A collection of Word Power quizzes and other fun language and grammar facts that will appeal to word nerds, knowledge hunters, and students of all ages. Want to sound smarter in business meetings? Finally beat your brainy uncle at Word Cookies? Ace that standardized test?
Whatever your reasons for wanting to improve your vocabulary, you won't find a funner way of doing so than Word Power (and yes, "funner" is really a word!).
Why shall we bother about linguistics? What are the main reasons for doing linguistics? In an interview recorded at Marburg university during the 2nd GAL Conference, Prof. Handke asked Prof. David Crystal, the most popular linguist in the world, to give us his 5 central reasons for doing linguistics.
Clay Jenkins returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers 13 cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker--his classmate and crush--who committed suicide two weeks earlier.
4 reasons to learn a new language (John McWhorter)
English is fast becoming the world's universal language, and instant translation technology is improving every year. So why bother learning a foreign language? Linguist and Columbia professor John McWhorter shares four alluring benefits of learning an unfamiliar tongue.
Do you often catch yourself thinking of what exactly you’re going to say a few moments before you say the actual thing? Do you frequently make mistakes such as saying the wrong word or mixing up letters in words because you constantly think of a number of different ways to say the particular thing?
This book can help you understand the reasons behind all of these problems with oral English fluency.