Language Arts & Linguistics & Literacy

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Integrationist Notes and Papers 2013 - Paperback

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by Roy Harris (Author)The International Association for the Integrational Study of Language and Communication was founded in 1998. Integrationist Notes and Papers began in 2003 as an occasional series of leaflets circulated to IAISLC members. Its purpose is to give a brief position statement or comment, from an integrationist perspective, on a variety of controversial issues. For further integrationist publications visit www.royharrisonline.com Number of Pages: 116 Dimensions: 0.28 x 8.5 x 5....

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Embracing Diversity: Teachers' Everyday Practices in Secondary English Language Arts Classrooms - Paperback

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by Sarah Bickens (Author), Frances Bittman (Author), David J. Connor (Author) Embracing Diversity is about the craft of teaching, with a particular focus on celebrating the myriad of human identities through classic, contemporary, and unconventional texts. Secondary English language arts educators narrate their own experiences and provide insights by reflecting on aspects of everyday pedagogy. Featuring a rich array of texts designed to be both familiar and unfamiliar to the reader, the autho...

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McCall-Crabbs Standard Test Lessons in Reading, Book a - Paperback

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by William a. McCall (Author), Lelah C. Schroeder (Author)Each book contains a total of 60 short reading selections (fiction and nonfiction) followed by eight multiple choice questions. Scoring will help estimate your student's reading level, reading comprehension, and test-taking ability. The Instructional Benefits of McCall-Crabbs: Supplement basal reading programs Motivate and challenge even the most reluctant readers Allow for individualization with different grade level books Monitor re...

Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language - Paperback

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by Patricia T. O'Conner (Author), Stewart Kellerman (Author)Do you cringe when a talking head pronounces "niche" as NITCH? Do you get bent out of shape when your teenager begins a sentence with "and"? Do you think British spellings are more "civilised" than the American versions? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you're myth-informed. In Origins of the Specious, word mavens Patricia T. O'Conner and Stewart Kellerman reveal why some of grammar's best-known "rules" aren't--and nev...

A Global Humanities Approach to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals: Understanding Planet, People, and Prosperity - Paperback

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by Kelly Comfort (Editor)This textbook explores the 17 UN SDGs through 12 works from the humanities, including films, novels, and photographic collections. It can be used by students and instructors at undergraduate and postgraduate level from any subject background, particularly, but not exclusively, those in the humanities. Author BiographyKelly Comfort is Professor in the School of Modern Languages at the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. Number of Pages: 232 Dimensions: 0.53 x 9.69 x ...

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by Ron F. Smith (Author)Editing Today Workbook, Second Edition provides practical exercises to sharpen student skill and complements Editing Today, Second EditionBack JacketEditing Today Workbook, Second Edition provides practical exercises to sharpen student skill and complements Editing Today, Second EditionAuthor BiographyRon F. Smith is a professor of journalism at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Smith has worked for newspapers in Indiana, Ohio and Florida, and published num...

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by Chris Bigum (Other), Michele Knobel (Other), Colin Lankshear (Other)Multimodal Literacy challenges dominant ideas around language, learning, and representation. Using a rich variety of examples, it shows the range of representational and communicational modes involved in learning through image, animated movement, writing, speech, gesture, or gaze. The effect of these modes on learning is explored in different sites including formal learning across the curriculum in primary, secondary, and ...

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Grammar for College Writing: A Sentence-Composing Approach: A Student Worktext - Paperback

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by Donald Killgallon (Author), Jenny Killgallon (Author)Across America, in thousands of classrooms, from elementary school to high school, the time-tested sentence-composing approach has given students tools to become better writers. Now the Killgallons present a much anticipated sentence-composing grammar worktext for college writing. GRAMMAR FOR COLLEGE WRITING: A Sentence-Composing Approach presents a new and easier way to understand grammar: NOUN GROUP: The Naming Tools VERB GROUP: The...

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by Caleb Gattegno (Author)Building on the work accomplished in Reading Primers R0 & R1, Reading Primer R2 gets your learner in prime shape for reading the most common spellings in English. Besides the dozens of new sounds and spellings, students will also get a chance to read paragraphs and short stories for the first time. Number of Pages: 80 Dimensions: 0.17 x 9.25 x 7.5 IN Publication Date: September 28, 2009

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The Articulate Attorney: Public Speaking for Lawyers - Paperback

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by Brian K. Johnson (Author), Marsha Hunter (Author), Caren Ulrich Stacy (Foreword by)Addressing the distinctive communication skills expected of attorneys--and based on three decades of experience coaching lawyers--this manual of practical, useful solutions integrates cutting-edge discoveries in human factors, linguistics, neuroscience, gesture studies, and sports psychology. These techniques will transform any attorney into a more confident speaker, whether addressing colleagues in a confer...

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by John Knoepfle (Author)What's new in this book? What is new comes from being eighty-nine. There is a great freedom in these poems. They range at will from the mundane to the utterly mysterious and deeply spiritual. There are conversations with friends and a conversation about a malfunctioning alarm clock with the poet's son. The poet crosses boundaries. He breaks rules. Emotions shift. Galaxies appear and reappear. The angel of death comes up with a comment on the poet's work. There is advi...

Plotting Your Story Arc, Workbook for Fiction Writers, Plotters and Pantsers - Paperback

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by Nancy Brophy (Author)Struggling to finish your book? Do you bog down in the middle only to start a new story? Getting vague rejections? Can't remember details from one story in a series to another? Is your story missing something? THIS IS THE WORKBOOK FOR YOU Easy to follow: Diagrams, Fill-in-the-blank, Suggestions, Ideas, Checklists, and Grids. Whether you are a plotter or pantser (one who writes by the seat of their pants), this workbook can help you organize your thoughts into a cohesi...

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The More-Than-Just-Surviving Handbook: Ell for Every Classroom Teacher - Paperback

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by Barbara Law (Author), Mary Eckes (Author)This revised and expanded edition of the 1990 bestseller includes the latest research in language acquisition: how to teach reading and writing and how to develop listening and speaking skills. It is filled with the authors' trademark anecdotes and practical advice, based on their many years of experience working with ELL students. Strategies for teaching the four literacy skills-reading, writing, speaking, and listening-are enhanced by student exam...

America's Greatness From A to Shining Z: ASL Coloring Book: Learn About American History and the Fundamentals of American Sign Language - Paperback

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by 1 Smart Cookie Publications (Author), Maddy Dean (Author)Are you looking for a coloring book that entertains as well as informs? This book is designed to spotlight America's greatness and enlighten today's youth on the extraordinary country they live in. At the same time, this coloring book also teaches the fundamentals of American Sign Language - ASL is presently and will be in the future, an essential skill needed to communicate with the growing number of those with autism and other disa...

Principles of Logic and Argumentation: Selected Readings and Legal Examples - Paperback

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by Christine A. James (Editor)Principles of Logic and Argumentation: Selected Readings and Legal Examples provides readers with an engaging, eclectic collection of articles that explore key concepts and ideas related to critical reasoning and persuasion, including its application within the legal arena. The anthology is organized into six units. Unit I focuses on critical reasoning with readings that help students confront obstacles to persuasion and better understand best practices for makin...

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Text-Based Writing, Grade 4 Teacher Resource - Paperback

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by Evan-Moor Corporation (Author)Scaffolded text-based writing and reading comprehension lessons help grade 4 students improve their reading and writing skills! Lessons include practice with essential nonfiction writing forms: Compare and contrast Sequence Explanatory Informative Cause and effect Opinion Argument 12 leveled nonfiction texts range from levels O to T and include: Biographies Health articles Science articles Social studies articles Units provide reading comprehension guid...

Phonology: A Formal Introduction - Paperback

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by Alan Bale (Author), Charles Reiss (Author)An introduction to generative phonology using tools of basic set theory, logic, and combinatorics. This textbook introduces phonological theory as a branch of cognitive science for students with minimal background in linguistics. The authors use basic math and logic, including set theory, some rules of inference, and basic combinatorics, to explain phonology, and use phonology to teach the math and logic. The text is unique in its focus on logical ...

Speaking And Writing English; A Course Of Study For The Eight Grades Of The Elementary School, With A Preliminary Discussion Of The Problem Of Element - Hardcover

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by Bernard M. (Bernard Matthew) Sheridan (Created by)Speaking and Writing English is a comprehensive course of study for the eight grades of the elementary school, designed to help students learn the fundamentals of English language and grammar. Written by Bernard M. Sheridan, a noted educator of the early 20th century, the book contains a preliminary discussion of the problem of elementary English and goes on to cover a wide range of topics from sentence structure and punctuation to public s...

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Complete Dutch Beginner to Intermediate Course: Learn to Read, Write, Speak and Understand a New Language - Hardcover

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by Gerdi Quist (Author), Dennis Strik (Author)Is this the right course for me?Are you looking for a complete course in Dutch which takes you effortlessly from beginner to confident speaker? Whether you are starting from scratch, or are just out of practice, Complete Dutch will guarantee success Now fully updated to make your language learning experience fun and interactive. You can still rely on the benefits of a top language teacher and our years of teaching experience, but now with added l...

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by Emma Moore (Author)How do we adapt our grammar to communicate social detail? Do all working class people have a local dialect or are we free to use language in ways that transcend our place in the social hierarchy? Seeking to answer these questions, this pioneering book is the first to exclusively and extensively address the relationship between social meaning and grammatical variation. It demonstrates how we use grammar to communicate alignments and stances and to construct our social sty...

Up to Date English Grammar & Composition - Paperback

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by Chinmoy Dutta (Author)This book is quite original in style and method. It has been compiled strictly on scientific lines. Special care has been taken to make it useful, creative & attractive. I have taken care of the emerging trends in teaching learning of grammar in Indian schools. All efforts have been made to make it as simple as possible. I am sure that this book will also help to the teachers in teaching and students in learning grammatical skills. Number of Pages: 118 Dimensions:...

The Instruction and Acquisition of the BA Construction by Students of Chinese as a Foreign Language - Hardcover

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by Hongying Xu (Author)Offering an exploration and analysis of the notoriously difficult BA construction, this book uses the Interface Hypothesis and the Processing Instruction approach to demystify and elucidate the difficulties associated with the syntax/semantics and syntax/pragmatics interfaces to help instructors and students master this linguistic construction.Author BiographyHongying Xu is associate professor in the Department of Global Cultures and Languages at the University of Wisco...

Teaching Media Ethics: Integrating Ethics Across the Mass Communication Curriculum - Paperback

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by The Aej The Aejmc Media Ethics Division (Author), Nicole Kraft (Editor), Kathleen Bartzen Culver (Editor)Filled with classroom-tested strategies to integrate ethics into all media courses, this book is an essential resource for all mass communication instructors. Part of the AEJMC Master Class series, the book gathers expert authors to share decades of teaching experience to help teachers prepare students for ethical media careers. Author BiographyNicole Kraft spent 25 years working as an ...

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategies: Learning from Journalism and Mass Communication Programs with Professional Impact - Hardcover

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by Masudul Biswas (Author), Dorothy Bland (Author)Exploring DEI strategies in journalism and mass communication programs, this book challenges widespread adoption of practices to increase the efficacy of diversity education. While political restrictions seek to eliminate many DEI initiatives, this book suggests that integrated strategies can undermine systemic inequalitiesAuthor BiographyMasudul K. Biswas is a professor of the Communication Department at Loyola University Maryland. In 2023, D...

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by Ad鑞e Millicent Smith (Author)This book is a must-have for anyone looking to improve their proofreading skills. With a variety of exercises and examples, readers will gain a deeper understanding of grammar, punctuation, and syntax to become confident proofreaders. From basic to advanced proofreading techniques, this book covers everything a professional in this field would need. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civil...

North Country: A Pedagogical Almanac - Hardcover

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by Carolyn Dekker (Author)North Country: A Pedagogical Almanac is a memoir-in-essays about teaching and family life in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The book follows the cycle of seasons in this remote and beautiful place by the waters of Lake Superior during the years in which the author finds a place there. It's also a look at higher education on the razor's edge at a tiny and struggling liberal arts college. Above all, the memoir is about a life lived alongside books and what they might teac...

Mapping Ideology in Discourse Studies - Paperback

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by Simo K. Määttä (Editor), Marika K. Hall (Editor)Discourse and ideology are quintessential, albeit contested concepts in many functionally oriented branches of linguistics, such as linguistic anthropology, critical discourse studies, sociolinguistics, and sociology of language. With many ways of understanding and utilizing the concepts, the line between discourse and ideology can become blurry. This volume explores divergent ways in which the concept of ideology may be applied in different ...

Writing and Publishing Scientific Articles: A Complete Guide - Hardcover

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by Gweneth Glover (Editor)Scientific article present the findings of a research and must follow a standard structure of a scientific manuscript. This structure must be followed in all aspects including the references and content of the manuscript. It offers significant contributions to the body of knowledge on topics that are interesting and pertinent to a wide range of readership groups and constituencies including research practitioners, public policymakers, the general public, managers, ma...

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In Celebration Poems Food & Drink - Hardcover

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by Pet Washington (Author)Eating and drinking and the rituals that go with them are at least as important as loving in most people's lives, yet for every hundred anthologies of poems about love, hardly one is devoted to the pleasures of the table. Poems of Food and Drink abundantly fills the gap. All kinds of foods and beverages are laid out in these pages, along with picnics and banquets, intimate suppers and quiet dinners, noisy parties and public celebrations - in poems by Horace, Catullus...

History and Development of the Arabic Language: Volume 1 - Hardcover

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by Malcolm Rogers (Editor)Arabic is a type of Semitic language that is primarily spoken in the Arab nations. It is considered to have originated in the Arabian Peninsula. The Islamic conquests that took place in the 7th century C.E. resulted in the rapid development of the Arabic language. This language is divided into three categories including classical, current standard and colloquial Arabic. It is the official language of many countries including Kuwait, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, United Arab...

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by Johan Hendrik Gall馥 (Author)First published in 1917, Old-Saxon Texts is a groundbreaking work of scholarship that helped shape our understanding of the Germanic languages. The book includes transcriptions and translations of several Old Saxon texts, along with detailed notes and commentary by Johan Hendrik Gall馥, a leading philologist of his time. While primarily aimed at scholars and students of linguistics, Old-Saxon Texts also has broader cultural significance, offering insight into the...

Learn Sinhala: Mastering Sri Lanka's Enigmatic Language and Culture - Paperback

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by S. Begum (Author)Embark on a captivating journey into the heart of Sri Lanka's culture and language with "Learn Sinhala: Mastering Sri Lanka's Enigmatic Language and Culture." This comprehensive guide offers a unique and immersive approach to mastering the beautiful Sinhala language while delving into the rich tapestry of Sri Lankan traditions. Unlock the secrets of Sinhala with a carefully crafted curriculum that takes you from beginner to proficient speaker. Dive into the Sinhala alphabe...