Language Arts & Disciplines

"Superb." --Steven Pinker"An explanation, a defense, and, most heartening, a celebration. . . . McWhorter demonstrates the 'legitimacy' of Black English by uncovering its complexity and sophistication, as well as the still unfolding journey that has led to its creation. . . . His]...

Susan Perrow passionately believes that "stories know the way." Working with imaginative journeys and the mystery and magic of metaphor, she has developed the art of therapeutic storytelling for challenging behavior in children and difficult situations. She offers a tried-and-tested method for creating a...

Focus your English learning on the most frequently used words. Learn just the 1000 words you need for everyday life. One of the usual mistakes when learning a foreign language is that the student has no priorities. All the unknown words get the same...

This workbook provides exercises to help students practise and build many of the English words and phrases that they will find useful for the popular TOEFL(R) (Test of English as a Foreign Language) examination, which is an entry requirement for non-native speakers at more...

From the inspiring opening student quotations to the final appendix on punctuation, "Coming to Terms with Experience Through Writing" is an accessible handbook for teachers of composition and a supportive guide for professional and aspiring writers. Scott Oury shows through examples from his thirty...

Do you keep promising yourself to write but never quite get around to it? Do you delete almost as many words as you write? Do you write things that never get shared?Nobody is born knowing how to write. Like any skill, writing improves with...

An engaging and authoritative guide to the impact of reading medium on learning, from a foremost expert in the field We face constant choices about how we read. Educators must select classroom materials. College students weigh their textbook options. Parents make decisions for their...

Virtue Information Literacy draws upon virtue ethics and virtue epistemology to develop a new, ethical conception of information literacy. Those of us who live in heterogenous societies with relatively free flowing information inhabit a world of Information Anarchy, anarchy not in the uninformed popular...

Author: Jose Carlos Aranda AguilarPublisher: AlmuzaraPublished: 01/24/2023Pages: 168Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 8.10h x 6.20w x 0.80dISBN: 9788411312042Language: Spanish

Celebrated author and educator Ralph Fletcher provides a practical and illuminating guide to writing workshop for both new and veteran teachers that details the best ways to get started, the components that are vital, and what it takes to sustain a successful workshop across...

Exam Essentials is our major British English exam preparation series combining exam preparation, practice, and tips for the revised Cambridge English exams. This effective combination of testing and teaching has proved a popular formula with teachers and students. The first two practice tests in...

అక్షరంతో ఏర్పడిన బంధాలు అక్షరం ఉండే వరకూ ఉంటాయి. మనం ఎందుకు రాస్తున్నాం అనే ప్రశ్న మనలో కలిగినప్పుడు మనలో పుట్టే సాహిత్యం, రాతలు విలువైనవిగా సమాజానికి ఉపయోగపడేలా ఉంటాయి. వ్యక్తి కేంద్రంగా కానీ, మతం కేంద్రంగా గాని, కులం కేంద్రంగా గాని చేసే రచనల వల్ల కేవలం పరిమితంగా ఉండిపోతాయి. రచయిత వెలుగును ప్రసాదించాలి. ఇక అవార్డుల కోసం రాసే...

In fifty informative and inspiring steps, Beth Kaplan shows you how to write your story in essay or book form by putting on your writer's hat, then your editor's hat, then digging down to bring out the passionate details of the story, and finally...

Read and write your way to excellence on the GED RLA Test Does the thought of taking the GED RLA Test make you red in the face? Fear not With the help of GED RLA Test For Dummies, you'll get up to speed on...

"A dictionary wrapped in some serious dialectology inside a gift book trailing a serious whiff of Relevance."―The New York TimesIn this book on Midwestern accents and sayings, Edward McClelland (Folktales and Legends of the Midwest) explains what Midwesterners say and how and why they...

The Complete Lojban Language is a complete description of the artificial language Lojban. It serves as a reference grammar for the language, offering an overview of the language, as well as linguistic details on every aspect of the language. This book serves as the...

How do you supervise a graduate student working in a library--and not just adequately, but well? What is a valuable and meaningful work experience? How can libraries design more equitable and ethical positions for students?Learning in Action: Designing Successful Graduate Student Work Experiences in...

For centuries writers have used participatory experience as a lens through which to better see the world at large and as a means of exploring the self. Considering various types of participatory writing as different strains of one style--immersion writing--Robin Hemley offers new perspectives...

A jargon-free manual on the basics of developing interesting fictional charactersVibrant, believable characters help drive a fictional story. Along with a clever plot, well-drawn characters make us want to continue reading a novel or finish watching a movie. In Creating Characters, Dwight V. Swain...

A fun and helpful resource for anyone interested in learning some Indonesian--whether you're 5 or 100 This picture dictionary covers the 1,500 most useful Indonesian words and phrases. Each word and sentence is given in Indonesian script--with a Romanized version to help you pronounce...