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This textbook is the second part of my first Ebook about English expressions - how to say them in Chinese. As we know, many expressions are universal and exist in many languages. Every language uses its own metaphors and its own method to describe them. English contains many commonly used expressions to express many ideas and contents. The parallel Chinese expression are generally (but not totally) not derived by literal translation word by word....

Real Spanish Reading. Engaging and Effective Method. Lots of intermediate Spanish speakers tend to get trapped using the same vocabulary over and over again. They often only speak about subjects they know the words for and avoid anything outside of their 'comfort zone'. The problem with this is that even though they sound ok, they never really get any better. If you really want to improve, you need to be able to speak about a wide range of topics....

Spanish is often cited as one of the most beautiful languages on earth. That's because Spanish employs the use of many soft sounds in conjunction with elongated vowels and an endearing and imperative tone in the traditional tone. Spanish vocabulary has a lot of cognates which makes it a rather easy language for English speakers to pick up on. A cognate is a word which is the same between two or more languages. For instance, in Spanish, the word "real"...

"Welcome to a new concept for learners of Spanish: flash fiction written just for them! Flash fiction consists of super short stories, under 500 words in length. In Cuentos cortos: Volume 2, we bring together five unique stories plus follow-up tasks and actvities. But don't think that flash fiction means short on depth or meaning. Including dramatic, comical, and even eerie topics, these five stories are sure to please, causing students to ponder...

Contains over 1,000 useful sentences and phrases for travel or everyday living abroad: food, shopping, medical aid, courtesy, hotels, travel, and other situations. Gives the English phrase, the foreign equivalent, and a transliteration that can be read right off. Also includes many supplementary lists, signs, and aids. All words are indexed.

Ces exercises sont particulirement dveloppes pour aider les parleurs dautres langues a` amliorer leurs tudes en Franais/Anglais. These exercises are specially developed to help speakers of other languages improve their French/English studies.

Il est vrai que parler d'intégration dans un contexte migratoire n'est pas simple. Parmi les éléments qui peuvent contribuer à ce phénomène, on dirait, la langue, dans sa complexité mais en même temps, dans son pouvoir d'établir la communication et ainsi, créer des liens personnels et professionnels. Apprendre la langue du pays d'accueil dans un premier temps pour survivre signifie sentir les inquiétudes que cela peut générer entre autres....

English French Bilingual book for children. Perfect for kids learning English or French as their second language. Alex finds it hard to go to sleep, so he starts making up excuses. After reading a bedtime story, his father suggests planning a dream that he would like to see when he falls asleep. Find out where their imagination takes them as they plan his dream together. This bedtime story will help kids feel loved and relaxed, preparing them for...

- Introduction - This book is designed to help learners of a new language accelerate their learning experience by fully immersing them into their chosen language. No longer does the reader have to stop reading, open a dictionary, look up a particular word and then understand which meaning of the word is the most appropriate in the context of the sentence in which it is contained. Instead, a complete translation in the reader's native language and...

Hindko is one of the charming languages of the Pak-Indo Subcontinent which is spoken broadly in the districts of Abbottabad, Haripur, Mansehra, Attock and the cities like Peshawar, Nowshera, Swabi, Kohat and some other cities and towns of Pakistan.From the viewpoint of some scholars Hindko is a dialect of Panjabi and to the others it is a separate language. Whether one can recognize it as a separate language or a dialect, Hindko is a beautiful language,...