Jean Yates

Speak English with confidence! Whether you're learning English at an intermediate level or looking to brush up on your conversational skills, Practice Makes Perfect: English Conversation offers a unique and effective way to learn to speak the language fluently and spontaneously. You'll get started on sentence building right away, through exercises that let you practice what you've learned through dialogues with real-life examples. Based on the successful approach of the Practice Makes Perfect series, English Conversation, Premium Fourth Edition is organized around 12 units that present specific conversational functions and common, everyday scenarios—from introducing yourself and starting a conversation to making an appointment and arguing a point. The exclusive Language Lab app features streaming audio recordings of the dialogs in the book, helping you perfect your pronunciation, and every unit provides the opportunity not simply to converse, but to build and support correct grammar, syntax and word usage.• Proven approach to learning helps you get a handle on English conversation right away, and build on your skills as you go • Extensive practice exercises and exposure to practical and high-frequency vocabulary, as well as an answer key for reference and quick feedback • Includes a section of review exercises to test your understanding of all key themes covered by the book• Streaming audio recordings of all dialogues in the book, along with the answers to more than 100 exercises, are available via the app• NEW in this premium edition: Enhanced app features including text-to-speech

Speak Spanish with confidence! Whether you're learning Spanish now at an intermediate level or looking to brush up on your conversational skills, Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Conversation offers a unique and effective way to learn to speak the language fluently and spontaneously. You'll get started on sentence building right away, through extensive exercises that let you practice what you've learned through engaging dialogues using real-life examples. Based on the successful approach of the Practice Makes Perfect series, Spanish Conversation, Premium Fourth Edition is organized around 12 units that present specific conversational functions and common, everyday scenarios—from introducing yourself and starting a conversation to making an appointment and arguing a point. The exclusive language lab app features streaming audio recordings of the dialogs in the book, helping you perfect your pronunciation, and every unit provides the opportunity not simply to converse, but to build and support correct grammar, syntax and word usage.• Proven approach to learning helps you get a handle on Spanish conversation right away, and build on your skills as you go • Extensive practice exercises and exposure to practical and high-frequency vocabulary, as well as an answer key for reference and quick feedback • Includes a section of review exercises to test your understanding of all key themes • Streaming audio recordings of all dialogues in the book, along with the answers to more than 100 exercises, are available via the app• NEW in this premium edition: Enhanced app features including text-to-speech

The go-to guide for learning and reinforcing American English vocabulary for beginning ESL learners—now enhanced with audio recordings through the McGraw Hill Language Lab app Now enhanced with audio recordings of exercise answers through the McGraw Hill Language Lab app, this bestselling guide to learning ESL is more helpful than ever. Based on tried-and-true method, Practice Makes Perfect: English Vocabulary for Beginning ESL Learners helps you develop your vocabulary and comprehension skills with practice in word building, analyzing new words, and using them in conversation. Chapters are built around themes, such as nouns to name people and verbs for household activities, to help build a comprehensive foundation. More than 200 practice exercises from old and new vocabulary help you practice as you learn. Subjects included in this guide include names for people, places, and things; adjectives that describe people; verbs for household activities; how to ask questions; verbs used for shopping; how to give directions, social networking vocabulary; and more. Boost your English language proficiency with Practice Makes Perfect: English Vocabulary for Beginning ESL Learners, Premium Fourth Edition, featuring:Practical and high-frequency vocabularyExample sentences that illustrate and clarify each pointMore than 200 exercises to practice using English in everyday situationsAnswer key for reference and quick feedbackNEW in this edition: Audio recordings of exercise answers through the McGraw Hill Language Lab app

Barron’s ESL Proficiency Series: Prepositions provides comprehensive coverage of this most difficult topic in English grammar. The idiosyncratic nature of prepositions often makes them a barrier to achieving English language proficiency. Jean Yates offers clear explanations with lots of examples and opportunities to practice. Content is organized into simple 15-minute units each of which has its own practice exercises. An answer key is included in the back of the book. The ESL Profiency Series is a valuable tool for ESL teachers, tutors and learners who want to advance their English language skills for work, school or to prepare for proficiency tests such as TOEFL, IELTS, or TOEIC. It is ideal for independent study.

A UNIQUE NEW APPROACH THAT’S LIKE A LIGHTNING BOLT TO THE BRAINYou know that moment when you feel as though a lightning bolt has hit you because you finally get something? That’s how this book will make you react. (We hope!) Each chapter makes sure that what you really need to know is clear right off the bat and sees to it that you build on this knowledge. Where other books ask you to memorize stuff, we’re going to show you the must know ideas that will guide you toward success in Spanish. You will start each chapter learning what the must know ideas behind a Spanish subject are, and these concepts will help you with your classwork and on exams. Dive into this book and find:• 250+ practice questions that mirror what you will find in your classwork and on exams• A bonus app with 100+ flashcards that will reinforce what you’ve learned• Extensive examples that drive home essential concepts• An easy-access setup that allows you to jump in and out of subjects• Spanish topics aligned to national and state education standards• Special help for more challenging Spanish subjects, including irregular verbs, indefinite pronouns, and ser versus estarWe’re confident that the must know ideas in this book will have you trying out your new Spanish skills in no time—or at least in a reasonable amount of time!

Master the words and phrases necessary to communicate more effectively in EnglishPractice Makes Perfect: English Vocabulary for Beginning ESL Learners helps you develop your vocabulary by providing practice in word-building and encouraging you to analyze new words for an ever-increasing vocabulary. Each chapter of this comprehensive book focuses on a theme, such as family or travel, so you can build your language skills in a systematic manner. This new edition is enhanced with comprehensive review exercises and a new section on communicating via social media. Packed with exercises and tips, this book will help you perfect new words and gain the confidence to communicate well in English. Practice Makes Perfect: English Vocabulary for Beginning ESL Learners, 3rd Edition features:• More than 220 exercises• New: An added section on communicating via social media • Tons of nouns, adjectives, and verbs to add to your vocabulary• Concise grammatical explanations • Example sentences that illustrate and clarify each point• An answer key to gauge your comprehension

ESL students, TOEFL and TOEIC test takers, and all others for whom English is a second language and who want to improve their pronunciation will find this book and compact disc combination especially instructive. The new edition presents many exercises that provide practice in every sound that is specific to American-style English. Emphasis is on the formation of the vowel and consonant sounds plus all of their possible spellings, the significance of correct pronunciation of grammatical markers, and stress and intonation patterns in conversational English. Recognition of these patterns is essential for fluent speech and listening comprehension. Four compact discs give students more than five hours of intensive speaking practice.

A witty, fast-paced guide to eliminating those annoying and frustrating Spanish bloopers Mixing genders, inverting subjects and objects, and trusting falsos amigos (a.k.a., false cognates) are just a few of the blunders English-speaking Spanish-language learners commonly make. In Correct Your Spanish Blunders, veteran Spanish teacher Jean Yates identifies these and other common trouble spots and clearly explains the reasons behind them. You will discover how grammar patterns of Spanish differ from those of English and why trying to translate word for word, structure for structure, from English, can lead to big trouble. You will learn to break bad habits and correct your mistakes while developing a much more natural feel for Spanish language patterns with the help of:More than 1,000 highlighted examples of common blunders to avoidA free app available on iTunes for interactive practice for obliterating those blundersNumerous examples and practical exercisesQuick-reference panels for checking correct tense formsA "Hall of Shame" compendium of bad errors to recognize and correct

Sharpen your Spanish language skills through readings about its speakers' daily lives and culture Better Reading Spanish offers you entertaining, "real world" texts to help you understand and learn more Spanish vocabulary and phrases. Each chapter features articles that cover a specific topic, such as cuisine, music, sports, film and theater, art, the family, today's lifestyle, or politics and history. Along the way, you will find instruction and exercises to help develop improved reading speed, comprehension, and vocabulary. The articles become gradually more difficult as you proceed through the book to keep you challenged and engaged. Better Reading Spanish is an easy, engaging way to boost your language skills and learn more about the language and its speakers as you go.

Talk with your Spanish-speaking employees--no prior knowledge of Spanish needed! Perfect Phrases in Spanish for Construction gives you more than 500 vital words and phrases specific to working on commercial and residential job sites, with translations spelled out phonetically so you can say what you need to say immediately. Space the wall studs sixteen inches apart. Clave los montantes a una distancia de dieciséis pulgadas.(KLAH-beh lohs mohn-TAHN-tess ah oo-nah dee-STAHN-s'yah deh d'yeh-see-SACE pool-GAH-thahs)Put up the walls. Pare las paredes. (PAH-reh lahs-pah-REH-thess)Use the bulldozer. Use la niveladora. (OO-seh lah nee-bell-ah-THOR-ah)Learn the Spanish words and phrases for: exchanging pleasantries • interviewing potential employees • discussing pay rate and taxes • giving instructions • terminating an employee • establishing work hours • explaining safety and emergency procedures • praising good work With Perfect Phrases in Spanish for Construction, you can overcome the language barrier and develop a more comfortable, productive environment at your worksite.

Speak with your Spanish-speaking employees--no prior knowledge of Spanish needed! Perfect Phrases in Spanish for the Hotel and Restaurant Industries gives you more than 500 vital words and phrases specific to the hotel and restaurant fields, with translations spelled out phonetically so you can say what you need to say immediately. For example:Knock before entering a room. Toque a la puerta antes de entrar en una habitación. (TOH-keh ah lah P'WEHR-tah ahn-tess deh en-TRAR en oo-nah ah-bee-tah-S'YOHN)Set up thirty tables for eight people each. Ponga treinta mesas para ocho personas cada una. (POHNG-gah TRAYN-tah MEH-sahs pah-rah OH-choh pehr-SOH-nahs kah-thah OO-nah)Beat the egg yolks. Bata las yemas. (BAH-tah lahs YEH-mahs)Learn the Spanish words and phrases for: exchanging pleasantries • interviewing potential employees • discussing pay rate and taxes • giving instructions • terminating an employee • establishing work hours • explaining safety and emergency procedures • praising good work With Perfect Phrases in Spanish for the Hotel and Restaurant Industries, you can overcome the language barrier and develop a more collaborative, productive workplace environment.

Talk with your Spanish-speaking employees--no prior knowledge of Spanish needed! Perfect Phrases in Spanish for Gardening and Landscaping gives you more than 500 vital words and phrases specific to the landscaping industry, with translations spelled out phonetically so you can say what you need to say immediately. For example:Cover with mulch. Cubra con mulchin. (KOO-brah kohn mool-CHEENG)Use acid fertilizer here. Use fertilizante ácido aquí. (OO-seh fehr-tee-lee-SAHN-teh AH-see-thoh ah-KEE)Use a rake. Use un rastrillo. (OO-seh oon rah-STREE-yoh)Learn the Spanish words and phrases for: exchanging pleasantries * interviewing potential employees * discussing pay rate and taxes * giving instructions * terminating an employee * establishing work hours * explaining safety and emergency procedures * praising good work With Perfect Phrases in Spanish for Gardening and Landscaping, you can overcome the language barrier and develop a more collaborative, productive workplace environment.

Talk with your Spanish-speaking employees--no prior knowledge of Spanish needed! Perfect Phrases in Spanish for Household Maintenance and Child Care gives you more than 500 vital words and phrases specific to working in the home, with translations spelled out phonetically so you can say what you need to say immediately. For example:Give the baby a bath. Dale un baño al/(a la) bebé(DAH-leh oon BAHN-yoh ahl/(ah lah) beh-BEH)Put the newspapers in the recycle bin. Ponga los periódicos en esta canasta para el reciclamiento. (PONG-gah lohs peh-ree-OH-thee-kohs en eh-stah kah-NAH-stah pah-rah el reh-see-clah-M'YEN-toh)Clean the windows. Limpie las ventanas.(LEEMP lahs ben-TAH-nahs)Learn the Spanish words and phrases for: exchanging pleasantries * interviewing potential employees * discussing pay rate and taxes * giving instructions * terminating an employee * establishing work hours * explaining safety and emergency procedures * praising good work With Perfect Phrases in Spanish for Household Maintenance and Child Care, you can overcome the language barrier and develop a more comfortable, productive environment in your home.