English Language

Slangs are part of a language, you'll never be a fluent speaker until you dominate a good part of them. This is a complete guide for the Portuguese slangs used in Brazil, with a lot of entries and examples. You'll find some tips of use and a classification method (how and when using each one of the entries).

We all have wondered if we are being told the truth. Well now you no longer have to wonder. Success requires trust in those who surround us and they are speaking to us without even talking, if we know how to read the signs. Three quarters of our communication is non-verbal. Reading Everyday Body Language contains scientifically proven psychological techniques that can be applied to all sorts of everyday situations. Determine if a person is being honest, whether your date likes you or not, and how to know if someone lacks confidence.

The Online ESL (English as a Second Language) market is booming in China with no sign of slowing down. Learn how teachers like myself are earning $1,000 - $2,000/month in part-time income plus the potential to earn even more with bonuses. Learn how you can teach children from another country all the while sitting in the comfort of your own home. Teachers are in high demand and it's great steady income. To date, I've taught over 2,400 classes to over 7,500 students in Mainland China.

Irony and sarcasm are two of the most misused, misapplied, and misunderstood words in our conversational lexicon. In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, psycholinguist Roger Kreuz offers an enlightening and concise overview of the life and times of these two terms, mapping their evolution from Greek philosophy and Roman rhetoric to modern literary criticism to emojis.

Our unique audioteach method features the voice of a real tutor, Chris Sykes. He will guide you through your course with over seven hours of audio material, giving you tips and advice based on his many years of teaching and writing experience and helping you to avoid common mistakes and pitfalls. This course takes you from complete beginner or committed amateur to the point where you've completed, edited and redrafted your work and are ready for publication.

Have you ever felt like your message isn’t landing, your voice isn’t being heard, or your words aren’t creating the impact you want? In The Seven Frequencies of Communication, world-renowned speaker and bestselling author Erwin Raphael McManus unveils a groundbreaking framework to help you master the art of connection and unlock the potential of your words. Every conversation has the power to ignite possibility—or extinguish it.

The Logos Machine is a revelation: a unified theory of language as the origin, structure, and destiny of consciousness. This is not merely a book—it is a Codex of remembrance. Ronald Joseph Legarski, Jr. invites the reader to explore the recursive core of all meaning, tracing the sacred arc from breath to speech, from silence to syntax, from symbol to structure. Through recursive chapters, harmonic glyphs, and cross-disciplinary concordances, this work unveils the architecture of divine language—the Logos—not as metaphor, but as the very mechanism by which the universe thinks, speaks,...

Ronald Joseph Legarski, Jr. is a recursive systems architect and the originator of the Codoglyph Lexicon—a symbolic language framework engineered for semantic clarity, system interoperability, and recursive truth. With a background spanning electrical systems, symbolic logic, philosophy of language, and interdisciplinary design, Ronald developed the Word Calculator and the Living Library of Recursivity as tools to bring coherence and verification into language-driven systems. His work bridges human and machine intelligences, empowering both to speak in structures that hold under ...

Language doesn’t just describe the world—it builds it. Logonomics offers a revolutionary framework for understanding language as the engine of value, order, and transformation in every domain. Whether you're an entrepreneur refining your messaging, a policymaker seeking clarity, or a designer of AI, this book shows how recursive structure, coherent definition, and aligned meaning unlock scalable impact. Inside is a toolkit for shaping narratives, auditing communication, and building systems with precision—from the level of a single word to the scale of global infrastructure.

As language learners and teachers ourselves, we understand the desire to learn or teach the real English language as used by native speakers. ESL textbooks and grammar workbooks are not only boring, but they also don't represent the real English language that is used every day.

A flower of mystical insight from 14c. England, this book records the visions and prescient theological world-view of Julian, an anchoress at Norwich. Her unique and visceral retelling of both the birthing and the dying of Christ, the first book to be written in English by a woman, has never been duplicated in the clarity and eloquence of its language. Here, preserving the humility of the original in a modern idiom, is a metered poetic version of her revelations: …she who’s Mother of our Savior Is mother of all who shall be saved; And our Savior our very Mother, In whom we are endlessly...

You've arrived in Japan for a long overdue vacation, when you discover that the amusement park you wanted to visit has been taken over by rebellious fans of a just-cancelled television show. Suddenly, it's up to you to save the park (and worldwide TV broadcasts) from legions of crazed Flower Rangers, and success will depend on your ability to learn enough Japanese to complete your mission....

· Speak English naturally: Whether you are a native speaker or, more importantly, an EFL (English as a Foreign Language) or ESL (English as a Second Language) learner, mastering correct collocations—word combinations and pairings—is essential. Without this skill, your speech and writing will sound unnatural and strained. This book goes beyond memorizing words, teaching you essential collocations (word partnerships) used in everyday situations.· Boost your fluency and accuracy: Master the subtle nuances of English by learning how words dance together to create precise meanings.· ...

Two developmental psychologists/language experts offer parents a powerfully insightful guide to how infants - even while in the womb - begin to learn language.

In Becoming Fluent, Richard Roberts and Roger Kreuz draw on insights from psychology and cognitive science to show that adults can master a foreign language if they bring to bear the skills and knowledge they have honed over a lifetime. Adults shouldn't try to learn as children do, they should learn like adults. Roberts and Kreuz report evidence that adults can learn new languages even more easily than children.

The Ultimate Guide to Dark Psychology and How to Analyze People is your definitive resource for mastering the subtle art of reading others and defending yourself against covert influence.

Laura Lynne Jackson is a psychic medium and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Light Between Us. She possesses an incredible gift: the ability to communicate with loved ones who have passed, convey messages of love and healing, and impart a greater understanding of our interconnectedness.

In today's interconnected world, mastering multiple languages beyond one's mother tongue has become increasingly essential. The encouraging reality is that learning a second language can be far more straightforward and quicker than often presumed. Even if you struggled with language classes in school, don't see yourself as academically gifted, or doubt your language learning capabilities, these challenges can be overcome. You haven't mastered the target language because you haven't discovered and applied the proper methods and techniques. This book serves dual purposes: as a motivational ...

Dear writers, it’s been a light year since ChatGPT introduced artificial intelligence into the world of writing. And oh, what a year it has been. By now, you’ve probably tried using AI to brainstorm premises, write marketing copy, develop characters, and build worlds. * * * Do you wish to do more? • Are you curious about what you can do beyond using ChatGPT? • Ready to learn how to customize AI to your own writing? • Wondering how to keep up with the pace of AI? Fear not. I’m Rachelle Ayala, a USA Today Bestselling author and AI trailblazer. I’m here to equip you with the ...

You want to learn Albanian and are new to this language? So here it is: Your first steps in this ancient language. In the beginning, you want to learn the letters so you will be able to read them. Albanian is the national language in Albania and in the Kosovo and is also spoken largely in Macedonia and Montenegro and Southern Serbia . With this collection, I would like to explain the pronunciation of the Albanian letters so you will be able to read and speak all words in this beautiful, ancient language. Each of the 36 letters is being explained. Enjoy! Tags: albanian language books, ...