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Speak English with confidence!Whether you're learning English at an intermediate level or looking to brush up on your conversational skills, Practice Makes Perfect: English Conversation offers a unique and effective way to learn to speak the language fluently and spontaneously. You'll get started on sentence building right away, through exercises that let you practice what you've learned through dialogues with real-life examples. Based on the successful approach of the Practice Makes Perfect series, English Conversation, Premium Fourth Edition is organized around 12 units that present specific conversational functions and common, everyday scenarios-from introducing yourself and starting a conversation to making an appointment and arguing a point. The exclusive Language Lab app features streaming audio recordings of the dialogs in the book, helping you perfect your pronunciation, and every unit provides the opportunity not simply to converse, but to build and support correct grammar, syntax and word usage.. Proven approach to learning helps you get a handle on English conversation right away, and build on your skills as you go . Extensive practice exercises and exposure to practical and high-frequency vocabulary, as well as an answer key for reference and quick feedback . Includes a section of review exercises to test your understanding of all key themes covered by the book. Streaming audio recordings of all dialogues in the book, along with the answers to more than 100 exercises, are available via the app. NEW in this premium edition: Enhanced app features including text-to-speech

Speak Spanish with confidence!Whether you're learning Spanish now at an intermediate level or looking to brush up on your conversational skills, Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Conversation offers a unique and effective way to learn to speak the language fluently and spontaneously. You'll get started on sentence building right away, through extensive exercises that let you practice what you've learned through engaging dialogues using real-life examples. Based on the successful approach of the Practice Makes Perfect series, Spanish Conversation, Premium Fourth Edition is organized around 12 units that present specific conversational functions and common, everyday scenarios-from introducing yourself and starting a conversation to making an appointment and arguing a point. The exclusive language lab app features streaming audio recordings of the dialogs in the book, helping you perfect your pronunciation, and every unit provides the opportunity not simply to converse, but to build and support correct grammar, syntax and word usage.. Proven approach to learning helps you get a handle on Spanish conversation right away, and build on your skills as you go . Extensive practice exercises and exposure to practical and high-frequency vocabulary, as well as an answer key for reference and quick feedback . Includes a section of review exercises to test your understanding of all key themes . Streaming audio recordings of all dialogues in the book, along with the answers to more than 100 exercises, are available via the app. NEW in this premium edition: Enhanced app features including text-to-speech

The go-to guide for learning and reinforcing American English vocabulary for beginning ESL learners-now enhanced with audio recordings through the McGraw-Hill Language Lab app Now enhanced with audio recordings of exercise answers through the McGraw-Hill Language Lab app, this bestselling guide to learning ESL is more helpful than ever. Based on tried-and-true method, Practice Makes Perfect: English Vocabulary for Beginning ESL Learners helps you develop your vocabulary and comprehension skills with practice in word building, analyzing new words, and using them in conversation.Chapters are built around themes, such as nouns to name people and verbs for household activities, to help build a comprehensive foundation. More than 200 practice exercises from old and new vocabulary help you practice as you learn. Subjects included in this guide include names for people, places, and things; adjectives that describe people; verbs for household activities; how to ask questions; verbs used for shopping; how to give directions, social networking vocabulary; and more.Boost your English language proficiency with Practice Makes Perfect: English Vocabulary for Beginning ESL Learners, Premium Fourth Edition, featuring:Practical and high-frequency vocabularyExample sentences that illustrate and clarify each pointMore than 200 exercises to practice using English in everyday situationsAnswer key for reference and quick feedbackNEW in this edition: Audio recordings of exercise answers through the McGraw-Hill Language Lab app

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.A UNIQUE NEW APPROACH THAT'S LIKE A LIGHTNING BOLT TO THE BRAINYou know that moment when you feel as though a lightning bolt has hit you because you finally get something? That's how this book will make you react. (We hope!) Each chapter makes sure that what you really need to know is clear right off the bat and sees to it that you build on this knowledge. Where other books ask you to memorize stuff, we're going to show you the must know ideas that will guide you toward success in Spanish. You will start each chapter learning what the must know ideas behind a Spanish subject are, and these concepts will help you with your classwork and on exams.Dive into this book and find:. 250+ practice questions that mirror what you will find in your classwork and on exams. A bonus app with 100+ flashcards that will reinforce what you've learned. Extensive examples that drive home essential concepts. An easy-access setup that allows you to jump in and out of subjects. Spanish topics aligned to national and state education standards. Special help for more challenging Spanish subjects, including irregular verbs, indefinite pronouns, and ser versus estarWe're confident that the must know ideas in this book will have you trying out your new Spanish skills in no time-or at least in a reasonable amount of time!

Gives you the phrases to communicate with your Spanish-speaking employees. This book features more than 500 vital words and phrases specific to the construction field, with translations spelled out phonetically so you can say what you need to right away. It helps you conquer the language barrier in the workplace, leading to increased productivity.

A witty, fast-paced guide to eliminating those annoying and frustrating Spanish bloopers Mixing genders, inverting subjects and objects, and trusting falsos amigos (a.k.a., false cognates) are just a few of the blunders English-speaking Spanish-language learners commonly make. In Correct Your Spanish Blunders, veteran Spanish teacher Jean Yates identifies these and other common trouble spots and clearly explains the reasons behind them. You will discover how grammar patterns of Spanish differ from those of English and why trying to translate word for word, structure for structure, from English, can lead to big trouble.You will learn to break bad habits and correct your mistakes while developing a much more natural feel for Spanish language patterns with the help of:More than 1,000 highlighted examples of common blunders to avoid A free app available on iTunes for interactive practice for obliterating those blunders Numerous examples and practical exercises Quick-reference panels for checking correct tense forms A "Hall of Shame" compendium of bad errors to recognize and correct

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Gives you the necessary phrases to communicate with your Spanish-speaking employees. This book features more than 500 words and phrases specific to the household and childcare fields, with translations spelled out phonetically so you can say what you need to right away.