Böcker i Yale Language Series-serien

A grammar of classical Arabic, and a reference tool for beginning- or advanced-level students. It is designed to be brief enough to be used with efficiency, but also seeks to be rich in content and thorough in its coverage.

Devoted entirely to Russian motion verbs, this work integrates text and workbook exercises, aiming to prepare intermediate students (second and third year undergraduates) to use comfortably the everyday Russian heard in conversation on the street and in the home.

"One of the most reliable classroom textbooks of Japanese for beginners."-Yoshiko Nakano, Language This first book of Japanese: The Spoken Language initiates a course in modern spoken Japanese that teaches current usage through drills and functional exchanges. The series is entirely romanized. Accompanying audio and video materials are available

Focusing on contemporary Italian films, this book offers Italian-language teachers an opportunity to incorporate authentic language in their classrooms. The book is adaptable for any level of language instruction and devotes one chapter to each of ten entertaining movies.

An introductory manual for writing Chinese characters specifically designed for English-speaking readers. The author guides the reader through the fundamentals of writing, introduces the various scripts used in China and demonstrates how to write with a fountain pen rather than a brush.

This collection of writings highlights some of the work being done in the USA and abroad to make communicative competence an attainable goal. The contributors examine what has come to be known as communicative language teaching, or CLT, from the perspectives of teachers and teacher educators.