Showing posts with label LANGUAGE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LANGUAGE. Show all posts

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Michel Thomas Method: Portuguese Foundation Course

 
 
Michel Thomas Method: Portuguese Foundation Course (Michel Thomas Method) By Virginia Catmur
Publisher: Hodder Arnold 2008-07-25 | ISBN: 0340971673 | Language: English | Audio CD in MP3 | 8 audio CDs + booklet | 489 MB

"A great way to learn; it's fast and it lasts". (The Daily Telegraph )

"Five minutes into the first CD, you already feel like you're winning." (Time Out )

"Michel Thomas is a precious find indeed." (The Guardian )

"Thomas makes it simple" (Sunday Times )

"Michel's methods will teach you effectively and easily" (Daily Star )

"Hugely inspiring" (Red )

"Ideal for any business traveller who needs to be able to get around confidently." (Sunday Business )



Learn another language the way you learnt your own

You learnt your own language naturally and enjoyably: now you can learn Portuguese in the same way.

You'll stick with it because you'll love it

Use the unique method perfected over fifty years by the celebrated psychologist and linguist Michel Thomas.

This method works with your brain, helping you to build up your Portuguese in manageable, enjoyable steps by thinking out the answers for yourself.

You learn through listening and speaking without the pressure of writing or memorising.

You pick up the language naturally and unforgettably.


The NEW Portuguese Foundation Course

An eight-hour, 100% audio method for learning Portuguese. Join Michel Thomas's editor Virginia Catmur, native speaker Paulo Santos and two students in a live lesson and within the first hour you will be able to construct simple phrases. You will learn the language with the students, hearing both their successes and their mistakes to keep you motivated and involved throughout the course. By the end, you will have the confidence to understand and speak Portuguese. On the final track, the teachers are joined by native Brazilian Portuguese speaker Gui Tavares to give you an insight into Brazilian pronunciation and usage.


Join the millions of people worldwide who have learnt a new language with the Michel Thomas Method

Contents: 8 CDs plus booklet with Portuguese phrases in English translation


Synopsis:

Learn another language the way you learnt your own You learnt your own language naturally and enjoyably: now you can learn Portuguese in the same way. You'll stick with it because you'll love it Use the unique method perfected over fifty years by the celebrated psychologist and linguist Michel Thomas. This method works with your brain, helping you to build up your Portuguese in manageable, enjoyable steps by thinking out the answers for yourself. You learn through listening and speaking without the pressure of writing or memorising. You pick up the language naturally and unforgettably. The NEW Portuguese Foundation Course An eight-hour, 100% audio method for learning Portuguese. Join Michel Thomas's editor Virginia Catmur, native speaker Paulo Santos and two students in a live lesson and within the first hour you will be able to construct simple phrases. You will learn the language with the students, hearing both their successes and their mistakes to keep you motivated and involved throughout the course. By the end, you will have the confidence to understand and speak Portuguese.On the final track, the teachers are joined by native Brazilian Portuguese speaker Gui Tavares to give you an insight into Brazilian pronunciation and usage.


Join the millions of people worldwide who have learnt a new language with the Michel Thomas Method


About the Author:

Virginia Catmur studied Portuguese at the universities of Oxford and Lisbon. As Languages Editor at Hodder, she worked in the studio with Michel Thomas during the recording of his Advanced courses in 2004 and was responsible for their audio editing. She has since developed courses in new languages using the Michel Thomas Method.
 

Michel Thomas Method: Russian Advanced Course

Michel Thomas Method: Russian Advanced Course (Michel Thomas Series) By Natasha Bershadski
Publisher: Hodder Arnold 2008-03-28 | ISBN: 0340948434 | Language: English | Audio CD in MP3 + PDF | 307 MB


Summary: Ideal for gaining confidence in Russian
I bought this course without having followed the Foundation Course in the same series - I'd learnt some Russian through other self-study courses, and wanted to take things further. I managed to get into this course straight away, as you can follow the lessons easily without reference to the previous course. In fact, I'd say that Russian learners across a range of levels could get into this quite quickly - most of the material is presented and explained as new language, and you can pick up any words you haven't covered as everything is translated into English anyway.

The teacher-pupil format isn't unique to audio courses, but it works particularly well here; the teacher (an amenable but quite strict Russian lady!) takes her male and female student through a series of short grammatical / vocabulary points and subsequent translation exercises. It's quite fun to try and preempt the students in these tasks, and beat them to saying the Russian out loud!

I was surprised how well and clearly the grammatical points were put across; for instance, I've not come across a clearer explanation of imperfective and perfective aspect in verbs than in this course - the teacher's way of explaining this particular point may not be the orthodox route, but it made more sense than any dry grammar.

In short, it's fantastic for teaching you some important rules to improve your confidence in Russian, and get you used to using what you know to communicate (and not overcomplicating things by translating word for word!).

Esperanto (Teach Yourself) (3rd Edition) By John Cresswell, John Hartley

Esperanto (Teach Yourself) (3rd Edition) By John Cresswell, John Hartley
Publisher: NTC Publishing Group 1993 | Language: English | 259 Pages | ISBN: 0340405902 | PDF | 50 MB
file with 4 pdfs. 1st file is the lessons, 2nd is the appendix, 3rd is the key, and 4th is the vocabulary

Speak Mandarin Chinese For BeginnersThe Michel Thomas Method (8-CD Beginner's Program)
Michel Thomas Method Speak Mandarin Chinese Advanced

I am the author of the Michel Thomas series on learning spoken Mandarin. For the past 40+ years I have been studying languages and collecting language learning aids.

Teach Yourself Esperanto, which, unfortunately is now only available used, is bar none the very best textbook I have ever found to learn Esperanto. I have it beside me as I write. What an amazing and delicious book!!

There are several books which are used by English-speakers to study Esperanto. However, none of them comes close to the obvious love and brilliance that has gone into the preparation of this book.

The authors were reknowned British Esperantists who had years of teaching experience under their belts. They also have an intuitive understanding of how to make potentially difficult concepts very easy. These little pearls which occur throughout the book are more than worth whatever you pay for it.

These days there is a lot of use of the internet to learn languages and Esperanto is a prime example. We have the wonderful site, lernu dot net. Also, Google " don harlow + esperanto " and you will come up with a wealth of wisdom on how to learn and use Esperanto.

However, with all of the above you still will want a reliable book to guide you through the language.

This is the book.

Just get it. Never ever lend it. You won't get it back!

A real gem.
 

Michel Thomas Method: Dutch Foundation Course (Michel Thomas Method) By Cobie Adkins-de Jong, Els Van Geyte

Michel Thomas Method: Dutch Foundation Course (Michel Thomas Method) By Cobie Adkins-de Jong, Els Van Geyte
Publisher: Hodder Arnold 2008-07-25 | ISBN: 034097169X | Language: English | Audio CD in MP3 | 8 CDs | 540 MB


Review:

"A great way to learn; it's fast and it lasts". (The Daily Telegraph )

"Five minutes into the first CD, you already feel like you're winning." (Time Out )

"Michel Thomas is a precious find indeed." (The Guardian )

"Thomas makes it simple" (Sunday Times )

"Michel's methods will teach you effectively and easily" (Daily Star )

"Hugely inspiring" (Red )

"Ideal for any business traveller who needs to be able to get around confidently." (Sunday Business )

Product Description:

Learn another language the way you learnt your own

You learnt your own language naturally and enjoyably: now you can learn Dutch in the same way.

You'll stick with it because you'll love it

Use the unique method perfected over fifty years by the celebrated psychologist and linguist Michel Thomas.

This method works with your brain, helping you to build up your Dutch in manageable, enjoyable steps by thinking out the answers for yourself.

You learn through listening and speaking without the pressure of writing or memorising.

You pick up the language naturally and unforgettably.



The NEW Dutch Foundation Course

An eight-hour, 100% audio method for learning Dutch. Join teacher Cobie Adkins-de Jong and two students in a live lesson and within the first hour you will be able to construct simple phrases. You will learn the language with the students, hearing both their successes and their mistakes to keep you motivated and involved throughout the course. By the end, you will have the confidence to understand and speak Dutch.

Join the millions of people worldwide who have learnt a new language with the Michel Thomas Method

Contents: 8 CDs plus booklet with Dutch phrases in English translation


Synopsis:

Learn another language the way you learnt your own You learnt your own language naturally and enjoyably: now you can learn Dutch in the same way. You'll stick with it because you'll love it Use the unique method perfected over fifty years by the celebrated psychologist and linguist Michel Thomas. This method works with your brain, helping you to build up your Dutch in manageable, enjoyable steps by thinking out the answers for yourself. You learn through listening and speaking without the pressure of writing or memorising. You pick up the language naturally and unforgettably. The NEW Dutch Foundation Course An eight-hour, 100% audio method for learning Dutch. Join teacherCobie Adkins-de Jong and two students in a live lesson and within the first hour you will be able to construct simple phrases. You will learn the language with the students, hearing both their successes and their mistakes to keep you motivated and involved throughout the course. By the end, you will have the confidence to understand and speak Dutch. Join the millions of people worldwide who have learnt a new language with the Michel Thomas Method


About the Author:


Cobie Adkins-de Jong and Els Van Geyte are native Dutch speakers and experienced teachers of Dutch.

Cobie additionally used to teach German to adults at the Brasshouse Language Centre in Birmingham, while Els also teaches English as a Foreign Language at the University of Birmingham. 

Experiencing Chinese 100 Popular Chinese Idioms By Wang Xiaoning



Experiencing Chinese 100 Popular Chinese Idioms By Wang Xiaoning
Publisher: The Higher Education Press of China 2007-05 | ISBN: 704020522X | 116 pages PDF + MP3 | 26.4 MB

100 Chinese idioms with voice examples. Also explains the context of the use of idioms and are synonyms.

Southern Accent Audio Course by Bob & Claire Corff



Southern Accent Audio Course by Bob & Claire Corff
Publisher: Abet Publishing 2005 | Audiocourse (MP3) + PDF (81 pages) | ISBN n/a | 50 MB

The fastest and easiest way to achieve authentic Southern Accent, after we give you the basics, you’ll be listening to and repeating after a person with an authentic accent. Also included is an easy to understand 77 page workbook with tips and suggestions that will help your progress.