Shortcut to IELTS is a two-book series that can be used as classroom textbooks or for self-study. It is the result of a combined experience of over 60 years of teaching in countries such as Taiwan, China, Japan, the Philippines, and Mongolia. Learn how to achieve a target Grade 7.0 score. Ideal for students with Grade 5.0 and above. Listening and Speaking Each of the sixteen units starts with a list of words that help to develop your vocabulary range around a particular topic. Vocabulary-building exercises also help you to remember these words and typical IELTS exam questions are given so that you can practice them. Listening exercises help develop your skills. - is packed with typical IELTS exam questions and sample answers. - highlights mistakes that students commonly make. - gives useful tips to maximize your score. - comes with over an hour of listening exercises to help develop your skills, and also has recorded speaking samples. - has a complete answer key and all the listening transcripts. - has been specifically designed for East Asian students. Word lists come with a Chinese translation.

Do you want to develop a solid understanding of Swedish and communicate confidently with others? Through authentic conversations, vocabulary building, grammar explanations and extensive practice and review, Complete Swedish will equip you with the skills you need to use Swedish in a variety of settings and situations, developing your cultural awareness along the way. The book follows several characters through a storyline enabling learners to engage with Swedish culture and contextualise their learning. What will I achieve by the end of the course? By the end of Complete Swedish you will have a solid intermediate-level grounding in the four key skills - reading, writing, speaking and listening - and be able to communicate with confidence and accuracy. You will be able to engage with relevant and up-to-date topics, including politics, education, gender equality and popular entertainment in Sweden. Is this course for me? If you want to move confidently from beginner to intermediate level, this is the course for you. It's perfect for the self-study learner, with a one-to-one tutor, or for the beginner classroom. It can be used as a refresher course as well as to support study for the 'Swedex' Swedish proficiency test. What do I get? -20 learning units plus verb reference and word glossary -Discovery Method - figure out rules and patterns to make the language stick -Teaches the key skills - reading, writing, listening, and speaking -Learn to learn - tips and skills on how to be a better language learner -Culture notes - learn about the people and places of Sweden -Outcomes-based learning - focus your studies with clear aims -Authentic listening activities - everyday conversations give you a flavour of real spoken Swedish -Test Yourself - see and track your own progress *Complete Swedish maps from A1 Beginner to B2 Upper Intermediate level of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) guidelines and from Novice-Low to Advanced-Mid level of the ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) proficiency guidelines. The free audio for this course is available to download to the Teach Yourself Library app, or to stream on library.teachyourself.com. What else can I use to learn Swedish? If you require an absolute Beginner course, you can try our Get Started in Swedish Absolute Beginner course: 9781444175202 Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for over 80 years.

World Talk is the next level-up from Talk Now! and takes you on to the next stage with new activities, added dictation, and a brand new recording section. Topics covered include "the calendar," building sentences, asking directions, and using numbers. The interactive TV quiz is definitely a hit, where our resident champion may turn out to be more intelligent than you think! You can also compare your skill with a one-on-one match with a friend. With the unique recording feature, you can hear and compare your voice with a variety of native speakers. By mimicking the actors, you will soon see how rewarding language learning with EuroTalk is, and, how fast you learn!

Enjoy Esperanto introduces you to the more advanced points of Esperanto grammar and develops your vocabulary through a variety of engaging and contemporary themes, giving you the skills you need to respond to a wide range of authentic texts and conversations. What will I achieve by the end of the course? By the end of Enjoy Esperanto you will have increased your capacity to understand the spoken and written language, and furthered your ability to communicate with Esperanto speakers, orally and in writing. This course aims to take you from a good intermediate level (B1/B2 on the Common European Framework of Reference for languages / Advanced Low of the ACTFL) and help you progress up to a C1 / Advanced High level. Is this course for me? If you already know some Esperanto and want to take it further, this is the course for you. It's perfect for the self-study learner, with a one-to-one tutor, or for the post-beginner classroom. What do I get? A coursebook with over two hours of audio online that features: - Ten units that cover more complex situations than your basic tourist scenarios - Carefully levelled and sequenced material - a solid path to build up your knowledge - Insight into Esperanto culture - Authentic texts, such as newspaper articles, blogs, poems, songs, excerpts and conversations to present the language - Learn through the Discovery Method which helps you notice patterns and retain the language you learn - Learn to learn - tips and advice on becoming a better language learner - Easy to use workbook format. What else can I use to learn Esperanto? If you want a comprehensive beginner to intermediate course, you should try our Complete Esperanto. Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for over 80 years.

For well over a century, academic disciplines have studied human behavior using quantitative information. Until recently, however, the humanities have remained largely immune to the use of data—or vigorously resisted it. Thanks to new developments in computer science and natural language processing, literary scholars have embraced the quantitative study of literary works and have helped make Digital Humanities a rapidly growing field. But these developments raise a fundamental, and as yet unanswered question: what is the meaning of literary quantity? In Enumerations, Andrew Piper answers that question across a variety of domains fundamental to the study of literature. He focuses on the elementary particles of literature, from the role of punctuation in poetry, the matter of plot in novels, the study of topoi, and the behavior of characters, to the nature of fictional language and the shape of a poet’s career. How does quantity affect our understanding of these categories? What happens when we look at 3,388,230 punctuation marks, 1.4 billion words, or 650,000 fictional characters? Does this change how we think about poetry, the novel, fictionality, character, the commonplace, or the writer’s career? In the course of answering such questions, Piper introduces readers to the analytical building blocks of computational text analysis and brings them to bear on fundamental concerns of literary scholarship. This book will be essential reading for anyone interested in Digital Humanities and the future of literary study.

A reference and grammar practice book containing clear, accessible grammar explanations with examples and extension in both Spanish and English. Basic rules, forms and examples are presented in a simple and accessible way before learners move on to further and more complex uses and forms of the same items, with numerous practice exercises. There are examples of everyday language throughout, to show grammar being used naturally, and these are paired with translations illustrating how the two languages coincide or differ. Ease of use: Numerous cross-references highlight related grammatical points and En breve summaries enable you to see at a glance what you have studied. The book also contains: a glossary of grammatical terms, Latin American variants of grammar rules and guidance on pronunciation and spelling. It is an ideal for anyone learning Spanish and wants a comprehensive resource and extensive grammar practice. It is perfectly suited to accompany the Pasos range Coursebook 1 (9781473610682) or Course Pack 1 (9781473610750) and Coursebook 2 (9781444139273) or Course Pack 2 (9781444139242). It also complements any other Spanish language course.

*This listing is for the coursebook. Willkommen! 1 is also available as a Course Pack, activity book, and CD & DVD set.* Willkommen! 1 German Beginner's Course is a best-selling multi-format German adult learning programme for classroom and home use. Fully revised and updated for this new edition, the course includes a coursebook, course pack, activity book and CD and DVD set plus online activities. This blended learning approach will get you speaking, writing and understanding German with accuracy and confidence. The course covers levels A1 to A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for Languages. Whether you are learning for general interest, for your job, holiday, or for an exam, Willkommen! 1 is packed full of comprehensive material and interesting features to improve your fluency and understanding. · Includes lively and contemporary topics from food, shopping and relationships to careers and life in Germany and German-speaking countries. · Book, audio and video content allow for flexible use in the classroom and at home. · Range of activities based on authentic materials including menus, brochures and interviews. · Different types of writing practice, including letters, CV, emails and blogs. · Listening material includes interviews, radio and TV clips. · 'Real-life' German videos demonstrate how the language is really spoken. · Deutschland info sections give practical and cultural insights into German life. Created in consultation with teachers and learners, Willkommen! 1 provides about 120 hours of study and is ideal for group-learning as well as for revision and self-study. Also available: Course Pack (ISBN 9781473672673): includes the Coursebook, the CD and DVD Set and an online Support Book containing a key to the exercises and audio transcripts. CD and DVD Set (ISBN 9781473672642): contains all the dialogues and listening activities included in the coursebook plus video content building on the real-life German used in the course. Activity Book (ISBN 9781473672666): for extra practice and review linked to the coursebook units.

Dieses Buch ist Band 2 des Ersten Spanischen Lesebuches fur Anfanger. Das Buch enthalt einen Kurs fur Anfanger und fortgeschrittene Anfanger, wobei die Texte auf Spanisch und auf Deutsch nebeneinanderstehen. 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. Die Audiodateien sind auf www.lppbooks.com/Spanish/index_de.html inklusive erhaltlich.

Das Buch enthalt einen Kurs fur Anfanger und fortgeschrittene Anfanger, wobei die Texte auf Deutsch und auf Franzoesisch 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. Die Audiodateien sind auf www.lppbooks.com/French/index_de.html inklusive erhaltlich.

Das Buch enthalt einen Kurs fur Anfanger und fortgeschrittene Anfanger, wobei die Texte auf Deutsch und auf Italienisch 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. Die Audiodateien sind auf www.lppbooks.com/Italian/FIRv1/ inklusive erhaltlich. Es ist auch empfehlenswert den VLC-Mediaplayer zu verwenden, die Software, die zur Steuerung der Wiedergabegeschwindigkeit aller Audioformate verwendet werden kann. Steuerung der Geschwindigkeit ist auch einfach und erfordert nur wenige Klicks oder Tastatureingaben. Lesen und Hoeren gleichzeitig! Ein bilinguales Buch fur das Sprachniveau A1 und A2 zu lesen, dauert fur gewoehnlich zwischen einem und drei Monaten. Die genaue Zeit hangt ganz von Ihrer vorherigen Fremdsprachen-Erfahrung und persoenlichen Fahigkeiten ab. Nach einem solchen Buch sollten Sie in der Lage sein, einfache Fragen zu stellen und zu beantworten: Was? Wer? Wo? Wann? Welche/r/s? Wie viel(e)? Mit der Grammatik sollten Sie nach ein oder zwei Wochen des Lesens beginnen. Ein Grammatik-Buch ist dazu sinnvoll und hilft Ihnen, Ihre Zielsprache prazise einzusetzen. Halten Sie sich an diese Reihenfolge: Kaufen Sie ein Lesebuch und nutzen Sie anschliessend das Grammatik-Buch und UEbungen, um den nachsten Schritt im Lernprozess zu gehen. So lernen Sie eine Sprache pragmatisch, effizient und viel schneller als mit kurzfristigen Lernprogrammen. Trotzdem sollten Sie Ihre Zielsprache regelmassig anwenden. Kombinieren Sie bilingualen Bucher mit Audio-Versionen, mit Grammatik-Buchern, Chats, Internetseiten oder sogar Lieder. So bleiben Sie motiviert und optimieren Ihren Lernprozess. Vergessen Sie nicht: 20 Minuten am Tag sind die Grundlage fur Ihren Erfolg!