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The idea of this book is that language is too interesting to be, enjoyed exclusively by linguists.
This is undoubtedly unfair to linguists-not people who speak several languages but academic linguists (for whom linguistics is the scientific study of language). Though this book is, informed by linguistics, it is not a linguistics book, rather a language-not-linguistics book. It is a book about topics involving language that interest me and that I...
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Español
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¿Qué implica estudiar un texto? ¿Cómo se encara esta actividad compleja que requiere prácticas y disposiciones específicas?
El Manual para estudiar textos académicos. Prácticas, conceptos y métodos en los procesos de lectura y escritura presenta un conjunto articulado de nociones, pautas y ejercicios orientados justamente a responder estos interrogantes, por lo que constituye un material de trabajo no solo para aquellas disciplinas que abordan...
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Learning Spanish has never been easier with this innovative method of role-playing. Plays and scripts are not simply for Broadway but can be performed in the comfort of your own home, community center, or school.
The Witch's Daughter is the first book in the Enchantment collection that allows the reader to interact with family and friends while being a part of the cast, by choosing a character of your choice and acting out the part.
You may wish...
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English
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The Hare and the Tortoise is new style multimedia eBook. We can get good experience with this multimedia eBook. The version of this multimedia eBook is for under 4 years old children and who having the same knowledge. The reader could enjoy with this multimedia eBook.
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English
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English for Academic Correspondence and Socializing is the first ever book of its kind specifically written for researchers of all disciplines whose first language is not English. With easy-to-follow rules and tips, and with authentic examples taken from real emails, referee's reports and cover letters, you will learn how to:
• use strategies for understanding native speakers of English
• significantly improve your listening skills
• organize...
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English
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The teaching of English as a second language has been a multi-million dollar business for over 40 years. Companies, as well as individuals, both students and working stiffs, have spent small fortunes struggling with the language to better their prospects, both professionally as well as socially. Isn't it about time we found an economical way to cut out the hard labor and concentrate on the essentials? The truth is that English grammar is probably...
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Español
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La cartilla est presentada en letras grandes, considerando la naturaleza del nio que se enfrenta por primera vez, a la lectura. Las palabras se presentan completas y la divisin silbica se presenta a travs del color. Las nuevas slabas presentadas tiene un color que permanence durante la presentacin de stas en esa pgina para que ocurra el proceso de asociacin. Adems el color permite una mejor discriminacin visual. Las palabras han sido seleccionadas...
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English
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MOHAMED TAHIR TALIB had his early education in Singapore and thence to The English College, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Trained as an English and History teacher in the Regional Teachers Training Centre, he has taught in schools in Johor. He retired as an Assistant Headmaster. NORZIMAH ISMAIL had her early education at the Sultan Ibrahim Girls School, Johor Bahru and thence her secondary education at the Convent of The Holy Infant Jesus, Johor Bahru. Trained...
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Español
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Comunicar y construir conocimiento a nivel superior y de posgrado, requiere de competencias y estrategias de lectura y escritura para adaptarse al lenguaje especializado de diferentes disciplinas académicas. Este libro presenta experiencias concretas de aprendizaje de producción textual para el progreso de la literacidad académica, expone estudios contemporáneos y diversas modalidades de acompañamiento de desarrollo de competencias de lectura...
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English
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We have compiled these exercises as English Language Teachers in Malaysia. We have used them for our children, our friends children and our tuition students and they have scored A1 in all their examinations. Today they can converse comfortably with anyone from the US, Great Britain or Australia. We could not use these exercises fully with our classroom students because we were tied down by the constraints of the Government Syllabus and insufficient...
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Español
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Con un lenguaje sencillo y amigable, la obra entrega orientaciones para fomentar la lectura a través de múltiples experiencias y testimonios. En el libro, la autora reflexiona acerca de cómo promover la lectura literaria desde la más temprana infancia, y lo hace recorriendo su propia trayectoria personal y profesional, con una interesante oferta de itinerarios, metodologías, testimonios, experiencias y pasos prácticos para trasladar la pasión...
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English
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If you are a non English speaking person, have you ever been caught in an English speaking country, and found yourself at the airport, at the hotel complex, at the restaurant, or at the apartment complex where you intend to make home, and didn't exactly know how to respond or what to make of any questions you were being asked? Are you a beginning english student and on casions find yourself not understanding how to place the exact word into its proper...
16) Enrichment
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English
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Enrichment in English is valuable for students who have achieved a good level of proficiency in English and who are keen to increase their command of vocabulary, to be able to express themselves effectively, and to be able to describe a situation or a scene. Students are encouraged to write the equivalent term in their own language for any new word or phrases. Enrichment is also a good reference for one who wish to discover other interesting expects...
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Español
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Designed for the Spanish beginner who is ready to explore literature, this first book of the Totally InTense series is written entirely in the present tense. Increasingly complex grammatical elements are gradually introduced in the story. New words and concepts are explained right there in the margins, so you can leave the dictionary on the shelf. The comprehensive introduction provides a great review for basic and complex grammatical elements. Las...
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But what of our limitations? Beyond all the theories of how much we can do, people began to speculate about what we could not do. When and where do we stop? Are intelligence and learning capacity like a measuring cup, and we as vessels limited to only hold a certain amount? Or, is it more like a scale that can weigh as much as it's given to evaluate? This question has been asked over and over. Eventually, experts would agree that past a certain stage...
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Este libro es una herramienta ludica para el aprendizaje del idioma ingles desde nivel primaria, secundaria y bachillerato, donde se impulsa la materia de meditacion como una alternativa para frenar el fenomeno bulling de el ambiente escolar, donde se carece toalmente de educacion espiritual. Esto es en respuesta al llamado de los beatles que hicieran a la opinion publica en una conferencia de prensa en una reunion con cineastas de hollywood, donde...
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Français
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Appuyé par la lecture de plusieurs dizaines d'ouvrages et fruit d'une longue réflexion personnelle, l'ouvrage proposé fait le point sur la complexité souvent inutile du français et propose des moyens simples de le réformer.
Le français est une langue compliquée. La réformer en vue de la simplifier n'est pas une mince tâche d'autant plus que l'opposition à toute modernisation est vive, tant en Europe qu'au Québec. L'orthographe du français...
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