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  Today's Publisher's Pride is How to Improve Your Foreign Language Immediately  by Boris Shekhtman, which has been a reader favorite for a very long time and is described in Amazon reviews as "the book most polyglots recommend." It recently reached #43 on Amazon's besttseller ranking for study and teaching resources. For more posts about Boris and his book, click HERE . For more publisher pride posts, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com. Want to communicate

  Our most purloined book is How to Improve Your Foreign Language Immediately by Boris Shekhtman. I find it on various sites, completely stolen in spite of \evident copyright (and often no way to contact the thief to send a cease-and-desist letter -- hopefully, some of the publisher associations working on this issue that plaques all authors and publishers will find some effective solutions). Usually a bad copy, i.e. heard to read. Our most popular book is How to Improve Your Foreign Language Immediately , outselling some of our books 9:1 and our next bestselling book 2:1. Are these sales numbers in spite of the purloining or, ironically, thanks to the purloining (e.g., purchasers wanted an easier-to-read copy, the purloiners brought the book to the attention of potential readers who would not otherwise have known about it)? I suppose we will never know the answer as to whether the book benefitted from or was harmed by the thefts. It will be so helpful for professional organizations t

In How to Improve Your Foreign Language Immediately , Shekhtman suggests 7 tools that can take your language today to a much higher level tomorrow and the day after, without learning any new words or grammar. These tools teach you to make the most of what you have -- immediately. Here are the 7 tools: Show your stuff. Build your islands. Shift gears. Simplify. Embellish.  Break awar. Say what? Thousands of students around the world have proved that these tools work. Just Google them and see where all they have been used. (And Google contains only the tip of the iceberg.) Luca Lompiero says that this is a little book with a big bang. Are you learning a language? Try this book, recommended by leaders in the field, and see your language improve overnight -- then share your experiences with us! For more posts about Boris and his books, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter.

  Today's Publisher's Pride is  How to Improve Your Foreign Language Immediately  by Boris Shekhtman, which has been a reader favorite for a very long time and is described in Amazon reviews as "the book most polyglots recommend." It recently reached #87 on Amazon's bestseller ranking for academic and commercial writing. For more posts about Boris and his book, click  HERE . For more publisher pride posts, click  HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com. Want to communi

For those who have been enjoying various videos produced by a range of users of Boris Shekhtman's book, How to Improve Your Foreign Language Immediately , beloved by foreign language learners on four continents and in two dozen countries, here is yet another video: Anthony Lauder discussing the book . For mores posts on this book, click HERE . For more posts on Boris Shekhtman and his books (yes, several others), click HERE .

  Today's Publisher's Pride is  How to Improve Your Foreign Language Immediately  by Boris Shekhtman, which reached  #15 in study and teaching reference and #35 in academic and commercial writing reference .  Read more posts about Boris and his books  HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC ? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any  MSI Press LLC  book.  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com. 

  Today's book excerpt comes from Working with Advanced Foreign Language Students by Boris Shekhtman . Some Characteristics of Advanced Langauge Learners  SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF ADVANCED STUDENTS    Student-Teacher Relations  Although students may be world-renown politicians, this social function of theirs is muted once they turn to a teacher in order to study a foreign language, for between student and teacher there springs up a special, unique, specific relationship that is characteristic only of the teacher-student relationship. There are several reasons for this.  First, students generally believe in teachers; they trust what teachers will be doing with them. The student, for his or her part, is in the position of a person who is teaching no one, who should himself be taught, who should be listening to someone else.  Second, the student has fallen under the total control of the teacher (whereas only an hour earlier, in some cases, he or she had been giving a dressing down to

  Well, that title is a mouthful, but it says it all. Dr. Harold Goodman not only has analyzed and reviewed Boris Shekhtman's book, How to Improve Your Foreign Language Immediately, but also he studied Russian with Boris for more than 300 hours. Rather than regurgitate his words, here is the link to them. To read more about Boris and his books, click HERE .                                         Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter.

  Today's Publisher's Pride is  How to Improve Your Foreign Language Immediately  by Boris Shekhtman, which reached  #15 in study and teaching reference and #35 in academic and commercial writing reference .  Read more posts about Boris and his books  HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any  MSI Press LLC  book.  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com.       MSI Press is ranked among the top publishers in California. Check out our rankings -- and more --   HERE .

Reissued -- two beloved oldies in the language teaching world. These books have been published continuously since we first published them years back. We transferred them shortly after publication to Villa Magna LLC. Recently, Villa Magna made the decision to focus on the works of Omar Imady (also one of our authors, whose works we will eventually be transferring to Villa Magna) and recently transferred their language books to us. Both books are unique -- and likely foretell the future of language teaching though the focus they suggest is only slowly starting to become part of the profession, on the periphery. We are confident, however, that, in time, they will represent the mainstream of teaching approaches. Communicative Focus   describes in detail the theory and nature of the principles and practices used in his approach to language teaching. He is not afraid to talk about some aspects of language learning and teaching, such as the development of lexical and grammatical accuracy, as

  And the best books of September 2023 are ... drumroll! .... Top 100 Amazon 1.          Hot new releases           Bob McGee’s book,  A View through the Fog , was #1 in hot new releases in bridge engineering for the entire 30-day new-release period and bounced around #13-#41 overall in bridge engineering. Great showing for a first-time author.         Steven Greenebaum’s book,  An Afternoon’s Discussion , was #1 in ecumenism in hot new releases on June 24 and #21 overall in Christian ecumenism, mostly staying in the top 100 during the new-release period. Congratulations to him on that #1 status!!  General categories a.    Kris Girrell’s book, Learning to Feel , reached #60 in biographies of social scientists and psychologists.   b.      Shannon Gonyou’s book, Since Sinai , reached #10 in biographies of Judaism.   c.       Steven Greenebaum’s book,  An Afternoon’s Discussion , reached #59 in ecumenism.   d.      Larry MacDonald’s book, RV Oopsies , reached #34 in travel humor, #116 in

  And the best books of October 2023 are ... drumroll! .... Kris Girrell’s book, Learning to Feel , reached #60 in biographies of social scientists and psychologists. Shannon Gonyou’s book, Since Sinai , reached #10 in biographies of Judaism. Steven Greenebaum’s book, An Afternoon’s Dictation , reached #59 in ecumenism. Larry MacDonald’s book, RV Oopsies , reached #34 in travel humor, #116 in business and professional humor, and #136 in hospitality, travel, and tourism. Bob McGee’s book, A View through the Fog , reached #31 in bridge engineering. Ken Mogren’s book, Spunky Grandmas and Other Amusing Characters , reached #69 in limericks and humorous verse. Boris Shekhtman’s book, How to Improve Your Foreign Language Immediately , reached #52 in study and teaching references. For more posts about Girrell and his books, click  HERE . For more posts about Gonyou and her book, click  HERE . For more posts and Greenebaum and his books, click  HERE . For more posts about MacDonald and his boo

  Today's Publisher's Pride is  How to Improve Your Foreign Language Immediately  by Boris Shekhtman, which reached  #13 in study and teaching reference and #34 in academic and commercial writing reference .  Read more posts about Boris and his books  HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in publishing with  MSI Press LLC ? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Planning on self-publishing and don't know where to start? Our  author au pair  services will mentor you through the process. Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a writ