Language teaching and learning material and course Books

Japanese characters served up with histories and cultural clues to help you decorate your skin/body/life with just the right word!Bold, visual, profound, symbolic: Japanese kanji characters communicate powerful graphic messages that look great on skin,...

This book provides an outline history of English spelling from the Anglo-Saxon' adoption of the Roman alphabet to the present day. It shows the respective influences on modern usage of native French and Latin orthographies and attempts a definition of...

Accomplished public speakers know that just a few enduring principles govern the key to success. James O'Rourke, a distinguished professor of management, has gathered 52 basic truths about confident presenting, organized into ten easily mastered...

Learn Korean as it's actually spoken today in Seoul!Korean is one of the fastest-growing second languages in the world, due to the huge popularity of K-pop music, Korean food and K-dramas. This book picks up where the first volume ends, and is...

Everything you need is in this book, at a fraction of the cost of expensive language kits!This book teaches you the basics of the Hindi language, including practical daily conversations and vocabulary. It enables you to begin communicating effectively...

Essential Vietnamese Grammar is designed for use by English-speakers to help them speak and write Vietnamese more naturally.The twelve chapters in this book cover the essential sentence constructions of Vietnamese--from beginning to intermediate and...

Learn to speak French like a true Parisienne with vocabulary from the chic neighborhoods and vibrant clubsto high-fashion catwalks. This is the French you've always wanted to know but never learned in class.You've dreamed of Paris your whole...

Learn to Write and Read the Korean Hangul Alphabet with K-Pop and K-Drama Words and Phrases!This comprehensive workbook is designed to teach beginners how to write and read the Korean Hangul script. It features a complete introduction to the Hangul...

Everything you need to learn Chinese is in this book at a fraction of the cost of expensive language kits!This book teaches you all the basics of the Chinese language, including practical conversations and vocabulary, and how to write the basic...

Create a memento of your trip to Korea that you'll cherish forever!If you're planning a trip to Korea, this travel journal is a must-have, from the planning stages to the end of your vacation. The book opens with 16 beautiful...

An enjoyable and effective way to learn Japanese kanji!This useful reference book helps self-study and classroom students remember the meanings and pronunciations of 520 essential kanji. An otherwise daunting task, memorization is made easier with this...

If you've mastered the basics of Japanese grammar and are ready to move to the next level, this book is for you! Each of the 12 chapters is devoted to one widely-used sentence structure and its variations. Chapters are broken down into the following...

This is an invaluable study guide and practice book for learning basic Japanese kanji. Learning Japanese Kanji Practice Book is intended for beginning students, or experienced speakers who need to practice their written Japanese. Kanji are an essential...

This is a comprehensive upper-beginner level Japanese textbook and language learning program. "Elementary Japanese" is designed for students who are just beginning their study of the Japanese language at the first-year college level or on their own. The...

This is a comprehensive beginning-level Japanese textbook and language learning program. "Elementary Japanese" is designed for students who are just beginning their study of the Japanese language at the first-year college level or on their own. The...

Japanese Kanji Made Easy makes memorization a breeze! Learning the fundamental kanji characters used to write Japanese can be challenging, but this book is designed to speed up learning by presenting the 1,000 most...

Japanese for Beginners is a straightforward learning guide which enables beginners to pick up a function knowledge of spoken Japanese very quickly and easily. Specifically designed to teach spoken Japanese as it is used in daily life rather than in a...

The easy way to learn the Japanese writing system! In this beginner's workbook, students of Japanese will learn to read and write the Hiragana and Katakana alphabets, as well as 50 basic Kanji characters. A step-by-step approach moves from tracing...

This best-selling Japanese textbook is a user-friendly guide for beginners designed for use in a classroom or for self-study. It adopts a very different approach from other Japanese language books-teaching you the underlying sentence structures and...

A handy supplement to studying characters in class or independently that teaches useful tricks for remembering words and tones.From one of the authors of Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar comes Speak and Read Chinese, a simple,...

SparkCharts: The information you need-concisely, conveniently, and accurately. Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, these study companions and reference tools cover a wide range of college and graduate school subjects, from Business and...

For beginning learners of Vietnamese, here's everything needed to learn the language effectively!Speak, read and write Vietnamese as it's actually used in real-life contexts in Vietnam today. This book has everything you need to learn...

Learn to speak, read, and write Korean with this complete language guide for beginners!Learning Korean teaches you the basics of the Korean language, including practical daily conversations and vocabulary, and enables you to begin communicating...

The easy way to learn the Korean Hangeul writing system!Fans of K-Pop and Korean dramas as well as beginning students of Korean will love this handy guide to the Korean Hangeul alphabet. Designed for both self-study students and use in a classroom, no...

A complete beginning language course for Modern Standard Arabic!This is an ideal introductory textbook-quickly teaching you everything you need to get started learning this beautiful and popular language. Spoken by over 400 million people, Arabic is the...

Easy Indonesian is a practical resource that brings the Indonesian language to learners and travellers everywhere. This invaluable guide introduces all the basics of the Indonesian language, as well as vocabulary and tips for typical daily conversation...

Contemporary Japanese is a textbook series for beginning students of Japanese at the college or high school level. It is intended for classroom use as well as self-study. Each lesson in the books is very short - meant to be covered in just an...

Essential Mandarin Chinese Grammar is a systematic overview of Mandarin grammar, oriented toward self-study, English-speaking students. Through explanations of common mistakes learners make, useful example sentences and exercises with an answer...

Salamaat! Learning Arabic with Ease is a new language learning book designed to open your world to the beautiful Arabic language. "Salamaat!" means "Greetings, I hope you are well!" and is usually the first word used...

Korean Grammar: The Complete Guide to Speaking Korean Naturally covers all the basic sentence structures, verbal forms, and idiomatic expressions taught in the first two years of a college level Korean language course. It is specifically designed for the...

This is a book about the structure, history and evolution of the Japanese language. The Japanese Language is a classic study of one of the world's most widely used but least understood languages. Emphasizing the richness and complexity of Japanese as...

Following the success of Beginning Japanese Workbook, this next book in the series starts at the intermediate level and continues through the AP Japanese exam's level of language competency. Both formal study and independent language learners...

No matter what textbook you're using to learn Mandarin, it requires a lot of practice! Here is a wealth of effective activities and drills-plus over 16 hours of audio recordings-to help you improve your spoken Mandarin Chinese quickly and effectively...

This Japanese language workbook was created as a supplementary material for Contemporary Japanese: An Introductory Textbook for College Students. A workbook which is best used for reviewing and reinforcing the concepts and learning materials introduced...

Learn the Mandarin Chinese characters and words in everyday use in China!This book helps you to quickly learn the intermediate-level Chinese characters you need to know if you want to live or work in China, or progress to the next level with your...

Verbs are an integral part of any sentence, but figuring out verb forms can sometimes be difficult when learning new languages. 500 Basic Korean Verbs, the only resource of its kind for the Korean language, is...

Don't let yourself become overwhelmed by the Japanese language! Now there is a way to get the most out of your time spent learning Japanese. This companion workbook to Beginning Japanese is the perfect guide for practicing...

The most enjoyable way to learn about an unfamiliar culture is through its stories-especially when they're told in two languages!This book introduces 40 stories from the Philippines through bilingual Tagalog and English texts presented on facing...

Continuing Vietnamese is your next step toward master; it follows the bestselling, linguisticallybased Elementary Vietnamese, and helps you progress to an intermediate level of communicating in Vietnamese. Invaluable for anyone planning...

Start speaking, reading and writing Japanese today with the most exciting new introduction to the Japanese language! Beginning Japanese follows the story of Kiara, an American exchange student who lives in Japan and loves to...

Continuing Korean is the second volume in Ross King and Jaehoon Yeon's popular series of college level Korean textbooks. This volume is aimed at the student with one year of Korean language study under their belt, and particularly the student...

Elementary Tagalog's comprehensive approach will help students master the basics without frustration. From learning to read Tagalog words and pronounce its sounds to using correct grammar, communicating in dialogues and building vocabulary, learners will...

Anyone planning to learn Chinese knows that there are 300 primary characters they must learn to function in China. This systematic introduction to Mandarin is designed to help you learn them fast-along with how to pronounce, write, and remember 1,200 key...

Tara, Mag-Tagalog Tayo!Come On, Let's Speak Tagalog! Elementary Tagalog's comprehensive approach will help students master basic Tagalog (Filipino) without frustration. From learning to read Tagalog words and pronounce its sounds to using correct...

This is an elementary level Hindi practice workbook. Intended as companion to "Elementary Hindi" or as an independent study tool, this workbook is the perfect guide for practicing and polishing your basic proficiency in the Hindi language and includes...

This is a comprehensive and user-friendly elementary level Hindi textbook and language learning package. This comprehensive guide to learning the Hindi language teaches you basic proficiency in everyday, conversational Hindi. From learning to write the...

This is an invaluable study guide and practice book for learning basic Japanese kanji. Learning Japanese Kanji Practice Book is intended for beginning students, or experienced speakers who need to practice their written Japanese. Kanji are an essential...

Everything needed to learn to read, write, speak, and understand the basic and most useful Korean words is in this handy set of flash cards-including many hundreds of phrases and sentences using them. The cards in this volume...