Language Arts & Disciplines
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Learning One-To-One Paperback [With CDROM]This handbook is designed for all language teachers who are giving one-to-one lessons, either in person or as part of a distance learning programme. It helps teachers take advantage of the opportunities of one-to-one teaching, and also cope with its challenges. Part 1 provides...
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Writing about Music: A Style SheetWhere do you place the hyphen in "Beethoven" if it breaks between two lines? How do you cite John Coltrane's album A Love Supreme? Is it "premiere" or "première"? The answers and much more can be found in this definitive resource for authors, students,...
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Introduction to Attic Greek: Answer KeyThis booklet provides the answers to the exercises in Introduction to Attic Greek, 2nd Edition by Donald J. Mastronarde, (UC Press, 2013, 978-0-520-27571-3). It is an invaluable guide for instructors and independent language students. Additional teaching resources are available at atticgreek.org.Author: Donald J. MastronardePublisher:...
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The Rustle of LanguageThe Rustle of Language is a collection of forty-five essays, written between 1967 and 1980, on language, literature, and teaching--the pleasure of the text--in an authoritative translation by Richard Howard.Author: Roland BarthesPublisher: University of California PressPublished: 01/18/1989Pages: 384Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.14lbsSize: 8.97h x 6.01w...
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Signing: Signed English: A Basic GuideThis quick-reference dictionary is for everyone who knows, cares about, or wants to communicate with someone who is deaf or hearing impaired. Designed by Harry Bornstein and Karen L. Saulnier, two of the foremost experts on sign language, Signing features more than one thousand...
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A Walk Between Heaven and Earth: A Personal Journal on Writing and the Creative ProcessTalking to paper is talking to the divine. Paper is infinitely patient. Each time you scratch on it, you trace part of yourself, and thus part of the world, and thus part of the grammar of the universe. It is a huge language, but...
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Cicero's OrationsThe greatest orator of the late Roman Republic, Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.), influenced the course of European letters for centuries after his death. Through his writings, Renaissance and Enlightenment scholars encountered the riches of Classical rhetoric and philosophy. The elegance of his style,...
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Understanding Language Structure, Interaction, and Variation: An Introduction to Applied Linguistics and Sociolinguistics for NonspecialistsUnderstanding Language Structure, Interaction, and Variation is an introduction to the study of language and applied linguistics for students who have had a minimum of exposure to the discipline of linguistics. Using clear, easy-to-understand explanations and examples, this text avoids the in-depth theoretical coverage...
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The Art of Teaching Speaking: Research and Pedagogy for the Esl/Efl Classroom*What elements make a speaking activity successful? *Which tasks or activities really help build speaking fluency? *What does the research show regarding speaking activities?*What mistakes do ESL teachers often make in speaking activity design? In this highly accessible and practical resource, Keith S. Folse...
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Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism"Get it, read it, and pass it on." --Bill Moyers"Most Americans living today never heard Ed Murrow in a live broadcast. This book is for them I want them to know that broadcast journalism was established by someone with the highest standards. Tabloid crime...
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A Guide to Old EnglishA comprehensive introduction to Old English, combining simple, clear philology with the best literary works to provide a compelling and accessible beginners' guide. Provides a comprehensive introduction to Old English Uses a practical approach suited to the needs of the beginning student Features selections...
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Learning to Write Fiction from the MastersJane Austen, Leo Tolstoy, Ernest Hemingway, Willa Cather, Jack London, Dorothy Parker, John O'Hara, Elmore Leonard, and a host of other greats past and present have much to show you about how to begin and end a story, structure a plot, create memorable characters,...
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Selling a Screenplay: The Screenwriter's Guide to Hollywood- Breaks Down the Business of Screenwriting - Explains What the Buyer Looks For - Shows You What to Do to Get in the Door - Tackles the Pitching Process - Provides Personal Insights from Famous Screenwriters Everybody has a story to tell. Everybody...
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The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English LanguageFrom Mark Forsyth, the author of the #1 international bestseller, The Etymologicon, comes a book of weird words for familiar situations. The Horologicon (or book of hours) contains the most extraordinary words in the English language, arranged according to what hour of the day...
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Museum and Gallery Studies: The BasicsMuseum and Gallery Studies: The Basics is an accessible guide for the student approaching Museum and Gallery Studies for the first time. Taking a global view, it covers the key ideas, approaches and contentious issues in the field. Balancing theory and practice, the book...
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Assessing English Language Learners: Theory and PracticeAssessing English Language Learners explains and illustrates the main ideas underlying assessment as an activity intimately linked to instruction and the basic principles for developing, using, selecting, and adapting assessment instruments and strategies to assess content knowledge in English language learners (ELLs). Sensitive to...
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Creating Critical Classrooms: Reading and Writing with an EdgeThis popular text articulates a powerful theory of critical literacy-in all its complexity. Critical literacy practices encourage students to use language to question the everyday world, interrogate the relationship between language and power, analyze popular culture and media, understand how power relationships are socially...
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Thai: An Essential GrammarThis second edition of Thai: An Essential Grammar provides an up-to-date and concise reference guide to Thai grammar. Using clear, jargon-free explanations, it sets out the complexities of Thai in short, readable sections and presents an accessible description of the language. Focus is kept...
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The Language of Colour: An IntroductionThe Language of Colour provides a fresh and innovative approach to the study of colour from the co-author of the best-selling textbook, Reading Images.Moving on from the meanings of single colours, Theo van Leeuwen develops the theory that many different features shape the way...
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Black Sheep and Lame Ducks: The Origins of Even More Phrases We Use Every DayThe fun and fascinating follow-up to the international bestseller Red Herrings and White Elephants Why do people put their skeletons in a closet, have a hunch, get the cold shoulder, get dressed up to the nines, or call a spade a spade? These phrases...
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