This volume addresses the various and highly topical controversies surrounding religious television by examining its history, structure, content, viewship, and social impact. It represents a compilation of original essays written by the world's leading scholars, regulators, authorities, and watchdogs of religious television. Each controversy is addressed from a wide range of perspectives. The result is a most interesting exchange of ideas and ideologies: the presentation of empirical data, theology and learned opinion, and an assortment of insightful conclusions.

This volume explores how linguistic research can support the teaching and learning of Chinese as a second language. It responds to a rapidly growing interest in the Chinese language all over the world, and answers the need for a strong research background for the discipline. Without that, Chinese language learning remains only a unique experience and/or a useful education challenge. The first section explores crucial issues about the structure and use of Chinese as a Second Language such as word-order, noun-noun compounds, meaning-making in writing, pronunciation and stress and tone. The second section explores the learning of Chinese by seeking answer to questions about difficulties, expectations, beliefs, use of corpus and learning how to express necessity. The authors coming from eight different countries demonstrate how existing knowledge has been generated, bring together different lines of research, point out tendencies in the field, demonstrate and explain what tools and methods researchers can use to address major issues in the field, and give direction to what future research should focus on.

Expand your Spanish verb mastery with the best review and practice workbook for beginning to intermediate learners-now with extensive support from the McGraw Hill Language Lab app! Confident use of verbs is an essential foundation for learning Spanish-and also one of the most difficult to master. Spanish Verb Drills helps you overcome these obstacles, and lays the foundation with clear explanations and rigorous practice. Written with beginning and intermediate-level learners in mind, it provides numerous examples that demonstrate how the Spanish verb system works, along with review and mastery exercises to reinforce learning. With extensive support from the McGraw Hill Language Lab app, you can also access flashcards, an auto-fill glossary, and a variety of exercises to get you up to speed with valuable immediate feedback. Boost your mastery of the Spanish language with Spanish Verb Drills, Premium Sixth Edition: Drills format helps you to focus on verbs without distractions of other kinds of grammar Clear explanations of conjugations, followed by practice exercises to "drill down" what you've learned New: Streaming audio recordings of verb conjugations and answers to numerous exercises in the book Bonus flashcards, auto-fill glossary, and interactive exercises helps you gauge what you've learned

This root dictionary of Korean for second language learners contains more than 1500 vocabulary lists consisting of words built from a shared root. Upon encountering a word, the student can consult the list for its component roots and discover other semantically related words.

The monograph is devoted to the notion of strategic intervention and its application in the foreign language classroom, in particular with reference to teaching grammar structures. The first four chapters, which are theoretical in nature, address such concepts as form-focused instruction, language learning strategies and strategies-based instruction. The last chapter provides insight into the results of a study investigating the grammar learning strategies employed by advanced learners of English. Additionally, the chapter presents the views of foreign language teachers on the idea of introducing strategy training in the foreign language classroom. The book closes with the discussion concerning the implementation of strategy training and its value in teaching target language grammar.

Your first-class ticket to building better Spanish language skills-and appreciating the diversity of Spanish-speaking culture! From the bestselling Read & Think series, this fully illustrated premium fourth edition of Read & Think Spanish brings the Spanish language to life! In addition to introducing, developing, and growing key vocabulary, this book gives you an insider's look at the exciting diversity of life and culture in Latin America, Spanish-speaking U.S. and Spain-from traditional Guatemalan recipes and the benefits of the Mediterranean diet to biographies of luminaries like Rita Moreno to lessons on Argentinian soccer. Including more than 100 engaging articles written by native Spanish speakers, each one provides a bilingual glossary on the same page, allowing you to learn without stopping to look up new or unfamiliar words. Each chapter contains several exercises to reinforce comprehension, and this new premium edition features streaming audio recordings of 50 readings (more than 2 hours), supported by the McGraw-Hill Language Lab app. Read & Think Spanish, Premium Fourth Edition features: * New articles reflecting the current aspects of life in Latin America, Spanish-speaking U.S., and Spain * New and expanded materials in the McGraw-Hill Language Lab app (free online and via mobile) * App includes flashcards of more than 7,000 vocabulary terms * App includes audio recordings of 50 readings (2+ hours)

The standard intermediate reference for ancient Greek.

All the practice and instruction you need to communicate effectively in German-now with new audio recordings For beginning to intermediate German language learners, getting a handle on German grammar is the key to communicating correctly and effectively. In Practice Makes Perfect: Complete German Grammar, you'll find everything you need, all in one place-instruction, clear explanations, and extensive exercises-to build your knowledge and communicate more effectively in German. Based on the successful approach of the Practice Makes Perfect series, Practice Makes Perfect: Complete German Grammar, Premium Third Edition covers all aspects of German grammar you need to know, from present tense regular verbs to adverb and adjective use. Crystal-clear explanations, realistic examples and extensive array of engaging exercises helps you focus your efforts on the practical aspects of communicating in German. With an additional boost from both the practical and high-frequency vocabulary used throughout the book and an answer key that provides great reference and quick feedback, Practice Makes Perfect: Complete German Grammar is the best, most indispensable resource for upgrading your command of the German language. Proven approach to learning helps you get a handle on German grammar right away, and build on your learnings as you go Every grammatical point is illustrated with example sentences to illustrate and clarify A full chapter of exercises reviews the contents of the entire book NEW: Enhanced with new audio recordings, via app, of example sentences and answers to numerous exercises

Haina ia mai ana ka puana. This familiar refrain, sometimes translated ""Let the echo of our song be heard,"" appears among the closing lines in many nineteenth-century chants and poems. From earliest times, the chanting of poetry served the Hawaiians as a form of ritual celebration of the things they cherished-the beauty of their islands, the abundance of wild creatures that inhabited their sea and air, the majesty of their rulers, and the prowess of their gods. Commoners as well as highborn chiefs and poet-priests shared in the creation of the chants. These haku mele, or ""composers,"" the commoners especially, wove living threads from their own histoic circumstances and everyday experiences into the ongoing oral tradition, as handed down from expert to pupil, or from elder to descendant, generation after generation. This anthology embraces a wide variety of compositions: it ranges from song-poems of the Pele and Hiiaka cycle and the pre-Christian Shark Hula for Ka-lani-opuu to postmissionary chants and gospel hymns. These later selections date from the reign of Ka-mehameha III (1825-1854) to that of Queen Liliu-o-ka-lani (1891-1893) and comprise the major portion of the book. They include, along with heroic chants celebrating nineteenth-century Hawaiian monarchs, a number of works composed by commoners for commoners, such as Bill the Ice Skater, Mr. Thurston's Water-Drinking Brigade, and The Song of the Chanter Kaehu. Kaehu was a distinguished leper-poet who ended his days at the settlement-hospital on Molokai.

Learn more Igbo words The Igbo Children's Dictionary is an illustrated dictionary for your multilingual child to develop their Igbo and English reading skills. Contains over 200 simple nouns for every day use. Discover the joy of reading in Igbo and English together with your multilingual child. Suitable for children 8 to 12 years old.

This is an innovative book of exercises and language tasks for all learners of Italian, which can be used independently or alongside Modern Italian Grammar. Divided into three sections, this highly useful text includes: exercises based on essential grammatical structures everyday functions practice such as making introductions and expressing needs realistic role plays in short scenes, set in a range of different contexts. Implementing feedback from its predecessor, this updated second edition features exercises graded on a three-point scale according to their level of difficulty and cross-referencing to the Modern Italian Grammar for each. Also containing a comprehensive answer key for checking progress, this is a complete reference work suitable for both class-use and self-study.

The Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese is a two-year undergraduate course for students with no prior background in Chinese study which takes students from complete beginner to post-intermediate level. Designed to build a strong foundation in both the spoken and written language it develops all the basic skills such as pronunciation, character writing, word use and structures, while placing strong emphasis on the development of communicative skills. Each level of the course consists of a textbook and workbook, available separately in simplified or traditional character editions. A companion website will provide expanded listening files and a broad range of resources for students and teachers. The benefits of this course include: focus on the long-term retention of vocabulary, characters and structures by reiterating structures and vocabulary throughout the book series; carefully selected and staged introduction of characters with staged removal of pinyin to ensure recognition and use of characters; clear and jargon-free explanations of use and structures, that are easy for students and teachers to understand; extensive workbook exercises for homework, independent study, and classroom use focusing on all language skills and modalities including a vast inventory of carefully structured exercises focusing on listening comprehension, reading for information, and writing for communication;an extensive inventory of classroom activities that guide students to develop communication-based speaking and listening skills; a list of communication goals and key structures for each lesson allowing the student to assess progress; cultural notes explaining the context of the dialogues; language FAQs explaining aspects of Chinese language as they relate to the content and vocabulary in the lesson; storyline following a group of students studying in China from Europe, North America and East Asia, making the book attractive to a variety of students and facilitating the introduction of Chinese culture; full-color text design for the textbook and carefully matched designs for the traditional and simplified books, allowing for easy cross-reference The course is also fully supported by an interactive companion website. The website contains a wealth of additional resources for both teachers and students. Teachers will find lesson plans in both English and Mandarin, providing a weekly schedule and overall syllabus for fall and spring, as well as activities for each lesson and answer keys. Students will be able to access downloadable character practice worksheets along with interactive pronunciation, vocabulary and character practice exercises. All the audio material necessary for the course is also available onliine and conveniently linked on screen to the relevant exercises for ease-of-use.

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. If you're more interested in conversing with Spanish-speaking friends and colleagues and less interested in memorizing grammar rules, this is the guide for you! William C. Harvey knows that not every student of the Spanish language wants to translate Don Quixote! In fact, a great many of us just want a working knowledge of it so we can to communicate with Spanish speakers at work and in social situations. In Spanish for the Rest of Us, Harvey skips the idea of memorizing grammar rules to focus on everyday, practical Spanish. He emphasizes the most-often-used Spanish words and phrases, and includes numerous language-learning tips that provide a short-cut to effective communication. This lively, informal program is supported by audio recordings (online and mobile), streaming through McGraw Hill's Language Lab app-which also provides flashcards and pronunciation for all vocabulary lists. Spanish for the Rest of Us features: * A super practical way to learn everyday Spanish to use with friends and co-workers-from a very experienced author and teacher * Less grammar, more understanding-ideal for learners who are intimidated by formal classes and programs * An attractive presentation and fun features, including hot tips, checklists, cultural insights, key word lists, and more * Extensive audio recordings that provide pronunciation models to support the program, streaming via the McGraw-Hill Language Lab app * Flashcards and pronunciation for all vocabulary available via the language app