Byram aims to define precisely what competencies are required in foreign and second language learning, how these can be included in teachers' objectives and methods, and how the ability to communicate across cultural difference can be assessed.
Byram aims to define precisely what competencies are required in foreign and second language learning, how these can be included in teachers' objectives and methods, and how the ability to communicate across cultural difference can be assessed.
The ultimate rapid language-learning guide! For those who've despaired of ever learning a foreign language, here, finally, is a book that will make the words stick. At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He didn't learn them in school -- who does' -- r…
Presents a series of techniques for acquiring a foreign language, including news ways of training the tongue for pronunciation, use of visual imagery for connecting sounds and spelling, and spaced-repetition methods for learning new vocabulary.
For those who have despaired of ever learning a foreign language, here, finally, is a book that will make the words stick. At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He did not learn them in school -- who does? -- rather, he learned them in the past few ye…
Connect, relate, motivate: master communication in any situation
by Rushton, Rik
fromBe your best
Communication has become one of the most puzzling paradoxes of our time. We live in a world that is hyper-connected; more plugged in, tuned in and turned on than ever before. Yet, social science confirms that more and more people feel isolated and disconnected from their communi…
Connect, relate, motivate: master communication in any situation
by Rushton, Rik
fromBe your best
Communication has become one of the most puzzling paradoxes of our time. We live in a world that is hyper-connected; more plugged in, tuned in and turned on than ever before. Yet, social science confirms that more and more people feel isolated and disconnected from their communi…
Communication has become one of the most puzzling paradoxes of our time. We live in a world that is hyper-connected; more plugged in, tuned in and turned on than ever before. Yet, social science confirms that more and more people feel isolated and disconnected from their communi…