Language Arts & Disciplines

Strategic development is one of the most daunting challenges that faces any professional, no matter the field. After all, stakes are high. Developing effective strategies can put you on the path to becoming a trusted advisor and a valued employee. The Communication Strategy Framework...

Charles Dickens, celebrated novelist and journalist, believed that his greatest ability as a writer was to make people laugh. Yet, to date, humor has been strangely marginalized in journalism, communication and media studies. This innovative book draws together the work of seventeen writers to...

A Guide to Creating Student-Staffed Writing Centers, Grades 6-12, Revised Edition is a how-to and, ultimately, a why-to book for middle school and high school educators as well as for English/language arts teacher candidates and their methods instructors. This revised and updated International Writing...

In a society that increasingly touts post-racial and post-feminist discourses, the trope of monstrosity becomes a way to critically examine contemporary meanings around race, class, gender, sexuality, and ability. Focusing on ways in which historically marginalized groups appropriate monstrosity as a means of resistance,...

Although competent peer tutoring depends heavily on knowledge within the particular discipline, there is certainly more to the process than subject knowledge alone. One of the most important components of tutoring in any academic area is effective communication. Research in the area of communication...

Becoming Activist is a revolutionary study of youth human rights activism and literacy learning. The book follows five urban youth organizers from the Drop Knowledge Project in New York City. Intentionally polyvocal, the voices of the five youth are featured prominently to highlight the...

Theories help to troubleshoot gaps in our understanding, and to make sense of a world that is constantly changing. What this book tries to do, in part, is blur the lines between the differences between today's college students - the millennial generation - and...

Our Stories Matter explains and exemplifies the methodology of Scholarly Personal Narrative (SPN) writing for marginalized, underrepresented, and previously disappeared students at all levels of higher education. Presently no book looks at the whys and hows of scholarly personal narrative writing that focuses on...

This book provides a practical and theoretical look at how media education can make learning and teaching more meaningful and transformative. This second edition includes more resources, photographs, and updated information as well as two new chapters: one exploring the pedagogical potential for using...

Over the last five decades, the gap between the haves and have-nots has consistently increased in the realm of access to healthcare services among different sectors of society: from quality of healthcare services, access to health supplies, technologies, and usage of health information and...

So You'd Like to. Become An Amazon Bestseller Don't wait. Publishing insider and CEO Brent Sampson reveals revolutionary advice guaranteed to increase your book sales on Amazon. Learn the powerful secrets used by successful Amazon authors every day. This informative and practical "how-to" guide...

In this book, authors Murphy and O'Neill propose a new way forward, moving away from high-stakes, test-based writing assessment and the curriculum it generates and toward an approach to assessment that centers on student learning and success. Reviewing the landscape of writing assessment and...

The first book to explore the development and importance of writing in ancient Cypriot society over 1,500 years.Author: Philippa M. SteelePublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 05/19/2022Pages: 292Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.03lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.61dISBN: 9781316620915This title is not returnable

You save money when purchasing bundled products. This bundle contains the loose-leaf version of Fusion: Integrated Reading and Writing, Book 2, 3rd Edition and access to MindTap Developmental English for 1 term (6 months) via printed access card. With a single login for MindTap,...

A study in linguistics, lifestyle, sociology, and history of our heritage. "The Cookson Hills Dictionary" provides the reader an insight to the hard-working, God-fearing, ingenious, inventive, and adventurous pioneers, who built the foundation of the country we enjoy today. Some of the terms we...

Word choice is extremely important in academic, formal or creative writing. This handy word bank was chosen for maximum effectiveness and power. Select words, the definitions, and a comprehensive list of transition words are included all in effort to decrease your time word searching...

Find yourself making faux pas with frequent malapropisms? Are you using the same banal terms, day in and day out? Have friends pointed out your overuse of platitudes or your plebeian vocabulary? Improve it and pick up a few neologisms along the way with...

What's the Spanish word for "camera"? What does "la golosina" translate to in Spanish? Find out the answers to these and more with the new 3-panel "Quizzers" edition of our Spanish Vocabulary guide. With this version, students can find a set of back-page exercises...

English Fundamentals has been one of BarCharts' most popular guides, and now it's available in a brand-new version This 3-panel format--part of our "Quizzers" line of reference tools--features a series of questions and answers pertaining to the basics of English that are fully discussed...

As with any other language, the proper understanding and use of words is important for communication between English-speaking people. Therefore, sharpen your vocabulary skills with this handy 3-panel guide that features a comprehensive list of advanced-level words--from "dissipate" to "incongruous"--for you to study. In...