English Language Learning

The Survival Phrases series is designed to provide world travelers with essential phrases in multiple languages and cultural insight you will not find in a textbook. In this 25-lesson series, you'll learn vital British English phrases in each lesson that will help prepare you for an upcoming trip.

Welcome to Advanced Italian: Volume 2. The advanced series dives straight into dialogue about anything and everything Italian. This series is focused on exposing you to native speaking style. Start speaking Italian in minutes and learn key vocabulary, phrases, and grammar in just minutes more with Advanced Italian.

The Survival Phrases series is designed to provide world travelers with essential phrases in multiple languages and cultural insight you will not find in a textbook. In this 25-lesson series, you'll learn vital English phrases in each lesson that will help prepare you for an upcoming trip.

With Paul Noble’s simple, relaxed approach, you will learn in a way that suits you—without having to memorise long lists of words you won’t use, scribbling notes as you listen or feeling frustrated. Instead, Paul will introduce you to the basics of Japanese and guide you through over 15 hours of everyday scenarios—from simple situations like asking for directions and eating out to talking about yourself and how to master the different tenses—that are practical, fun and applicable. Just listen, interact and learn wherever you are.

Maybe you've tried other methods and you still feel you're unable to speak conversational Spanish. Or maybe you're an absolute beginner. In any case, you may be thinking you'll have to spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars on learning Spanish programs or private Spanish classes to master conversational Spanish. Fortunately, there's no need to spend a ton of money and move at a snail's pace to master conversational Spanish.

Absolutely new to Romanian? Don't know where to start? Welcome to Learn Romanian - Level 1. Before you take that trip to Romania, get a solid foundation of Romanian first! Master the basics of Romanian conversation the fun, fast, and easy way!

Start speaking Italian in minutes, and grasp the language, culture and customs in just minutes more with Upper Beginner - Italian, a completely new way to learn Italian with ease! Upper Beginner - Italian will have you speaking with proper pronunciation from the very first lesson and arm you with cultural insight and other information to utterly shock and amaze your Italian friends. You see, unlike other audiobooks, we actually teach Italian and Italian culture.

This is Innovative language Learning. This Audiobook will take you through the basics of Hungarian with Basic Bootcamp, All About, and Pronunciation lessons. The five Basic Bootcamp lessons each center on a practical, real-life conversation. At the beginning of the lesson, we'll introduce the background of the conversation. In the fifteen All About lessons, you'll learn all about Hungarian and Hungary.

Welcome to Japan! Put your Japanese to the test! Start speaking Japanese in minutes, and learn key vocabulary, phrases, and grammar in just minutes more with Lower Intermediate Japanese. Our native Japanese hosts break down all the sentences, grammar, and more in a simple, easily understandable way!

Start speaking Vietnamese in minutes, and learn key vocabulary, phrases, and grammar in just minutes more with Introduction to Vietnamese. Our native Vietnamese hosts break down all the sentences, grammar, and more in a simple, easily understandable way! This isn't stale textbook material - it's fun, effective, and practical! You learn basic beginner Vietnamese conversation that you can use immediately!

Start speaking Japanese in minutes, and grasp the language, culture and customs in just minutes more with Lower Intermediate - Japanese, a completely new way to learn Japanese with ease! Lower Intermediate - Japanese will have you speaking with proper pronunciation from the very first lesson and arm you with cultural insight and other information to utterly shock and amaze your Japanese friends.

Short Stories in French for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, a feeling of progress and most importantly - enjoyment! Mapped to A2-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference, these eight captivating stories are designed to give you a sense of achievement and a feeling of progress when listening.

Start speaking Korean in minutes, and grasp the language, culture and customs in just minutes more with Lower Intermediate - Korean, a completely new way to learn Korean with ease! Lower Intermediate - Korean will have you speaking with proper pronunciation from the very first lesson and arm you with cultural insight and other information to utterly shock and amaze your Korean friends.

The Etymologicon is a completely unauthorized guide to the strange underpinnings of the English language. It explains: How you get from “gruntled” to “disgruntled”; why you are absolutely right to believe that your meager salary barely covers “money for salt”; how the biggest chain of coffee shops in the world (hint: Seattle) connects to whaling in Nantucket; and what precisely the Rolling Stones have to do with gardening.

This course consists of lessons centered on an audio blog that is completely in Italian. The audio blog postings take you around Italy and introduce you to many different aspects of the country, including culture, history, folklore, the arts, and more. You will learn all about many different cities, and what they are famous for. Along the way, you'll pick up sophisticated expressions and advanced grammar in this audio blog series presented entirely in Italian.

With Paul Noble’s simple, relaxed approach you will learn in a way that suits you – without having to memorise long lists of words you won’t use, scribbling notes as you listen, or feeling frustrated. Instead, Paul will introduce you to the basics of the German language and guide you through over 12 hours of everyday scenarios – from simple situations like asking for directions and eating out to talking about yourself and how to master the different tenses – that are practical, fun, and applicable. Just listen, interact, and learn wherever you are.

Master French conversation the fun, fast, and easy way! Speak with anyone, anywhere. Start speaking French in minutes, and learn key vocabulary, phrases, and grammar in just minutes more with Lower Intermediate French. Our native French hosts break down all the sentences, grammar, and more in a simple, easily understandable way!

Imagine being able to secretly understand other people's thoughts and intentions. Think about the countless ways in which you could use this knowledge to your advantage. Imagine reading body language, word usage, facial expressions, and subconscious actions to always know exactly how to behave in a business meeting, how to talk to that girl, or how to successfully close a sale every single time.

This Audiobook will take you through the basics of French with Basic Bootcamp, All About, and Pronunciation lessons. The five Basic Bootcamp lessons each center on a practical, real-life conversation. In the fifteen All About lessons, you’ll learn all about French and France. Our native teachers and language experts will explain everything you need to know to get started in French. The five Pronunciation lessons take you step-by-step through the most basic skill in any language: how to pronounce words and sentences like a native speaker.

In this unique new history of the world's most ubiquitous language, linguistics expert David Crystal draws on words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences, and events that have helped to shape our vernacular since the first definitively English word was written down in the fifth century ("roe", in case you are wondering). Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient words ("loaf") to cutting edge ("twittersphere") and spanning the indispensable words that shape our tongue ("and", "what") to the more fanciful ("fopdoodle"), Crystal takes us along the winding byways of language.