Language That We All Can Speak

Teach Your Kids to be kind, admire diversity and accept differences in a fun, loving, and engaging way. We all need more kindness and acceptance in our lives today. And the best time to learn it for our children is now, while they are still young! Many kids are being homeschooled right now due to the virus without being socialized as much as they may need. But they still can to learn that kindness and acceptance create beautiful friendships. This sweet and short book is a perfect demonstration of that! 'Language That We All Can Speak' is a charming, warm story with beautiful verse and cute illustrations created to: show your children the importance of being kind teach them to be more aware of other people's feelings give your kids insights to think about and accept differences in people help them understand and admire beautiful diversity in our world After reading this book, try to engage with your children by discussing questions provided in the 'parents and educators' section. It will help them better understand why diversity is beautiful and why it is essential to be kind to others. This book includes a Free Coloring Page Get Your Copy Now to Help Your Child Learn these Vital Lessons!

This collection of poetry explores an immigrant woman's lived experiences, from coming out to a deeply religious mother, to idolizing the "bad boy" of the NBA, to understanding how to relate to her ever-changing Chinese-Canadian identity. A meditation on family, food, and falling in love, The Language We Were Never Taught to Speak reveals how the stories of immigrants in Canada contain both universal truths and singular nuances.

Here is an informative introduction to language: its origins in the past, its growth through history, and its present use for communication between peoples. It is at the same time a history of language, a guide to foreign tongues, and a method for learning them. It shows, through basic vocabularies, family resemblances of languages -- Teutonic, Romance, Greek -- helpful tricks of translation, key combinations of roots and phonetic patterns. It presents by common-sense methods the most helpful approach to the mastery of many languages; it condenses vocabulary to a minimum of essential words; it simplifies grammar in an entirely new way; and it teaches a language as it is actually used in everyday life.

Who Are We? helps us to understand and appreciated the diversity in our community. This bilingual book in Dari and English, part of the Language Lizard Living in Harmony Series, includes access to free lesson plans and fun activities to support diversity education.

From A to Z, this hardcover storybook shows young children how they can make the world a kinder place. Through vibrant illustrations and age-appropriate language, this 26-page book will encourage kids 2-5 to be their best selves wherever they go. Showcasing a diverse cast of children, the ABCs of Kindness book demonstrates everyday acts of kindness, inclusion and generosity—whether it be donating blankets to the animal shelter, helping with chores or standing up for what's right. It’s the perfect book to spark conversations at home or in the classroom about the concepts of empathy and compassion. Featuring durable cardstock pages and approachable, kid-friendly language, this book offers a thoughtful and fun read-aloud experience that young children will love. This book is crafted by childhood experts to promote strong social and emotional skills and build positive associations with reading.

WE CAN all speak, but when it comes to a second language most often WE WON'T speak. Even after years of studying and practicing another language most of us are uncomfortable and even nervous having conversations in another language. This problem is universal regardless of what language you speak. Speaking another language is difficult, but becoming fluent is possible for everyone. With straight forward, no nonsense explanations this book is designed to build your confidence, motivation and fluency. With over a decade of teaching and using a foreign language, Graham Alexander explains why: MORE STUDY DOES NOT MEAN BETTER LANGUAGE ABILITY. KNOWING A SECOND LANGUAGE AND USING A SECOND LANGUAGE ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT. This book hacks into how your mind works and how you can program yourself to enjoy learning and speaking even if you are nervous. Fluent and Confident - How Anyone can Calmly and Confidently Learn and Speak Another Language' allows you to unlock your voice and speak with ease. With simple, straightforward and easy to understand explanations, this book is designed for anyone from the high school student and older. A must read for any international businessman, overseas student, expat or language learner! With literally millions of personal and professional second language conversations behind him, Graham Alexander shares his understanding of the habits we all have that sabotage our second language production. Included are easy to use tips and exercises to stop bad habits and get you speaking and interacting with confidence. Fluent and Confident' gives simple guidelines and advice which if followed closely will transform the humblest and shyest of speakers into a confident communicator. Unlike most text books this book contains NO GRAMMAR RULES NO VOCABULARY LISTS NO READING EXERCISES Most language learners fail because they lose motivation, this book focuses on developing your motivation until learning and speaking in another language is something that you have a burning desire to do! Don't waste another penny on private classes or text books until you have read what lies within these pages.

Reflexive language - the capacity of language to speak about itself - is unique to human languages; yet little is known of its use in actual dialogue. Fundamental features of language are manifest in dialogic speech and in lingua francas. Both are taken on board in this book, which radically widens our conception of reflexivity in discourse. Reflexivity, or metadiscourse, is central to successful communication. It is also vital in understanding academic argumentation, essential to academic self-understanding, and at the same time it has wide applications.

"An insightful, accessible examination of the way in which day-to-day speech is tangled in a complicated web of history, politics, race, economics and power." - Kirkus What is it about other people’s language that moves some of us to anxiety or even rage? For centuries, sticklers the world over have donned the cloak of authority to control the way people use words. Now this sensational new book strikes back to defend the fascinating, real-life diversity of this most basic human faculty. With the erudite yet accessible style that marks his work as a journalist, Robert Lane Greene takes readers on a rollicking tour around the world, illustrating with vivid anecdotes the role language beliefs play in shaping our identities, for good and ill. Beginning with literal myths, from the Tower of Babel to the bloody origins of the word “shibboleth,” Greene shows how language “experts” went from myth-making to rule-making and from building cohesive communities to building modern nations. From the notion of one language’s superiority to the common perception that phrases like “It’s me” are “bad English,” linguistic beliefs too often define “us” and distance “them,” supporting class, ethnic, or national prejudices. In short: What we hear about language is often really about the politics of identity. Governments foolishly try to police language development (the French Academy), nationalism leads to the violent suppression of minority languages (Kurdish and Basque), and even Americans fear that the most successful language in world history (English) may be threatened by increased immigration. These false language beliefs are often tied to harmful political ends and can lead to the violation of basic human rights. Conversely, political involvement in language can sometimes prove beneficial, as with the Zionist revival of Hebrew or our present-day efforts to provide education in foreign languages essential to business, diplomacy, and intelligence. And yes, standardized languages play a crucial role in uniting modern societies. As this fascinating book shows, everything we’ve been taught to think about language may not be wrong—but it is often about something more than language alone. You Are What You Speak will certainly get people talking.