Language Education

The Short Stories in English for Intermediate Level ESL/EFL Learners are designed to improve your English quickly and easily. Jackie Bolen has more than 15 years of experience teaching ESL/EFL to students in South Korea and Canada. She has written short stories in Canadian English about common experiences that people have living in Canada. Plus, each story has practice exercises to test your reading comprehension and vocabulary. Do the discussion questions with a friend, teacher or classmate. You'll improve your English vocabulary and reading skills in no time at all.

Want to break free of beginning-level French and really learn to communicate effectively with native French speakers at an entirely different level? Welcome to Power French 2 Accelerated!

One learner broke his years-long French plateau in 10 weeks with SmartFrench, speaking naturally on his first trip to France. Course #3 trains real conversations, imitating diplomats, chefs, and models, while Course #4 accelerates fluency. Speak authentic French confidently—private-level coaching, not an app.

Leo Tolstoy was born to an aristocratic Russian family, became a world-famous influential novelist, and then chose to lead the simple life of a peasant. Dating from this last part of his life, Tolstoy’s influential book What I Believe takes readers along on the path to a life modeled literally on Jesus Christ’s "Sermon on the Mount" and the teachings of the Gospels. In revealing and frank essays he reimagines a faith without dogma, centered solely on Jesus’ doctrine of love, humility, and self-denial.

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.

Este audiocurso apresenta uma abordagem bilíngue para o ensino de inglês voltada especificamente para falantes de português brasileiro. A obra contém uma coleção de histórias curtas simples que são narradas primeiro em inglês e depois em português brasileiro, permitindo aos ouvintes comparar diretamente as duas versões do mesmo texto. As narrativas são construídas com vocabulário básico e estruturas gramaticais simples, tornando-as acessíveis para iniciantes.

¡Los niños aprenderán las palabras sencillas de español en este libro divertido y ilustrado, por ejemplo, mamá, papá, hermano, hermanita, abuela, abuelo, tía, tío, primos, y mi familia! (Children will learn simple Spanish words through this fun illustrated story, for example, mom, dad, brother, baby sister, grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncle, cousins, and my family!) Each dual language learning set features an accompanying PDF set so children can follow along as each word is read and pronounced in both Spanish and English.

Aprenda los nombres de los animales en el zoológico y también practique los números. (Learn the names of the zoo animals and practice counting, too!)

Each dual language learning set features an accompanying PDF set so children can follow along as each word is read and pronounced in both Spanish and English. A picture dictionary with English and Spanish words at the end encourages review of key words.

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!

Expert language teacher Mark Frobose talks you through the program in English while a trained native Italian speaker teaches you to speak Italian the way it is really spoken. This highly acclaimed method is so easy and so fast that you'll be speaking Italian within minutes of receiving your program and enjoying the process!

Apprenez les expressions les plus importantes en russe pour vos vacances ou votre voyage d'affaires. Vous pouvez écouter ce cours dans le train, au travail ou en vous endormant, pour vous aider à apprendre toutes les phrases importantes dont vous aurez besoin pendant vos voyages. Pratiquez pendant 20 minutes par jour et en peu de temps, vous parlerez bien russe - que ce soit dans un hôtel ou un restaurant, ou dans un magasin.

Learn Conversational Ukrainian Vol. 1 is an audio course for beginners or for anyone who struggles with becoming fluent in Ukrainian. The focus of this course is to practice speaking conversational Ukrainian from the very first lesson. The course is divided into 30 lessons, 6 review lessons and 3 listening comprehension lessons. Each lesson contains useful everyday phrases related to a specific topic.

Not only will you understand practical conversations, but you'll also be able to use the same phrases. Learn Spanish Bundle - Easy Introduction for Beginners focuses on everyday Spanish — the kind that you yourself will use in Spain. Instead of just reading about Spanish, you learn through everyday conversations between native speakers. In each lesson, you hear a practical dialogue. Then, our teachers translate and explain every word — and you understand it all within minutes.

This audiobook will take you through the basics of Thai with Basic Bootcamp, All About, and Pronunciation lessons. The five Basic Bootcamp lessons each center on a practical, real-life conversation. You’ll go from basic concepts to advanced tips and will soon sound like you’ve been speaking Thai your entire life.

We have compiled more than 100 French stories for beginners along with their translations, allowing new French speakers to have the necessary tools to begin studying how to set a meeting, rent a car, or tell a doctor they don’t feel well! We’re not wasting time here with conversations that don’t go anywhere: If you want to know how to solve problems (while learning a ton of French along the way, obviously), this audiobook is for you!

Vous rêvez de maîtriser l’italien tout en vous divertissant ? Imaginez apprendre l’italien avec aisance, sans effort et à votre propre rythme, grâce à des histoires passionnantes et aux 501 expressions italiennes indispensables.

This audiobook is designed to help non-native speakers of English to master the pronunciation of the English language. The type of accent we will learn in this book is American English. This audiobook is written by Nanhee Byrnes, PhD, and is narrated by John Byrnes, PhD. Learning pronunciation begins with learning all the particles of English sound. The smallest unit of speech sound is called a phoneme. Different phonemes make different words. Different languages have different sets of phonemes.

Do you know what the hardest thing for a Russian learner is? Finding proper reading material that they can handle...which is precisely the reason we’ve created this audiobook! In this audiobook, we have compiled 20 easily understandable, compelling, and fun stories that will allow you to expand your vocabulary and give you the tools to improve your grasp of the wonderful Russian tongue.

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 help you build on what you learnt in Learn Spanish with Paul Noble for Beginners – Part One, and guide you through over 3 hours of everyday scenarios that are practical, fun, and applicable. Just listen, interact, and learn wherever you are.

By listening to these specially composed melodies with their rhythmic repetitions of Portuguese and English a few times, you will pick up over 200 essential words and phrases that will not just be on the tip of your tongue but burned deeply into your long-term memory - in next to no time.