Enables English-speaking business students and professionals with no prior knowledge of Chinese to develop the basic communication skills necessary for a business trip to China or another work environment in which Mandarin is spoken. This title includes some basic lessons in the formation of Chinese characters.
This long-awaited volume provides an answer key to the drills and exercises contained in each of the units of John F. Collins's bestselling ""A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin"". Written for those charged with the responsibility of teaching the Latin of the church, the primer aims to give the student - within one year of study - the ability to read ......
Whether you are the CEO of a conglomerate or an entry-level candidate preparing for an interview, how you speak has an effect on how you're perceived. Full of on-target tips and easy-to-navigate lists of frequently misused words, this work is a reference for the businessperson interested in becoming a more interesting and powerful speaker.
How do people learn nonnative languages? And is there one part or function of our brains solely dedicated to language processing, or do we apply our general information-processing abilities when learning a new language? This book presents an overview of the latter approach to adult second language acquisition.
Family Communication: Nurturing and Control in a Changing World thoroughly reviews the traditional family communication theories of roles theory, family systems theory, and rules theory in an engaging, non-traditional way. This book uniquely organizes the study of family communication around the concepts of "nurturing" and "control" in all family relationships, across all family forms, and their relationships to psychological processes and communicative outcomes in families. Key Features: * Looks at Family in All Forms: Traditional nuclear; non-traditional nuclear; bi-nuclear families; cohabitation, single-parent households; step-family and blended configurations; gay families; couples with no children; and extended families are all examined. While not all families fit neatly within any of the traditional definitions, this book articulates a sentiment that most students can resonate to--that all family forms include some form of nurturing and control.* Explores Sociological and Psychological Factors: Various forces such as governmental, religious, media influences, and social science research, cause us to assume most families are traditional and nuclear, using biological, legal, and sociological definitions. In addition to the sociological and psychological bases of developmental processes, the development of parental attachment is fully discussed, showing how nurturing and controlling communication processes encourage socio-emotional competence in children. * Explicates New Research Findings: A new family communication theory--"Inconsistent Nurturing as Control Theory"--explores the ways in which family members attempt to change the undesirable behaviors of a particular family member (e.g., substance abuser, eating disordered individual, gambler, depressed person, violent individual) through their use of nurturing as control. Intended Audience: Perfect for the introductory undergraduate course in Family Communication; as well as courses in Sociology, Social and Clinical Psychology, Educational Psychology, Family Counseling, Family Education, and Home Economics
Communication As...Perspectives on Theory is a collection of 27 essays by leading thinkers in the field of communication theory. Each author in the volume has chosen a particular stance on communication and forwarded it as a primary or essential way of viewing communication with decided benefits over other views. The chapters in the book are brief, argumentative, and forceful; together they explore the wide range of theorizing about communication, cutting across all lines of traditional divisions in the field.
Communication As...Perspectives on Theory is a collection of 27 essays by leading thinkers in the field of communication theory. Each author in the volume has chosen a particular stance on communication and forwarded it as a primary or essential way of viewing communication with decided benefits over other views. The chapters in the book are brief, argumentative, and forceful; together they explore the wide range of theorizing about communication, cutting across all lines of traditional divisions in the field.
Cognitive and Discourse Perspectives on Language and Language Learning
Brings together perspectives from cognitive linguistics, language acquisition, discourse analysis, and linguistic anthropology. This book examines language processing and first language learning and illuminates the insights that discourse and usage-based models provide in issues of second language learning.
Providing beginners in Arabic with linguistic and cultural exposure, this book consists of sixteen lessons with dialogs and exercises dealing with day-to-day scenarios: greeting people, getting a taxi, making phone calls, asking directions, discussing the weather, and effectively communicating with police and duty officers.
