Language Arts & Disciplines

Michael Cronin looks at how translation has played a crucial role in shaping debates about identity, language and cultural survival in the past and in the present. He explores how everything from the impact of migration on the curricula for national...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399534232Author Paul YeagerFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Thomas Heatherwick: Designer is an inspiring biography of one of the UK's greatest living designers, whose work includes the 2012 Olympic cauldron. TreeTops inFact is a non-fiction series that aims to engage children in reading for pleasure as...

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR.Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more - the Oxford Bookworms Library has a book...

Suitable for children age 7 and above with a reading age of 5 years to 5 years 6 months Part of the Rapid Reading intervention series by Pearson Rapid Stage: Starter Level 2A (equivalent to green book band) Design supports readers with dyslexia Proven to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935925767Author John CoyneFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Peace Corps WritersPublisher Peace Corps WritersWeight(grams) 417gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...

A refreshing and indispensable guide for women in business. Filled with a blend of personal anecdotes, witty insights, and battle-tested strategies to help you break through the glass ceiling with style and confidence. Decode the language of corporate...

Does exposure to media violence make us more violent? Do stereotypes in the media affect the way we see different social groups? Do media institutions play any role in social change? Media Effects is a concise introduction which studies the ways in which...

In Tin Cat Ant makes a cat using some tin cans and teaches it to do some tricks. How much can Tin Cat learn before he starts to get tired? Cat tries to teach Cog Dog to sit but he won't stay. Will he do as he is told when Nok tells him? Find out in Sit,...

No other description available.About the AuthorMari Vargo holds an M.A. in English from San Francisco State University. She has authored numerous ELT textbooks and online educational materials for a wide range of audiences, including community colleges,...

This edition of Cicero's fifth oration against Verres, a Roman magistrate prosecuted for his notorious misgovernment of Sicily, includes introduction, the Latin text, a comprehensive commentary of the text and a vocabulary. The introduction, divided into...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9787561945285Author Jiang LipingFormat PaperbackPage Count 137Imprint Beijing Language & Culture University Press,ChinaPublisher Beijing Language &...

Building on the established strengths of the first edition, Child Language has now been fully updated and includes some basic theory content, more exercises and summaries at the end of each unit. Child Language:* introduces students to key areas involved...

Thousands of years ago, seafront clans in Denmark began speaking the earliest form of Germanic language - the first of six "signal events" that Ruth Sanders highlights in this marvelous history of the German language. Blending linguistic,...

For those that have mastered the basics of memoir and wish to probe this brand of creative nonfiction further, Writing the Radical Memoir uses salient theories about memory and the self to challenge assumptions about how we remember and tell the truth of...

This accessible introduction to multimodality illuminates the potential of multimodal research for understanding the ways in which people communicate. Readers will become familiar with the key concepts and methods in various domains while learning how to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623174057Author Stella FosseFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.

Project X CODE is a book-by-book series built for SEN and struggling readers aged 6-11. Welcome to Micro World, invented by Macro Marvel - an amazing theme park where you have to shrink to get in! Disaster strikes when CODE, the computer that controls...

Sometimes setting pen to paper requires bravery, and writing well means breaking free of the rules learned in school. Liberating and emboldening the beginning writer are the goals of Ted Kooser and Steve Cox in this spirited book of practical wisdom that...

"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.You can drink it, and you can cook with it. You can even make...

Genre: Traditional story Learning Objectives: Language Comprehension Strand 7: Explore how particular words are used, including words and expressions with similar meanings. Writing Opportunities Strand 9: Sustain form in narrative, including use of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615908113Author Caro LafeverFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Archetype PressPublisher Archetype PressWeight(grams) 308g

Intermediate Persian: A Grammar and Workbook comprises accessible grammar exercises in a single volume. Each of the 14 units deals with a particular grammatical point and provides associated exercises to help learners reinforce and consolidate their...

A collection of the year's best essays, selected by award-winning writer Alexander Chee.Alexander Chee, an essayist of "virtuosity and power" (Washington Post), selects twenty essays out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published...

Draw, narrate, and create your own manga adventure with this interactive workbook featuring blank fill-in panels so you can set up your very own comic.What's behind those big, bright eyes? Why is the student attacking the master? What's inside that box?...

The Get ready for...Student's Book is packed full of engaging and fun activities to help students achieve success in the CYLET examinations. Featured in the Student's Book are exam style practice questions and mock tests, so that learners know what to...

Suitable for children age 7 and above with a reading age of 5 years to 5 years 6 months Part of the Rapid Reading intervention series by Pearson Rapid Stage: Starter Level 1A (equivalent to blue book band) Design supports readers with dyslexia Proven to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911481263Author Charlotte BronteFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Foxton BooksPublisher Foxton Books

Over the years, pragmatics - the study of the use and meaning of utterances to their situations - has become a more and more important branch of linguistics, as the inadequacies of a purely formalist, abstract approach to the study of language have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345438584Author Linda Trichter MetcalfFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

The story of Helen of Troy is told by Karis, serving maid to the beautiful Helen of Troy. Troy is surrounded by the Greek army and Karis sees many heroic deeds and battles. Will Troy ever be free? Captivating versions of some of the best myths and...

Part of the "Storyworlds" series, this pack contains the four Stage Four "Once-Upon-a-Time World" stories: "The Ant and the Dove", "The Sun and the Wind", "Little Rabbit" and "Town Mouse and Country Mouse". Each stage of "Storyworlds" provides a...

This book focuses on the emotional complexity of language teaching and how the diverse emotions that teachers experience while teaching are shaped and function. The book is based on the premise that teaching is not just about the transmission of academic...

Emphasizing the roles that family, religion, and history play in intercultural communication, COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CULTURES, 9E helps you increase your understanding and appreciation of different cultures while developing practical skills for improving...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585101764Author Leslie Collins EdwardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Focus Publishing/R Pullins & CoPublisher Focus Publishing/R Pullins &...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789620434679Author Y MaFormat PaperbackPage Count 203Imprint Joint Publishing (Hong Kong) Co LtdPublisher Joint Publishing (Hong Kong) Co LtdWeight(grams)...

Written by a linguist who is himself a journalist, this is a uniquely informed account of the language of the news media. Based in the frameworks of sociolinguistics and discourse analysis its concerns are with the notion of the news story, the...

For ease of use and practicality Straightforward Second Edition is structured to provide one lesson per double-page spread (A/B/C/D), lasting around 90 minutes. All lessons are interlinked to promote better and more memorable learning, but there is the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544313132Author Stuart ChaseFormat HardbackPage Count 420Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 671gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

Ever since the earliest times, Jewish scholars have looked to the Hebrew language as a source of holiness and a wellspring of wisdom. Both letters and words, it has always been assumed, they have hidden messages and secrets to be sought after, as if we...