Language Arts & Disciplines

Polish your Spanish vocabulary skills. Building on the success of her prior book, Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses , author Dorothy Devney Richmond helps you attain a strong working vocabulary, no matter if you are an absolute beginner or an intermediate student of the language. She combines her proven instruction techniques and clear explanationswith a plethora of engaging exercises, so you aremotivated and hardly notice that you are absorbing so muchSpanish. Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Vocabulary also includes basic grammar and structures of the language to complement your newly acquired words. "Vocabulary Builders" help you add to your Spanish repertoire by using cognates, roots, suffixes, prefixes, and other "word-building" tools. more...

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When materials aren’t available due to deterioration, missing pages, disconnected covers, or other problems, it can be frustrating for users and librarians alike. The answer is to provide appropriate care for the collection from the outset, while also guiding staff on making needed repairs. In Preservation and Conservation, two experts show library administrators and decision makers optimal collection preservation techniques, what it takes to set up a conservation work area, and safe ways to mount a small exhibit. In between, those responsible for repairs will find easily learned, illustrated, step-by-step instructions to repair and conserve books and documents. Appendixes include care of photographs as well as lists of suppliers, and additional resources. Using this comprehensive answer book, users will learn to:. Extend the shelf life of collections with proper environment and housekeeping. Understand priorities and recover after disasters. fire, flood, mold and more. Explain “handling basics” to customers to reduce document harm. Repair books and documents using field-tested methods. Identify optimal storage for fragile or odd-sized pieces. For any library, archive, or historical society committed to getting materials back into circulation as quickly as possible, this reference offers a one-stop solution. From the issues relevant to directors to hands-on instructions for technicians, it’s an excellent reference for the entire library more...

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Reviews and ExcerptsWhen you are applying to college or grad school, the essays you are asked to write can count up to 60% in admissions decisions and can influence scholarship offers. This book provides real essays to use as samples, and the book contains real essays used by real people to get into law school, business school, Ph.D. programs, colleges including the Ivy League, as well as graduate schools of all types. Learn the proven techniques used by professional writers in developing essays that give admissions committes what they are looking for. "A picture is worth a thousand words" and this unique book doesn't just "tell how;" it "shows how" to write essays that get you into the school of your choice. "Distinguished by its highly readable samples...essential for library collections." - Library Journal1-885288-20-4 more...

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The revolutionary system that eliminates your common Russian pronunciation mistakes. The innovative teachers at Easily Pronounced Language Systems (EPLS) have created a revolutionary pronunciation system: easy-to-read vowel symbols that, when combined with consonants, read in a straightforward manner, rather than in transliteration jargon. Almost instantly, you will be able to confidently pronounce and use 500 essential words and phrases in Russian. more...

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This text examines the under-researched and often troubling phenomenon of silence in second language learning through a triangulation of SLA research, memoirs and language learner diaries, and psychoanalytic concepts of anxiety, ambivalence, conflict and loss. more...

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