Author: Frederick Bodmer Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 9780393300345 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 724
Book Description
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.
Author: Barbara Oakley, PhD Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 052550446X Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 258
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A surprisingly simple way for students to master any subject--based on one of the world's most popular online courses and the bestselling book A Mind for Numbers A Mind for Numbers and its wildly popular online companion course "Learning How to Learn" have empowered more than two million learners of all ages from around the world to master subjects that they once struggled with. Fans often wish they'd discovered these learning strategies earlier and ask how they can help their kids master these skills as well. Now in this new book for kids and teens, the authors reveal how to make the most of time spent studying. We all have the tools to learn what might not seem to come naturally to us at first--the secret is to understand how the brain works so we can unlock its power. This book explains: Why sometimes letting your mind wander is an important part of the learning process How to avoid "rut think" in order to think outside the box Why having a poor memory can be a good thing The value of metaphors in developing understanding A simple, yet powerful, way to stop procrastinating Filled with illustrations, application questions, and exercises, this book makes learning easy and fun.
Author: Josh Kaufman Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101623047 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 290
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Forget the 10,000 hour rule— what if it’s possible to learn the basics of any new skill in 20 hours or less? Take a moment to consider how many things you want to learn to do. What’s on your list? What’s holding you back from getting started? Are you worried about the time and effort it takes to acquire new skills—time you don’t have and effort you can’t spare? Research suggests it takes 10,000 hours to develop a new skill. In this nonstop world when will you ever find that much time and energy? To make matters worse, the early hours of practicing something new are always the most frustrating. That’s why it’s difficult to learn how to speak a new language, play an instrument, hit a golf ball, or shoot great photos. It’s so much easier to watch TV or surf the web . . . In The First 20 Hours, Josh Kaufman offers a systematic approach to rapid skill acquisition— how to learn any new skill as quickly as possible. His method shows you how to deconstruct complex skills, maximize productive practice, and remove common learning barriers. By completing just 20 hours of focused, deliberate practice you’ll go from knowing absolutely nothing to performing noticeably well. Kaufman personally field-tested the methods in this book. You’ll have a front row seat as he develops a personal yoga practice, writes his own web-based computer programs, teaches himself to touch type on a nonstandard keyboard, explores the oldest and most complex board game in history, picks up the ukulele, and learns how to windsurf. Here are a few of the simple techniques he teaches: Define your target performance level: Figure out what your desired level of skill looks like, what you’re trying to achieve, and what you’ll be able to do when you’re done. The more specific, the better. Deconstruct the skill: Most of the things we think of as skills are actually bundles of smaller subskills. If you break down the subcomponents, it’s easier to figure out which ones are most important and practice those first. Eliminate barriers to practice: Removing common distractions and unnecessary effort makes it much easier to sit down and focus on deliberate practice. Create fast feedback loops: Getting accurate, real-time information about how well you’re performing during practice makes it much easier to improve. Whether you want to paint a portrait, launch a start-up, fly an airplane, or juggle flaming chainsaws, The First 20 Hours will help you pick up the basics of any skill in record time . . . and have more fun along the way.
Author: Terry Elston Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1855395320 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 165
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Elston and Sphorer take the reader through the background theory of NLP and provide a wealth of practical guidance on how to incorporate it into classroom practice. It will help all teachers to improve the lives of their students they teach or support as well as their own. NLP offers a ground-breaking method of communication that helps people master the way they think and feel. Many problems arise in classrooms because of inadequate rapport between student and teacher, and between parent and teacher. NLP can assist all who work in classrooms to master ways of creating excellent rapport and understanding.
Author: Paul Meyer Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1504927680 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 90
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Are you a complete golfer? Do you want to reach your true golf potential? Whether you are an accomplished player or a weekend warrior, The Complete Golfer will improve your game. This book will get you thinking and contemplating about your golf in thought, practice, and playing. It will take you from the thinking stage to the action stage of realizing your golf potential. This workbook format is interactive, allowing you space to note, write, and answer questions posed by the author as they relate to you and your golf. You don't just read this book; you work with the book! The Complete Golfer talks theory and philosophy but also provides proven drills and methodology, along with practice plans, data sheets, and games that will make you a better player and increase your enjoyment for the game! It is a no-nonsense, easy reading guide to better golf. The Complete Golfer will take you through the mental and physical, the tangible and intangible keys to better golf. Use this book and become the complete golfer you always wanted to be!
Author: Cyril Kirwan Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 1317118154 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 222
Book Description
In today's constantly changing business environment, capable people are crucial to an organization's success, and developing their capabilities through training, learning and development initiatives is a major investment. While measuring the return on that investment is important, attempts to do so are much less valuable if they are not accompanied by a clear understanding of all of the factors than can affect the application of new skills and knowledge on the job - in other words, a clear understanding of what affects learning transfer. So, if organisations are to remain competitive, and develop the highly skilled people that will contribute to their future performance, improving learning transfer should be a priority. Cyril Kirwan's book addresses this critical issue at a number of levels. Firstly, it explores what learning transfer actually is (it's about application of learning back at work, as well as maintenance of that learning over time). Secondly, it describes the main factors that affect transfer, in terms of trainee characteristics, training design factors, and work environment characteristics. It also examines how those factors exert their effect, which ones are more important, how they interact with one another, and in doing so constructs a practical learning transfer model for practitioners. The book also describes in some detail what the various factors working for or against learning transfer look like in practice. Finally, using case studies, it points the way towards what can be done before, during and after training to improve the rate of transfer. This highly practical book will help trainers, development specialists and line managers ensure that their training is about real outcomes and not just inputs.
Author: David K. Dickinson Publisher: Guilford Press ISBN: 159385577X Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 490
Book Description
Current research increasingly highlights the role of early literacy in young children's development--and informs practices and policies that promote success among diverse learners. The Handbook of Early Literacy Research presents cutting-edge knowledge on all aspects of literacy learning in the early years. Volume 2 provides additional perspectives on important topics covered in Volume 1 and addresses critical new topics: the transition to school, the teacher-child relationship, sociodramatic play, vocabulary development, neuroimaging work, Vygotskian theory, findings from international studies, and more.
Author: Robyn Jorgensen Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 9814021849 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 228
Book Description
This book describes research undertaken by leading Australian researcher in Indigenous communities. While the chapters are Australian in their focus, the issues that are discussed are similar to those in other countries where there are indigenous people. In most cases, in Australia and internationally, Indigenous learners are not succeeding in school, thus making the transition into work and adulthood quite tenuous in terms of mainstream measures. The importance of being literate and numerate are critical in success in school and life in general, thus making this collection an important contribution to the international literature. The collection of works describes a wide range of projects where the focus has been on improving the literacy and numeracy outcomes for Indigenous students. The chapters take various approaches to improving these outcomes, and have very different foci. These foci include aspects of literacy, numeracy, curriculum leadership, ICTs, whole school planning, policy, linguistics and Indigenous perspectives. Most of the chapters report on large scale projects that have used some innovation in their focus. The book draws together these projects so that a more connected sense of the complexities and diversity of approaches can be gleaned.
Author: Khalil Abdul-Karim Publisher: Page Publishing Inc ISBN: 1645841243 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 238
Book Description
Entrepreneurial Suicide()Khalil Abdul-KarimWhy are you not growing your business? Why are you generating the same amount of money each year? The answer is usually right in the mirror. This book challenges entrepreneurs and business owners to look within themselves and seek out what is preventing them from achieving continued success.The premise of this book is that the reader has already experienced some level of success as a business owner. Your business is profitable. You have a nice house. A couple of cars. And your family and friends respect you as a self-made, successful business owner. Let's say your business generates $5 million a year in revenue and you've been generating this amount for the past three years. Let's compare that to Corporate America and up the stakes so that the point hits home. If a CEO for a Fortune 500 company generated revenues of $50 million for three consecutive years, he or she would be fired. Reason being, zero profit. Therefore, the shareholders would be both disappointed and concerned. They would cite the CEO as being a poor manager and leader, resulting in dismissal.As a small-business owner, you don't have that much pressure. However, Entrepreneurial Suicide: The Birth, Life, and Death of a Business Owner helps to identify common traits within us that hold us back. Whether it be ego, emotion, poor communication skills, lack of drive, or poor decision-making skills, this book will help its reader uncover what the root problem is and how to overcome it.As the author, I have written this book based on over two decades of working with entrepreneurs and business owners, both as an entrepreneur and as a corporate professional. I have never understood how talented, well-educated, and self-educated people hold their own selves back. It's the most bizarre thing to watch. It is also what motivated me to write this book. To help kick start the process of looking in the mirror and breaking out of the self-destructive behaviors that are preventing you from reaching bigger and more rewarding goals.
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