Foreign Language Study

The first genuine learner's dictionary for English-speaking students of Indonesian which, rather than being a passive reference work, actively helps the user to generate language. more...

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Get expert instruction onEnglish basics and a little extra help on themore tricky grammar points. McGraw-Hill’s Essential ESL Grammar does more thancover the basics of English; it pays special attention tothose irksome subjects that trouble even native Englishspeakers. Mark Lester, bestselling author of the mostwidely used college grammar text in the country, hasdeveloped an innovative method to help youconquer tricky subjects such as articles, tense, verbcomplements, word order, and more. more...

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Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A practical guide is an innovative reference guide to Mandarin Chinese, combining traditional and function-based grammar in a single volume. more...

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The French you learned in school won’t get you far! Pardon My French is an entertaining and useful guide to the words and phrases every Francophile, traveler, student, and word maven should know, with fascinating lore and tidbits that make sense of the Gallic mind-set. Englishman Charles Timoney was thrown into French life headfirst twenty-five years ago when he and his wife moved to her native France. He had studied French in school, but his memory of vocabulary list and verb-conjugation drills proved no match for day-to-day living and communicating with French coworkers. As he blundered toward fluency, he collected the idioms and phrases that no one ever taught him in a classroom and that wonderfully (sometimes wickedly) epitomized l’esprit francais. Pardon My French includes insider’s language tips for dining, shopping, understanding French slang, and more. Selections include:. • Faire un canard, which literally means “to do a duck,” but also refers to dunking sugar lumps in coffee and is the preferred way to get a kick of sugary caffeine in France. • Tablette de chocolat, which literally means “chocolate bar,” but is also the term for a finely muscled male stomach in France, Since the English equivalent is a six pack,” it’s a splendid example of how differently we see things! more...

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Beyond Bonjour and Adieu!This third edition of The Pocket Idiot’s Guide™ to French Phrases includes updated information on technology and transportation, shopping, dining, and dealing with emergencies, as well as a brand-new business travel section. Whether they’re preparing for a vacation or a business trip, this must- have guide provides readers with all the phrases needed to communicate with native French speakers—and even sound like one.• According to the World Tourism Organization, France is the world’s top tourist destination• As a foreign language, French is the second most frequently taught language in the world after English• Beginning-level foreign language Complete Idiot’s Guides® have been among the series’ most consistently successful performers more...

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