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| Author | : Joey Asher |
| Publisher | : Persuasive Speaker Press |
| Total Pages | : 166 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0978577604 |
Whether you're seeking investors for the latest start-up or simply looking for that competitive edge, this book will help you articulate and sell the complex ideas that dominate our technology-driven business environment.
| Author | : Michael Erard |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 309 |
| Release | : 2012-01-10 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1451628277 |
A “fascinating” (The Economist) dive into the world of linguistics that is “part travelogue, part science lesson, part intellectual investigation…an entertaining, informative survey of some of the most fascinating polyglots of our time” (The New York Times Book Review). In Babel No More, Michael Erard, “a monolingual with benefits,” sets out on a quest to meet language superlearners and make sense of their mental powers. On the way he uncovers the secrets of historical figures like the nineteenth-century Italian cardinal Joseph Mezzofanti, who was said to speak seventy-two languages, as well as those of living language-superlearners such as Alexander Arguelles, a modern-day polyglot who knows dozens of languages and shows Erard the tricks of the trade to give him a dark glimpse into the life of obsessive language acquisition. With his ambitious examination of what language is, where it lives in the brain, and the cultural implications of polyglots’ pursuits, Erard explores the upper limits of our ability to learn and use languages and illuminates the intellectual potential in everyone. How do some people escape the curse of Babel—and what might the gods have demanded of them in return?
| Author | : Benny Lewis |
| Publisher | : Harper Collins |
| Total Pages | : 156 |
| Release | : 2014-03-11 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 0062282700 |
Benny Lewis, who speaks over ten languages—all self-taught—runs the largest language-learning blog in the world, Fluent In 3 Months. Lewis is a full-time "language hacker," someone who devotes all of his time to finding better, faster, and more efficient ways to learn languages. Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World is a new blueprint for fast language learning. Lewis argues that you don't need a great memory or "the language gene" to learn a language quickly, and debunks a number of long-held beliefs, such as adults not being as good of language learners as children.
| Author | : Alex Rawlings |
| Publisher | : Hachette UK |
| Total Pages | : 134 |
| Release | : 2017-06-08 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : 1472138570 |
This book will give you the skills to learn to speak any language with confidence. It uses techniques that can easily be incorporated into your daily life, while making use of whatever resources you have available. Whether you are starting out with your first foreign language or wishing to add to your repetoire, you'll find a wealth of easy-to-follow advice and achievable goals. Discover how to: -Speak with greater confidence and accuracy -Effectively learn vocabulary and grammar -Use time on the internet and social media to learn a language -Read real books, websites and articles in a foreign language -Pass exams that certify your language skills
| Author | : Judith Roof |
| Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
| Total Pages | : 268 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9780252064876 |
For women, for lesbians and gays, for African Americans, for Asians, Native Americans, or any other self-identified and -identifying group, who can speak? Who has the authority to speak for these groups? Is there genuinely such a thing as "objectivity," or can only members of these groups speak, finally, for themselves? And who has the authority to decide who has the authority? This collection examines how theory and criticism are complicated by multiple perspectives in an increasingly multicultural society and faces head on the difficult question of what qualifies a critic to speak from or about a particular position. In different formats and from different perspectives from various disciplines, the contributors to this volume analytically and innovatively work together to define the problems and capture the contradictions and tensions inherent in the issues of authority, epistemology, and discourse.
| Author | : Steve Kaufmann |
| Publisher | : AuthorHouse |
| Total Pages | : 142 |
| Release | : 2005-11 |
| Genre | : Linguistics |
| ISBN | : 1420873296 |
The Way of The Linguist, A language learning odyssey. It is now a cliché that the world is a smaller place. We think nothing of jumping on a plane to travel to another country or continent. The most exotic locations are now destinations for mass tourism. Small business people are dealing across frontiers and language barriers like never before. The Internet brings different languages and cultures to our finger-tips. English, the hybrid language of an island at the western extremity of Europe seems to have an unrivalled position as an international medium of communication. But historically periods of cultural and economic domination have never lasted forever. Do we not lose something by relying on the wide spread use of English rather than discovering other languages and cultures? As citizens of this shrunken world, would we not be better off if we were able to speak a few languages other than our own? The answer is obviously yes. Certainly Steve Kaufmann thinks so, and in his busy life as a diplomat and businessman he managed to learn to speak nine languages fluently and observe first hand some of the dominant cultures of Europe and Asia. Why do not more people do the same? In his book The Way of The Linguist, A language learning odyssey, Steve offers some answers. Steve feels anyone can learn a language if they want to. He points out some of the obstacles that hold people back. Drawing on his adventures in Europe and Asia, as a student and businessman, he describes the rewards that come from knowing languages. He relates his evolution as a language learner, abroad and back in his native Canada and explains the kind of attitude that will enable others to achieve second language fluency. Many people have taken on the challenge of language learning but have been frustrated by their lack of success. This book offers detailed advice on the kind of study practices that will achieve language breakthroughs. Steve has developed a language learning system available online at: www.thelinguist.com.
| Author | : Allison Shapira |
| Publisher | : AMACOM |
| Total Pages | : 240 |
| Release | : 2018-10-16 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0814439365 |
When you know what to say and how to say it, people listen. Find your powerful voice, and step into leadership. Speak with impact. Every day, you have an opportunity to use your voice to have a positive impact -- at work or in your community. You can inspire and persuade your audience -- or you can distract and put them to sleep. Presentation styles where leaders are nervous, ramble, and robotic can ruin a talk on even the most critical topics. As your performances become weak, your career prosects start to dim. To get ahead and make an impact, you need to deliver well-crafted messages with confidence and authenticity. You must?sound?as capable as you are. Public speaking is a skill, not a talent. With the right guidance, anyone can be a powerful speaker. Written by former opera singer turned CEO and TEDx speaker Allison Shapira, Speak with Impact unravels the mysteries of commanding attention in any setting, professional or personal. Whether it’s speaking up at a meeting, presenting to clients, or talking to large groups, this book’s easy-to-use frameworks, examples and exercises will help you: Engage your audience through storytelling and humor Use breathing techniques to overcome stage fright Strengthen and project your voice by banishing filler words/uptalk Use effective body language and build your executive presence Compose a clear message and deliver confident, authentic presentations Learn to conquer fear, capture attention, motivate action, and take charge of your career with?Speak with Impact.
| Author | : Mahmoud Arghavan |
| Publisher | : transcript Verlag |
| Total Pages | : 353 |
| Release | : 2019-04-30 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 383944103X |
Ethnic diversity, race, and racism have been subject to discussion in American Studies departments at German universities for many years. It appears that especially in the past few decades, ethnic minorities and 'new immigrants' have increasingly become objects of scholarly inquiry. Such research questions focus on the U.S. and other traditionally multicultural societies that have emerged out of historical situations shaped by (settler) colonialism, slavery, and/or large-scale immigration. Paradoxically, these studies have overwhelmingly been conducted by white scholars born in Germany and holding German citizenship. Scholars with actual experience of racial discrimination have remained largely unheard. Departing from a critique of practices employed by the German branch of American Studies, the volume offers (self-)reflective approaches by scholars from different fields in the German Humanities. It thereby seeks to provide a solid basis for thorough and candid discussions of the mechanisms behind and the implications of racialized power relations in the German Humanities and German society at large.
| Author | : Paul B. Preciado |
| Publisher | : MIT Press |
| Total Pages | : 105 |
| Release | : 2021-08-03 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1635901529 |
Paul Preciado's controversial 2019 lecture at the École de la Cause Freudienne annual conference, published in a definitive translation for the first time. In November 2019, Paul Preciado was invited to speak in front of 3,500 psychoanalysts at the École de la Cause Freudienne's annual conference in Paris. Standing in front of the profession for whom he is a "mentally ill person" suffering from "gender dysphoria," Preciado draws inspiration in his lecture from Kafka's "Report to an Academy," in which a monkey tells an assembly of scientists that human subjectivity is a cage comparable to one made of metal bars. Speaking from his own "mutant" cage, Preciado does not so much criticize the homophobia and transphobia of the founders of psychoanalysis as demonstrate the discipline's complicity with the ideology of sexual difference dating back to the colonial era--an ideology which is today rendered obsolete by technological advances allowing us to alter our bodies and procreate differently. Preciado calls for a radical transformation of psychological and psychoanalytic discourse and practices, arguing for a new epistemology capable of allowing for a multiplicity of living bodies without reducing the body to its sole heterosexual reproductive capability, and without legitimizing hetero-patriarchal and colonial violence. Causing a veritable outcry among the assembly, Preciado was heckled and booed and unable to finish. The lecture, filmed on smartphones, was published online, where fragments were transcribed, translated, and published with no regard for exactitude. With this volume, Can the Monster Speak? is published in a definitive translation for the first time.
| Author | : Benny Lewis |
| Publisher | : Benny Lewis |
| Total Pages | : 49 |
| Release | : 2018-09-22 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : |
“Benny Lewis rocks!” – Tim Ferriss, author, the Four Hour Working Week “Benny was enormously helpful in planning my year without English." - Scott Young, Rapid Learner Benny's destiny was to never speak Spanish, or any other language. At school he spent years studying Irish and German. Even after all this study, he still couldn't speak them. By the time he reached his 20's he could only speak English. Yet he ignored the call of destiny, and decided to learn Spanish anyway. These days, Benny speaks over 10 languages - all self-taught - and runs the world's most popular language learning blog, Fluent in 3 Months. How has he achieved this? He's devoted his adult life to discovering "language hacks" - faster and smarter ways to learn a new language. Inside The No-Nonsense Guide to Language Learning, you'll discover: Why Benny's destiny was to never speak Spanish - and how he did it anyway The smartest decision you can ever make for your language learning How to learn a new language fluently How beginners can outsmart "expert" language learners Why the CIA wrong and it doesn't take 1,000+ hours to learn a language The 7 most common mistakes language learners make - and how to fix them How to practise speaking a foreign language without travelling overseas If you want to learn how to speak a new language, pick up your copy of The No-Nonsense Guide to Language Learning today.
