Language Arts & Linguistics & Literacy

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by Keith A. Quesenberry (Author), Michael K. Coolsen (Author)This innovative new text introduces students to the power of storytelling and outlines a process for creating effective brand stories in an integrated advertising, PR, strategic marketing communications campaign that leverages the power of story within the reality of today's digital first media landscape.Author BiographyKeith A. Quesenberry is associate professor of marketing at Messiah University who has taught graduate and undergr...

Creating Effective Groups: The Art of Small Group Communication - Paperback

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by Randy Fujishin (Author)This practical book gives students the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary to communicate more effectively and interact more productively in the small group setting. The fourth edition features new content on communicating within virtual groups and conducting online meetings. Author BiographyRandy Fujishin is the author of seven books in the fields of communication, human relationships, and ministry. He has taught Communication Studies at the college level for...

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The Science of Reading: Information, Media, and Mind in Modern America - Hardcover

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by Adrian Johns (Author)For the first time, the story of how and why we have plumbed the mysteries of reading, and why it matters today. Reading is perhaps the essential practice of modern civilization. For centuries, it has been seen as key to both personal fulfillment and social progress, and millions today depend on it to participate fully in our society. Yet, at its heart, reading is a surprisingly elusive practice. This book tells for the first time the story of how American scientists ...

English Begins at Jamestown: Narrating the History of a Language - Hardcover

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by Tim William Machan (Author)Any history of English starts with the evidence its narrators select, the historical periods they focus on, and the guiding principles and frameworks they adopt. Even slightly different choices lead to significantly different narratives. English Begins at Jamestown investigates the factors behind these choices and the effects they have on our understanding of the English language and its history. Tim Machan explores how people tell and have told the story of Engl...

Primitives of Phonological Structure - Hardcover

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by Florian Breit (Editor), Bert Botma (Editor), Marijn Van 't Veer (Editor)This book brings together phonologists working in different areas to explore key questions relating to phonological primitives, the basic building blocks that are at the heart of phonological structure and over which phonological computations are carried out. Whether these units are referred to as features, elements, gestures, or something else entirely, the assumptions that are made about them are fundamental to moder...

Radical Journalism: Resurgence, Reform, Reaction - Paperback

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by Seamus Farrell (Editor), Eugenia Siapera (Editor), George Souvlis (Editor)This edited volume offers a state-of-the-art synthesis of the historical role of radical journalism, its present iterations, and plans for the future of a journalism that is committed to liberatory movements and politics. At a time of profound crisis and stagnation for mainstream journalism, radical journalism seems to be riding a wave. New outlets, including those - like Jacobin - with a global reach, have sprung up...

Narratives of Mistranslation: Fictional Translators in Latin American Literature - Hardcover

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by Denise Kripper (Author)This book offers unique insights into the role of the translator in today's globalized world, exploring Latin American literature featuring translators and interpreters as protagonists in which prevailing understandings of the act of translation are challenged and upended. The volume looks to the fictional turn as a fruitful source of critical inquiry in translation studies, showcasing the potential for recent Latin American novels and short stories in Spanish to she...

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Restorative Literacy Practices: Cultivating Community in the Secondary Ela Classroom - Paperback

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by Deirdre Faughey (Author), Ken Lindblom (Foreword by)What happens when learning is approached as a creative transaction between teachers, students, texts, and methods? Based on classroom action research conducted in a diverse suburban school district, the author shares a framework that encourages teachers to approach their work with a restorative mindset by focusing on four elements of instruction: methods; literature; relationships; and culture, identity, and language. In each chapter, Fau...

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Guided Drawing with Multilingual Preschoolers: Developing Language, Vocabulary, and Content Knowledge - Paperback

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by Christina M. Cassano (Author), Kathleen A. Paciga (Author)Drawing provides opportunities for children to communicate their thoughts even when they do not have the vocabulary or the English proficiency to fully explain their ideas. This practical guide presents foundational information on the role of drawing in vocabulary development. The authors describe a research-based intervention designed to support and expand young multilingual learners' experiences with content area vocabulary. They ...

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Pathways: Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking 3 - Paperback

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by Laurie Blass (Author), Mari Vargo (Author)Pathways, Second Edition, is a global, five-level academic English program. Carefully-guided lessons develop the language skills, critical thinking, and learning strategies required for academic success. Using authentic and relevant content from National Geographic, including video, charts, and other infographics, Pathways prepares students to work effectively and confidently in an academic environment. Dimensions: 0.7 x 10.8 x 8.5 IN Publication D...

Fab Vocab: Prefixes and Suffixes: Reproducible Games and Activities That Teach 50 Key Prefixes and Suffixes - Paperback

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by Sheila Wheaton (Author)Looking for an easy, surefire way to build students' vocabulary? By mastering the 50 prefixes and suffixes in this book, students can learn hundreds of new words! Engaging reproducible activity sheets help them independently build words from each affix, while motivating multiplayer games offer a fun way to review and reinforce vocabulary words they have learned from the activities. An easy and enjoyable way to boost vocabulary, comprehension, and spelling skills.Auth...

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The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading - Paperback

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by Jan Richardson (Author)Jan Richardsonâ(TM)s highly anticipated update to the classic bestseller, The Next Step in Guided Reading, helps you and your students move forward. Youâ(TM)ll find all the planning and instructional tools you need to teach guided reading well, from pre-A to fluent. Organized around Richardsonâ(TM)s proven Assess-Decide-Guide framework, this new resource includes 29 comprehension modules, more than 50 streaming video lessons, and dozens of downloadables.Jan Richar...

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The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading Book + the Guided Reading Teacher's Companion - Spiral

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by Jan Richardson (Author)In this resource-rich book and teacher's prompting guide, you'll find: - All the planning and instructional tools you need to teach guided reading well, from pre-A to fluent, organized around Richardson's proven Assess-Decide-Guide framework. - Prompts, discussion starters, teaching points, word lists, intervention suggestions, and more to support all students, including dual language learners and struggling readers. - 29 comprehension modules that cover essential st...

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Write-N-Seek: Sight Words: Motivating Practice Pages to Help Kids Master Sight Words - Paperback

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by Immacula A. Rhodes (Author), Immacula Rhodes (Author)Your search for a kid-pleasing way to build handwriting and reading skills is over These reproducible, multi-skill activity pages offer children a super-fun way to learn key sight words-first by tracing and writing, then by completing age-perfect puzzles. As children do the activities, they develop essential reading, writing, and spelling skills. Ideal for independent work, learning centers, day-starters, fast-finishers, and homework.Au...

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by Immacula A. Rhodes (Author)The no-prep reproducibles in this foundational series offer children super-fun ways to practice essential skillsâ"first by tracing and writing, then by completing age-perfect puzzles.Your search for a kid-pleasing way to build handwriting and reading skills is over! These reproducible, multi-skill activity pages offer children a super-fun way to learn key word families-first by tracing and writing, then by completing age-perfect puzzles. As children do the activ...

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From Striving to Thriving Writers - Paperback

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by Stephanie Harvey (Author), Sara Holbrook (Author), Michael Salinger (Author)Renowned literacy expert Stephanie Harvey teams up with authors and writing consultants Sara Holbrook and Michael Salinger to introduce short writing scaffolds to support student writing and help strivers approach writing with energy and action. Based on Harvey's bestsellingFrom Striving to Thrivingapproach, the 27 writing strategies presented inFrom Striving to Thriving Writersare designed to improve and integrate...

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100 Words for Kids to Read in First Grade - Paperback

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by Scholastic (Author)Put children on the path to reading success with these fun, engaging activity books! Each book targets 100 key sight words. Divided into manageable groups, words are introduced and reinforced through inviting activities, puzzles, and games. The activities are carefully designed to touch on reading, writing, and usage-taking children beyond mere recognition of sight words to genuine mastery.Author BiographyScholastic Inc. is a global publishing and education company whose...

100 Words for Kids to Read in Kindergarten - Paperback

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Six Figure Historical Romance: Ancient World - Paperback

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by Kat Campbell (Author)Historical Romance is a daunting genre, and one that so many authors wish that they could write... But the secret is, anyone can write it. Writing successful historical romance isn't about luck. It's about knowing the market, finding a niche that you love, hitting the tropes that readers want, and (most importantly) doing the research to put you at the top of the game in a tough market. Historical romance is a popular genre with multiple subgenres and secret pockets i...

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El Fuego de la Imaginación: Libros, Escenarios, Pantallas Y Museos. Obra Periodística 1 / The Fire of Imagination. Journalistic Works 1 - Paperback

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by Mario Vargas Llosa (Author)LA CULTURA, PROTAGONISTA DEL PRIMER VOLUMEN DE LA OBRA PERIODÍSTICA DEL PREMIO NOBEL DE LITERATURA MARIO VARGAS LLOSA «No hay cultura genuina sin pluralidad de ideas y sin crítica Durante más de sesenta años, Mario Vargas Llosa ha desarrollado una intensa labor como articulista. Para él, los textos publicados en medios escritos de todo el mundo son una especie de autobiografía intelectual, literaria y política que ha ido levantando al ritmo de la actualidad de ca...

Syntaxe théorique et formelle, Volume 1: Modélisation, unités, structures - Paperback

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by Sylvain Kahane (Author), Kim Gerdes (Author)Conçu comme une introduction générale à la syntaxe, cet ouvrage présente les notions de base nécessaires à une étude de la combinaison des unités lexicales et grammaticales au sein d'un énoncé. Sans se placer dans un cadre préconçu, l'ouvrage étudie les différentes possibilités pour la représentation des structures syntaxiques, en fonction des principes généraux et des critères particuliers retenus. Élaboré avec l'objectif de fournir une base pou...

Write Your Novel: First Page to First Draft - Paperback

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by Tom Holbrook (Author)You Can Do It!Stop staring at that blank page. Dust off that half-finished manuscript. This book will help you get from first page to a finished first draft. You can do it! You're not going to write a brilliant book. Not yet. But you are going to write a first draft. What is often elegantly referred to as your "Vomit Draft." This book cuts through the mountain of advice about writing and boils it down to just what you need to write a novel that works.Because here's a ...

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A History of Scientific Journals: Publishing at the Royal Society, 1665-2015 - Paperback

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by Aileen Fyfe (Author), Noah Moxham (Author), Julie McDougall-Waters (Author)A comprehensive history of scientific publishing and its impact on scientific discourse. Modern scientific research has changed significantly since the days of Isaac Newton, with professionalized, collaborative, and international networks that engage a more diverse community of researchers. Yet, the long history of scientific publishing reveals a deep mutual relationship between how academic discourse develops and ...

The Chinese Woman from the Painting - Hardcover

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by Florence Tholozan (Author), N. Theo (Author)The very moment you meet someone, you already have a vague idea of what will happen in the relationship. And the emotion that arises from that initial look is equal to the importance that this person will take on in your life. What if, like Mélisende and Guillaume, you discovered a strange painting? A painting about to upset your outlook on life? In the background, behind a young Chinese woman, there would be a couple who would resemble your coup...

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by Robin Gaines (Author), Gayle Bell (Author), Jeff Ferris (Author)Being a writer is hard. Nobody denies that. It is one of the toughest, most unforgiving career paths one can choose, and at the end of the day, only the strong (and lucky) survive. But then, why do people still do it? This collection of creative, nonfiction essays written by a diverse range of published authors gives the reader an opportunity to see the world through the eyes of a writer, to travel through their most memorable...

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by David Vicente Valentin (Author)Author BiographyDAVID VICENTE es autor de las novelas Un pequeño paso para el hombre, seleccionada como uno de los cinco mejores debuts literarios del año 2012 por El Cultural del diario El Mundo; Esto podría ser un gambito de dama, pero es una canción de amor (Almuzara), Isbrük, galardonada con el XLVIII Premio Internacional de Novela Corta Ciudad de Barbastro, La puta y la niña que soñaron Berlín y el libro de relatos El sonido de los sapos. Además de la ob...

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Manual Practico Para Un Buen USO de Los Signos de Puntuacion - Paperback

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by Jose Carlos Aranda Aguilar (Author)Author BiographyJosé Carlos Aranda Aguilar, nacido en Córdoba en 1957, Doctor en Filología Hispánica y Doctor en Ciencias de la Educación, miembro de la Real Academia de Córdoba, es profesor de Lengua Espańola y Literatura desde 1980. Corrector de Selectividad, miembro de tribunales de oposiciones, aquilata una larga experiencia en corrección de pruebas y comentario de texto que plasma en Cómo se hace un comentario de texto (Berenice, 2009, 4Ş ed.). A par...

Descriptive and theoretical approaches to African linguistics - Hardcover

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by Galen Sibanda (Editor), Deo Ngonyani (Editor), Jonathan Choti (Editor)Descriptive and Theoretical Approaches to African Linguistics contains a selection of revised and peer-reviewed papers from the 49th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, held at Michigan State University in 2018. The contributions from both students and more senior scholars, based in North America, Africa and other parts of the world, provide a glimpse of the breadth and quality of current research in African lingui...

Exploring Language Education: Global and Local Perspectives - Paperback

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by Camilla Bardel (Editor), Christina Hedman (Editor), Katarina Rejman (Editor)The overarching aim of this book is to offer researchers and students insight into some currently discussed issues at the Swedish as well as the international research frontline of Language Education in a selection of up-to-date work. Another aim is to provide teachers, teacher educators and policy-makers with input from research within the interconnected disciplines of Applied Linguistics, Language Education and S...

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by Fatima Gordillo (Author)Author BiographyFátima Gordillo (Grenada, 1972) is a journalist, consultant and a speech teacher and theater. has worked as editor at the newspaper Digital Granada and in the Computer Today magazines and Tek'n'Life, among others. During the last years, his professional work has been focused on media, public relations, the publishing world and technology, in addition to having given numerous conferences and seminars on philosophy, ethics, technology and symbolism, to...

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Plantéate Esto / Consider This - Paperback

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by Chuck Palahniuk (Author)El libro más personal del célebre autor de El club de la pelea una guía indispensable y original para aspirantes a escritores. Tras más de dos décadas dedicado a la escritura, el aclamado autor de El club de la lucha ha decidido compartir su sabiduría y sus años de experiencia en el arte de contar historias. Palahniuk revela los conocimientos que él mismo ha ido acumulando con los años, gracias a su gran capacidad de observación, a los talleres literarios en los que...

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Story and Structure: A Complete Guide - Paperback

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by Leon Conrad (Author)Winner of the IPNE Book of the Year Award 2022 and IPNE Informational Nonfiction Book Award 2022Story and Structure tells the untold story of how story works. Using just six primary symbols, author Leon Conrad outlines eighteen story structures and shows how they all optimally solve the problems which give rise to them. The book also demonstrates the much wider application of story, presenting new insights into story as a dynamic force of life, allowing the reader to ac...