. They collaborate with an American artist to stage an exhibition set in Ca' Dario - the most haunted house in Venice. An immersion text, the language, grammar, and cultural instruction come together seamlessly. A visual dictionary provides pictorial clues to new words in the texts. True/false questions after each reading allow students to immediately check comprehension. Target vocabulary and grammatical structures are recycled throughout the text for review and to function as building blocks for new language and conversational skills. All verbs are used in the past tense, as is appropriate for the intermediate level. Non e sempre la solita storia is designed to be a companion reader to standard textbooks. It is appropriate for intermediate Italian courses in university programs, and can also serve as a review and refresher for students at the advanced level.

Non e sempre la solita storia is a beginning Italian reader that tells the story of two young people from different continents who happen to meet and begin a relationship. An immersion text, the language, grammar, and cultural instruction come together seamlessly. A visual dictionary provides pictorial clues to new words in the texts. True/false questions after each reading allow readers to immediately check comprehension. Target vocabulary and grammatical structures are recycled throughout the text for review and to function as building blocks for new language and conversational skills. The sections of the story are set against Venetian landmarks, including Il Campanile, La Basilica San Marco, the Giardini della Biennale, and the Ponte di Rialto. The storyline is both familiar and fresh, drawing students in and placing the language in an easily imagined and relatable context. Non e sempre la solita storia is well suited to beginning courses in Italian. It can also be used as a supplemental reader for intermediate students and as a quick refresher and review for those with advanced skills.

Centered around practical, engaging themes, the "Elementary Italian Student Activities Manual" is designed to accompany the textbook "Elementary Italian."
The activities manual features homework assignments and supplemental exercises suitable for first year students of Italian. The progression of the material is tried and tested, and begins with an introductory lesson on the alphabet and pronunciation, greetings and salutations, numbers, days of the week, and months of the year.
It emphasizes the most important grammar points covered in the main text, such as verb tenses, pronouns, comparative and superlative adjectives, and prepositions.
Student friendly and extensively class-tested, the "Elementary Italian Student Activities Manual" was written for college-level beginning Italian courses that meet three days a week over a fifteen week semester, but it can easily be adapted to a quarter system.
Jessica Greenfield earned bachelor's degrees in Italian studies and Classical Civilizations at the University of California, Berkeley, her master's degree in Italian Studies at the University of Notre Dame, and her Ph.D. in Romance Languages, with a specialization in Italian, at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Dr. Greenfield is a faculty member in the Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of North Texas, where she also serves as the Italian Language Program Coordinator. The author of numerous articles, reviews, and textbook contributions, she has also presented at regional and national conferences. Her research interests include modern Italian literature, Sicilian writers, and the Italian realist writer Giovanni Verga.

With its unique blend of eastern and western traditions of music and poetry, the world of Russian vocal music is rich in spirituality, intimacy, and passion for singers and their audience. Russian song traditions offer an ideal opportunity for self-expression and the forging of a deep connection with one's listeners. It also presents formidable challenges to singers at every level, ranging from the complexities native to sung and spoken Russian to the intricacies of diction and interpretation that lie behind the nuanced relationship between Russian music and poetry. Founded on the underlying principle that sung language differs dramatically from spoken language, Singing in Russian offers a comprehensive and accessible approach to understanding, mastering, and performing Russian vocal music. After covering the basics of the Cyrillic alphabet and Russian grammar and diction, author Emily Olin encourages readers to take the innovative step of using the music itself to guide the singer's pronunciation and interpretation. English sound comparisons, linguistic and musical examples, and multifaceted exercises complement textual explanations, reinforcing the techniques Olin has employed for over three decades. The addition of repertoire lists and practical recommendations further equip singers to confidently go from start to stage. Furthermore, the online audio examples contain exercises that demonstrate and reinforce the correct sound and interpretation of everything from the alphabet to the presentation of vowels, consonants, words, and phrases. They can be found at https://soundcloud.com/user-869634200/sets/singing-in-russian-a-guide-to-language-and-performance. Singing in Russian is an invaluable resource for students, performers, teachers, directors, conductors, and coaches seeking to increase their access to Russian opera and art song, master the challenges they present to performance, and expand their personal, professional, and institutional repertoire on stage.

The "CAMINANDO 1-2-3" series provides Spanish language students with in-depth review and practice of intermediate-level grammar, as well as multiple opportunities for vocabulary development. Intended as a student workbook to complement the instructor's classroom presentation and oral practice, "CAMINANDO" also includes sample responses to odd-numbered exercises to aid in students' self-correction and therefore deeper understanding of the language.
Developed by two professors, using a classroom-tested approach, the "CAMINANDO 3" workbook is an ideal companion to any level three Intermediate Spanish language classroom.
Professor Rosaura Sanchez, Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin (Spanish Linguistics) teaches in the Department of Literature at the University of California, San Diego.
Professor Beatrice Pita, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego (Literature) teaches in the Department of Literature at the University of California, San Diego.

The "CAMINANDO 1-2-3" series provides Spanish language students with in-depth review and practice of intermediate-level grammar, as well as multiple opportunities for vocabulary development. Intended as a student workbook to complement the instructor's classroom presentation and oral practice, "CAMINANDO" also includes sample responses to odd-numbered exercises to aid in students' self-correction and therefore deeper understanding of the language.
Developed by two professors, using a classroom-tested approach, the "CAMINANDO 1" workbook is an ideal companion to any level one Intermediate Spanish language classroom.
Professor Rosaura Sanchez, Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin (Spanish Linguistics) teaches in the Department of Literature at the University of California, San Diego.
Professor Beatrice Pita, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego (Literature) teaches in the Department of Literature at the University of California, San Diego.

The "CAMINANDO 1-2-3" series provides Spanish language students with in-depth review and practice of intermediate-level grammar, as well as multiple opportunities for vocabulary development. Intended as a student workbook to complement the instructor's classroom presentation and oral practice, "CAMINANDO" also includes sample responses to odd-numbered exercises to aid in students' self-correction and therefore deeper understanding of the language.
Developed by two professors, using a classroom-tested approach, the "CAMINANDO 2" workbook is an ideal companion to any level two Intermediate Spanish language classroom.
Professor Rosaura Sanchez, Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin (Spanish Linguistics) teaches in the Department of Literature at the University of California, San Diego.
Professor Beatrice Pita, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego (Literature) teaches in the Department of Literature at the University of California, San Diego.

THE STUDY SMART SERIES, designed for students from junior high school through lifelong learning programs, teaches skills for research and note-taking, provides exercises to improve grammar, and reveals secrets for putting these skills together in great essays.
Millions of people want to learn to spell correctly, but they fear the task will be tedious and painful. Now, with the unique, logical approach presented in Spelling Simplified, anyone can become a skilled speller quickly and easily. Through the use of simple and effective exercises and tips, "Spelling Simplified" illustrates what many poor spellers forget--that the way a word is spelled is closely related to the sound and meaning of that word.
Chapters devoted to syllables and stress, patterns in the language, consonant clusters, and vowel-consonant combinations are included, each complete with its own set of examples and exercises. From the simplest root words through longer words derived from foreign languages, "Spelling Simplified" guides you through basic techniques for learning how to "hear" a word, how to master irregularities, and how to form large words from smaller ones. Breezily written and easy to use, Spelling Simplified shows that mastering spelling cn be painless--and even fun.

A student, business and professional course in spoken and written Arabic aimed at those with no prior knowledge of the language. Suitable for business professionals and students wanting to communicate directly with people and institutions in the Arab world, Arabic Today is a self-contained course in contemporary Arabic. Tuition tends to concentrate either on the written language (never used in everyday speech) or on a selected regional dialect (which is never written down). Arabic Today breaks with this tradition, capitalising on the emerging form of spoken Pan-Arabic. This supraregional form of educated speech is drawn from the most influential areas, as well as the modern written word. So whether you wish to speak the language or add writing skills as well, this course book and accompanying audio website are the ideal tools for self-tuition and classroom use. Key Features *Teaches Spoken Arabic in 15 lessons based on dialogue-driven situations with grammatical explanations, examples and exercises *Builds a vocabulary of c.2 000 words *Teaches Written Arabic in 11 lessons based on the writing system, sentences, and continuous text *Includes a key to the exercises, indexes of Arabic and English vocabulary used, and an index of grammatical subjects *Dialogues and exercises are featured on an accompanying audio website which help with pronunciation and fluency in speech and reading. The second edition of this book has been thoroughly revised and updated to make it relevant to a new generation of readers. Grammar is explained more clearly and precisely, the reading material has been updated and the typography is clearer. New word indexes give meanings and reference for the vocabulary and together with the grammar index they offer an invaluable additional reference function. Audio material to accompany the book is available at the following website: www.euppublishing.com/page/ArabicToday/audio

The German Way is a handy guide to understanding how people from every corner of the German-speaking world think, do business, and act in their daily lives. Organized alphabetically for ease of use, The German Way is an indispensable reference to the common as well as the divergent cultural traits of German-speaking people. Included are 77 key traits, representing German-speaking people from all walks of life and from the following countries where German is spoken: Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Familiarity with the varied ways in which these people celebrate holidays, interact with one another, eat, dress, and so on will increase your ability to communicate with German-speaking men and women everywhere. Complete with a bibliography and index, The German Way provides keen insights into the rich variety of customs and attitudes found in German-speaking countries. Whether you are a student, tourist, or business traveler, this book will help you break the culture barrier - and appreciate the way things are done in the German-speaking world.

The Yucatan Peninsula draws many North American and European travelers each year to view the ruins of the pre-Columbian Classical Maya civilization and the abundant native flora and fauna. For these travelers, as well as armchair travelers and students, Gary Bevington has prepared the first general English-language introduction to Yucatec Maya, the native language of the people indigenous to the region.

Written in nontechnical terms for learners who have a basic knowledge of simple Mexican Spanish, the book presents easily understood, practical information for anyone who would like to communicate with the Maya in their native language. In addition to covering the pronunciation and grammar of Maya, Bevington includes invaluable tips on learning indigenous languages "in the field." Most helpful are his discussions of the cultural and material worlds of the Maya, accompanied by essential words and expressions for common objects and experiences. A Maya-English-Spanish glossary with extensive usage examples and an English-Maya glossary conclude the book.

Note: The supplemental audiocasette, Spoken Maya for Travelers and Students, is now available as a free download.