This third edition of Miriam Meyerhoff's highly successful textbook provides a solid, up-to-date appreciation of the interdisciplinary nature of the field and covers foundation issues, recent advances and current debates. It presents familiar or classic data in new ways, and supplements the familiar with fresh examples from a wide range of languages and social settings. It clearly explains the patterns and systems that underlie language variation in use, as well as the ways in which alternati...

Now in its fourth edition, Media Effects again features essays from some of the finest scholars in the field and serves as a comprehensive reference volume for scholars, teachers, and students. This edition contains both new and updated content that reflects our media-saturated environments, including chapters on social media, video games, mobile communication, and virtual technologies. In recognition of the multitude of research trajectories within media effects, this edition also includes n...

Colloquial Swedish provides a step-by-step course in Swedish as it is written and spoken today.

Colloquial Hindi provides a step-by-step course in Hindi as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Hindi in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

This second edition of Colloquial Thai has been revised and updated to make learning Thai easier and more enjoyable than ever before.

Colloquial Indonesian: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Indonesian as it is written and spoken today.

Colloquial Spanish of Latin America 2 is the ideal way to refresh your knowledge of the language and extend your skills.

Third edition of the most highly regarded teaching text book on the Japanese language, covering speaking, listening, reading, and writing to cultivate overall language ability. Each lesson in the revised edition features a new section dubbed "Culture Notes, and now includes the audio CD companion which is in mp3 format ready to install on any music player.

Het opdrachtenboek van Défi 1 is geheel in kleur gedrukt en volgt de hoofdstukken en overenkomstige thema 's van het tekstboek. Dit zorgt er voor dat de leerling zijn kennis kan trainen en verdiepen.

Het opdrachtenboek bevat:

oefeningen waarmee de leerling de opgedane kennis kan toepassen en waarmee deze zich kan verdiepen in alle taalvaardigheden. De werkwijze is gebaseerd op het gebruik van teksten en de daarbij horende grammatica.

een bladzijde met fonetische opdrachten om de elementen ...

Hoe je leerlingen nieuwsgierig maakt naar het Frans!

Een structuur die makkelijk aan te passen is: 8 hoofdstukken per niveau, elk verdeeld in twee thematische dossiers

Franstalige culturen en maatschappijen dienen als basis voor het leren

Levensecht materiaal voor hoogwaardige leesvaardigheidsoefeningen en een breed scala aan tekstsoorten (van infographics tot roddelbladen, van blogs tot SMS-berichten)

Woordenschat is ruim vertegenwoordigd in de methode: ‘une acquisition par imprégnation d...