The Way of the Linguist: A Language Learning Odyssey (Audiobook)
The Way of The Linguist, A language learning odyssey. It is now a clich that the world is a smaller place. We think nothing of jumping on a plane to travel to another country or continent. The most exotic locations are now destinations for mass tourism. Small business people are dealing across frontiers and language barriers like never before.
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A Student Guide for Homer: The Odyssey
This handy guide to The Odyssey will introduce students to a text, which has been fundamental to literature for nearly 3000 years. It gives readers a summary of the poem and examines its structure. The unity, values and techniques of the poem are clearly outlined, as are the reasons for its longstanding appeal. Students will discover the essential themes of loyalty and betrayal, and will be guided through the narrative of Odysseus' adventures, in addition, the volume offers a helpful guide to further reading.
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On vacation on the Greek isles, Nancy, Bess, and George are horrified when someone steals their passports from their hotel room, and soon the trio of friends is in hot pursuit of terrorists.
A hurricane threatens an undersea resort hotel; meanwhile, Dirk Pitt's twin offspring are trapped at the bottom of the ocean in Pisces, an underwater laboratory. Oh, and Dirk himself swoops in to rescue the hotel, and its guests--but what about his children? Cussler has written a lot of seabound thrillers, and he clearly knows how to put one together to get maximum excitement from minimal material.
In Other Words: The Science and Psychology of Second-Language Acquisition
More than five thousand languages are currently spoken around the globe. Learning to speak one of them is virtually effortless for most of us, so why is it commonly so difficult to learn a second language? Unraveling this mystery, two top researchers in the field explain how language acquisition can be an odyssey of self-discovery.
