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Latin has an undeserved reputation for difficulty. But when taught well, Latin is pleasingly straightforward, logical, and predictable. Each word is like a finely crafted part of a machine--a device that does an amazing amount of work with very few components. Learning to read Latin is immensely rewarding, and it is a discipline that trains, enhances, and strengthens critical thinking. Embark on this unrivaled adventure with Latin 101: Learning a...
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Great courses. Literature and language. Language learning volume course 2846
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German is one of the world's most vital languages, with Germany, Austria, and Switzerland being top travel destinations, and German literature, philosophy, science, music, and industry being hallmarks of European civilization. Therefore, learning German should be near the top of everyone's list of foreign languages worth studying. Traditionally, the problem for English speakers has been German grammar, with its wealth of case endings and irregular...
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Great courses. Literature and language. Language learning volume course 2858
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Learn to speak Italian and explore the passion and brilliance of Italian culture with a grand tour of the country's 20 regions.
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"...Si lo que deseas es mejorar tu inglés y aprender bien inglés para siempre, Inglés para conversar es el curso que estabas buscando. Diseñado para hablantes de español, este curso presenta los contenidos con ejemplos de la vida real, permitiendo una rápida asimilación de los significados y el uso adecuado de las expresiones, vocabulario y frases verbales..."--Container.
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In the book, two pages are devoted to each of the 54 sounds or combination of sounds of North American English. In addition, the introduction to the pronouncercizing book explains the pronouncercizing approach and gives teachers practical ideas on how to incorporate the approach into their teaching.
Classroom video: In this 34 min. video, the author teaches all of the whole body warm-ups, the five key mouth warm-ups, and the "pure" vowels, then gives...
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Exposé of the power struggle inside the Texas State Board of Education, the government body that determines what students learn in Texas public schools and, due to the buying power of their system, often the entire country. Showcases how public education has become the latest battleground in a new wave of cultural, religious, and ideological clashes, with Texas education board members advancing agendas of Creationism and other religious issues in...
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A four part documentary on the history of public education in the United States. v. 1. This program profiles the passionate crusade launched by Thomas Jefferson and continued by Noah Webster, Horance Mann and others to create a common system of tax-supported schools that would mix people of different backgrounds and reinforce the bonds of democracy in the new nation. But this noble experiment was opposed from the start by racial prejudice and fears...