Language Arts & Disciplines

Author: Simon RowberryPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 06/29/2023Pages: 75Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.22dISBN: 9781108743181

Learn about Myanmar while improving your language skills! Aimed at beginning to intermediate language learners, this book introduces 25 stories from Myanmar in parallel Burmese and English versions presented on facing pages. It can be used as a reader in Burmese language courses or...

Clinicians and those in health sciences are frequently called upon to measure subjective states such as attitudes, feelings, quality of life, educational achievement and aptitude, and learning style in their patients. This fifth edition of Health Measurement Scales enables these groups to both develop...

"With iQ online: integrated digital content"--Cover.Author: Robert Freire, Tamara JonesPublisher: Oxford University Press, USAPublished: 07/14/2015Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.41lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.90w x 0.30dISBN: 9780194819282

How do you get from "This is what happened" to "Here's my story?" How do you craft a narrative that captures listeners' attention--a story that offers authentic meaning and value? How do you tell your personal story in a way that doesn't sound self-celebratory?...

Award-winning author Zetta Elliott has worked with kids and teens for thirty years. In this affordable, accessible guide she offers tips and activities designed to help emerging writers share their stories with the world. An important resource for educators committed to using inclusive literature...

Ethnography centers on the culture of everyday life. So it is ironic that most scholars who do research on the intimate experiences of ordinary people write their books in a style that those people cannot understand. In recent years, the ethnographic method has spread...

A must-read collection featuring the best in sports journalism Glenn Stout, founding editor of the Best American Sports Writing, has curated an essential anthology showcasing incredible feats and diverse perspectives across the world of sports. Selected from a wide range of newspapers, magazines, and...

When critics decry the current state of our public discourse, one reliably easy target is television news. It's too dumbed-down, they say; it's no longer news but entertainment, celebrity-obsessed and vapid. The critics may be right. But, as Charles L. Ponce de Leon explains...

Since Nabil Cherif was old enough to walk to school on his own, his Ommi (mother) would walk with him the first two blocks, turn the corner together and would send him off saying, translated from his Tunisian dialect, "Go, Live Up to the...

Providing examples of successful approaches to unsettling Western archival paradigms from Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia, this book showcases vital community archival work that will illuminate decolonial archival practices for archivists, curators, heritage practitioners, and others responsible for the stewardship of...

Intrusive Leadership: How to become THAT Leader is the first and only book solely dedicated to defining, dissecting, and discussing the most critical leadership style for the future. This book will take you on a journey from introducing the leadership style, identifying current problems,...

Words confirm and deny, guarantee and deceive, elucidate and obfuscate. The more words you know, the better you can express yourself and the more you can do in life. The founder of the website Grandiloquent Word of the Day accordingly presents a voluptuary of...

"Ha habido una constante a lo largo de mis cuatro d cadas de carrera: La Historia. Su creaci n, su cuidado - y su iluminaci n a trav s de la tecnolog a de la poca en que me encontraba. Ya sea transformando diarios...

It is easier than ever to publish a book, but many authors find out too late about the actual work-the book marketing-that needs to be done to achieve sizable book sales. Instead of embracing the opportunities to promote their books, authors are intimidated and...

Volumes in WRITING SPACES: READINGS ON WRITING offer multiple perspectives on a wide-range of topics about writing, much like the model made famous by Wendy Bishop's "The Subject Is . . ." series. In each chapter, authors present their unique views, insights, and strategies...

With all the ease of a friend on your couch-an ingenius, multiple-PhD-holding, wise-man sort of friend, Ken Kuhlken combines observations of the world we live in, writers in history and his own experience (failures and triumphs) to form an all-around handbook of writerly wisdom.Author:...

This bestselling, approachable textbook begins from the assertion that the practice of journalism should be driven by a commitment to service the public interest. With this goal in sight, Understanding Journalism explains in a clear and engaging manner both the principles and techniques required...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

Divine your way through writer's block while adding a little magic into your writing practice with this illustrated oracle deck and guidebook set! Unique Oracle Format: The 50 cards in this oracle deck are split into 25 beautifully designed prompt cards (Cards of Inquiry)...