Language Arts & Disciplines

Featuring a community of Spanish labour migrants in France who were born at the time of Spain's civil war and came of age during General Francisco Ferdinand's dictatorship, Untold Stories reveals how legacies of authoritarianism circulate in the lives of older adults.Author: David DivitaPublisher:...

Fusing the craft of writing with the philosophy of yoga, The Yogic Writer charts a path to the heart of creativity through the practice of yogic breathing, somatic exercises, and meditations. In response to an oftentimes paralyzing focus on outcome and product, Jennifer Sinor...

What happens when a US cultural institution is imported to China, the purported chief rival of the United States in the twenty-first century? The first book-length account of university-based creative writing programs in China, this book reveals how Chinese intellectuals adapt American-style writing programs...

The role of the school librarian is varied, extending far beyond resource management and collection curation to include collaboration and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders for both curriculum support and leisure time. Whether working individually, as part of a library team, or as...

This book is about how language is used in the context of schooling. It demonstrates that the variety of English expected at school differs from the interactional language that students use for social purposes outside of school, and provides a linguistic analysis of the...

The Heartbeat of the Universe collects poems from the top writers in the science fiction and literary genres, including voices such as Jane Yolen, Bruce Boston, Robert Frazier, Jessy Randall, and many others. These poems, selected by editor Emily Hockaday from the pages of...

America's favorite writing coach and bestselling author returns with an "indispensable" guide (Diana K. Sugg, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter) to writing clearly and honestly in a world full of lies, propaganda, and misinformation. The darker and more dystopian the future appears, the more influential public...

In Rhetoric, Poetics, and Literary Historiography, Stefan H. Uhlig offers a new account of the emergence of literary studies. Most histories of the early years of the field search for unifying origins of literature as a discipline and object of study. Uhlig turns to...

Writing is an invaluable academic skill, but, as writing expert Randy Laist points out, "it is also much more than that. It is a tool for thinking, a means of personal expression, and a vehicle of self-discovery." Composition instructors have long been challenged to...

Teach reading comprehension skills and fiction genre study to your second-grade students! Choose from ten units that span fiction genres or use them all! Poetry Fairy fale Realistic fiction Fable Folk tale Tall tale Each unit includes: Teacher support pages with a lesson plan...

Publication is an act of power. It brings a piece of writing to the public and identifies its author as a person with an intellect and a voice that matters. Because nineteenth-century Black Americans knew that publication could empower them, and because they faced...

Pocket-sized and packed with helpful instruction, this portable book provides a concise yet comprehensive guide to French grammar. Barron's Pocket French Grammar covers parts of speech, sentence structure, punctuation, pronunciation advice, verb charts, and more. It also features definitions of basic grammatical terms with...

Silver Medal Winner for Poetry at the 2022 Nautilus Book Awards. A powerful new anthology depicting how love over the past two-and-a-half millennia has found its expression in the words of the world's greatest poets. No, Love Is Not Dead is a timely affirmation...

This book focuses on the lived experiences of migrants who (try to) access the workplace, and explores the barriers and support they encounter. The chapters look at the ways in which inclusion and exclusion from the workplace are done linguistically from historical, discourse analytical,...

George Jack presents a literary concoction that is as daring as it is delightful. The book is structured in two distinct parts yet is unmistakably unified by George's inventive wit.In the first half of the book, George transforms classic poetry into a realm where...

This richly illustrated study addresses the essential first steps in the development of the new phenomenon of the illuminated book, which innovatively introduced colourful large letters and ornamental frames as guides for the reader's access to the text. Tracing their surprising origins within late...

A handy, thoughtful guide to politically and ethically appropriate language.Author: Don Lepan, Laura Buzzard, Maureen OkunPublisher: Broadview Press IncPublished: 02/25/2017Pages: 256Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 6.90h x 5.00w x 0.60dISBN: 9781554813254About the AuthorMaureen Okun is Professor of English and of Liberal Studies at Vancouver Island...

Histoires Courtes en Coréen est une collection de 25 histoires courtes non conventionnelles et divertissantes, chacune de quelques paragraphes, qui sont conçues pour aider les apprenants débutants et intermédiaires du Coréen à améliorer leurs compétences linguistiques d'une manière amusante et engageante. La plupart des...

Learn Korean as it's actually spoken today in Seoul! Korean is one of the fastest-growing second languages in the world, due to the huge popularity of K-pop music, Korean food and K-dramas. This book picks up where the first volume ends, and is designed...

Harmoniously blending actionable advice and spiritual insight, a renowned writing mentor gives women the tools they need to discover their voice--and themselves--on the page. Step into an extraordinary voyage of self-discovery with Robin Finn's life-altering guide. Crafted with the female experience at its core,...