Language Education

Words matter. They have the capacity to capture a special moment, elevate people’s opinion of you, or resonate with an audience with a beautiful turn of phrase.Used incorrectly, though, words - and specifically a limited vocabulary - cripple our ability to describe our experiences and articulate our thoughts and values. Whether you are preparing for an SAT exam, or you want to speak more eloquently at your next meeting or interview, this is the book for you!

We have compiled over 100 conversational Chinese stories for beginners along with their translations, allowing new Chinese speakers to possess the necessary tools to begin studying how to set a meeting, rent a car, or tell a doctor that they don’t feel well. We’re not wasting time here with conversations that don’t go anywhere: If you want to know how to solve real-life problems (while learning a ton of Chinese along the way), this book is for you!

Pick up the essentials of the Croatian language with this easy-to-use audio introduction. Covering everything from finding your way to talking about yourself, this Collins 40-minute audio can help you learn short and simple phrases quickly by just listening and repeating.

Listening to a language while asleep can help supercharge your vocabulary. Learn easily with the power of pleasant repetition. With the Learn Polish While Sleeping audiobook, you'll absorb over 430 Polish words and phrases effortlessly.

The Zettelkasten method is the perfect way to harness the power of technology to remember what you read and boost creativity. Invented in the 16th century and practiced to its fullest extent by a German sociologist who wrote 70 books and hundreds of articles, the Zettelkasten method is exploding in popularity. Writers of all types are discovering that digital tools make the method more powerful than ever, turning your digital life into an “external brain” or “bicycle for the mind”.

In 2007, when a new edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary - widely used in schools around the world - was published, a sharp-eyed reader soon noticed that around 40 common words concerning nature had been dropped. Apparently they were no longer being used enough by children to merit their place in the dictionary. Ten years later, Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris set out to make a “spell book” that will conjure back 20 of these lost words and the beings they name, from acorn to wren.

Had some experience in Hindi? Up the challenge with Beginner Hindi. Master the basics of Hindi conversation! Start speaking Hindi in minutes, and learn key vocabulary, phrases, and grammar in just minutes more with Beginner Hindi. Our native Hindi hosts break down all the sentences, grammar and more in a simple, easily understandable way!

The sentence is the common ground where every writer walks. A poet writes in sentences, but so does the unsung author who came up with Items trapped in doors cause delays. A good sentence can be written (and read) by anyone if we simply give it the gift of our time, and it is as close as most of us will get to making something truly beautiful. Enter acclaimed author Professor Joe Moran. Using minimal technical terms, First You Write a Sentence is his unpedantic but authoritative explanation of how the most ordinary words can be turned into verbal constellations of extraordinary grace.

With a strong focus on practical application rather than extensive grammar rules, this course is perfect if you're eager to quickly develop the ability to converse in Latvian. Each lesson builds on the previous, gradually expanding your ability to communicate in real-life situations. By the end of this course, you will have a solid grasp of basic Latvian.

With 30-Day Mastery: Spoken Spanish Made Simple you'll learn through example and context, just like native speakers do! The magic of learning through story is that your main focus is actually not on memorizing anything... You concentrate on understanding and enjoying the story! As you're listening to the story, you will find that your brain develops a natural, instinctive understanding of spoken Spanish.

LinguaBoost - Learn Conversational Albanian is an audio course for beginners, as a refresher course, or for anyone who struggles with becoming fluent in Albanian. The focus in this course is to practice speaking conversational Albanian from the very first lesson. The course is divided into 30 lessons and nine review/practice lessons. Each lesson contains useful everyday phrases related to a specific topic.

Vietnamese Phase 1, Units 1-5 build on material taught in prior units. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation.

What is the hardest challenge you’ve faced as a student of the Italian language? You can work hard on your grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation, but being able to communicate naturally isn’t easy. In fact, the toughest part of learning Italian is knowing how to speak like a native. Most textbooks are made to teach you the traditional rules and structures of a language and are great for getting around the grammar and spelling questions you may have.

By listening to these specially composed melodies with their rhythmic repetitions of Japanese and English a few times, you pick up over 200 essential words and phrases that will not just be on the tip of your tongue, but will be burned deeply into your long-term memory in next to no time.

Can you learn while sleeping? Studies say that yes, you can. Listening to a language while asleep can help supercharge your vocabulary. Learn easily with the power of pleasant repetition. With the Learn Afrikaans While Sleeping audiobook, you'll absorb over 430 Afrikaans words and phrases effortlessly.

Aprende a hablar francés Vol. 3 es un curso de audio para principiantes o para cualquier persona que tenga dificultades para hablar francés con fluidez. El objetivo de este curso es practicar el francés conversacional desde la primera lección.

One of the more difficult things about working with native English speakers is their use of expressions, or idioms. What’s a “dog and pony show”? What does it mean to “leave someone in the lurch” or to “take a beating”? Unfortunately, you can’t stop English speakers from using these idioms, so you need to understand them yourself! Each of the more than 500 idioms in this book is presented, in alphabetical order, with its meaning and a business example. Recommended for intermediate to advanced English speakers.

Master Korean with Learn Korean - Word Power 101. This audiobook is a completely new way to learn Korean vocabulary fast - and for free! Start speaking Korean in minutes with the powerful learning methods you will master in this book. The vocabulary words you'll find in Learn Korean - Word Power 101 were hand selected by our Korean language teachers as the top 101 most frequently used words in the Korean language.

Do you need listening practice for the TOEFL test? Have you taken the TOEFL iBT before and been disappointed by your score? TOEFL Listening Practice Tests by Exam SAM can help! The book contains three complete TOEFL listening practice tests. Each of our practice test has six tasks each, just like the real exam, so there are 18 listening tasks in total in the audiobook.

The vocabulary words you'll find in Learn Brazilian Portuguese - Word Power 101 were hand selected by our Brazilian Portuguese language teachers as the top 101 most frequently used words in the Brazilian Portuguese language. Hear the word to master the pronunciation. Then you'll see how the word is actually used in everyday speech with sample sentences and phrases. Learning Brazilian Portuguese vocabulary has never been easier!