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Weekly language learning podcast. Learn French through current events.

Spanish podcast for upper-beginners with free transcript in Spanish and English, with César and ”El inglés”. You can also use the vocabulary flashcards to memorise the new words presented on the episode.You can find the transcript and the flashcards on www.spanishlanguagecoach.com

Todd Rogers and Jessica Lasky-Fink offer the most valuable practical writing advice today. Building on their own research in behavioral science, they outline cognitive facts about how people actually read and distill them into six principles that will transform the power of your writing. Including many real-world examples, a checklist and other tools, this guide will make you a more successful and productive communicator. Rogers and Lasky-Fink bring Strunk and White's core ideas into the twenty-first century's attention marketplace.

What have scientists learned about the causes of autism spectrum disorder? Why do different kids have such different symptoms, and what are the best ways to deal with them? Will there ever be a cure? From leading autism researchers, this accessible guide helps you put the latest advances to work for your unique child. Separating fact from fiction about causes, treatments, and prevention, the book guides you to make lifestyle choices that support the developing brain.

Parlez-vous Doggish? At long last, dogs will know just how smart their owners can be. By unlocking the secrets of the hidden language of dogs, psychologist Stanley Coren allows us into the doggy dialogue, or "Doggish", and makes effective communication a reality. Drawing on substantial research in animal behavior, evolutionary biology, and years of personal experience, Coren demonstrates that the average house dog can understand language at about the level of a two-year-old human.

Are you planning a trip to Asia? Or sharpening your skills for work? Just press play on this audiobook when you’re sleeping, meditating, or doing chores around the house.Learn new vocabulary while actively listening or passively while you’re doing other things. This audiobook contains more than 1,000 common Japanese words and phrases and all original music (composed and performed by South African DJ and producer Spirante Beat), specifically to relax your mind.

Sent away to boarding school on his eighth birthday, Mark Stibbe watched his adoptive parents drive down a gravel road, leaving him standing in front of a huge country house with his trunk and his teddy. That night, already confused and frightened, he was given the first of four beatings in his first two weeks. This trauma of abandonment and abuse was to scar Stibbe's life until his 50s, when divorce forced him to deal with his "boarded heart".

Want to start speaking Ukrainian right away, or prepare yourself for meeting Ukrainians? Then check out this series of 60 conversational mini-lessons ― packed with realistic dialogues at a natural and slow speed, essential phrases for the most common situations, vocabulary boosters, grammar points… and more! All lessons are free, but you can get lesson notes and flashcards by becoming a premium member. Find out more at https://www.ukrainianlessons.com/fmu.

Hola! We are Alex and Christina, a couple from the UK. Christina is a languages teacher originally from Catalonia and is teaching Alex Catalan right from the basics up to intermediate and hopefully advanced level! We are documenting the journey through these podcasts, so if you are also learning Catalan this will help you learn along with us... .Please get in touch and let us know if you are also learning Catalan! Instagram - @lazylinguistcatalan ... Facebook page - The Lazy Linguist Podcast... We also have a Patreon where you can access bonus content, detailed lesson notes and transcripts ...

If you're thinking about studying for your CeMAP exams & have no idea where to start - don't worry, I got you. Here's how is works. Season 1 is dedicated to your CeMAP 1 sutides & Season 2 is there for your CeMAP 2&3 lessons.New episodes dropping every week INCLUDING brand new CeMAP 1 material for 2024 so keep your ears peeled for the good stuff.This Podcast series is dedicated to giving you a light hearted, entertaining overview of your the London Institute of Banking & Finance's Study text to help supplement your CeMAP learning.

No Calculator? No Problem! Mastering Mental Math , award-winning professor of mathematics and celebrated “mathemagician” Arthur T. Benjamin delivers 10 fun-filled lessons on how to do math in your head with confidence, accuracy, and speed - sometimes faster than a calculator. By the end of Professor Benjamin’s lessons, you’ll be able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers faster than ever before. And with your newfound skills, you’ll soon find yourself amazing other people and, perhaps more important, yourself.

In a friendly, jargon-free style, sociologist and broadcaster Jay Gabler introduces you to sociology's history and basic methods, and - once you have your sociological lens adjusted - makes it clear how to survey the big questions of culture, gender, ethnicity, religion, politics, and crime with new eyes. You'll find everything you need to succeed in an introductory sociology class as well as to apply sociological ideas to give you extra insight into your personal and professional lives.

Welcome to French chit-chat with Dylane! Every Friday, Beefy (the cute little dog sometimes in my videos on Youtube) and I will talk about an easy subject in slow French as it's spoken by French native speakers. Develop your vocabulary, get better at recognizing sounds, and learn new idioms and expressions naturally. With a new Chit-Chat weekly to help you improve. Finally, you can get the free PDF of each chit-chat. French conversation with English and French subtitles (Youtube), in slow French by a native French Speaker!

Do you ever feel that preparing for your weekly Come, Follow Me lesson falls short? Join hosts Hank Smith and John Bytheway as they interview experts to make your study for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Come, Follow Me course not only enjoyable but original and educational. If you are looking for resources to make your LDS study fresh, faithful, and fun--no matter your age--then join us every Wednesday morning. Show notes: https://followhim.co YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FollowHimOfficialChannel Instagram: Instagram.com/followhimpodcast Facebook: Facebook.com/...

Join America's favorite doctor, Andrew Weil, M.D., and fellow physician Martin Rossman on an introduction to the far-reaching effects of imagery and visualization on one's physical, mental, and emotional health. Dr. Weil introduces the topic, shares his own experience with visualization, and reveals the results of current research on how the practice of imagery directly influences one's well-being.

From the celebrated author of "As a Man Thinketh", this is another of Allen's life shaping works in audio format. "The Path To Prosperity" will teach you the secret of "Health and Success"; how to discover and direct your "Personal Force"; why the outside world is a "mirror" of you; how to direct and shape your life to "Realize Your Prosperity"; how to escape any undesirable conditions that affect your life and change for the better.

Shhh. Did you know there is a secret Language of Leadership: a timeless set of cues and signals that still determines who reaches the top in politics and business today? The ancient Greeks were the first to study the art of communication 2,500 years ago. It is only now, with recent breakthroughs in neuroscience, that we can say for sure what works and how.

Daniel Everett, then a Christian missionary, arrived among the Pirahã in 1977 - with his wife and three young children - intending to convert them. What he found was a language that defies all existing linguistic theories and reflects a way of life that evades contemporary understanding. The Pirahã have no counting system and no fixed terms for color. They have no concept of war or of personal property.

To begin with, what the hell is a novel? It's basically a tiny world, where characters are born, live and (sometimes) die. To write one all you need is a notebook and a pen - but along the way you'll want to learn about good writing habits, planning, mastering descriptions and dialogue and how to pull it all together. This book will guide you through the process and orient you towards the goal of publication. From absolute beginner to novelista, this book will change the way you write and think about writing.

When Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff became a mother, she examined the studies behind modern parenting guidance and found that the evidence was frustratingly limited, and the conclusions often ineffective. She began to wonder if an opposite approach was needed – one founded on traditional wisdom, like the knowledge and experience passed down over hundreds, even thousands, of years within ancient cultures.