Language Arts & Disciplines

The latest from well-known author and literacy expert Richard Allington is intended as the first step in preparing future teachers to provide early adolescents with high-quality literacy instruction. What Really Matters for Middle School Readers: From Research to Practice looks at the areas that...

Author: Susan Earle-CarlinPublisher: Oxford University Press, USAPublished: 07/28/2015Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.15lbsSize: 9.90h x 7.90w x 0.40dISBN: 9780194819527

A practice book for learners who want to increase the number of phrasal verbs they know and be confident in using them. Each unit presents students with a selection of phrasal verbs and clear examples of when and how to use them.Author: Jamie Flockhart,...

Business English experts Nick Brieger and Simon Sweeney guide the user through 72 units to explain the structure of the English language. Examples of real usage are followed by a simple but thorough explanation of each grammar point. Then, a range of practice exercises...

Is English in Utah truly unique? If so, what makes it different? Which stereotypes about how Utahns speak are completely off base and which are accurate? To answer these questions, linguist David Eddington surveyed more than 1,700 Utahns in an effort to better understand...

Bridge from everyday writing to writing in any situation. College students write regularly in personal and social settings, but they often find it challenging to transition successfully to academic contexts. By building from their everyday writing experience, Writing Situations with MyWritingLab prepares students to...

Author: Allegra Goodman, Michael PrincePublisher: Broadview Press IncPublished: 12/12/2022Pages: 360Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.49lbsSize: 9.00h x 7.00w x 0.71dISBN: 9781554816026About the AuthorAllegra Goodman's novels include Sam, Kaaterskill Falls, The Family Markowitz, Intuition, The Cookbook Collector, and The Chalk Artist. Her short fiction has appeared in...

This thoroughly revised second edition covers the major areas of research, theory, and practical application in health communication. This textbook takes an in-depth approach to health communication by analyzing and critically evaluating research conducted across multiple paradigmatic perspectives and focusing on translational application of...

Author: Matthias VollmerPublisher: de GruyterPublished: 09/05/2023Pages: 64Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9783111071053Language: GermanThis title is only available via back order

What do a caravan of camels, a congress of baboons, a thunder of hippos, and a mask of raccoons all have in common? They are collective nouns. This book uses poetry, humor, and colorful illustrations to inform and entertain readers. Numerous collective nouns are...

Author: DanihelPublisher: Oxford University Press, USAPublished: 10/16/2021Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 10.91h x 8.69w x 0.27dISBN: 9781382019859

'WAYB remains an indispensable companion for anyone seriously committed to the profession of author, whether full-time or part-time; and as always it is particularly valued by those who are setting out hopefully on that vocational path.' - David Lodge Revised and updated annually, this...

Our wildly diverse country contains multitudes-wanderers and drifters, exiles and refugees, boundary defenders and border-crossers, nomads and immigrants, Underground Railroaders and long-haul riders, free-thinkers and rule-followers. No single story can say it all, for we are people who speak with many tongues, and who...

In presenting this, the seventh book of the "1001 Question and Answer Series," we feel that a great want is partially met. It is evident, from the number of inquiries made for such a book, that the works devoted to the subject of Orthography...

Author: Alessandro BariccoPublisher: Editorial AnagramaPublished: 07/11/2023Pages: 112Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.20w x 0.39dISBN: 9788433901880Language: Spanish

It is sometimes proclaimed that crises generate creative powers. An idea to consider, beyond the banal advertising or entrepreneurial statements about the fruitful nature of crises (political, social, economic, or personal). It is the psychic, literary, and philosophical aspect of the notion of crisis...

The Making of The Best American Poetry.The first chapter, written for the 2018 reissue of the inaugural volume of the series, gives an account of the birth of The Best American Poetry (Scribner) and is followed by the forewords Lehman wrote for the books...

Honorable Mention recipient for the American Journalism Historians Association Book of the Year Award, this book outlines the rich history of more than 250 women who worked as war correspondents up through World War II, while demonstrating the ways in which the press and...

In this systematic critique of the structural basis of U.S. media -- arguably the first one ever published -- Upton Sinclair writes that "American journalism is a class institution serving the rich and spurning the poor." Likening journalists to prostitutes, the title of the...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...