Language Arts & Disciplines

This guide for teachers and teacher trainees provides a wealth of suggestions for helping learners at all levels of proficiency develop their listening and speaking skills and fluency, using a framework based on principles of teaching and learning. By following these suggestions, which are...

The second edition of this bestselling text, Teaching ESL/EFL Reading and Writing, is a fully updated and expanded guide for teaching learners at all levels of proficiency how to develop their reading and writing skills and fluency. Practical and accessible, this book covers a...

"Words of the Inuit" is an important compendium of Inuit culture illustrated through Inuit words. It brings the sum of the author's decades of experience and engagement with Inuit and Inuktitut to bear on what he fashions as an amiable, leisurely stroll through words...

The Teaching Archive shows us a series of major literary thinkers in a place we seldom remember them inhabiting: the classroom. Rachel Sagner Buurma and Laura Heffernan open up "the teaching archive"--the syllabuses, course descriptions, lecture notes, and class assignments--of critics and scholars including...

La idea de que la lectura puede contribuir al bienestar de la gente es antigua. Pero pocas obras hablan de la naturaleza de los procesos que llevan a la reconstrucci n de uno mismo a partir del encuentro con la palabra escrita. Este libro...

This book contains one hundred typical mistakes relating to papers, proposals, oral presentations, and correspondence with editors (e.g. journal submissions), reviewers (rebuttal letters), and editing agencies.The book is primarily intended for non-native English speaking researchers. However, it is also useful for editing agencies in...

The recipient of rave reviews from far and wide (Journal of Hospital Librarianship deemed it "a librarian's dream ... very forward-thinking"), since its initial publication this text has served as an essential resource for both LIS students and practitioners. The new fourth edition offers...

Highly enjoyable . . . Studying with Miss Bishop offers the opportunity to encounter writing as an act of civility.―Wall Street Journal Fascinating snapshots of remarkable encounters which, when brought together, chart a delightfully unusual path to literary success.―Booklist Reading this memoir is like...

Ignite your passion to write You know what God has spoken. But where do you start? What should you write? Who will read it? And how do you get it to them?Pray Hear Write is designed for you to hear God speak His specific...

Perersonal development expert and English enthusiast Dan Strutzel will instruct, enlighten, and inspire you with a concentrated 30-day program that will teach you over 500 wordsAuthor: Dan StrutzelPublisher: G&D MediaPublished: 11/10/2020Pages: 238Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.53lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.50dISBN: 9781722503239About the AuthorStrutzel, Dan:...

Reading improves vocabulary and language skills.Children learn basic sight words as they read. Subconsciously, they absorb information on how to structure sentences and how to use words and other language features effectively in their writing and speaking. Reading promotes achievement in all subjects, not...

This second edition of Professional Techniques for Video Game Writing is updated with new chapters and new authors, but it's still a no-nonsense guide to the professional craft of writing for video games. Not only does the text cover story and narrative elements, but...

Bordered Writers explores how writing program administrators and faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) are transforming the teaching of writing to be more inclusive and foster Latinx student success. Like its 2007 predecessor, Teaching Writing with Latino/a Students, this collection contributes to ongoing conversations in...

This book explores the role of the teacher in dual language bilingual education (DLBE) implementation in a time of nationwide program expansion, in large part due to new and unprecedented top-down initiatives at state and district level. The book provides case studies of DLBE...

Calligraphy Paper / Hand Writing Paper / Dot grid paper for Beginners (Slanted Calligraphy Paper)Calligraphy Paper (slanted grid)Slanted calligraphy paper is perfect for guiding copperplate and other Western calligraphic writing for beginners and more experienced calligraphers. Western calligraphy is a decorative form of writing...

The Inspired Poet, which comes out of years of teaching and leading workshops, offers writing exercises, prompts, poems, and facts for poets, teachers, workshop leaders, and prose writers. They are meant to be invites for the Muses to come visit.Even if you're not a...

Despite the contemporary trend of focusing on personal experience in art and writing, there is very little critical analysis of the concept of experience within fine art. The overarching conceptual aim of this book is to examine the concept of experience, as both content...

Social Justice Journalism: A Cultural History of Social Movement Media from Abolition to #womensmarch argues that to better understand the evolution, impact, and future of digital social justice media we need to understand their connections to a venerable print culture of dissent. This cultural...

Lonely Planet French Phrasebook & CDis your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful French phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Shop at farmers' markets, navigate menus and order wine like a professional - all with your...

'Speak and Be Heard' contains 101 voice and breathing exercises aimed at naturally improving your voice."I highly recommend Richard Di Britannia's book, SPEAK AND BE HEARD. There are so many great tips on how to use your voice correctly, how to overcome certain vocal...