For English as a Second Language (ESL) students or English Language Learners (ELLs), the use of various adverbial clauses was summarized and illustrated of comparison, concession, condition, degree, manner, place, proportion, purpose, reason (or cause), result, and time, including the non-finite clauses, some prepositions, and prepositional…

Providing a comprehensive survey of cutting-edge work on second language learning, this "Handbook," written by a team of leading experts, surveys the nature of second language learning and its implications for teaching. Prominent theories and methods from linguistics, psycholinguistics, processing-based, and cognitive approaches are…

This textbook presents 10 short stories chosen for scenes, actions, and characters that are extremely varied, instructive, and entertaining. To meet the special needs of certain classes of students who combine reading with conversation, grammar drill and composition, a set of new-type exercises and passages for translation has been added.…

This textbook presents Greek language to children using pictures associated with words. It teaches Greek letter pronunciation with examples of similar sounds in English words. The goal is to thoroughly understand words associated with the pictures and then to pronounce and translate the words without using the pictures.

This textbook is a French reader containing translations of the principal words, a progressive development of the forms of the verb, designations of the use of prepositions and particles, and idioms. The design of this book is to interest the pupil in the task of acquiring a vocabulary by short historical anecdotes. The stories, although selected…

This grammar is a self-study manual intended to aid native speakers of English who are beginning the study of German. It is designed to supplement the German textbook. The common grammatical terms that are necessary for learning to speak and write German are explained in English and illustrated by examples from German and English. The process of…

This volume is made up of 20 lessons and is part of a comprehensive course in intermediate Nepali. It explains and illustrates the basic structures of Nepali grammar through lessons which include different tense forms, postpositions, conditionals, comparatives, and other structural elements. The first lesson is devoted specifically to guiding…

This two-way dictionary is a supplement to the Persian 12-Week Course. It consists of a Persian-English and an English-Persian section. Phonetic symbols are used for indicating Persian pronunciations. In addition to vocabulary, the Persian-English section contains idioms and expressions. With the infinitives, the present and past simple roots of…

This supplemental volume to the Persian instructional materials of the Defense Language Institute provides practice in writing and recognizing Persian letters and words. (JB)

This Samoan language manual is designed for use by both teachers and students. The manual outlines and explains each lesson for the teacher and provides a source of reference for the learner. The lessons are intended for use in the classroom under the direction of the teacher. Total immersion in Samoan and exclusion of English are important…

This is the third of four instructional volumes designed for the intermediate-advanced student of Egyptian Arabic. The course deals with the language, culture, customs, and traditions of Egypt. The present volume constitutes a reference grammar, arranged alphabetically by grammatical and linguistic terms. A bibliography is appended. (JB)

This is the last of four instructional volumes designed for the intermediate-advanced student of Egyptian Arabic. The course deals with the language, culture, customs, and traditions of Egypt. The present volume constitutes a vocabulary, with word lists divided into 34 categories. High frequency vocabulary items are emphasized. (JB)

The book opens with the names of twelve objects, which the teacher must have before him. These names have been selected with a view to embracing the whole alphabet, so that when the pupil has learned to write them, he has also learned to form all the letters in use. The teacher then directs the pupil, in writing, to touch one of these objects,…

This book is part of a set of elementary and intermediate Marathi teaching materials. It consists of three parts: a classified vocabulary, a Marathi-English vocabulary, and an English-Marathi vocabulary. The classified vocabulary presents lists of words the student needs in talking about the natural world and the material culture. The…

This volume is an elementary Marathi conversation text for adult learners of Marathi, both foreign and Indian. Designed to be used in conjunction with "Marathi Structural Patterns. Book One," the volume presents over 80 conversations that include material required in everyday situations. Each section contains basic and more difficult…