English Grammar

Learn Swedish will have you speaking with proper pronunciation from the very first lesson and arm you with cultural insight and other information to utterly surprise and amaze your Swedish friends.

Centuries ago in middle Europe, a coded language appeared, scrawled in graffiti and spoken only by people in the know. This hybrid language, dubbed Rotwelsch, facilitated survival for people in flight - whether escaping persecution or just down on their luck. It was a language of the road associated with vagabonds, travelers, Jews, and thieves that blended words from Yiddish, Hebrew, German, Romani, Czech, and other European languages and was rich in expressions for police, jail, or experiencing trouble, such as being in a pickle. This renegade language unsettled those in power.

We need trusting, customer-supplier relationships now more than ever. Technology allows us to understand customers far better at a data level and gives us myriad new ways to communicate. But this explosion of data and technology also creates noise; noise we have to cut through to find trust. Trust. It sits at the heart of all strong relationships. It is no less so in customer relationships. And without trust, the sales process becomes transactional. The dynamics of a technology-based, fast-paced, commercially oriented world cause many salespeople to fall into the transactional-selling trap....

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Have You Eaten Grandma? written and read by Gyles Brandreth. It can be much harder than it seems; commas, colons, semicolons and even apostrophes can drive us all mad at times, but it riles no one more than the longest-serving resident of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, grammar guru Gyles Brandreth. In this brilliantly funny tirade and guide, Gyles anatomises the linguistic horrors of our times, tells us where we've been going wrong (and why) and shows us how, in future, we can get it right every time.

Welcome to the first English as a Second Language (ESL) workbook that accompanies the first novel in the Plain Jane young adult book series: Plain Jane Tagalong and the Magic Diary. This workbook contains many vocabulary words from the novel, broken down by A1, A2, B1, B2, and C1 English proficiency levels so that everyone can use it as a learning tool, no matter which level you are starting at. Some of the vocabulary words can be found in the English dictionary while others relate to various slang words, sayings/expressions, and idioms that were commonly used by native English-speaking ...

Listening to a language while asleep can help supercharge your vocabulary. Learn easily with the power of pleasant repetition. With the Learn Urdu While Sleeping audiobook, you'll absorb over 430 Urdu words and phrases effortlessly.

With this audiobook you will learn Italian very fast!

Unzip your backpack of verbs. Do they sing, sketch, listen, or read? Swing, pluck, whistle, or feed?

In Don't Believe a Word trained linguist David Shariatmadari takes us on a mind-boggling journey through the science of language, urging us to abandon our dearly held beliefs in a bid to uncover the (far more interesting) truth about what we do with words. Exploding nine widely held myths about language while introducing us to some of the fundamental insights of modern linguistics, with David Shariatmadari as our energetic guide we can marvel at the beauty and quirkiness of humanity's greatest achievement.

Can you learn while sleeping? Studies say that yes, you can. Listening to a language while asleep can help supercharge your vocabulary. Learn easily with the power of pleasant repetition. With the Learn Swedish While Sleeping audiobook, you'll absorb over 430 Swedish words and phrases effortlessly.

A compendium of 100 words and phrases smart people use—even if they only kinda sorta (secretly don't) know what they mean—with pithy definitions and fascinating etymologies to solidify their meanings.

Because Internet is for anyone who's ever puzzled over how to punctuate a text message or wondered where memes come from. It's the perfect book for understanding how the internet is changing the English language, why that's a good thing, and what our online interactions reveal about who we are. Language is humanity's most spectacular open-source project, and the internet is making our language change faster and in more interesting ways than ever before.

We've created this audiobook to help children with spelling, grammar, and spelling bee preparedness. This book provides 17 weeks of four days of practice with a fifth day to see what they have learned. It is important to acknowledge any improvement they have made no matter how big their win. I am sure this goes without saying as we all have known children who excel in spelling naturally and those that have to really put in the time to make progress like I did.

One of the key benefits of phonological awareness instruction is its ability to support typical listeners. By providing explicit and systematic instruction in phonological awareness, educators can help students develop strong phonemic awareness skills, which are crucial for decoding words, understanding spelling patterns, and developing fluency. This, in turn, leads to improved reading comprehension and overall literacy skills.

Learn Swedish: Must-Know Swedish Slang Words & Phrases by SwedishClass101 is designed for beginner-level learners. You learn the top 100 must-know slang words and phrases that are used in everyday speech. All were handpicked by our team of Swedish teachers and experts.

Use your mind's natural rhythm to learn a language with Rhythms Easy Basque from EuroTalk. It's naturally easier to learn something when it's set to rhythmic music, so that is exactly what we've done. Rhythms puts your mind painlessly to work: you don't even need to focus! Simple words and phrases are set to a varied pattern of rhythms and music designed to help you learn and to keep you engaged so that you won't just switch off after five minutes.

The normal human way of doing things is rife with inefficiencies. It means starting a new writing project and blankly staring at your screen, waiting for inspiration to hit you. It means reading books at such a slow pace that you never have time to finish them in your busy schedule. It means having a capricious mind that jumps from one distraction to the next, stifling your ability to learn and retain information. To become superhuman is to achieve superhuman memory, reading, and writing skills.

Vous vous sentez incertain quand il s'agit de parler anglais ? Vous cherchez une méthode efficace pour booster vos compétences en anglais ? Si vous êtes prêt à apprendre l'anglais et à le parler comme si vous l'aviez étudié depuis des années, alors continuez votre lecture...

Do you love traveling? During your travels, did you wish you could understand or communicate in the local language even a little bit? This audiobook will help you during your travels to any of the Spanish-speaking countries. Learn Spanish for American Tourists was written with an American in mind, the things they would look for, find important, and the general things most travelers need to know to communicate in the local language. Impress fellow travelers or the locals on your next trip!

This Icelandic language course spanning six sessions is designed for beginners looking to understand the basics of the Icelandic language. This course is created to help learners acquire a strong foundation in the language by focusing on core words and phrases that are essential and frequently used in everyday conversation.