Kategoria BISAC: Language Arts & Disciplines >> Study & Teaching

This book is about learning the phrases and sentences and getting to grips with saying the language, without going into the grammar first. In that way you can have fun in learning how to say certain things and also you do not come up against stumbling blocks and frustrations.

The idea behind this thinking was because when I was a child my parents used to tell me words before they taught me how to do the alphabet, so I thought that was a better way round; get used to the language first.

I wrote this book to how I thought the student of the language could assimilate and understand it...

Diese Lateinische Grammatik ist ein innovatives Nachschlagewerk mit groem Interesse an der wissenschaftlichen Entwicklung, die in der Linguistik seit der zweiten Halfte des vergangenen Jahrhunderts stattgefunden hat. Dies hat zu einer Grammatik mit einem zusammenhangenden Blick auf die syntaktische und semantische Struktur des Satzes und seiner Teile und zu einer angemessenen grammatikalischen Terminologie mit korrekteren Definitionen gefuhrt. Die Grammatik folgt dabei nicht einem bestimmten linguistischen Modell. Vielmehr sind in ihr die wichtigsten neuen Einsichten in Sprache und...

How can insights from Construction Grammar (CxG) be applied to foreign language learning (FLL) and foreign language teaching (FLT)? This volume explores several aspects of Pedagogical Construction Grammar, with a specific look at issues relevant to second language acquisition, FLL, and FLT. The contributions in this volume discuss a wide range of constructions, as well as different resources, methodologies, and data used to learn constructions in the language classroom. More specifically, they seek to provide answers to the following questions: What do new constructional approaches to...

We live in a world that sees and also contesting ideas of Eurocentrism in the interpretation of various issues, including African literatures and cultures. This book seeks to engage readers into a critical examination of the meaning, history, ambiguity, status and perceptions surrounding African languages and literature. It presents current shifts in form and practice surrounding regional, national, and “postcolonial” models towards “world literature” by focusing on African literature as a focal point for understanding perceptions of the world towards African...

This book is the second of two volumes designed to help students learn the meaning and writing of the 3,000 most frequently used traditional Chinese characters. (A parallel set of volumes has been prepared for simplified characters.) The 1,500 characters introduced in Book 1 include the top 1,000 by frequency, plus another 500 best learned at an early stage. Book 2 adds the remaining 1,500 characters to complete the set.

The lessons of Book 2 have been arranged in such a way that they may be studied either after those of Book 1 or simultaneously with them. Students who wish to focus...

Introduction to Latin: A Workbook Second Edition is an essential companion to Introduction to Latin Second Edition by Susan C. Shelmerdine, providing a wealth of additional innovative exercises of the type found in the textbook, that help students build reflexes in the Latin language. Exercises include fill-in-the-blank, identifying cases or other forms underlined in sentences, finding agreements, and more. Answers to all the exercises are provided in the back of the book for students to check their work. The Workbook maintains the structure of Shelmerdine's...

• Readings arranged in order of complexity to match the typical first-year course
• Vocabulary and grammar notes appear on facing pages
• Brief introductions provide background information
• A complete glossary...