Böcker i Yale Language (YUP)-serien

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.

Learn to Write the Hebrew Script presents a new and innovative approach to learning the Hebrew script.

A collection of approaches to reading in a foreign language. The contributors all place reading at the heart of learning a foreign language and entering a foreign culture, and they consider issues and methods of language education from such diverse perspectives as cognitive theory and history.

This anthology of Spanish literature uses literary texts to explore the social, political and economic issues of Hispanic cultures. The texts are accompanied by a biographical sketch of the author, an explanation of the circumstances portrayed, exercises, vocabulary and discussion questions.

This unique Russian-language textbook draws on printed mass media, and especially up-to-date Internet media sources, to introduce intermediate and advanced students to varied aspects of modern Russian life.

Barbara Mujica provides an introduction to the volume in English, placing early modern Spanish women's writing within the broader context of Europe of the time. The remaining text is in Spanish, and for each of the selections Mujica offers an introduction with biographical and critical information.

Aimed at beginning students of Arabic seeking to develop oral skills in colloquial Levantine Arabic. The emphasis is on the use of meaningful drills, activities that are appropriate to the context in which the language will be spoken, and a balance between linguistic accuracy and active use.

This dictionary of the Igbo language, one of the national languages of Nigeria, focuses on basic words and phrases that the 20 million speakers of Igbo use most, with emphasis on the Owerri and Onitsha dialects. The index refers the user to the closest Igbo synonyms for English words.

This publication seeks to help students learn Italian through opera. Designed to supplement intermediate level programmes, it can be used in courses emphasizing language, conversation, and/or culture. Six operas are examined, including "La Boheme", "Otello", "Tosca" and "La traviata".

An intermediate level textbook designed to enable students to read and understand authentic texts in Swahili. It uses contemporary passages and includes texts on a range of topics from cooking and courtship to politics and poetry. It also contains questions and suggested activities.

This anthology of writings in French by 20th-century women comprises poems, short stories, essays, memoirs and novels (some complete and others excerpts). It considers relationships and how violence breaks them apart, and how identity is influenced by race, language, nationality and sexuality.