Language Learning Materials

Languages learning titles include but are not limited to the following languages: ASL, Spanish, French, Italian, Chinese (Mandarin), and English for non-native English speakers. Note: for foreign languages lots of titles are from the children's section

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Whatever your reason for learning the richly expressive language of American Sign Language (ASL), this book will guide you through the initial stages of your signing journey. It's filled with everything you need to master more than 800 essential vocabulary words, including detailed directions that make it simple to develop your ASL skills.
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Provides a diagnostic test to determine strengths and weaknesses, reviews English grammar and mechanics, offers instruction for improving reading and writing skills, and includes exercises, quizzes, and a comprehensive English exam.
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This course includes Lessons 1-10 from the Mandarin Chinese Level 1 Program--5 hours of audio-only effective language learning with real-life spoken practice sessions. Get a chance to test drive the incredibly effective and efficient, world-famous Pimsleur Program. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate...
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This bilingual color concept book celebrates a rainbow of traditional objects seen during the Chinese New Year.
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“"Muchos años después, frente al pelotón de fusilamiento, el coronel Aureliano Buendía había de recordar aquella tarde remota en que su padre lo llevó a conocer el hielo." Con estas palabras empieza una novela ya legendaria en los anales de la literatura universal, una de las aventuras literarias más fascinantes del siglo xx. Millones de ejemplares de Cien años de soledad leídos en todas las lenguas y el Premio Nobel de Literatura...
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"For clear, precise explanations of all aspects of English grammar, look no further than [this book]! As a beginning learner of English, you might find that grammar concepts can be confusing. To make progress with your English skills, you need guidance through tricky grammar areas. This book will help develop mastery. The more you practice, the more you become proficient in how you use English. [This book] will help increase your confidence in writing...
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Features more than 2,000 common words in subject areas that are relevant to children, like school, friends, pets, and sports. Each word is accompanied by a photo, encouraging visual learning, and also the correct pronunciation, breaking the words down.
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"[The author] shares his foolproof method for learning any language. It starts by hacking the way your brain naturally encodes information. You'll begin by learning how to hear new sounds and training your tongue to produce them accurately. You'll connect spellings and sounds to images rather than rely on translation exercises so that you start thinking in a new language. With the help of spaced-repetition systems, you'll build a foundation for your...
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From Mexico, Vietnam, Kenya, and beyond, this charming board book teaches little ones how to say "good night" in ten different languages: Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, French, Italian, Portuguese, Swahili, Arabic, Vietnamese, German, and Korean!
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Can you find it? This bilingual look and find book contains 12 fun and engaging scenes that will help your child discover and learn new Chinese vocabulary. Written in Simplified Chinese, Pinyin and English.
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Presents a review guide to the English language for intermediate and advanced students, with practice exercises to reinforce the lessons.
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Offers a course to learn and practice over 1,500 expressions and dialogues used on a daily basis, in real-life situations, and by people who live and work in the United States. Curso completo de inglés, con más de 300 ilustraciones, más de 100 ejercicios con autocorrección, más de 100 conceptos fundamentales, 30 artículos sobre costumbres y cultura de Estados Unidos, más de 700 palabras agrupadas en más de 50 temas de vocabulario,...
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"La guía práctica e informal para comunicarse en inglés"--Cover. Updated with additional commonly-used phrases, new questions and answers for practice and review, and listening aids such as find-the-word boxes, jumbled words, and crosswords, [this] edition of this informal language-learning program has been created to give Hispanics in the United States and Canada a practical working knowledge of English.
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This is a guide for mastering the current basic signs used to communicate with deaf people in either the word order of the English language or in the American Sign Language pattern. It provides the basic vocabulary needed for persons entering interpreter training programs. Over 1500 signs have been illustrated and are grouped by chapter into their natural categories. Includes line drawings and step-by-step descriptions of positions and movements,...
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Simple text paired with themed photos invite the reader to learn to speak Spanish.
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Book cover for "Ten blocks to the Big Wok"
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"In this bilingual book in English and Mandarin, as Mia, her uncle, and a hungry kitten make their way through Chinatown to the Big Wok restaurant, they count one panda, two lions, and other images of Chinese culture."--