Language Arts & Disciplines

This write-in workbook includes writing frames, grammar and vocabulary activities and language practice exercises. It extends and reinforces skills taught in International English Student Book 4 and offers a record of students' progress. All answers for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904794288Author Bill GriffithsFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Northumbria University PressPublisher McNidder & Grace

This innovative collection of essays shows how linguistic diversity has inspired people across time and cultures to embark on adventurous journeys through the translation of texts. It tells the story of how ideas have travelled via the medium of...

Cal has a new dog, and it has an amazing special power - its ears twirl when someone is telling a lie! The Dog of Truth helps Cal learn when people are telling fibs - but Cal soon discovers that it's difficult to hear the truth all the time .....

Analysing Power in Language introduces students to a range of analytical techniques for the critical study of texts.Each section of the book provides an in-depth presentation of a different method of analysis with worked examples and texts for students...

Evaluating Language Assessments offers a comprehensive overview of the theoretical bases and research methodologies for the evaluation of language assessments and demonstrates the importance of a fuller understanding of this widely used evaluative tool...

English Vocabulary: The Basics offers a clear, non-jargonistic introduction to English vocabulary, the way linguists classify and explain it, and the place of vocabulary in our overall picture of the language, and in society. Introducing a range of...

A coherent introduction to generative syntax by a leader in the field, this textbook leads students through the theory from the very beginning, assuming no prior knowledge. Introducing the central concepts in a systematic and engaging way, it covers the...

A fruitful, well-established development in literary studies has been the application of ideas drawn from linguistics. Precise analytical methods help the practical criticism of texts, while at the same time the theory of language has illuminated...

Challenging the opinion that public service broadcasting is a thing of the past, David Hendy explains its importance in the present - and in the future. Written by a leading expert in the field, this book explores the development of public service...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780780274624Author Joy CowleyPage Count 16Imprint McGraw-Hill CompaniesPublisher McGraw-Hill CompaniesWeight(grams) 77gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 184mm * 1mm

"The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story." David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.When Mr Earnshaw brings a strange, small, dark child back home...

Now in its seventh edition, Research for Writers is acknowledged as the standard research guide for writers and journalists. This book offers a combination of practical advice and up-to-date information both to new and experienced researchers. It is...

In The Cowboy Next Door, Jenny and Lucas live next door to Mr Perkins. Mr Perkins is mad about TV and pretends to be a film character. Luckily Lucas and Jenny like having a cowboy next door! TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories...

Cat and Ant are on a day out at the beach with Nok. Nok thinks he sees a grey cloud, but what is it really? Find out in The Seagull. In Nok Gets Homesick, the micro-friends build Nok a new spaceship, but how far will he get? When Nok shows off his...

Social Semiotics is a major new textbook in communication and cultural studies. It offers a comprehensive and original approach to the study of the ways in which meaning is constituted in social life. Hodge and Kress begin from the assumption that signs...

Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories: Decode and Develop are exciting new titles in the Oxford Reading Tree series. The stories continue to provide storylines full of humour and drama, with familiar settings and characters. They also support children's...

Bernard Comrie defines tense as the grammaticalisation of location in time. In this textbook he introduces readers to the range of variation found in tense systems across the languages of the world, bringing together a rich collection of illustrative...

Level 1 of a 6 levelled new course that includes rich international content to teach reading comprehension, writing and speaking and listening skills to first and second language learners. Each Anthology chapter is divided into thematic chapters of...

William Kamkwamba: Bright Spark examines the inspiring life of the inventor William Kamkwamba to see how his work has benefited the lives of people in his native Malawi. TreeTops inFact is a non-fiction series that aims to engage children in reading for...

For two decades, Speech to Print has been a bestselling, widely adopted textbook on explicit, high-quality literacy instruction. Now the anticipated third edition is here, fully updated with ten years of new research, a complete package of supporting...

The Ghost in the Washing Machine is packed with poems and jokes. Have you ever wondered how aliens drink their tea? Or what's written on a robot's tombstone? Find out about a trampolining queen, then take a sneaky peak at a superhero's diary. Chucklers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991118106Author Bryan GarnerFormat HardbackPage Count 146Imprint Rosepen BooksPublisher Rosepen BooksWeight(grams) 324gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 12mm

Two Australian scientists played a vital yet largely unknown role in the Allied victory in the Second World War. Almost eight decades later, Wizards of Oz finally tells their story.In this fast-paced and compelling book, Brett Mason reveals how two...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640092266Author Stuart KellsFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint CounterpointPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 298gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 19mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781402210518Author William BrohaughFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Sourcebooks, IncPublisher Sourcebooks, Inc

Language, Society and the Elderly is the first concerted attempt to give a social account of language and interaction in later life. The book gives a detailed critique of the cognitive bias of existing studies of elderly people's language. In its place,...

Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories: Decode and Develop are exciting new titles in the Oxford Reading Tree series. The stories continue to provide storylines full of humour and drama, with familiar settings and characters. They also support children's...

Gives you up-to-date expressions, jargon and new coinages for modern concepts in media Arabic. What is the Arabic term for the UN? What phrase would be used to describe 'rogue state' in the Arab media? Or 'the Arab Spring'? This short, accessible...

Uncle Max has lots of tall tales. Will he enjoy a real adventure in A Tall Tale? Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories: Decode and Develop are an exciting new set of stories from Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta. Full of humour and drama with a delightful mixture...

This third edition of Kenneth Katzner's best-selling guide to languages is essential reading for language enthusiasts everywhere. Written with the non-specialist in mind, its user-friendly style and layout, delightful original passages, and exotic...

In this complete survey of the theories, methods, and key findings within applied linguistics, students are introduced to core research questions and the various approaches to tackling these. Provides a comprehensive introduction to this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995473089Author Sara De BondtFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Occasional PapersPublisher Occasional Papers

"The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story." David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.Cecily agrees to marry Algernon, but only if his name is...

AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLINGUISTICS The new eighth edition of An Introduction to Sociolinguistics brings this valuable, bestselling textbook up to date with the latest in sociolinguistic research and pedagogy, providing a broad overview of the study of...

As local media institutions collapse and news deserts sprout up across the country, the US is facing a profound journalism crisis. Meanwhile, continuous revelations about the role that major media outlets--from Facebook to Fox News--play in the spread of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996446099Author Kay WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Expert Author PublishingPublisher Expert Author PublishingWeight(grams) 295g

The chapters in this book range across all three areas of its subtitle practice, research and pedagogy - testifying to the integrated nature of creative writing as a university discipline. Writers from the USA, the UK and Australia concentrate on the...

This fully updated third edition of Introducing Language and Intercultural Communication provides an accessible, lively introduction for students who are new to the study of intercultural communication, with special attention devoted to the language...

Increasingly, children grow up hearing two languages from birth. This introductory textbook shows how children learn to understand and speak those languages against the backdrop of their language learning environments. A narrative around the bilingual...