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Integrated Korean High Advance 2These textbooks are the ninth and tenth volumes in a five-level series developed collaboratively by leading classroom teachers and linguists of Korean. All series' volumes have been developed in accordance with performance-based principles and methodology--contextualization, learner-centeredness, use of authentic materials, function/task-orientedness, balance between skill...
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ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive DictionaryThis dictionary is an expansion of the ground breaking ABC Chinese-English Dictionary, the first strictly alphabetically ordered and Pinyin computerized dictionary. It contains over 196,000 entries, compared to the 71,486 entries of the earlier work, making it the most comprehensive one-volume dictionary of Chinese....
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Sounds of Korean: A Pronunciation GuideThis book is a highly readable introduction to Korean pronunciation for students at all levels of proficiency. Beginners will find the information and practice they need to cross the threshold of intelligibility in Korean, while more advanced students will have the opportunity to fine-tune...
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Hawaiian GrammarWithout question, this is the definitive grammar of the Hawaiian language. Indeed it is the first attempt at a comprehensive treatment of the subject since W. D. Alexander published his concise Short Synopsis of the Most Essential Points in Hawaiian Grammar in 1864. This...
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A History of Writing in JapanThis book deals chronologically with the history of writing in Japan, a subject which spans a period of 2,000 years, beginning with the transmission of writing from China in about the first or second century AD, and concluding with the use of written Japanese...
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Stories from the Marshall IslandsAmong Marshallese the ri-bwebwenato (storyteller) is well known and respected, a living repository and transmitter of traditional history and culture. Here are ninety folktales and stories of historical events, collected and translated into English during the third quarter of the twentieth century. They include...
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Readers Guide to Intermediate JapaneseThe aim of this book is to help students struggling to become proficient in reading Japanese. It fills a gap in the expanding literature on Japanese-language instruction by focusing exclusively on patterns and expressions found in the written language. Although many pedagogical aids to...
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Tohi Vagahau Niue: Niue Language DictionaryTohi Vagahau Niue is a significant new dictionary detailing the Polynesian language of Niue, and will benefit Niuean studies for years to come. While its main aim is to be a repository for native speakers, it will also serve a wider linguistic audience, including...
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Handbook of Korean Vocabulary: A Resource for Word Recognition and ComprehensionVocabulary learning is the single most important component of second-language acquisition. In cases where the second language is unrelated to the learner's native tongue, this task presents special challenges because there are typically few clues in a word's form to assist in learning and...
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Lynch: Pacific Languages: An IntroAlmost one-quarter of the world's languages are (or were) spoken in the Pacific, making it linguistically the most complex region in the world. Although numerous technical books on groups of Pacific or Australian languages have been published, and descriptions of individual languages are available,...
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Handbook of Tagalog Verbs: Inflection, Modes, and AspectsHere is a concise, easy-to-understand supplement to textbooks in beginning- and advanced-level Tagalog. This invaluable reference contains tables that will help students learn basic inflections and verify verb forms quickly and easily.Author: Teresita V. Ramos, Maria Lourdes S. BautistaPublisher: University of Hawaii PressPublished: 08/01/1986Pages:...
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Greek: An Intensive Course, 2nd Revised EditionThe first edition of this extremely popular two volume Greek text has been successfully adopted in many high schools and colleges; the organization and approach used by the authors, make it an equally effective tool for those who would enjoy learning the language on...
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Singapore Chinese Society in Transition: Business, Politics, & Socio-Economic Change, 1945-1965As the first comprehensive study of its kind, this book analyzes the dynamics, processes, mechanisms, and consequences of socio-economic and political changes in Singapore Chinese society from 1945 to 1965. By employing a wide range of primary materials that have been rarely used before,...
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Mazoezi ya Kiswahili: Kitabu cha Wanafunzi wa Mwaka wa Kwanza Swahili Exercises: A Workbook for First Year StudentsThe exercises in this manual are a collection of classroom exercises based on Kiswahili misingi ya kusema, kusoma, na kuandika by Thomas J. Hinnebusch and Sara Mirza (University Press of America, 1979.) Each lesson contains grammar exercises, question and answer exercises to aid students...
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Kinotalk: 21st CenturyKinotalk: 21st Century is a cinema-based textbook that enhances students' linguistic and cultural proficiency through guided studies of 12 Russian feature films released since the year 2000. Each chapter includes a series of original readings and activities that present captivating and thought-provoking frameworks in...
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What English Language Teachers Need to Know Volume I: Understanding LearningDesigned for pre-service teachers and teachers new to the field of ELT, What English Teachers Need to Know Volumes I, II, and III are companion textbooks organized around the key question: What do teachers need to know and be able to do in order...
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Jerusalem of Lithuania: A Reader in Yiddish Cultural HistoryYerusholayim d'lite: di yidishe kultur in der lite (Jerusalem of Lithuania: A Reader in Yiddish Cultural History) by Jerold C. Frakes contains cultural, literary, and historical readings in Yiddish that vividly chronicle the central role Vilnius (Lithuania) played in Jewish culture throughout the past...
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Discover Romanian: An Introduction to the Language and CultureDiscover Romanian's thorough treatment of both language and culture makes it an effective learning tool in classroom and individualized settings. This comprehensive introduction to Romanian for English-speaking students emphasizes communication with a complete treatment of grammar, an extensive vocabulary, and a focus on the...
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Understanding Language: A Guide for Beginning Students of Greek & LatinWhy do students today find Greek and Latin so difficult and frustrating to learn? Perhaps the primary barrier preventing us from learning another language successfully is that we often subconsciously believe that English is the standard for the way languages must express ideas, and...
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Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the Late Antique ImaginationThroughout the pharaonic period, hieroglyphs served both practical and aesthetic purposes. Carved on stelae, statues, and temple walls, hieroglyphic inscriptions were one of the most prominent and distinctive features of ancient Egyptian visual culture. For both the literate minority of Egyptians and the vast...
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