Language Arts & Disciplines

Administrators and teachers need defensible evidence of English language learners' growth and achievement to drive their decision making! This groundbreaking book provides a field-tested approach to accountability for ELLs. Gottlieb and Nguyen propose the BASIC (Balanced Assessment and Accountability System, Inclusive and Comprehensive) model....

The field of technical and professional communication is young, and research related to it-and specifically usability-is constantly growing. Usability and user-experience researchers are broadening research into studies involving social issues, accessibility, reconciliation, and user advocacy. Amplifying Voices in UX explores the theme of balance...

"Dictionaries are like watches: the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true." -Samuel Johnson, Johnson: Letter to Fransesco Sastres (1784)A Dictionary of the English Language Volume I (1825), originally published in 1755, was the first dictionary...

Speeches of visionaries and great leaders who inspired change and influenced the course of history. Every speech marks a figure or moment in history that represents political or social transformation. A thoughtful compilation of orations from revered figures with whom most readers are already...

With Voices, learners use English as a tool for global communication and are encouraged to celebrate connections among people from a wide range of cultures and backgrounds. Carefully sequenced activities featuring real world content fully prepare learners for interaction and guide them to develop...

Voices is a seven-level, integrated-skills program for adults and young adults that enables instructors to teach with confidence in all classrooms. Supported by a common-sense lesson progression and a Virtual Voices Toolkit featuring professional development resources, teachers have the learning and teaching materials they...

A new title in the Flame Tree Foiled Quarto Journal collection, combining beautiful art with high-quality production: bleed-proof, acid-free FSC pages, a pocket, ribbon bookmarks and a magnetic flap. Perfect as a gift or for all notetakers, list-makers and journal users. A FLAME TREE...

SAVE when you order the ELLCO K-3 User's Guide and ELLCO K-3 Tool together!Trusted by schools across the country, ELLCO helps build better literacy programs by assessing the quality of both the classroom environment and teachers' practices. With ELLCO, educators reliably gather the essential...

SAVE when you order the ELLCO Pre-K User's Guide and ELLCO Pre-K Tool together Trusted by schools across the country, ELLCO helps build better literacy programs by assessing the quality of both the classroom environment and teachers' practices. With ELLCO, educators reliably gather the...

Author: M. S. Stacy BengePublisher: Exchange PressPublished: 08/16/2023Pages: 176Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.38dISBN: 9780942702859This title is not returnable

This book makes punctuation more fun and easier to learn than traditional approaches do. It teaches the natural way, by example: each lesson begins with quotes that exemplify good punctuation and sentence structure. Quotations are humorous and informative, drawn from the words of notable...

A deep dive into the nature of translation from one of its most acclaimed practitioners Avoiding theoretical debates and clich?d metaphors, award-winning translator Damion Searls has written a fresh, approachable, and convincing account of what translation really is and what translators actually do. As...

The Merge Hypothesis is the central empirical theoretical contribution of the Minimalist Program (MP) to syntactic theory. This book offers an accessible overview of the MP, debunking common sixty years of Generative research, culminating in GB theory. He introduces The Fundamental Principle of Grammar,...

Information professionals work in dynamically changing environments with a diverse range of patrons, which can sometimes present stressful situations. This book seeks to aid staff in information and geritage organisation in steering through challenges by fostering a culture grounded in kindness and wellbeing, promoting...

THE JACKDAW'S PRIZE is a collection of "Observations and Enthusiasms," which falls more into the category of sketches than formal essays. Written in a bright, jaunty, and somewhat kaleidoscopic style, the author turns his keen-eyed attention to disparate-and unlikely-subjects: The dilapidated charm of the...

Here is a student guide to writing an effective doctoral dissertation or a master's thesis. This book disaggregates the elements of the dissertation and provides the student with a description, definition, and example of each dissertation element. The author presents multiple viewpoints that include...

Beam aboard your own Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror classroom with the next volume of the BSFA-shortlisted writing-guide series!Join Tiffani Angus (Ph.D.) and Val Nolan (Ph.D.) for a whirlwind introduction to the storytelling basics of 30 more subgenres and major tropes from across the...

Rhetoric and composition scholar Donna LeCourt combines theoretical inquiry, qualitative research, and rhetorical analysis to examine what it means to write for the "public" in an age when the distinctions between public and private have eroded. Public spaces are increasingly privatized, and individual subjectivities...

In 1997 Amazon started as a small online bookseller. It is now the largest bookseller in the US and one of the largest companies in the world, due, in part, to its implementation of algorithms and access to user data. This Element explains how...

Author: K. Stanley, L. CookePublisher: Fictionary PressPublished: 07/17/2024Pages: 404Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.13lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90dISBN: 9781738022113This title is not returnable