Alphabets & Writing Systems

Level: EYFS Subject: English Have fun learning lower case letters at home with this motivating wipe-clean book! Lots of practice opportunities to help children learn how to write...

Bestselling gift board book with flaps to lift on every page!Winner of a Junior Magazine Design Award, 2021!Toddlers just love a lift-the-flap book - the flaps catch their attention and help them to engage with the words and pictures on the page. And...

Level: EYFS Subject: English Help young learners develop pen control with this fun and engaging wipe-clean dot-to-dot book. Lots of dot-to-dots to help children practise pen...

-Soft-to-touch, padded board books which little hands will love to hold-Each book is packed with over 100 first words to learn and pictures to look at-Bright, vibrant photographs capture children's interest-Ideal first books for babies and toddlers which...

Level: EYFS Subject: English Learn to write at home using this motivating wipe-clean book!. Lots of practice opportunities to help children to write letters in cursive form...

'Should be required reading for all beginners ... A very useful book' British Deaf News 'Great to help further understanding of the language of deaf people' The Teacher This new cover edition of Sign Language Companion offers a clear introduction...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101873854Author Norman LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 276g

From the bestselling author of Alex's Adventures in Numberland and Can You Solve My Problems? comes a fascinating, hugely entertaining collection of puzzles for crossword addicts and language-lovers of all stripes. 'The only puzzle book I've seen that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951949693Author Lingo MasteryFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Lingo MasteryPublisher Lingo MasteryWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm *...

Learn to read, write, and speak everyday Japanese with manga stories! If you enjoy manga, you'll love learning Japanese with this book. The language lessons are interspersed with entertaining manga comic strips, making it easy to learn and remember all...

A new edition of the highly successful and proven Read Write Inc. Spelling programme. This has been specially developed for the new curriculum by leading primary literacy expert Ruth Miskin and lead author Janey Pursglove. The programme consists of an...

The most enjoyable way to learn about an unfamiliar culture is through its stories-especially when they're told in two languages!Korean Stories for Language Learners introduces 42 traditional Korean folktales with bilingual Korean and English versions,...

A new edition of the highly successful and proven Read Write Inc. Spelling programme. This has been specially developed for the new curriculum by leading primary literacy expert Ruth Miskin and lead author Janey Pursglove. The programme consists of an...

This is a book about the structure, history and evolution of the Japanese language.The Japanese Language is a classic study of one of the world's most widely used but least understood languages. Emphasizing the richness and complexity of Japanese as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781843323440Author Roger PriddyFormat HardbackPage Count 14Imprint Priddy BooksPublisher Priddy BooksWeight(grams) 660gDimensions(mm) 276mm * 277mm * 14mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399582677Author Joe GillardFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Ten Speed Press

Learning Hiragana and Katakana is a systematic and comprehensive Japanese workbook that is perfect for self-study or use in a classroom setting.Written Japanese combines three different types of characters: the Chinese characters known as kanji, and two...

Chinese is a fascinating language that can seem impossibly difficult to learn at first but is relatively easy if you focus on the spoken language. This user-friendly guide to the basics helps you learn how to speak Chinese quickly and easily by drawing...

This book is the second of two volumes designed to help students learn the meaning and writing of the 3,000 most frequently used traditional Chinese characters. (A parallel set of volumes has been prepared for simplified characters.) The 1,500 characters...

Tagalog for Beginners is a straightforward and user-friendly guide to the Tagalog language.It is the book to help you learn Tagalog (Filipino) on your own, quickly and accurately-whether you're traveling to the Philippines for a vacation or a business...

A complete beginning-level course for written Chinese designed to teach you to read and write Chinese quickly and efficiently!The Basic Chinese series offers a complete introductory course superior to any other language product for Chinese. These books...

Writing is one of humanity's greatest inventions.Without it there would be no history and no civilization as we know it. But how, when and where did writing evolve? In a succinct, absorbing and well-illustrated text, Andrew Robinson discusses the history...

Equips Students with Essential Tools to Quickly Grasp Akkadian and Move into TranslationBasics of Akkadian: A Complete Grammar, Workbook, and Lexicon, by Gordon P. Hugenberger with Nancy L. Erickson, is a one-semester introductory textbook to the...

Japanese for Beginners is a straightforward learning guide which enables beginners to pick up a functional knowledge of spoken Japanese very quickly and easily.This complete Japanese language package has helped many thousands of people learn to speak...

The highly anticipated next book in Tuttle's Stories for Language Learners series is here!This book presents 22 classic Chinese proverbs and the traditional tales behind them. The stories are bilingual, with the Chinese and English versions presented on...

Learn about Japanese culture while improving your language skills!Japanese Folktales for Language Learners presents 22 traditional stories in parallel Japanese and English versions on facing pages, with detailed notes and exercises aimed at beginning to...

This is a complete and easy-to-use guide for reading and writing traditional Chinese characters.Reading and Writing Chinese has been the leading text for foreign students and teachers of the Chinese writing system since it was first published. This...

A great story can lead a reader on a journey of discovery#8212;especially if it's presented in two languages! Beautifully illustrated in a traditional style, Japanese Stories for Language Learners offers five compelling stories with English and Japanese...

A new edition of the highly successful and proven Read Write Inc. Spelling programme. This has been specially developed for the new curriculum by leading primary literacy expert Ruth Miskin and lead author Janey Pursglove. The programme consists of an...

The home of trusted Mandarin dictionaries for everyday language learning. A handy, affordable Chinese to English and English to Chinese reference for every day, including a guide to the most common expressions in both languages. ...

A PULITZER PRIZE FINALISTA riveting, masterfully researched account of the bold innovators who adapted the Chinese language to the modern world, transforming China into a superpower in the processWhat does it take to reinvent the world's oldest living...

Reinforce your written Chinese with this practice book for the best-selling Tuttle Learning Chinese Characters.Learning Mandarin Chinese Characters helps students quickly learn the essential Chinese characters that are fundamental to the language. This...

Do you want to be able to understand and use British Sign Language confidently? All you need is this best-selling course. Learn everyday, useful BSL through real-life situations that make the grammar and vocabulary easy and memorable. Hundreds of line...

The method that's helped thousands in the U.S. and Japan learn Japanese successfully.The Japanese language has two primary writing systems, kanji characters-which are based on Chinese characters and hiragana and katakana-a mnemonic based alphabet. This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645586234Author Publications International Ltd.Page Count 192Imprint Publications International, Ltd.Publisher Publications International, Ltd...

Chambers Adult Learners' Guide to Spelling is not about all those turgid 'spelling rules'. Instead, it presents a practical routine that teaches learners strategies to conquer any word they find difficult and learn it for life. This new edition comes in...

This is a clear simple and compact guide to colloquial, everyday Japanese grammar.Basic Japanese Grammar teaches all the grammar you need to speak Japanese and understand simple spoken Japanese. Covering what is essential, it provides an efficient way...

An alphabet developed by Germanic and Nordic peoples during ancient times, runes were used to represent both simple things and more complex concepts, providing a written form of communication before the latin alphabet was adopted. Today, reading runes...

An A-Z of Effective Vocabulary covers the meaning and usage of 1001 words that you really do need to know. Whether you need guidance for a letter, job application, essay, proposal, interview, or presentation, this book can help you choose the words you...

Cuneiform script on tablets of clay is, as far as we know, the oldest form of writing in the world. The choice of clay as writing medium in ancient Mesopotamia meant that records of all kinds could survive down to modern times, preserving fascinating...