Jean Yates

Master the words and phrases necessary for handling everyday situations

Practice Makes Perfect: English Vocabulary for Beginning ESL Learners helps you develop your vocabulary by providing practice in word-building and encouraging you to analyze new words for an ever-increasing vocabulary. Each chapter of this comprehensive book focuses on a theme, such as family or travel, so you can build your language skills in a systematic

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"Barron's ESL Proficiency Series: Prepositions provides comprehensive coverage of this most difficult topic in English grammar. The idiosyncratic nature of prepositions often makes them a barrier to achieving English language proficiency. Jean Yates offers clear explanations with lots of examples and opportunities to practice. Content is organized into simple 15-minute units each of which has its own practice exercises. An answer key is included in...

A book-and-CD program provides pronuncation exercises that emphasize speaking, sound discrimination, and standard intonation patterns in American-style English.

"The more you read in Spanish, the greater your knowledge of the language and of the culture of its native speakers. The short articles in this book reflect real-life, contemporary issues and situations that will help you understand more about Spanish and the people who speak it daily. Each chapter features articles that cover a specific topic, with each subsequent piece becoming more challenging as the section progresses." -- back cover.