Language Arts & Disciplines

How is it possible to write down the Japanese language exclusively in Chinese characters? And how are we then able to determine the language behind the veil of the Chinese script as Japanese? The history of writing in Japan presents us with a fascinating...

Whiskers is on a mission to catch this mouse! But the mouse keeps moving. Can you tell Whiskers where the mouse is?Learn about preposition words that describe object location in this fun game of cat and mouse!Author: Darcy Silva, NataleePublisher: Fulton BooksPublished: 08/06/2021Pages: 22Binding...

The strong development in research on grammatical number in recent years has created a need for a unified perspective. The different frameworks, the ramifications of the theoretical questions, and the diversity of phenomena across typological systems, make this a significant challenge. This book addresses...

Written forms of Arabic composed during the era of the Ottoman Empire present an immensely fruitful linguistic topic. Extant texts display a proximity to the vernacular that cannot be encountered in any other surviving historical Arabic material, and thus provide unprecedented access to Arabic...

This Handbook is a comprehensive volume outlining the foremost issues regarding research and teaching of second language speaking, examining such diverse topics as cognitive processing, articulation, knowledge of pragmatics, instruction in sub-components of speaking (e.g., grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary) and the attrition of the...

For decades, international researchers and educators have sought to understand how to address cultural and linguistic diversity in education. This book offers the keys to doing so: it brings together short biographies of thirty-six scholars, representing a wide range of universities and countries, to...

Unlimited Players provides writing center scholars with new approaches to engaging with multimodality in the writing center through the lenses of games, play, and digital literacies. Considering how game scholarship can productively deepen existing writing center conversations regarding the role of creativity, play, and...

'Conscious Writing is a truly wonderful book that will sit next toWriting Down the Bones and other classics on writing, and will be well-used by me!'Robert Holden, author of Happiness NOW and Shift Happens! Conscious Writing is an original approach to creative awakening which...

Featuring contributions from leaders in the intersection between zines and libraries, including Katrin Abel, Jeremy Brett, Ann (A'misa) Matsushima Chiu, Marta Chudolinska, Jenna Freedman, Joan Jocson-Singh, Mica Johnson, Lauren Kehoe, Joshua Lupkin, Meg Metcalf, and Ziba Perez, this book presents an in-depth look at...

ABOUT THIS BOOK This book is a product of the love and passion of the Bisaya language and its intent to preserve it. The authors wish to share this desire to fellow Bisaya and other Bisaya-Speaking tribes in the Visayas and Mindanao Regions where...

The range of metadata needed to run a digital library and preserve its collections in the long term is much more extensive and complicated than anything in its traditional counterpart. It includes the same 'descriptive' information which guides users to the resources they require...

Written by two award-winning broadcast journalists, this book offers a practical, hands-on guide to the modern digital TV newsroom. Pulling from extensive industry experience, the authors provide a comprehensive look at the key journalistic skills needed to excel in broadcast news today, including storytelling,...

Der Band ist ein Überblickswerk über die Geschichte und Entwicklung der (Presse)Fotografie von ihren Anfänge bis zur heutigen Digitalisierung sowie über die wichtigsten Publikationsformen (Zeitschriften) in Deutschland. Darüber hinaus bietet er grundlegende Ansätze und methodische Hinweise zur Analyse von Fotografien.Author: Hans-Dieter KüblerPublisher: Springer vsPublished:...

An updated and expanded edition of the acclaimed writing guide for scientists The Scientist's Guide to Writing explains the essential techniques that students, postdocs, and early-career scientists need to write more clearly, efficiently, and easily. Now fully updated and expanded, this incisive primer offers...

New title in the beautiful collection of midi, foiled, and ruled and blank notebooks, each pack features three designs by some of the most popular artists. Beautiful and practical, these are perfect for all art lovers! The Tamara de Lempicka Set of 3 Midi...

Help your students read their way to better English. The Oxford Bookworms Library offers high-quality storytelling and a great reading experience, with a world wide range of classic and modern fiction, non-fiction and plays. Bookworms include original and adapted texts in seven carefully graded...

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.' More...

Gen Z slang is everywhere!There's no point denying it. It's not like Klingon, either. You can't ignore it into oblivion. It's here to stay (and evolve).Pop culture, digital marketing, movies, TV shows, books, and the entire internet, in general, is affected by this evolved...

Lost Orchard: Prose and Poetry from the Kirkland College Community (SUNY Press, 2014)featured a diverse collection of poems, short stories, novel excerpts, creative nonfiction, and one-act plays by the Kirkland community. The work was well-received, and requestsfor a Lost Orchard II now come to...

Use the gigs you get to get the gigs you want. You spend a ton of time building your personal brand to generate more speaking opportunities. You write a blog, record podcasts, post on Instagram, and upload to YouTube. You refine your speaking website,...