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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Step back in time and learn about words inspired by the great men, women, and places of literature and history. English is replete with a host of lively eponyms, such as bloomers, sideburns, and sandwich. Learn about the fascinating people and stories behind eight excellent eponyms.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Shift your attention from the stage to the realm of literature and cinema. Learn key words to help you navigate the bookstore and talk about novels, biographies, histories, poems, and more. Continue your study of verb tenses, which are the building blocks for telling a story.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Because of the connection between language and culture, there are many commonalities among French-speaking countries. But regional differences also abound. From food to everyday activities, explore what makes different countries and regions in France unique. From the Alps to Bordeaux, witness the diverse and exciting variety of the French-speaking world.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The difference between mere tourist travel and adventure is that adventure is about immersion, which requires you to engage on a deeper level. This unit gives you that deep engagement, beginning here with the art of conversation. Discover the rhythms of French conversation and some of the cultural rules to set you up for success.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Travel through history and around French-speaking countries to explore several cultural heritage sites. You'll unpack how heritage refers both to the legacy of the past that we benefit from today, as well as what we will pass onto the future. On your tour, you will learn a series of new comparative adjectives.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Review the three layers of information in the English spelling system: alphabet, pattern, and meaning. Delve into several studies done by Professor Flanigan and other literacy researchers to see how children acquire the ability to read English and what insights we can apply to your own acquisition of new words.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Forge a link between the tales of Greek and Roman gods and heroes and the English vocabulary words they inspired. What is the difference between a herculean task and a Sisyphean one? What Gordian knots do you have in your life? Discover the answers here.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In addition to the arts, cultural heritage is important in French-speaking cultures. Your first stop is the museum, and your survey helps you put together much of what you learned in the previous unit. Review the major verb tenses - present, past, composé, and imperfect - and learn how to distinguish the different types of past tense.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
English is notorious for being an omnivorous language. Substantially more than half of English vocabulary is from languages other than its Anglo-Saxon ancestor, Old English. Why do words get borrowed, and how do these words eventually settle in and become just as familiar as English ones? Find out here.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
From polished professionals to slothful slackers,cover a wide range of words to describe work ethic. Dig into the nuances that separate similar words like tenacious and pertinacious. Expand your knowledge of the Latin root fac (to make or do) to include alternate spellings and a useful suffix.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Turn now to precise and powerful words for facets of trust and belief. Study words that have their roots in the church, but have expanded their reach into other areas of life. Use your knowledge of Greek roots to show the difference in the belief of an apostle (stellein) and an apostate (stenai).
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
You've come a long way. Learning a new language is a lifelong adventure, but before she leaves you, Professor Williams has one more lesson in verbs to impart. Walk through the ins and outs of the future tense and look to tomorrow. Then wrap up what you've learned so you can continue your adventures in learning French.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In addition to teaching you the language, this also serves as a cultural toolkit. You may know that the French enjoy their leisure time, so here you will discover the language of vacation and leisure, including the major French holidays. You'll also get your first glimpse of the "imperative mood."
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Begin with a fun psycholinguistic experiment that shows how your brain processes new words. Explore the work of some major scholars of learning and language - Skinner, Watson, Chomsky - and get an exegesis of erudition. Delve into the process of language acquisition, including why a child might say, "I winned the game, Daddy!"
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Continue your study of foreign words that migrated to English. Encounter new and exciting words from French, German, and Spanish, and along the way, engage in a fun psycholinguistic experiment that shows how your brain processes language. By the end, you'll have the mot juste for every situation.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
You can't understand a culture without understanding its arts. Here, Professor Williams transitions to an exploration of the arts, beginning with the world of performing arts. The great news is that much of the vocabulary of music, theater, and dance involves English cognates. Also discover the past tense.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Shift your attention from ordering food in restaurants to buying food (and other items) from the store. Find out how to count and calculate totals, and review the language and cultural considerations of making a purchase. Then tackle a few more regular and irregular verb forms to help you build your communications skills.
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
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
Over the years, linguists and language scholars have organized and categorized words in a number of different ways. Explore many of these linguistic categories, including spoonerisms, phrases that give us a unique insight into how our minds plan out our speech.
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