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Builds all four core skills of a language: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Choose from 100+ languages including English lessons for speakers of over 25 different languages, including American Sign Language. Set up an account to track your progress through lessons, and continue on the mobile app. Pronunciation/Speaking practice component requires use of a microphone for evaluation.
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
7 CDs (approximately 8 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide (112 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm).
Language
English
Description
Wheaton College professor Michael Drout addresses the foundation of language and its connectin to specific portions of the brain. The components of language are explained in easy-to-understand terms and the progression of language from Germanic to Modern English is fully illustrated. Finally, Drout examines the future not only of language, but of all the world's languages.
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
7 CDs (approximately 8 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide (104 pages : illustrations).
Language
English
Description
Professor Drout continues to explore humanity's intimate association with language with language, here delving into the finer points of grammar. The intricacies of grammar, in fact, should not be relegated to the realm of fussy "guardians of the language, " but are rather essential clues all can employ to communicate more exactly. In such a light, this cours forms an invaluable guide for everyone from all fields of interest.
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
7 CDs (approximately 8 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide (120 pages : illustrations).
Language
English
Description
Wheaton College English professor Michael D.C. Drout submerses listeners in poetry's past, present, and future, addressing such poets as Milton, Wordsworth, Shelley, and Keats, and explaining in simple terms what poetry is while following its development through the centuries.
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