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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Continue your adventure by rounding out your skills to tell and follow a story. A new verb tense - the pluperfect - will help you tell personal stories, show the link between past and present events, and forge a connection with another person. Practice listening, reading and telling stories.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Finally, learn a new word to describe partisan politics or views. Then, go beyond bang and shush and add some more sophisticated onomatopoeic words to your repertoire. Finally, a fun pop quiz helps you review some of the words you've learned so far.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Is ginormous a real word? What's the difference between capacious and commodious? What are the two words Gulliver's Travels gave to English for big and small? Get answers to these questions and more while you also build words using the Latin roots magn and min.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Go beyond Latin to learn a word for inexperience that has its roots in Old English. Distinguish between people who are innocent and naive, new to a skill, or pretending to know more than they do. Then, turn to words for endings, and learn why we say "immortal," and not "inmortal."
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Study the fascinating stories behind words that describe how we speak - from the laconic Spartans to the pithy Jedi master to the loquacious ventriloquist. At the end, return to Greece for the story behind a word inspired by the Athenian orator Demosthenes and his opinions about King.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Find out how to discuss the weather, as well as what the weather is like in different parts of France. Then shift your attention to times of year - seasons, months, and dates. While you learn about the weather and time, Professor Williams also introduces you to a few new verb forms to help you talk about preferences and things to do.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Begin with a story about Odysseus and his hubris. Then, explore other words about people who think too much or too little about themselves, including a fascinating word that has a positive connotation when it refers to a voice, but a negative connotation when it refers to speech or writing.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
English is replete with lively, hard-hitting words to describe conflict and harmony. Delve into the morphology and etymology of words relating to war and peace, including examining two high-utility Latin roots, bell and pac. Add some pugnacious words to your everyday lexicon, including melee, contumacious, and donnybrook.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Open the Bible to the book of Judges and read the story that spawned the word shibboleth, which is a test word, phrase, or custom that differentiates one group of people from another. Then, tease apart the fascinating differences between dialect, vernacular, and jargon.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
You likely know that the word courage comes from the Latin cor/cord, meaning heart. Explore words for different kinds of courage, including false courage, cheeky courage, and reckless courage. Then study the flip side with words about cowardice. Leap from Latin to Yiddish to Middle French to Old Italian!
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Using the Latin roots rupt and junct, create a list of words related to breaking and joining. Discover the fascinating subject of Janus words such as cleave, which means to split apart and to stick close together. Finally, explore a variety of words that describe groups or gatherings of people.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Continue your study with a useful word that describes the verbal equivalent of meandering. Then, turn to the Bible for a word derived from the Old Testament prophet, Jeremiah, who prophesied the imminent downfall of the Kingdom of Judah. Finally, discover a word for playful banter that English borrowed from French.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Use the Latin prefix mal to generate over a dozen rich vocabulary words, all of which concern things that are bad, evil, or done poorly. Then, learn a fun, albeit archaic, term of contempt, and get a firm understanding of the difference between invidious and insidious.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
One of the joys of travel is seeing the cultural connections and distinctions from one place to the next. Use the language of celebrations to gain insight into the culture. Festivities include parties, commemorations, and...rodeos! You'll also revisit the conditional "would" tense as well as a few verbs with irregular stems.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Continue your exploration of French manners and culture and build on earlier phrases you've learned. Then reflect on several "word families" that will help you build your vocabulary and make connections across the language. Along the way, you'll also pick up a few common verb forms, adjectives, and adverbs.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
While values evolve very slowly, cultures often change quickly due to new devices. Round out the unit on life as a tourist with an examination of modern technology. Reflect on the French value of privacy and investigate the way smart phones and the internet have changed the nature of privacy - and the way we travel.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
One important facet of the French-speaking world is that manners and politeness still matter. Discover a few essential phrases that will ensure you don't commit any faux pas before you've even had a chance to open your mouth. Then survey the basics of numbers, definite and indefinite articles, the alphabet, and geography.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Go on a journey around France to immerse yourself in the language of transportation to help you get from point A to point B. Professor Williams gives you a few common verbs and expressions to help you talk about where you came from, where you're going, and how to get there.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Visit the town of Lyon with Professor Williams to review what you've learned and see how well prepared you are to navigate an unfamiliar city. Continue studying how get around and ask for directions. Learn a few additional nuances to the vocabulary you've acquired.
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