Resultados Editorial "Audible Studios" en Educación y formación

We all learn at least one language as children. But what does it take to learn six languages...or seventy? In Babel No More, Michael Erard, "a monolingual with benefits," sets out on a quest to meet language superlearners and make sense of their mental powers. On the way he uncovers the secrets of historical figures like Italian cardinal Giuseppe Mezzofanti, who was said to speak seventy-two languages; Emil Krebs, a pugnacious German diplomat, who spoke sixty-eight languages; and Lomb Kat, a Hungarian who taught herself Russian by reading Russian romance novels.

Calling all Dapper Dans and Oomph Girls - take a ride through the American lexicon at its most inventive. The Cheaper the Crook, the Gaudier the Patter: Forgotten Hipster Lines, Tough Guy Talk, and Jive Gems explores the rich vocabulary of gangsters, hipsters, jazz musicians, and military personnel of the 1930s and ’40s. Entries include definitions, etymology, and examples of usage. This delightful compendium celebrates the linguistic gems cut and polished during the Great Depression, World War I, and the postwar '50s - now forgotten or in danger of being forgotten.

The amazing story behind the greatest newspaper men to ever live, Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, lies primarily hidden with their reporters who were in the field. They risked their lives in Cuba as the country grappled for independence simply to “get the story” and write what was not always the most accurate story, but definitely the best. Anything to sell papers. Reporters like Harry Scovel, Stephen Crane, Cora Taylor, Richard Harding Davis, and James Creelman, among others, put themselves in danger every day just for the news.

Far too often, public discussion of science is carried out by journalists, voters, and politicians who have received their science secondhand. The Story of Western Science shows us the joy and importance of reading groundbreaking science writing for ourselves and guides us back to the masterpieces that have changed the way we think about our world, our cosmos, and ourselves.

How Lincoln Learned to Read tells the American story from a fresh and unique perspective: how do we learn what we need to know? Beginning with Benjamin Franklin and ending with Elvis Presley, author Daniel Wolff creates a series of intimate, interlocking profiles of notable Americans that track the nations developing notion of what it means to get a good education.

On rare occasions in American history, Congress enacts a measure so astute, so far-reaching, so revolutionary, it enters the language as a metaphor. The Marshall Plan comes to mind, as does the Civil Rights Act. But perhaps none resonates in the American imagination like the G.I. Bill.

Warriors of the Cloisters tells how key cultural innovations from Central Asia revolutionized medieval Europe and gave rise to the culture of science in the West. Medieval scholars rarely performed scientific experiments, but instead contested issues in natural science, philosophy, and theology using the recursive argument method. This highly distinctive and unusual method of disputation was a core feature of medieval science, the predecessor of modern science.

Dave Richards, an alum of Yale, sheds some light on the lesser known stories of Yale's secret societies. He takes us through the history from Phi Beta Kappa in the American Revolution (originally a social and drinking society) through Skull and Bones and its rivals in the 19th and 20th centuries. While there have been articles and books on some of those societies, there has never been a scholarly history of the system as a whole.

If you're Irish American or African American or Eastern European Jewish American, there's a rich literature to give you a sense of your family's arrival-in-America story. Until now, that hasn't been the case for Chinese Americans. From noted historian Mae Ngai, The Lucky Ones uncovers the three-generational saga of the Tape family. It's a sweeping story centered on patriarch Jeu Dips' (Joseph Tapes') self-invention as an immigration broker in post-gold rush San Francisco, and the extraordinary rise it enables.

With chapters exploring the staggering costs of a college education, the sharp decline in tenured faculty and teaching loads, the explosion of administrator jobs, the grandiose building plans (gyms, food courts, student recreation centers), and the hysteria surrounding the "epidemic" of campus rapes, "triggers", "micro-aggressions", and other forms of alleged trauma, Fail U. concludes by offering a different vision of higher education - one that is affordable, more productive, and better-suited to meet the needs of a diverse range of students.

Giocare. Ecco l'attività principale, la più importante negli anni dell'infanzia. Attraverso il gioco il bambino scopre la realtà, conosce se stesso e il mondo che lo circonda, sviluppa le sue abilità psicomotorie, allena le competenze cognitive, impara e... si diverte. Insomma, giocare è una cosa seria. Ecco perché è fondamentale che i genitori accompagnino il bambino in questo percorso di scoperta, apprendimento e maturazione.

"In letteratura è come in teologia: valgono le sole domande. O meglio: è l'intelligenza delle domande che costringe a elaborare risposte alla loro altezza. Se chi si appresta a leggere questo libro spera di trovare enunciati regole e precetti più o meno ovvii su come scrivere cosa, allora forse è meglio che abbandoni il libro e l'idea di diventare scrittore. Il talento, l'istinto sono necessari. Vanno educati, certo, ma sono necessari. Uno scrittore autentico i fondamentali li avverte ben prima ancora di elaborarli in concetti."

Apri il tuo portafoglio. Cosa vedi? Scontrini, tessere della palestra, del discount, fotografie di tuo figlio, della donna o dell'uomo di cui sei innamorato, la patente, il documento d'identità, la carta di credito, i biglietti da visita. Tutti oggetti che descrivono perfettamente chi sei, cosa fai, che persona ambisci a essere.

Quando l'astronauta Neil Armstrong lasciò la prima impronta dell'uomo sulla Luna, la sua voce entrò in tutte le case: "Un piccolo passo per un uomo, un grande salto per l'umanità". La scienza, d'altronde, si racconta attraverso le intuizioni delle menti geniali che la illuminano, lasciando nell'ombra i "piccoli passi" che portano un giovane studente a diventare un grande scienziato. Alberto Mantovani, il ricercatore italiano raccoglie in questo audiolibro dieci regole per coltivare il sogno di molti ragazzi.

"Ho scritto 'L'italiano. Lezioni semiserie' per denunciare le violenze contro la nostra lingua, ma non chiedo condanne. Lo scopo è la riabilitazione. Scrivere bene si può. L'importante è capire chi scrive male, e regolarsi di conseguenza. Questo è un libro ottimista, e ha un obiettivo dichiarato: aiutarvi a scrivere in maniera efficace (un'e-mail, una relazione, una tesi o un breve saggio: la tecnica non cambia)".

People do bad things. They misspeak, mislead, and misbehave. They lie, cheat, steal, and kill. Often, afterward, they apologize. But what makes a successful apology? Why does Joe Biden's 2007 apology for referring to Barack Obama as "articulate and bright" succeed, whereas Mel Gibson's 2006 apology for his anti-Semitic tirade fails? Naturally, the effectiveness of an apology depends on the language used, as well as the conditions under which we offer our regrets.

Melissa Lucashenko is one of Australia's most admired and awarded novelists. She is renowned for writing about ordinary Australians and the extraordinary lives they lead. This timely collection of essays and journalism - published together for the first time - spans two turbulent decades. With her trademark wit and wisdom, Lucashenko reflects on being caught in a siege, on the marginalised lives of prisoners and the urban poor, on Blak identity, Australian literature and on meeting her writing idol.

1. Spoken and Personality. 2. Greeting People. 3. Introducing Yourself and Others. 4. Countries, Nationalities and Languages. 5. Asking About Age. 6. Asking About Occupation. 7. The Place You Live in. 8. Addressing Word. 9. Polite Behaviour/Nature. 10. Making Requests. 11. Asking for Permission. 12. Expressing Possibility. 13. Giving Advice, Instructions. 14. Expressing Time, Date and Day. 15. Making Telephone Calls. 16. Asking the Way. 17. Feelings and Emotions. 18. Routine Activities. 19. Visiting the Doctor. 20. Pointing to People and Things.

In this audiobook I have given all my knowledge and efforts what I learned in my life. This audiobook can be a light for Indian English learning students. The audiobook contains the easiest methods and rules of grammar to make people understand and help them to speak English in their day-to-day life.

El libro está escrito en primera persona, es la voz siempre del propio poeta la que conversa con él mismo. La voz del narrador debería ser la de un hombre de más-menos 40 años. Deberá ser una voz varonil, profunda, grave. Nunca que lea en tono de declamación, o recitando, debe ser un poco cómo hablaba el poeta. Aquí dejo un video en el que se escucha la voz de Sabines cuándo leyó para su disco Voz Viva de la UNAM. y algo así deberá de ser la voz del narrador.