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Chinese Character Writing For Dummies

Consumer Dummies
Format: Paperback

Learn to write 100 characters in Chinese Billions of people worldwide speak Chinese - and now you can learn to write 100 characters in the world's most-spoken language! Whether you're taking a course, looking to get ahead at work, or just want to up the ante when you're communicating with...
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Essential Grammar in Use with Answers: A Self-Study Reference and Practice Book for Elementary Learners of English

Raymond Murphy - Cambridge University Press
Format: Print book

The world's best-selling grammar series for learners of English. Essential Grammar in Use is a self-study reference and practice book for elementary-level learners (A1-B1) , used by millions of people around the world. With clear examples, easy-to-follow exercises and answer key,...
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Mastering the American Accent

Lisa Mojsin - Barron'S
Format: Print book

This combination book and audio instructional program is designed to diminish the accents of men and women who speak English as their second language. It will help them speak standard American English with clarity, confidence, and accuracy. Specific exercises concentrate on vowel sounds,...
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ESL Intermediate/Advanced Grammar

Munoz Page, Mary Ellen - Research & Education Association
Format: Paperback

Designed for intermediate and advanced high school- and college-level non-native speakers of English who need to improve their ESL (English as a Second Language) grammar skills. ESL Intermediate/Advanced Grammar provides...
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Farsi

Saeid Atoofi Ph.D. - Tuttle Publishing; Paperback with disc edition
Format: Book

Perfect for self-studiers or students, this Farsi language education book takes a user-friendly and clear approach.Farsi is the language of Persia (present-day Iran) - the mellifluous mother tongue of famed 13th-century poet Rumi, whose works are still among the best-selling poems in America...
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Practice Makes Perfect Basic English, Second Edition:

Julie Lachance - McGraw-Hill Education
Format: Paperback

Bite-size lessons. Big-time learning, now with digital support Practice Makes Perfect Premium: Basic English takes this successful workbook to the next level with digital support (through iOS, Android, and desktop app) that provides you with invaluable tools to ensure mastery of the content....
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Chinese For Dummies

Wendy Abraham - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

The fun way to learn to speak Chinese With more than 1.2 billion speakers across the globe - and with nearly 3 million in the U.S. alone - Mandarin Chinese claims the top spot as the world's most common language. If you want to learn this language to get ahead at school or work,...
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5 Language Visual Dictionary

DK - DK PUB

Your go-to guide for five major European languages: English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian. Perfect for tourists and business travelers alike, DK's 5 Language Visual Dictionary is your essential companion when buying food and clothes, talking about work and interests, discussing...
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A Death in the Rainforest: How a Language and a Way of Life Came to an End in Papua New Guinea

Don Kulick - Algonquin Books
Format: Hardcover

"A Death in the Rainforest is magical and powerful, a journey deep inside a village of 100 souls in one of the remotest places on Earth whose language is spoken by no one else, a place of love and jealousy and desire undergoing profound change. Kulick is funny, lyrical, sad,...
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