Language Education

The Horologicon (or book of hours) contains the most extraordinary words in the English language, arranged according to what hour of the day you might need them. From Mark Forsyth, the author of the number-one international best seller The Etymologicon comes an audiobook of weird words for familiar situations. From ante-jentacular to snudge by way of quafftide and wamblecropt, at last you can say, with utter accuracy, exactly what you mean.

This is an audio introduction to Latin using spaced repetition and focusing on fundamental forms and vocabulary.

From 1st January to 31st December the listener will discover a curious coinage or a fascinating etymological fact linked to that particular day - from the dramatic true story behind stealing someone's thunder to the original Jack the Lad. Word Perfect gathers all her very best discoveries from the true origin of freelancer which comes from knights who were free to use their lance for whoever paid most, rather than being tied to a single lord. (Also secretaries kept your secrets so were secretries).

Learn Spanish Grammar: 25 Sentence Patterns for Beginners by SpanishPod101 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 Spanish teachers.

Thousands are now conversational in Spanish – become our next success story! The world is open again, and it’s time to visit that Spanish-speaking country you've dreamed of. But what if you get there and struggle to speak confidently? It doesn’t have to be that way. We created this crash course to make you conversational in 30 days – without wasting months on language apps.

These three sets of books will take a complete beginner from not being able to read to mastering the alphabet in three to seven days, start picking up the most essential verbs, construct sentences, and strike conversations with their peers. After going through countless amounts of Arabic material over the years, I understand why you feel the way you do. The content is jam-packed with grammatical and morphological rules, you feel to rip your brain out.

Each lesson in Czech Phase 1, Units 1-5 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. Each lesson contains practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons.

Welcome to Israel! Put your Hebrew to the test! Start speaking Hebrew in minutes, and learn key vocabulary, phrases, and grammar in just minutes more with Intermediate Hebrew. Our native Hebrew hosts break down all the sentences, grammar, and more in a simple, easily understandable way! Here are a few topics covered in this audiobook: The Perfect Tense- Converting Verbs to Nouns; The Past Tense; The Passive Tense; Israeli Cultural Tips and More!

This book is for travelers in need of a Spanish beginners or refresher course. Due to our unique method of teaching, you will be amazed at how much Spanish you will learn and retain in just five hours.

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 Hebrew While Sleeping audiobook, you'll absorb over 430 Hebrew words and phrases effortlessly.

With so many excellent writing guides lining bookstore shelves, it can be hard to know where to look for the best advice. Should you go with Natalie Goldberg or Anne Lamott? Maybe William Zinsser or Stephen King would be more appropriate. Then again, what about the classics - Strunk and White, or even Aristotle himself? In Murder Your Darlings, Roy Peter Clark, who has been a beloved and revered writing teacher to children and Pulitzer Prize winners alike for more than 30 years, has compiled a remarkable collection of more than 100 of the best writing tips.

Start speaking Hebrew in minutes, and grasp the language, culture, and customs in just minutes more with Absolute Beginner - Hebrew, a completely new way to learn Hebrew with ease! Absolute Beginner - Hebrew will have you speaking with proper pronunciation from the very first lesson and arm you with cultural insight and other information to utterly shock and amaze your Israeli friends. Why are the audio lessons so effective?

Young Linguists teaches kids essential language skills fast. That means 20 minute lessons to help kids stay engaged, and daily repetition to reinforce learning. We also narrow down vocabulary to the most-used words and phrases, so that you are learning what you can apply. These books also included detailed sections in English on effective strategies for learning new languages and ideas to carry on learning and applying what you know once the course is complete. In addition, there are complete review sections for learning, comprehension and speaking repetition.

Earworms mbt© is a revolutionary accelerated learning technique that takes the hard work out of learning. By listening to these specially composed melodies, with their rhythmic repetitions of Portuguese and English a few times, you will pick up over 200 essential words and phrases that will not just be on the tip of your tongue, but burned deeply into your long-term memory in next to no time.

At last. An excellent high-intermediate level sequel to the bestselling Power Italian 1 which includes idioms, intermediate verb tenses, advanced sentence construction practice, high frequency vocabulary, situational Italian language exercises and more.

Dr. Julia B. Lindsey’s evidence-based routines help young listeners decode words efficiently so they can spend more energy on comprehending—and enjoying—what they read!

Experience the fifth episode of the "Dino lernt Deutsch" story series for German learners on your stereo or headphones, at home or on the go! The narration speed and style of this audiobook is aimed at beginners, with special emphasis on clear pronunciation, so that you can easily pause and repeat words and phrases whenever you please. Immerse yourself in the sounds and sights of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg and learn German along the way!

In der S-Bahn leiht Petra einem alten Mann ihren alten silbernen Kugelschreiber und folgt ihm dann in sein Buchgeschäft. Woher kennt sie diesen Ort? Und woher kennt der alte Mann ihren Namen? In dem Buchgeschäft macht Petra eine Reise zurück in ihre Vergangenheit. Aber auch ihr Kugelschreiber reist: von einer Person zur nächsten und immer weiter. Kommt er am Ende wieder zu Petra zurück?

To help you concentrate on the vocabulary that counts most, this audiobook presents a carefully selected list of the 5,000 most commonly occurring words on the GMAT. Every word in the audiobook has an example sentence next to it to help you understand and remember what it means. But the inclusion of entertaining and captivating anecdotes that combine several GMAT terms is what really makes this audiobook stand out.

This audiobook meditation will take you on a relaxing journey by train along Spain's beautiful coastline. You will meet some helpful and calming characters along the way and also pick up some Spanish. This first audiobook in the series will start making you familiar with Spanish numbers and is for total beginners, assuming no prior knowledge of the language.