Language Arts & Disciplines

Acting as a comprehensive primer for the field of fashion writing, this book provides an accessible entry point for readers from diverse backgrounds, giving them a clear understanding of the intricacies of fashion writing, the outlets in which it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615872384Author Dorie BartonFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Prairie Starfish ProductionsPublisher Prairie Starfish ProductionsWeight(grams) 363g

Human language has changed in the age of globalization: no longer tied to stable and resident communities, it moves across the globe, and it changes in the process. The world has become a complex 'web' of villages, towns, neighbourhoods and settlements...

In Five Children and It, the children move to the countryside and explore their new home. In a gravel pit they uncover a psammead, a creature who can grant wishes. The children start wishing for wonderful adventures, but they do not always work out as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732438163Author Christian StahlFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Christian StahlPublisher Christian StahlWeight(grams) 109gDimensions(mm) 178mm *...

Gunther Kress argues for a radical reappraisal of the phenomenon of literacy, and hence for a profound shift in educational practice. Through close attention to the variety of objects which children constantly produce (drawings, cuttings-out, 'writings'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945533013Author Susan Berkowitz SlpFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Herding Cats PressPublisher Herding Cats PressWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm)...

NO description availableBook InformationISBN 9781408524114Author John JackmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Nelson Thornes LtdPublisher Oxford University PressWeight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm) 297mm * 211mm * 30mm

Theory and Practice: Bite-Sized Activities for Teaching Reading Skills is an easily digestible guide that links key reading skills theory to practical activities that can be adapted for different classrooms. It dives into the physiological process of...

"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.Oh, how delightful it is to fall in love for the first time!...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992004125Author Forrest Adam SumnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Cat & Bean PublishingPublisher Cat & Bean PublishingWeight(grams) 181g

When Grandma tells Ava about the time she was chased by a leopard, Ava is a bit scared. But when Ava tells her little sister Elise the story, Elise is petrified! The following day, Elise thinks she can see leopards everywhere. Frightened of being gobbled...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932907322Author Catherine JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese Productions

Basic Linguistic Theory provides a fundamental characterization of the nature of human languages and a comprehensive guide to their description and analysis. In crystal-clear prose, R. M. W. Dixon describes how to go about doing linguistics. He show how...

Drawing Words and Writing Pictures is a course on comics creation - for college classes or for independent study - that centres on storytelling and concludes with making a finished comic.With chapters on lettering, story structure, and panel layout, the...

"In a language there are only differences without positive terms. Whether we take the signified or the signifier, the language contains neither ideas nor sounds that pre-exist the linguistic system, but only conceptual differences and phonic...

Part of the Rapid Reading series, created to help children catch up. Rapid Reading is the UK's most comprehensive reading intervention programme. The books and unique speech-recognition software are guaranteed to motivate children with SEN and struggling...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912944774Author Steve MackPage Count 16Imprint NQ PublishersPublisher Nextquisite LimitedWeight(grams) 215g

Heller and McElhinny reinterpret sociolinguistics for the twenty-first century with an original approach to the study of language that is situated in the political and economic contexts of colonialism and capitalism. In the process, they map out a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906190422Author Asher HoylesFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Hansib Publications LimitedPublisher Hansib Publications LimitedWeight(grams) 659g

In the action-packed comic The Quest, join the Adventure Crew in their latest daring mission as they tackle challenges including the Forest of Pain and the flying fish fingers. Will they escape from the dreaded Goblin King? Chucklers is a series of...

In Pragmatics, the study of meaning derived from context, Jean Stilwell Peccei offers a practical introduction to this core area of linguistics. Pragmatics:encourages the reader to look at different levels of meaning within sentencesprovides a basic...

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. When...

With it's unique range of rich fiction and non-fiction texts, and comprehensive coverage of the core skills, "Nelson Thornes Framework English Skills in Fiction and Non-Fiction" targets pupils secure at Level 4, or at Level 5 and above. Uniquely, the...

The world's best-selling adult English course - a perfectly-balanced syllabus, strong grammar focus, and full support for your elementary class.Need a course you can always trust?Book InformationISBN 9780194715102Author Liz SoarsFormat PaperbackPage...

This textbook introduces students to the ways in which techniques from corpus linguistics can be used to aid sociolinguistic research. Corpus linguistics shares with variationist sociolinguistics a quantitative approach to the study of variation or...

This book is a quick and easy way to learn basic Chinese Characters.All beginning Chinese language learners struggle to memorize and learn to write Chinese characters. The First 100 Chinese Characters adopts a structural approach which helps students to...

When does a book that is merely old become a rarity and an object of desire? David McKitterick examines, for the first time, the development of the idea of rare books, and why they matter. Studying examples from across Europe, he explores how this idea...

Published here for the fi rst time, Ursula Schulz-Dornburg's historically unique photographs show the Archivo General de Indias in Seville before its reorganisation. Founded in 1785, this is the archive of roughly 300 years of Spanish colonial history in...

In Blackbones Saves the School Class 4's new teacher is not like any teacher they have ever seen. He has a black patch over one eye and a dark curly beard. They hope he will stay. Miss Lupin, the Head, is not so sure... TreeTops Fiction contains a wide...

Can established humanities methods coexist with computational thinking? It is one of the major questions in humanities research today, as scholars increasingly adopt sophisticated data science for their work. James E. Dobson explores the opportunities...

It is a highly successful and widely-used text on pronunciation. It provides a systematic and thorough introduction to the pronunciation of English to help intermediate and more advanced students improve their pronunciation of the spoken language. A...

The short film is a unique narrative art form that, while lending itself to experimentation, requires tremendous discipline in following traditional filmic considerations. This book takes the student and novice screenwriter through the storytelling...

"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.These seven short stories, by well-known writers such as...

Due to its ability to freeze a moment in time, the photo is a uniquely powerful device for ordering and understanding the world. But when an image depicts complex, ambiguous, or controversial events—terrorist attacks, wars, political assassinations—its...

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Sentence Structure: introduces the evidence for sentence structure and reveals its purpose is based on a problem-solving approach to language teaches the reader how to identify word classes, such as noun, preposition and demonstrative uses simple...

This volume demystifies the procedures and practical uses of Grounded Theory, a well-established research methodology used around the world today by social scientists, teachers, and qualitative researchers. Intended for graduate students, supervisors,...

No other course offers you the same benefits as Family and Friends. The exceptionally strong skills training programme includes a focus on real speaking and writing output. Plus - the amazing package of integrated print and digital resources suits all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958349007Author Becca SymeFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Hummingbird BooksPublisher Hummingbird BooksWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...