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Routledge Intensive Italian Course

by Anna Proudfoot, Tania Batelli Kneale & Daniela Treveri Gennari

This intensive foundation course in Italian is designed for students with no previous knowledge of the language. Accompanying audio material containing dialogues, listening exercises and pronunciation practice...

Colloquial Spanish of Latin America 2: The Next Step in Language Learning

by Roberto Carlos Rodriguez-Saona

Do you know Latin American Spanish already and want to go a stage further? If you're planning a visit to South America, need to brush up your Latin American Spanish for work, or are simply doing a course, Colloquial...

Gaelic-English Dictionary

by Colin B.D. Mark

This book fulfils a keenly-felt need for a modern, comprehensive dictionary of Scottish Gaelic into English. The numerous examples of usage and idiom in this work have been modelled on examples culled from modern...

Modern French Grammar Workbook

by Margaret Lang & Isabelle Perez

Modern French Grammar Workbook, second edition, is an innovative book of exercises and language tasks for all learners of French. The book is divided into two sections:

* section 1 provides exercises based on...

A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish: Core Vocabulary for Learners

by Mark Davies

The only up-to-date frequency dictionary of Spanish currently available, this is an invaluable tool for all learners of Spanish that provides a list of the 5,000 most commonly used words in the language.

Based...

Dirty Spanish Workbook: 101 Fun Exercises Filled with Slang, Sex and Swearing

by ND B

LEARN SPANISH THE D!RTY WAY!

Classroom workbooks teach conjugation with lame verbs—I walk, you walk, he walks. Eff that. Wouldn’t you rather be learning I hook up, you hook up, we hook up (Yo ligo, tu ligas,...

Framing Languages and Literacies: Socially Situated Views and Perspectives

by Margaret R. Hawkins

In this seminal volume leading language and literacy scholars clearly articulate and explicate major social perspectives and approaches in the fields of language and literacy studies. Each approach draws on...

Swedish: A Comprehensive Grammar, 3rd edition

by Philip Holmes & Ian Hinchcliffe

Winner of the Swedish National Language Council's Erik Wellander Prize, 2003

Swedish: A Comprehensive Grammar is an award-winning complete reference guide to modern Swedish grammar. Systematic and accessible,...

French Grammar for Dummies

by Véronique Mazet

The easy way to master French grammar

French Grammar For Dummies is a logical extension and complement to the successful language learning book, French For Dummies. In plain English, it teaches you the grammatical...

English Made Easy Volume 2: Learning English through Pictures

by Jonathan Crichton & Pieter Koster

Expanding on the language learning skills presented in the first volume, English Made Easy: Volume Two continues in the same tradition, imaginatively using pictures and text to create understanding among English...

Outrageous Japanese: Slang, Curses & Epithets

by Jack Seward

The Japanese are extraordinarily polite and soft-spoken people who are always indirect and evasive in their dealings with each other. Right? Well, not really. They can be just as explicit, vicious, vile and...

Routledge Intensive Russian Course

by Robin Aizlewood

This intensive foundation course in Russian is designed for students with no previous knowledge of the language. Developed primarily for classroom use, the course offers an original and distinctive approach...

Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice with CD-ROM, Second Edition

by Ronni L. Gordon & David M. Stillman

Gain confidence in your Spanish-language communication using the method trusted by more than 200,000 students

The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice gives you a good grasp of grammar so you can build your...

Tuttle Pocket Vietnamese Dictionary: Vietnamese-English English-Vietnamese

by Phan Van Giuong

The Tuttle Pocket Vietnamese Dictionary is the most up-to-date Vietnamese dictionary available. Covering the 15,000 most common Vietnamese and English words in a small, compact volume, this pocket dictionary...

Tuttle Learner's Korean-English Dictionary

by Kyubyong Park

Finally, here is the dictionary that learners have been waiting for: one that specifically answers the needs of English-speakers who are studying Korean.

Designed specifically for learners who are at elementary...

Periplus Pocket Japanese Dictionary: Japanese-English English-Japanese

by Yuki Shimada

Periplus Pocket Japanese Dictionary is ideal for students and travelers, covering all the words needed for everyday situations and travel basics without confusing abbreviations or dictionary terminology. The...

Javanese English Dictionary

by Stuart Robson & Singgih Wibisono

The Javanese English Dictionary comprises a complete listing, with precise definitions, of all modern terms used in the main dialects of Javanese. This volume also includes partial listings of local dialect...

Essential Japanese: Speak Japanese With Confidence

by Periplus Editors

The Essential Japanese Phrase Book is concise, accessible, and easy to understand. It gives travelers the confidence to approach any situation with key words and phrases and essential grammar and pronunciation....

Essential Japanese Grammar: A Comprehensive Guide to Contemporary Usage

by Masahiro Tanimori & Eriko Sato

Essential Japanese Grammar is an indispensable reference for students of Japanese at all levels, as well as anyone seeking to brush up on the language. Providing clear, jargon-free explanations of how Japanese...

Conversational Japanese: The Right Word at the Right Time

by Anne Kaneko

More than a phrase book, Conversational Japanese provides basic material for practical day-to-day communication. Through hundreds of example sentences and dialogs, as well as thorough explanations of the customs...