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Start speaking Italian in minutes, and grasp the language, culture and customs in just minutes more with Lower Intermediate - Italian, a completely new way to learn Italian with ease!

Easy and engaging audio language learning course for kids. This step-by-step French course follows the relaxed approach of bestselling language coach, Paul Noble. Children are gently guided through the basics, with no mention of grammar or text books. The only requirement is to listen carefully...

There are a lot of different ways to learn a language—studying books, taking a class, or even watching foreign movies. But I’m an auditory learner. I have to hear and repeat the language to make it stick. When I was a teenager taking French classes, I would often make my own (cassette) recordings and study for my tests by listening to them. All learning methods are valid! But there is only one you can so anytime and anywhere. And that’s what you’ll experience with this audiobook. I have taken great care to choose vocabulary and sentences that you can actually use!

The Firefighters Podcast is an award winning global podcast developing, inspiring, connecting, motivating & celebrating the world of our emergency services operators through a series of wide-ranging conversations with those within our emergency services family.Hosted by serving operational UK firefighter & Instructor Pete Wakefield who speaks with individuals from all walks of life who share a connection with, can add value to, or can develop those within the fire sector.Our driving purpose is to create a legacy resource for the current and future generations of firefighters & first responders

The Therapeutic School Approach offers teachers and school leaders a step-by-step guide to embedding a trauma-informed approach that is tangible, practical, and brings the underpinning science to life in a way that is relatable and relevant. Placing a keen focus on moving towards a more inclusive way of working, it advocates for a culture that puts wellbeing and mental health at the core of teaching and school life.

Would you like to speak English with an RP British English accent. This podcast provides pronunciation practice and tips and tricks to improve your spoken English.

Bonjour ! My name is Romeo and my goal is to help YOU improve your french with short stories. You will improve your vocabulary and listening skills with everyday french stories. I publish new episodes from monday to friday at 10 am (Paris time). If you want to receive the transcript of the next episodes, go to my website Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Why buy 3 books for over £20 when you can get a complete set for under a tenner? This unique all-in-one book contains all the official and up-to-date learning material for the test in a clear, simple and easy-to-understand language. It covers everything you need to pass the test and become a British Citizen or permanent resident. This complete book gives you the confidence to pass the Life in the UK test first-time and soon become a British citizen.

After her first two weeks observing the problems at DecisionTech, Kathryn Petersen, its new CEO, had more than a few moments when she wondered is she should have taken the job. But Kathryn knew there was little chance she would have turned it down. After all, retirement had made her antsy, and...

Your phone buzzes. Your mind wanders. Tasks pile up. And no matter how hard you try, concentration feels harder than ever. The Focus Formula offers a simple, realistic system to eliminate distractions, train your attention, and learn at your highest potential without burnout, extreme discipline, or giving up technology.

A celebration of the language and culture of Italy, La Bella Lingua is the story of how a language shaped a nation, told against the backdrop of one woman's personal quest to speak fluent Italian. For anyone who has been to Italy, the fantasy of living the Italian life is powerfully seductive. But to truly become Italian, one must learn the language. This is how Dianne Hales began her journey. In La Bella Lingua, she brings the story of her decades-long experience with "the world's most loved and lovable language" together with explorations of Italy's history.

Beginning Theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural theory for over two decades. This new and expanded fourth edition continues to offer listeners the best single-volume introduction to the field. The bewildering variety of approaches, theorists and technical language is lucidly and expertly unravelled.

Learning Swedish does not have to be difficult or tedious. This audiobook is designed for English speakers who want to build real listening comprehension through clear, engaging, and practical short stories. The audiobook follows a simple and highly effective listening structure. Each story is presented three times: first in Swedish, then repeated in clear English, and finally again in Swedish. You hear the Swedish version first to absorb the sounds, rhythm, and meaning in context. The English narration then confirms understanding and clarifies details.

A collection of reflections on writing and the nature of the writer from one the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Throughout Hemingway’s career as a writer, he maintained that it was bad luck to talk about writing—that it takes off “whatever butterflies have on their wings...

Let the Sunday Times bestselling authors and hosts of Two Mr Ps in a Pod(cast) lead you through the school year… Does the phrase ‘back to school’ fill you with dread? Or does it bring delight … until you see the size of your September to-do list? Can you really be expected to keep track...

The vocabulary words you'll find in Learn Italian - Word Power 101 were hand selected by our Italian language teachers as the top 101 most frequently used words in the Italian language. Hear the word to master the pronunciation. Then you'll see how the word is actually used in everyday speech with sample sentences and phrases. Learning Italian vocabulary has never been easier!

When I asked a group of girls who had been at Hatherop Castle in the 1960s whether the school had had a lab in those days they gave me a blank look. 'A laboratory?' I expanded, hoping to jog their memories. 'Oh that kind of lab!' one of them said. 'I thought you meant a Labrador.' As we discover from Ysenda Maxtone Graham's quietly hilarious history of life in British girls' boarding schools between 1939 and 1979, this was a not untypical reaction.

Historian and popular TV presenter Ruth Goodman offers up a history of offensive language, insulting gestures, insolent behaviour, brawling and scandal in the 16th and 17th centuries - with practical tips on just how to horrify the neighbours. From royalty to peasantry, every age has its bad eggs, those who break all the rules and rub everyone up the wrong way. But their niggling, antisocial and irritating ways tell us about not only what upset people but also what mattered to them, how their society functioned and what kind of world they lived in.

The thrill is that you're actually figuring it out on your own. You're engaging with another language, not just parroting it... It's an excellent way to start, and leaves the listener thinking, Hey, Ich kann do dis. - New Yorker, David Sedaris, humorist and author, on learning with the Michel...

Flexible, enjoyable and accessible. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by millions. You'll be speaking Japanese fluently and confidently in no time at all. Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a language that has...