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Garretson, Edith May – Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927
This textbook aims to meet the foreign-born woman's pressing need of ability to understand and converse with the doctor, the nurse, and the teacher concerning her family and home for their present and future improvement. It is hoped that teachers using the book will supplement it with other simple lessons, health pamphlets, home and neighborhood…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Immigrants, Physician Patient Relationship, Nurses
Gleason, Jane; Frakes, Janet – 2000
The objective of this book is to teach English to Latino adults so that they may successfully adapt to and cope with their new lives and conditions in the United States. Using oft-expressed needs as a guideline for content development, the lesson plans are designed to include exercises, basic vocabulary, and grammar that help students function in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, English (Second Language), Grammar, Hispanic Americans
Batchelor, R. E.; Chebli-Saadi, M. – 1997
The textbook, entirely in French, is designed to help prepare anglophone students for French language usage in the media and telecommunications. It is organized according to two major themes. The first part addresses the French of advertising; chapter topics include the actors in advertising (agencies, announcers, supports), forms of advertising,…
Descriptors: Advertising, Business Communication, Computer Networks, Creativity
Cyncar-Hryschuk, Markiana, Comp.; Jaremko, Helen, Comp. – 1998
This intermediate- to advanced-level reader is designed for learning Ukrainian as a native or second language. It provides a selection of short texts in modern Ukrainian, including poems, short stories, fairy tales, fables, sayings (aphorisms), and dialogs. (CNP)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Education, Culture, Foreign Countries
Cyncar-Hryschuk, Markiana, Comp.; Jaremko, Helen, Comp. – 1998
This intermediate- to advanced-level reader is designed for learning Ukrainian as a native or second language. It provides a selection of short texts in modern Ukrainian, including poems, short stories, fairy tales, fables, sayings (aphorisms), and dialogs. (CNP)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Education, Culture, Foreign Countries
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Cernik, Jiri – 1992
The grammar is designed to be used as a reference for addressing structural problems in Czech. The guide is organized into 11 chapters. The first describes the pronunciation of written Czech and explains spelling conventions. Aspects of the language covered here include the alphabet, arrangement of words in the dictionary, vowels, diphthongs,…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adverbs, Alphabets, Capitalization (Alphabetic)
Coates, Marvin R. – 1988
This book of exercises is part of the package of materials developed for use in an English for Special Purposes project, which offers classes in reading, grammar, and emergency care attendant training for limited English proficient students. The exercises are designed to meet the need for early presentation of medical and allied health related…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Emergency Medical Technicians, Grammar, Language Skills
Muro, Gertrude – 1988
This book contains two versions of the Language Aptitude Test. It is part of a package of materials developed for use in an English for Special Purposes project, which offers classes in reading, grammar, and emergency care attendant training for limited English proficient students. Introductory material describes the parts of two versions and…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Aptitude Tests, Emergency Medical Technicians, Language Aptitude
Walker, Galal – Foreign Language Publications, 2005
This is the second text in a series of Mandarin Chinese learning texts. It continues with the theme of learning to communicate in various forms, especially with time and location, and the hanzi writing system is introduced. An MP3 file accompanies this book. Contents include: (1) Acknowledgments; (2) Introduction; (3) Unit Three, Time When:…
Descriptors: Written Language, Mandarin Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Walker, Galal; Lang, Yong – Foreign Language Publications, 2006
This is the third text in a series of Mandarin Chinese learning texts. It continues with the theme of learning to communicate in various forms, emphasizing in this text on going to and coming from places. Contents include: (1) Acknowledgments; (2) Introduction; (3) Unit Four, Going Places and Doing Things; (4) Appendices; and (5) Introduction to…
Descriptors: Asian Culture, Personal Autonomy, Written Language, Mandarin Chinese
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Wagner, Richard K., Ed.; Muse, Andrea E., Ed.; Tannenbaum, Kendra R., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2006
Understanding a text requires more than the ability to read individual words: it depends greatly on vocabulary knowledge. This important book brings together leading literacy scholars to synthesize cutting-edge research on vocabulary development and its connections to reading comprehension. The volume also reviews an array of approaches to…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Language Processing
ar Mogn, Olier, Comp.; Stuijt, Mark, Comp. – 1998
This regional dossier aims to provide concise, descriptive information and basic educational statistics about minority language education in a specific region of the European Union--Brittany. Details are provided about the features of the educational system, recent educational policies, divisions of responsibilities, main actors, legal…
Descriptors: Cultural Maintenance, Educational Policy, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
Cyncar-Hryschuk, Markiana, Comp.; Petriw, Lesia, Comp. – 1999
This book is one of four intermediate-level readers in a series intended for second- or native language learners of Ukrainian. It includes a selection of short texts in modern Ukrainian, including poems, sayings (aphorisms), short stories, and dialogs. Other topics in this series include (in translation): Human nature, relationships, courage, and…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Dialogs (Language), Foreign Countries
Cyncar-Hryschuk, Markiana, Comp.; Petriw, Lesia, Comp. – 1999
This book is one of four intermediate-level readers in a series intended for second- or native language learners of Ukrainian. It includes a selection of short texts in modern Ukrainian, including poems, sayings (aphorisms), short stories, and dialogs. Other topics in this series include (in translation): Human nature, relationships, courage, and…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Dialogs (Language), Foreign Countries
Cyncar-Hryschuk, Markiana, Comp.; Petriw, Lesia, Comp. – 1999
This book is one of four intermediate-level readers in a series intended for second- or native language learners of Ukrainian. It includes a selection of short texts in modern Ukrainian, including poems, sayings (aphorisms), short stories, and dialogs. Other topics in this series include (in translation): Human nature, relationships, courage, and…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Dialogs (Language), Foreign Countries
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