Language Arts & Disciplines

Most librarians and staff participate in at least one data migration during their careers. And since the new systems inevitably work differently than the old ones and require different data to function, its always a challenge to plan smooth migrations that position libraries to...

"No We can't rid of that " Vnuk, author of the popular "Weeding Tips" column on Booklist Online, is here to show you that yes, you can. A library is an ever-changing organism; when done the right way, weeding helps a library thrive by...

This comprehensive Chinese character workbook can be used with any textbook or on its own to enhance your Mandarin reading and writing skills dramatically! No matter what textbook you're using to learn Chinese, it requires a lot of practice. Here is a wealth of...

V. N. Volosinov's important work, first published in Russian in 1929, had to wait a generation for recognition. This first paperback edition of the English translation will be capital for literary theorists, philosophers, linguists, psychologists, and many others.Volosinov is out to undo the old...

The Los Angeles Times bestseller now available with a fresh new look! 100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know focuses on words that a successful high school graduate can learn from rigorous coursework in a standard variety of subjects and on words that...

These all-inclusive skills resources provide the focused practice students need to apply, reinforce, and review skills in reading, math, and test-taking. Answer key included.Author: Houghton Mifflin HarcourtPublisher: Steck Vaughn School SupplyPublished: 02/21/2014Pages: 232Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 10.80h x 8.10w x 0.50dISBN: 9780544261822Audience: Ages 4-8This...

Author: Stephen HakePublisher: Stephen Hake GrammarPublished: 07/05/2013Pages: 616Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 3.00lbsSize: 10.70h x 8.20w x 1.30dISBN: 9780544044203This title is not returnable

This course is designed for teachers and trainee teachers preparing for the Cambridge ESOL TKT: Content and Language Integrated Learning test (TKT: CLIL). It is ideal for both content and language teachers. Written by a CLIL expert in collaboration with Cambridge ESOL, this course...

This is probably the most delightful, useful, and comprehensive elementary book available for learning spoken and written German, with or without a teacher. Working on the principles that a person learns more quickly by example than by rule, the author has put together a...

An entertaining and informative guide to the most common 150 words even smart people use incorrectly, along with pithy forays into their fascinating etymologies and tangled histories of use and misuse. Even the most erudite among us use words like apocryphal, facetious, ironic, meteorite,...

You acquired English naturally. Not through the memorization of long lists of vocabulary, not through the tedious chore of learning bare-bones grammar--but through actually speaking it. This fact of nature is at the heart of Berlitz method for learning a new language, a method...

Author: Nancy Douglas, James R. MorganPublisher: Heinle ELTPublished: 06/16/2021Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.45lbsSize: 11.65h x 8.27w x 0.47dISBN: 9780357502105About the AuthorDouglas, Nancy: - Nancy Douglas is a teacher, materials writer, and editor who has been in ELT for over twenty years. She has extensive experience...

A Best Book of the Year: The Financial Times, Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, and Detroit Free PresMalcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers -- and...

The Upper Peninsula of Michigan--known as "the U P"--is historically, geographically, and culturally distinct. Struggles over land, labor, and language during the last 150 years have shaped the variety of English spoken by resident Yoopers, as well as how they are viewed by outsiders--and...

For more than a quarter of a century, Pat Schneider has helped writers find and liberate their true voices. She has taught all kinds--the award winning, the struggling, and those who have been silenced by poverty and hardship. Her innovative methods have worked in...

This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students. Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during,...

For courses in first-year composition and rhetoric. Grammar as a valuable tool for the writer Rhetorical Grammar encourages writers to recognize and use the grammatical and stylistic choices available to them, and to understand the rhetorical effects of those choices on their readers. Kolin...

Author: Collins DictionariesPublisher: CollinsPublished: 07/01/2019Pages: 992Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.50lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.70dISBN: 9780008309435

Some of the most exciting words are verbs. Jump! Run! Play! In this accessible book, readers will learn how verbs are used in a sentence and why they are vital to the sentence's structure. Comprehensible, at-level text and vibrant, relatable photographs help readers gain...

Yes, nouns are people, places, and things, but get ready to learn much more about these kinds of words. This motivating volume helps emerging readers spot both common and proper nouns--and the difference between them--as well as comprehend how nouns feature in the structure...