Language Families

Growing Up with Two Languages provides a highly accessible account of the stages of language development, describes and evaluates the various systems and strategies that can be adopted and looks at the problems that can occur when a child is exposed to two languages and cultures. Combining research-informed advice and the experience of parents raising children as speakers of a wide range of languages in every populated continent in the world, this book and its associated web material will answer questions and provide material to enlist support.

What if you don’t feel anything towards your baby after birth? What if your baby doesn’t like you? In this book, you will discover the secret behind the misleading term of “maternal instinct"; the five-step routine system to quickly bond with your little one; a deep introspection on how a baby thinks; what your baby truly wants; a deep dive into how your baby approaches the world; an introduction to how your baby communicates with you; and more.

Set to an infectious African rhythmic track, this audiobook pronounces, spells, and defines male and female Swahili names and gives a brief historic overview of the people and the language.

In The Invisible Toolbox, Kim shares with parents the single most important thing they can do to foster their child's future-learning potential and nurture the parent-child bond that is the foundation for a child's motivation to learn. She is convinced that the simple act of reading aloud has a far-reaching impact that few of us fully understand and that the importance of that act has recently been further occluded by our nearly universal saturation in technology.

Продолжение популярного бестселлера «Пять языков любви» от доктора Гэри Чепмена, который помог миллионам пар укрепить отношения и познать секрет настоящей любви! Теперь пришло время узнать, как «заговорить» на родном языке любви вашего ребенка! Безусловно, вы любите своего ребенка. Но вы уверены, что он знает об этом?

Parents may wish to raise bilingual, multilingual, multicultural children, but don't always know how to. This book shares the necessary resources to succeed in doing so (whether the parent(s) speak(s) the language or not). The author was raised bilingual (English-French) without an accent in either language and also speaks Italian. She's now raising her own children bilingual and multicultural.

No time to learn French? Want to teach your children but don't speak French yourself? Lightning-Fast French helps you incorporate French into your everyday activities, so you learn while doing the things you already do. You'll teach your children French the same way you taught them English - by interacting with them as you do daily activities. No need to set aside extra time in your busy schedule, and no need to speak French yourself - with this unique program, you both learn as you go.

Many things are different for Ánh now that they've left Vietnam with their family. The weather is colder and they live in a communal barracks at a refugee camp while they wait for their new life in America to start. Ánh finds comfort in their warm-hearted teacher, Miss Mary Ellen, but has trouble with the foreign sounds of learning to speak English in class. All Ánh wants is to be able to say "thank you" out loud to Miss Mary Ellen, but will the words ever stop getting stuck between their head and their voice?

This is the revised edition - with all translations and pronunciation keys reviewed or re-done by a professional Spanish translator, to ensure accuracy. No time to learn Spanish? Want to teach your children but don't speak Spanish yourself? Lightning - Fast Spanish helps you incorporate Spanish into your everyday activities, so you learn while doing the things you already do. You'll teach your children Spanish the same way you taught them English - by interacting with them as you do daily activities.

Perversion of Love aims to explore the reasons why we as Christians may struggle to love ourselves and others through the lens of what Dr. Gary Chapman defined, and what has been accepted by popular culture, as the five love languages. Christians have been given a Great Commission which is to spread the Gospel and make disciples. The method by which we fulfill this commission is the greatest commandments-to love God and love our neighbors as ourselves.

Excerpted from OT and NT Biblical Studies, Student Edition -- Who are the Essenes? Where is the Nag Hammadi Library? Can sacred texts be found in a desert dump? What does an island in the Nile have to do with Ezra and Nehemiah? Was Miles Coverdale the Main Man of the Age of English Bible translations? Follow the history of the Bible, its translations and manuscripts, from Cuneiform Tablets to the Spanish inquisition and see the miraculous preservation of God's Word.

Durante más de treinta años, The Silent Garden les ha ofrecido a los padres de niños sordos todo el apoyo y la información imparcial que necesitan para que sus hijos desarrollen su pleno potencial. Esta nueva edición en español, que contiene los cinco primeros capítulos de la tercera edición actualizada en inglés, aporta ayuda a los padres para afrontar aquellos retos tan únicos y complejos a los que se enfrentan.

From the creator of the TikTok sensation Grey and Mama (@greyandmama) comes a 2-in-1 audiobook bundle for 4- to 8-year-olds that includes Thank You, Mama and What’s in a Dumpling, Grandma?.

The Little Black Book of Birthday Wisdom is the complete handbook of birthday wisdom, past and present. This leisurely story contains a huge collection of amusing quotes from Jerry Seinfeld, Abraham Lincoln, Oprah Winfrey, Sylvestor Stallone, Mark Twain, George Burns, Betty White, and many more. It is intended for anyone celebrating their annual trip around the sun.

This is the abridged version of the trilogy The Torrents: Family, Spring, and Autumn, masterpieces of Ba Jin, one of the greatest writers of modern Chinese literature. The trilogy recounts the decline of a large feudal family following the May Fourth Movement of 1919. The abridged version of 30,000 words for each title, approximately 1/10 of each of the original, can be listened to by elementary-level students of Chinese with a 2,000-word vocabulary or can be used as an aid to reading the original.

Una visita a la casa de la abuela para la cene es un evento sabroso y lleno de diversion. Y, por supuesto, la cena no es completa sin el postre. ¿Qué va a hacer la abuela para la cena? A través de texto simple los pequeños oyentes aprenden los nombres de varios alimentos, así como buenos modales en la mesa. Aprende palabras y frases sencillas en inglés con la versión correspondiente “My Grandma Likes To Cook.”

Sarah Groben’s an LAPD Homicide Detective and a Pastor’s wife. But she’s got six murders she hopes to solve by Sunday. A fledgling group of transplants from 10-40 window countries are being killed because of their Christianity. A Muslim charity interested in better relations with Americans seems to be connected by the death of a former financial manager. Family members of the victims might also end up in the crosshairs if Sarah is right about a "Persecutor for Hire." Sarah's partner is down with the flu and her husband Don seems like a tailor-made substitute with his knowledge of ...

あなたの家に、突然、外国人が……。それは友人のパートナーや、友達の友達(外国人)かもしれません。異なる文化に触れるチャンス！コミュニケーションを取らないとモッタイナイ

Civilizations all over the earth share architecture, building methods and materials, knowledge of astronomy, layout of cities, and even worship the same gods and goddesses by various names. Human civilization began as unified culture at Babel. Secular Humanism is incorrect with its belief that these people were incapable of advanced technology. Believers in ancient astronauts are closer to the truth, but the Scriptures unmask these creatures as unclean spirits or demons, not friendly, helpful visitors from other planets. Secular Humanists acknowledge the problems with the conventional ...

A Civil War Novella -- Carrie Wilkes, a Northern woman married to a Southern man, has had enough of stares and shunning. Robert Salinger might be handsome and a friend of her dying husband. But why is he either boring his eyes into her or ignoring her? He blames himself for Ben's death. He swears he will look after Carrie and the children, but they go home from the funeral alone. Will that deaf and dumb stranger, Robbie, be any real help to save her farm?