Language Arts & Disciplines

You know something is wrong. The paradigm you live in is unjust, rigged against those without money, and completely unsustainable from both an economic and ecosystemic standpoint. Maybe you already know what's going on but don't have the time or resources to bring others...

This step-by-step introduction to conducting media and communication research offers practical insights along with Arthur Asa Berger's signature lighthearted style to make discussion of qualitative and quantitative methods easy to comprehend. The Fifth Edition of Media and Communication Research Methods includes a new chapter...

Have you always wanted to learn how to speak Spanish but simply didn't have the time? Well if so, then, look no further. You can hold in your hands one of the most advanced and revolutionary method that was ever designed for quickly becoming...

This book describes meaning, stages and methods of writing a successful research project proposal and a thesis from the first draft proposal to the final version of the thesis. As a manual, this book follows a simple approach that beginners can use without complications...

Tigrigna Grammar - Level I is the first of its kind and a wonderful resource for the budding learners of the Tigrigna mother-tongue. This delightful and full color book is certain to help diaspora born youth and children, from Tigrigna speaking background, to master...

The purpose of this book is to provide an introduction to Group and Team Communication. Emphasis is placed on giving readers guidelines for becoming successful communicators in groups and teams. Specific emphasis is placed on general introductory concepts, verbal and nonverbal communication, listening, conflict,...

There are a lot of books about writing out there. If you're like most writers, you've read them all. But learning how to write (and organize and outline and plot and edit and save the cat and market a breakout book) is one thing....

Featuring several all-new chapters, revisions, and updates, the Second Edition of A Cultural Approach to Interpersonal Communication presents an interdisciplinary collection of key readings that explore how interpersonal communication is socially and culturally mediated. Includes key readings from the fields of cultural and linguistic...

Infuse Your Fiction with the Powerful Tug of Tension Tension is the heart of conflict, the backbone of uncertainty, the hallmark of danger. It keeps readers guessing and characters on their toes. When you've got tension in place, stories leave readers breathless and wanting...

"Warman's U.S. Stamps Field Guide, 3rd edition," features photographs of nearly 1,000 color stamps, thousands of listings values for U.S. regular-issue and Airmail stamps from 1847-2013, all providing a compact and enjoyable overview of one of the world's oldest hobbies.Author: Maurice D. WozniakPublisher: Krause...

The new edition of Barron's SAT Writing Workbook prepares students specifically for the writing sections of the test: It includes: Overview of the test Sample multiple-choice questions that test skills in editing and revising the text of four prose passages Three practice tests with...

Choosing appropriate words to express an idea is important to improve students' reading comprehension and writing composition skills. Vocabulary Ladders: Understanding Words Nuances provides second grade students with fun and engaging vocabulary activities to support word knowledge within reading and writing skills. This resource...

You're wasting your reader's time. Here's how to change, in just six words: Brevity is confidence. Length is fear. This guiding principle turned first Politico and then Axios into hugely influential media companies. It's also in the dna of Smart Brevity(TM), the Axios spin-off...

Dr Vincent McKee is to be commended for producing an ambitious comparative analysis of language activism and promotion in Scotland and Northern Ireland. His insights are a valuable contribution to the ongoing debate on how the societal condition of the Gaelic groups on both...

Situating itself in the Technical and Professional Communication discipline, this edited collection provides case studies from various points of instruction and curricular design to illustrate how a user experience (UX) methodology provides invaluable insight into understanding and including student-users. Drawing on research on student-users...

Build confident, capable writers who own the concrete skills necessary to excel at composing evidence-based expository or argumentative short responses. In order to succeed on a wide range of writing assignments and assessments that call for writing to a prompt, students must control the...

Widely praised for its conversational tone and clear advice, Practically Speaking is the public speaking textbook your students will actually read. Filled with engaging stories and examples, sound scholarship and recent research, and useful tips and tricks, Practically Speaking shows students how to get...

The field of writing program administration has long been a space rich in metaphor. From plate-twirling to fire-extinguishing, parents to dungeon masters, and much more, the work of a WPA extends to horizons unknown. Responding to the constraints of austerity, Toward More Sustainable Metaphors...

Mögen Sie Grammatik? Nein? Keine Sorge, damit sind Sie nicht allein. Die deutsche Sprache kann ganz schön kompliziert sein. So schwierig Grammatik ist, so nützlich ist sie aber gelegentlich auch. Und damit die deutsche Grammatik Ihnen ganz bestimmt kein Kopfzerbrechen mehr bereitet, finden Sie...

Sleepless Hollow These painful feelings held in the palm of my hand, in this dreary sleepless hollow, will keep me here until I learn to let them go. In Healing, author Olivia Cooney offers a collection of poems born out of her experiences of...