Language Arts & Disciplines
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Integrated Korean: Intermediate 1, Second EditionThis is a thoroughly revised edition of Integrated Korean: Intermediate 1, the third volume of the best-selling series developed collaboratively by leading classroom teachers and linguists of Korean. All series' volumes have been developed in accordance with performance-based principles and methodology--contextualization, learner-centeredness, use of...
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Aozora: Intermediate-Advance Japanese Communication-2nd Ed.Aozora develops intermediate students' oral and written communicative skills and provides insights into Japanese society and culture. The text encourages students to participate actively in a variety of authentic and intellectually stimulating activities. An instructor's guide is available separately. Replaces audio CDs with online...
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Critical Rhythm: The Poetics of a Literary Life FormThis book shows how rhythm constitutes an untapped resource for understanding poetry. Intervening in recent debates over formalism, historicism, and poetics, the authors show how rhythm is at once a defamiliarizing aesthetic force and an unstable concept. Distinct from the related terms to which...
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Cruising the Library: Perversities in the Organization of KnowledgeCruising the Library offers a highly innovative analysis of the history of sexuality and categories of sexual perversion through a critical examination of the Library of Congress and its cataloging practices. Taking the publication of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick's Epistemologies of the Closet as emblematic...
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Beyond the Lettered City: Indigenous Literacies in the AndesIn Beyond the Lettered City, the anthropologist Joanne Rappaport and the art historian Tom Cummins examine the colonial imposition of alphabetic and visual literacy on indigenous groups in the northern Andes. They consider how the Andean peoples received, maintained, and subverted the conventions of...
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Ad Hominem ArgumentsA vital contribution to legal theory and media and civic discourse In the 1860s, northern newspapers attacked Abraham Lincoln's policies by attacking his character, using the terms "drunk," "baboon," "too slow," "foolish," and "dishonest." Political argumentation has steadily increased since then and the argumentum...
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The Rhetoric of FascismHighlights the persuasive devices most common to fascist appeals Fascism has resurfaced as one of the most pressing problems of our time. The rise of extremist parties and candidates in Europe, the United States, and around the globe has led even mainstream political commentators...
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In the Beginning: A Short History of the Hebrew LanguageDecodes the long history of Hebrew and its influential place as the ancestor of many modern written languages Hebrew as a language is just over 3,000 years old, and the story of its alphabet is unique among the languages of the world. Hebrew set...
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Culturally Speaking: The Rhetoric of Voice and Identity in a Mediated CultureWinner, 2020 Outstanding Book Award, Critical/Cultural Studies Division of the National Communication Association Recent pieces by NPR, the BBC, and Forbes have called attention to the power of voice--positing that "your voice is the secret to getting hired" and that "voice can accelerate or...
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Bastard Tongues: A Trailblazing Linguist Finds Clues to Our Common Humanity in the World's Lowliest LanguagesBastard Tongues is an exciting, firsthand story of scientific discovery in an area of research close to the heart of what it means to be human--what language is, how it works, and how it passes from generation to generation, even where historical accidents have...
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Educating for Empathy: Literacy Learning and Civic EngagementRecipient of the 2019 NCTE David H. Russell Award Educating for Empathy presents a compelling framework for thinking about the purpose and practice of literacy education in a politically polarized world. Mirra proposes a model of critical civic empathy that encourages secondary ELA teachers...
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Keep It R.E.A.L.!: Relevant, Engaging, and Affirming Literacy for Adolescent English LearnersThis book introduces a set of pedagogical practices designed to assist adolescent English learners in developing their English skills in a way that honors and leverages their native languages and cultures. Responding to the linguistic and educational diversity of adolescents, the R.E.A.L. (Relevant, Engaging,...
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How to Learn Any Language: Quickly, Easily, Inexpensively, Enjoyably and on Your OwnBarry Farber has been a true adventurer in languages for forty-six years and can speak in 25 tongues. The techniques he presents here will have readers speaking, reading, and writing and enjoying any foreign language in a surprisingly short time.Author: Barry J. FarberPublisher: Kensington...
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A Whirlwind Passed Through Our Country: Lakota Voices of the Ghost DanceThe inception of the Ghost Dance religion in 1890 marked a critical moment in Lakota history. Yet, because this movement alarmed government officials, culminating in the infamous massacre at Wounded Knee of 250 Lakota men, women, and children, historical accounts have most often described...
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Choctaw Language and Culture: Chahta Anumpa, Volume 2volume 2Building on the foundations laid by the first volume of Choctaw Language and Culture, this follow-up text presents a more advanced linguistic study of Oklahoma Choctaw, accompanied by short stories and anecdotes written by Choctaws in their native language.The book is organized around twelve...
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Vocabulario Vaquero/Cowboy Talk: A Dictionary of Spanish Terms from the American WestSpanish is an important source for terms and expressions that have made their way into the English of the southwestern United States. Vocabulario Vaquero/Cowboy Talk is the first book to list all Spanish-language terms pertaining to two important activities in the American West-ranching and...
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The Grammar Bible: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Grammar But Didn't Know Whom to AskA comprehensive, practical reference guide to the idiosyncrasies of the English language No one knows grammar like Michael Strumpf. For over a quarter of a century, as creator and proprietor of the National Grammar Hot Line, he helped thousands of callers from every corner...
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Intermediate Mandarin Chinese Speaking & Listening Practice: A Workbook for Intermediate Learners of Spoken Chinese (CD-ROM Included)This one-of-a-kind practice guide can be used with any Mandarin Chinese textbook or on its own to enhance your speaking and listening abilities dramatically No matter what textbook you're using to learn Chinese, it requires a lot of practice Here is a wealth of...
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Indonesian for Beginners: Learning Conversational Indonesian (with Free Online Audio)Selamat datang! Learn to read, write, and speak Indonesian! By completing the 12 lessons in Indonesian for Beginners, you will learn not only to understand, speak, read and write basic Indonesian, but also about many important aspects of Indonesia's amazingly diverse culture, people, and...
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English Made Easy, Volume 2: A New ESL Approach: Learning English Through PicturesThis is a fun and user-friendly way to learn English English Made Easy is a breakthrough in English language learning--imaginatively exploiting how pictures and text can work together to create understanding and help learners learn more productively. It gives beginner English learners easy access...
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