English Grammar

Conversational Concepts is the first part of a set of essential communication books with more than 1,100 words worth learning. This vocabulary will help expand your child's knowledge of spoken dialogue. The book is fun to use at home and in the classroom with or without an instructor. It already has been incorporated into private and public educational settings and has gained immense interest among kids and their parents. This extraordinary yet simplistic guide to English could be your child's first example of everyday dialogue!

The English language that is spoken by one billion people around the world is a linguistic mongrel, its vocabulary a diverse mix resulting from centuries of borrowing from other tongues. From the Celtic languages of pre-Roman Britain to Norman French; from the Vikings' Old Scandinavian to Persian, Sanskrit, Algonquian, Cantonese and Hawaiian – amongst a host of others – we have enriched our modern language with such words as tulip, slogan, doolally, avocado, moccasin, ketchup and ukulele.

Are you worried about your English skills? Do you want to sound like a native speaker each time you open your mouth? Overcoming your accent and mastering the vocabulary, the grammar, and the pronunciation can be challenging, depending on your native tongue. Listening and practicing vocally are the best ways to perfect new language skills, regardless of your current level.

Help your child master the key skill that will make them a faster and more fluent reader. Do you want your child to develop a love for reading that they’ll take with them into adulthood? Do you want them to build a vast vocabulary that will make them eloquent communicators and confident speakers? Try teaching them sight words - words that are meant to be recognized instantly by sight without the need to pause and think about it. These words account for up to 75 percent of words used in young children’s books and other printed materials.

Show, don't tell is probably the single most important piece of advice given to writers. But many writers struggle to understand this powerful principle or have difficulty applying it to their own work. Even experienced authors sometimes don't grasp the finer nuances of showing and telling. In this book, Sandra Gerth draws on her experience as an editor and a best-selling author to show you how to show and tell you when to tell.

In the comprehensive audiobook Learning Italian for Beginners, Italian Academy will give you 2,500 phrases and grammar basics that can be applied on the entire Italian language, making you speak Italian faster, better, and much, much easier than any other language learning strategy can!

You don’t have to go to a language school or spend a fortune on online classes. In this book, you will find a tried language learning methodology that revolves around your life and your schedule. With the Bilingual Reading Method, you will be able to find an easy and accessible means to learn Spanish based on your own language.

De la mano de Kyle Millar, escucha The Verb Circus 3, una tercera entrega para hacer un repaso exhaustivo a los verbos más importantes del inglés, basado en el prigrama de Vaughan Radio.

You know something is wrong. The paradigm you live in is unjust, rigged against those without money, and completely unsustainable from both an economic and ecosystemic standpoint. Maybe you already know what’s going on, but don’t have the time or resources to bring others up to speed. Refer them to this book.

Learn Korean Grammar: 25 Sentence Patterns for Beginners by KoreanClass101 is designed for beginner-level learners. You'll learn the top 25 beginner-level sentence patterns that are used in everyday speech. All were hand-picked by our team of Korean teachers.

Learn Japanese Grammar: 25 Sentence Patterns for Beginners by JapanesePod101 is designed for beginner-level learners. You'll learn the top 25 beginner-level sentence patterns that are used in everyday speech. All were hand-picked by our team of Japanese teachers.

From minding your Ps and Qs to wondering why X should mark the spot, Alphabetical is a book for everyone who loves words and language. Whether it's how letters are arranged on keyboards or Viking runes, textspeak or zip codes, this book will change the way you think about letters forever. How on earth did we fix upon our 26 letters? What do they really mean? And how did we come to write them down in the first place?

German is easier than it seems. This audiobook will give you not only the basic grammar rules, but also many fun exercises for you to practice. If you’ve never studied German before or if you’ve studied it but you need to go back to the basics to get better, this audiobook will provide you with everything you need, especially if you are planning on traveling to Germany!

Learning a new language is not easy, and it can be quite boring and tiring if you don't have the right tools to learn it. This is also why many people choose to travel and dive directly in the place, but it is not such a simple solution for everyone. It will seem like a misplaced question, but science helps you here: Do you know that we memorize and learn information more easily through stories? That's because our brain likes it, and it has been so used to it from an early age, with the stories they told us, cartoons etc. In this way, we are more inclined to learn.

If you have trouble distinguishing the verbs imitate and emulate, the relative pronouns that and which, or the adjectives pliant, pliable, and supple, never fear - How to Tell Fate from Destiny is here to help! With more than 500 headwords, the audiobook is replete with advice on how to differentiate commonly confused words and steer clear of verbal trouble.

Where do writers learn their best moves? They use a technique that Roy Peter Clark calls X-ray reading, a form of reading that lets you penetrate beyond the surface of a text to see how meaning is actually being made. In The Art of X-Ray Reading, Clark invites you to don your X-ray reading glasses and join him on a guided tour through some of the most exquisite and masterful literary works of all time, from The Great Gatsby to Lolita to The Bluest Eye and many more.

Are you determined to become the best speller in the class? Are you preparing for the next upcoming spelling bee? Are you looking for a way to challenge your spelling abilities? Perhaps you and your friends are looking to have a spell off! Preparing for the real world can be challenging, however. Knowing how to spell and understanding the vocabulary of each word is imperative for communication, comprehension, and literacy. In this manual, you will discover over 400 comprehensive words for grades four to six with sentences to challenge their spelling.

Splendiferous Speech explores the main sources of the American vernacular - the expanding western frontier, the bumptious world of politics, and the sensation-filled pages of popular 19th-century newspapers. It's a process that started with the earliest English colonists (first word adoption - the Algonquian raccoon) and is still going strong today. Author Rosemarie Ostler takes listeners along on the journey as Americans learn to declare linguistic independence and embrace their own brand of speech.

Where do our everyday words come from? The bagel you eat for breakfast, the bumf you have to wade through at the office, and the bus that takes you home again: we use these words without thinking about their origins or how their meanings have changed over time. Simon Horobin takes the listener on a journey through a typical day, showing how the words we use to describe routine activities - getting up, going to work, eating meals - have surprisingly fascinating histories.

Are you making enough money? Do you have enough time to do all the things you want to do? Do you have a system that has your back and means you never drop the ball? In Shoot Like a Ninja, authors Chris Garbacz and Yuan Wang have combined their own learnings with insights from the world’s top photographers into four simple steps that will show you how to attract more of the work you prize, earn more profit and spend more time doing the things you love without being chained to your business.