Language Arts & Linguistics & Literacy

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Destination Dissertation: A Traveler's Guide to a Done Dissertation

$55.08

Report copyright infringementby Sonja K. Foss (Author), William Waters (Author)Demystifying and charting a path from concept to completion, Destination Dissertation has helped thousands of doctoral students emerge on the other side of their dissertation as successful researchers. The third edition of this groundbreaking guidebook supplements the core 29 steps of the dissertation with up-to-date discussions of citation management and the pros and cons of artificial intelligence in the research...

New Perspectives on Academic Writing: The Thing That Wouldn't Die

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Report copyright infringementby Bernd Herzogenrath (Editor), Tim Ingold (Editor)Particularly for the disciplines of the humanities and social sciences, for which writing is their lifeblood, the crisis in academic writing has become existential. It is not hard to diagnose the disease, and its causes. This book showcases what we desperately need: radical alternatives, experiments we can try out, ways of writing that don't just tweak the system but plot a different course altogether. This isn't ...

Transforming ESL Learning Through Technology Integration

$25.99

Report copyright infringementby Samir Sefain Ed D. (Author)Traditional ESL teaching methods often fall short, as they tend to be teachercentered and limit students' engagement beyond the classroom. This book offers a comprehensive approach to integrating technology into ESL instruction, featuring user-friendly websites designed to enhance all language skills, digital assessments, educational games, and digital folders. The tools presented allow learners to study independently and at their own...

Teacher Agency in Multilingual Pedagogies: Pedagogical Spaces in the Primary School

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas Quehl (Author)Through an ethnographic study that took place in highly diverse primary school classrooms in London and the East of England, UK, this book engages with teachers' perspectives and children's descriptions of their plurilingual experiences, as it explores what constitutes, hinders and potentially facilitates teachers' agency in multilingual pedagogies. The concept of teacher agency offers a powerful lens for critical reflections on the - often...

Write Now!: Literacy Through Creative Writing Craft

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Report copyright infringementby Shelley Davidow (Author), Paul Williams (Author)Write Now! is an innovative resource for educators teaching creative writing to middle primary school students. Packed with 20 progressive lessons, this book offers a unique approach to literacy development through engaging writing exercises designed to ignite a love for words in young minds.Educators will gain access to sequential writing activities, freewriting techniques and editing strategies aimed at improvin...

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Report copyright infringementby Vulf Plotkin (Author)A description of the English language as a dynamic system in the evolutionary process of radical typological restructuring, which has deeply affected its constituent subsystems - grammatical, lexical and phonic. Number of Pages: 116 Dimensions: 0.28 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: May 16, 2006

Kanji for Beginners: A Step-by-Step N4 Writing Practice Workbook with Essential JLPT Vocabulary, Genkouyoushi Pages, and Kanji Mnemonics for Adults, a

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Report copyright infringementby Life Daily Style (Author)Learn Kanji Step by Step - Easy and Effective!This Kanji workbook is the perfect tool for beginners and those preparing for the JLPT N4 exam. It includes 168 essential kanji characters, their meanings in English, and dedicated genkōyōshi-style practice pages, making writing practice structured and efficient. What's Inside?✅ 168 essential kanji characters - carefully selected for effective learning✅ English meanings - quick reference for...

Grade 5 English Language Arts Literacy (ELA) Practice Workbook and Full-length Online Assessments: WY-TOPP Study Guide

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Report copyright infringementby Lumos Learning (Author)Improve 2024-25 WY-TOPP Test ScoresPractice workbooks to confidently prepare and excel in the 2025 Wyoming Grade 5 English Language Arts Assessments!This 5th Grade WY-TOPP ELA Workbook is designed by expert teachers to boost your child's test scores by 10-15 points. Featuring hundreds of practice questions fully aligned with Wyoming Grade 5 ELA learning standards, realistic online practice tests, and personalized learning paths, this work...

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Report copyright infringementby Otto Jespersen (Author)This early work by Otto Jespersen was originally published in 1933 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Essentials of English Grammar' is an informative work on linguistics and includes chapters on 'Sounds', 'Spelling', 'Definitive Pronouns', and much more. Otto Jespersen was born in Randers, Denmark on 16th July 1869. He worked as an academic at Copenhagen University and rose to the position of profess...

Making Administrative Work Visible: Data-Driven Advocacy for Understanding the Labor of Writing Program Administration

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Report copyright infringementby Leigh Graziano (Editor)Making Administrative Work Visible brings together voices from graduate students, associated faculty, administrative staff, and tenured and tenure-track faculty at community colleges, regional state universities, liberal arts colleges, private colleges, and research-intensive institutions across the country to speak to the challenges, both named and unnamed, faced by those who do writing program administration work. These authors call exp...

The Communication Solution: Leading Successful Change in Higher Education

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Report copyright infringementby Stacy Smulowitz (Author)This book uses a communicative perspective to help the higher education leader conceptualize, gear up, implement and follow through with their change plan.Author BiographyDr. Stacy Smulowitz is Executive Director of the Eastern Communication Association, a tenured, assistant professor at the University of Scranton and former Alumni Director at Wilkes University. Her passion for leading change started in 1995 as she traveled the United St...

Six Ducks in a Pond (Level C Reader), Basic Reading Series: Classic Phonics Program for Beginning Readers, ages 5-8, illus., 160 pages

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Report copyright infringementby Donald Rasmussen (Author), Lynn Goldberg (Author)The BASIC READING SERIES K-2 phonics program is back!The BASIC READING SERIES (BRS) is a successful and proven phonics program for beginners. It has a dedicated and faithful following among teachers and parents who want an alternative to discredited teaching methods. The BASIC READING SERIES is now available in a low-cost, paperback edition for homeschool and classroom learning.* For Every Kind of Learner-Childre...

ChatGPT for Linguists: Revolutionize Language Research and Analysis with AI-Driven Insights (2024 Guide)

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Report copyright infringementby Jed Ramos (Author)Dive into the future of linguistic research with "ChatGPT for Linguists." This pioneering book explores how AI can transform your approach to language analysis, providing powerful tools and techniques to enhance your research and uncover new linguistic insights.Powered by ChatGPT, the world's most advanced language model, this book equips linguists with the resources to elevate their studies across various subfields. Whether you're focused on ...

Instructing Intersectionality: Critical and Practical Strategies for the Journalism and Mass Communication Classroom

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Report copyright infringementby Nathian Shae Rodriguez (Volume Editor), The Aejmc Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgend (Author), Nathian Shae Rodriguez (Volume Editor)Intersectionality makes visible and relevant marginalized identities and engages students in critical strategies for social justice against oppression, power, and hegemony inside and outside the classroom. As a framework for teaching and learning across journalism, media, and mass communication studies, intersectionality allows instru...

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Report copyright infringementby Tim Huffman (Author)This textbook introduces students, researchers, and activists to the practice of qualitative inquiry that contributes to fairness, freedom, and flourishing in community life.The book takes a cyclical approach to research and action by using the metaphor of the four seasons (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) and the day cycle (dawn, day, dusk, and dark) to organize the content and activities. It lays out the step-by-step process of communit...

The Foundations of Teaching English as a Foreign Language

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Lennon (Author)An introductory textbook that assumes no prior knowledge of linguistics or second language acquisition, this book presents a comprehensive overview of the theoretical foundations, methods and practices of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) for pre-service teachers. Lennon covers the theoretical bases for TEFL and addresses second language-acquisition research, past and present EFL teaching methodology, as well as psychological and...

The Reading Lives of Teens: Research and Practice

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Report copyright infringementby Chin Ee Loh (Editor)Bringing together contributions from well-known and emerging adolescent literacy researchers from different disciplinary perspectives, this edited collection consolidates contemporary research on teen's volitional print and digital reading, whether in school or out-of-school contexts. Author BiographyChin Ee Loh is Associate Professor in the English Language and Literature Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technologica...

Persian Nursery Rhymes Ash'áre Kúdakáneh: In Persian, English & Finglisi: In Persian, English & Finglisi: Persian Nursery Rhymes Ash'áre Kúdakáneh

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Report copyright infringementby Mona Kiani (Author)Learn Persian through music.All the Persian nursery rhymes classics plus some that are translated from English.Learn new vocabulary as you sing and dance to Persian songs.Persian Nursery Rhymes: Music and singing are one of the cornerstones of early childhood education. It helps build cultural and linguistic connections. Helps with Persian vocabulary expansion and memory. Brings the whole Iranian family together when you sing and chant a song...

Understanding Interaction in the Second Language Classroom Context

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Report copyright infringementby Noriko Iwashita (Author), Phung Dao (Author), Mai Xuan Nhat Chi Nguyen (Author)This book provides an overview and analysis of the role that classroom interaction plays in instructed second language acquisition. The authors synthesise current state-of-the-art research on how classroom interaction benefits L2 learning through the lens of three theoretical perspectives: cognitive-interactionist (with a focus on how conversational interaction may promote L2 process...

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Report copyright infringementby Raphael E. Rogers (Author)Representing Black Girl Magic with Contemporary Picture Books explores how contemporary, culturally relevant, and responsive picture books can provide educators with a chance to teach about race and racism in the classroom. A wave of recently published picture books by Black women authors have pushed back against negative beliefs, countered negative stereotypes, and celebrated the joy and magic of Black girls and their families. Featur...

Applied Communication Research Methods: Getting Started as a Researcher

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Boyle (Author), Mike Schmierbach (Author)This third edition is again a practical introduction to communication research methods, foregrounding the role research plays in communication and media industry careers.Covering major methodologies such as surveys, experiments, focus groups, in-depth interviews, content analysis, and others, the book takes the reader through the research process from beginning to end. The text continues to help students link the...

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Report copyright infringementby Cornelia Walters-Jones (Author)"Jamaican Proverbs for Children + Activities," a collection designed to introduce young learners to the wisdom and cultural richness of Jamaican proverbs. This book offers a series of engaging prompts and activities that help children explore meaningful themes, drawing connections between timeless sayings and everyday experiences.Each activity in this collection is crafted to deepen understanding of Jamaican culture while fosterin...

Teaching Reading Comprehension to Students with Learning Difficulties

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Report copyright infringementby Sharon Vaughn (Author), Alison Boardman (Author), Janette K. Klingner (Author)Now in a revised and expanded third edition, this important resource helps teachers understand how good readers comprehend text and how best to support students who are struggling. It presents effective instructional methods for learners at all grade levels, including those with reading disabilities. Every chapter translates state-of-the-art research into practical classroom applicati...

Persian Games Bází ha: In Persian, English & Finglisi: Persian Games Bází ha

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Report copyright infringementby Mona Kiani (Author)There are so many games that I remember my Persian Mum and Persian dad teaching me as I grew up. These games are embedded in my memory and have shaped and formed my Iranian/Persian Identity in my early years. They built unbreakable bonds with me and my siblings and grandparents and are part of my core memories growing up. Persian games is not just a book but a collection of memories that has lead to my strong connection with my Iranian herit...

Basic Reading Series, Level E Reader, Kittens and Children: Classic Phonics Program for Beginning Readers, ages 5-8, illus., 254 pages

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Report copyright infringementby Eli Hinkel (Editor)Practical Grammar Teaching for the Second Language Classroom provides a well-rounded foundation for teaching second language (L2) grammar for pre-service, novice, and practicing teachers, as well as for teacher educators who seek to develop their professional knowledge and skills. Written in a highly readable style for an international audience, it presents classroom strategies, techniques, activities, and applications of current and effectiv...

The Encounter / Susret: A Mini Novel With Vocabulary Section for Learning Croatian, Level - Perfection Plus (C1) = Advanced High, 2. Edition

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Report copyright infringementby Ana Bilic (Author)The Encounter / Susret - from the series 'Croatian Made Easy' is a reader for learners of the Croatian language. It is a mini novel with English introduction and vocabulary list at the end of the book.Level 5: Perfection Plus (C1) = Advanced High - up to 2,800 wordsDescription: Edit is an elderly Zagreb widow who walks her Dalmatian pedigree dog Briska in the park every day. One afternoon, Haris, a Bosnian, also comes by the park with his mixe...

An Anthology of Bilingual Child Phonology

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Report copyright infringementby Elena Babatsouli (Editor), Martin J. Ball (Editor)This book is an edited collection of phonological development studies that pertain to themes in child bilingualism. It comprises studies on protolanguage phonology, referring to the development of children's autonomous linguistic systems from their first meaningful forms to complete cognitive and articulatory acquisition of language.Author BiographyElena Babatsouli is the Ben Blanco Memorial/BORSF Endowed Profes...

Language Learning, Digital Communications and Study Abroad: Identity and Belonging in Translocal Contexts

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Report copyright infringementby Levi Durbidge (Author)This book argues for a view of study abroad as emergent of tensions between localised and globalised imaginaries of language, identity, and place. It offers the first in-depth exploration of mobile technology's role in language learning and identity formation during study abroad.Author BiographyLevi Durbidge is a Lecturer at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. He has been involved in language education across the secondary and...

On Under-Reported Monolingual Child Phonology

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Report copyright infringementby Elena Babatsouli (Editor)This book compiles original studies investigating crosslinguistic child phonological development, that is, protolanguage phonology. The chapters address topics and issues not widely reported in the literature, including research on under-represented languages, as well as information that has remained little-known to the field.Author BiographyElena Babatsouli is the Ben Blanco Memorial/BORSF Endowed Professor in Communicative Disorders a...

Spelling Seven: An Interactive Vocabulary and Spelling Workbook for 12-14 Years-Olds (With Audiobook Lessons)

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Report copyright infringementby Bukky Ekine-Ogunlana (Author)Spelling Seven is the seventh book in the Spelling for Kids interactive spelling workbooks series, which features spelling words that will quickly improve vocabulary, reading comprehension, and spelling skills. It makes a great addition to any school or home-school curriculum!Our fun and enabling spelling system can be used by your whole family at home, and it can also be used by schoolteachers for all children and teenagers at scho...

Writing-Enriched Curricula: Models of Faculty-Driven and Departmental Transformation

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Report copyright infringementby Chris M. Anson (Editor)This edited collection explores theoretical and practical applications of the Writing-Enriched Curriculum (WEC) approach, an innovative and sustainable alternative to writing across the curriculum and writing in the disciplines. The collection's purpose is to inform writing program administrators, teachers, scholars, and university officials about the model's potential to transform the way writing is used and supported across courses and ...