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e-books in Foreign Languages category

Book cover: Creative Multilingualism: A ManifestoCreative Multilingualism: A Manifesto
by - Open Book Publishers
This book is a contribution to the field of modern languages, highlighting the relationship between multilingualism and creativity, and, crucially, reaching beyond an Anglo-centric view of the world. Intended to spark further research and discussion.
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Book cover: Language MOOCs: Providing Learning, Transcending BoundariesLanguage MOOCs: Providing Learning, Transcending Boundaries
by - De Gruyter Open ,
Language MOOCs are dedicated Web-based online courses for second languages with unrestricted access and potentially unlimited participation. This book presents an initial analysis of issues underlying LMOOCs and presents evidence of their potential.
(5349 views)
Book cover: The Art of Teaching and Studying LanguagesThe Art of Teaching and Studying Languages
by - G. Philip & Son ,
This work is primarily an investigation into the psychological laws underlying the universal act of learning the mother-tongue by the little child, and, springing therefrom, the exposition of an artificial system of teaching foreign languages.
(7036 views)
Book cover: Italian Headstart CourseItalian Headstart Course
- Defense Language Institute ,
FSI Courses are language courses developed by the Foreign Service Institute and were primarily intended for US government employees. This courses are very intense to let a learner achieve proficiency as fast and as efficient as possible.
(7415 views)

Book cover: FROM MSA to CA: A Beginner's Guide to Transitioning to Colloquial ArabicFROM MSA to CA: A Beginner's Guide to Transitioning to Colloquial Arabic
by - Portland State University ,
This book is for students who have studied Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) for one year or more and would like to learn colloquial Arabic basics using their knowledge of MSA. It aims at transitioning learners from Novice Mid level to Intermediate Low.
(6337 views)
Book cover: Francais InteractifFrancais Interactif
by - COERLL ,
Francais interactif, used by students, teachers and institutions throughout the world, includes vocabulary lists, phonetic lessons, grammar lessons with self-correcting exercises and audio dialogues, online grammar tools and diagnostic grammar tests.
(7975 views)
Book cover: Conversa BrasileiraConversa Brasileira
by - The University of Texas at Austin ,
Designed to help intermediate and advanced-level learners of Portuguese to analyze the way that Brazilians really talk and improve in their own proficiency. This textbook provides a hardcopy of all of the online materials, including translations.
(6256 views)
Book cover: PunjabiPunjabi
- Wikibooks ,
Punjabi, a language of the Indo-European family, is native to the Punjab region. It is spoken internationally by 125 million people and is the 10. most widely spoken language in the world. This book will help readers learn this fascinating language.
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Book cover: Basics of Language for Language LearnersBasics of Language for Language Learners
by - Ohio State University Press ,
This book systematically explores all the aspects of language central to second language learning: the sounds of language, the different grammatical structures, the social functions of communication, and the psychology of language learning and use.
(7429 views)
Book cover: Ancient GreekAncient Greek
by - Wikibooks ,
At one time, all well-educated men (and they were almost always men) were expected to have at least a passing familiarity with Classical Greek. This text serves as an introduction to Classical Greek, appropriate for a first year course.
(9787 views)
Book cover: Modern GreekModern Greek
by - Wikibooks ,
The Greek language is one of the oldest written languages in the world, and Greek literary culture extends back even past the invention of writing, to the time of Homer. Greek is spelled mostly phonetically and the alphabet is very easy to learn.
(9401 views)
Book cover: KoreanKorean
- Wikibooks ,
Congratulations on your decision to start learning Hangeul, the Korean script! You will see that being able to read Korean will baffle your friends and enrich your life. Also, you will no longer be completely illiterate when travelling to Korea.
(11520 views)
Book cover: Learn How To Speak Modern SwahiliLearn How To Speak Modern Swahili
by - Feedbooks ,
An informative guide on how to speak modern Swahili written by native speaker. Learn to speak Swahili that is spoken by many people right now. The book contains greetings, colors, telling time, people, numbers, animals, food and simple conversations.
(9428 views)
Book cover: The Esperanto TeacherThe Esperanto Teacher
by - Project Gutenberg ,
This book will help those who, having forgotten the lessons in grammar which they received at school, find some difficulty in learning Esperanto from the existing textbooks. It will be useful not only for solitary students, but also for class work.
(11212 views)
Book cover: DutchDutch
- Wikibooks ,
Dutch (Nederlands) is a member of the western group of the Germanic languages. English and Dutch are closely related languages and share many words that are very similar. There are many sound files embedded in this course.
(10229 views)
Book cover: The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto: Grammar and CommentaryThe International Auxiliary Language Esperanto: Grammar and Commentary
by - ManyBooks ,
This textbook is an early compilation of the works so far on Esperanto, with a look at and commentaries to the alphabet and grammar of the language. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto: Grammar and Commentary was first publishrd in 1939.
(10260 views)
Book cover: Turkish: Basic CourseTurkish: Basic Course
by - fsi-language-courses.org ,
This is an introduction to spoken Turkish in that it includes the major patterns of simple sentences and a vocabulary of about 475 high frequency items. The text is designed for use in classes taught by native-speaking language instructors.
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Book cover: The Word Brain: A Short Guide to Fast Language LearningThe Word Brain: A Short Guide to Fast Language Learning
by - Flying Publisher ,
How long does it take to learn another language? How many words do we need to learn? Are languages within the reach of everybody? These are some of the questions you ask yourself when you start learning a new language. This book provides the answers.
(13304 views)
Book cover: My KoreanMy Korean
by - Monash University ,
The book is primarily written for a Korean language university course for beginners, but it may be used in other settings including self-study. This is an introduction to contemporary Korean, with an emphasis on spoken usage for everyday situations.
(15721 views)
Book cover: Arabic-English Dictionary for the Use of StudentsArabic-English Dictionary for the Use of Students
by - Catholic Press ,
The aim of the authors, in publishing the present work, has been to meet the want of a classical Arabic-English Dictionary, which while comprehensive, yet might be handy enough for practical use amongst the students of Arabic literature and poetry.
(11067 views)
Book cover: Essentials of Latin for BeginnersEssentials of Latin for Beginners
by - American Book Company ,
This book is designed to prepare pupils in a thorough fashion to read Caesar's Gallic War. The first seventy lessons contain the minimum of what a pupil should know before he is ready to read Latin with any degree of intelligence and satisfaction.
(11687 views)
Book cover: Latin for BeginnersLatin for Beginners
by - Ginn and Company ,
To make the course preparatory to Caesar at the same time systematic, thorough, clear, and interesting is the purpose of this series of lessons. The vocabulary has been selected with the greatest care, there are about six hundred words.
(12876 views)
Book cover: The Complete Guide to Foreign Language ImmersionThe Complete Guide to Foreign Language Immersion
- FluentU ,
What's the best way to soak up a foreign language in the shortest amount of time? Immersion. There are so many useful ways, tools and tricks to immerse yourself in a foreign language right now, no matter where you currently live.
(20573 views)
Book cover: Wikijunior: LanguagesWikijunior: Languages
by - Wikibooks ,
A basic introduction for 8-12 years old kids to learn about different languages around the world. The text covers a large variety of languages rather than studying any particular language in depth. The goal is to provide some basic language skills.
(17420 views)
Book cover: Chinese (Mandarin)Chinese (Mandarin)
- Wikibooks ,
Chinese is the most common language in the world: about one-fifth of the world speaks it as its native language. This textbook will assume that you have no prior knowledge of Chinese, but are willing to take Chinese as a serious subject of study.
(14069 views)
Book cover: LatinLatin
- Wikibooks ,
An elementary Latin course accompanied with a detailed grammar designed to introduce one to the world of classical languages. A basic understanding of grammatical terminology would be helpful. The book teaches Latin from the ground up.
(15585 views)