Language Arts & Disciplines

Thomas K Holcomb's highly successful textbook on Deaf culture has been fully revised and updated in this second edition. The changes reflect those in the field and include three new chapters focusing on the impact of technology on the Deaf experience,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781425815264Author Kristi SturgeonFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Shell Educational PublishingPublisher Shell Educational Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782017152880Author HACHETTE FRANCAIS LANGUE ETRANGEREFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint HachettePublisher HachetteWeight(grams) 535g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Agatha Awards (Nonfiction) 2006. Short-listed for Anthony Awards (Critical Nonfiction) 2007 and Macavity Award (Nonfiction) 2007.Book InformationISBN...

The first course book designed to engage students in the pronunciation of modern German by grounding practice in theory An essential introduction to the pronunciation of modern German, this unique classroom text is designed to help mid- to upper-level...

Advances in Learner Corpus Research (LCR) and Second Language Acquisition (SLA) have brought these two fast-moving fields significantly closer in recent years. This volume brings together contributions from internationally recognized experts in both LCR...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593330784Author William KenowerFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

The Routledge Handbook of Instructed Second Language Acquisition is the first collection of state-of-the-art papers pertaining to Instructed Second Language Acquisition (ISLA). Written by 45 world-renowned experts, the entries are full-length articles...

As a sociolinguistic phenomenon that connects language and its users to the social world that surrounds them, politeness can provide insights into the very structure of social reality and the process by which it is established and maintained. And through...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451641257Author Natalie GoldbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996887816Author Beth RevisFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Scripturient BooksPublisher Scripturient BooksWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

Research results over the past decades have consistently demonstrated that a key reason why many second language learners fail--while some learners do better with less effort--lies in various learner attributes such as personality traits, motivation, or...

In her book, Geneva Smitherman makes a substantial contribution to an understanding of Black English by setting it in the larger context of Black culture and life style. In addition to defining Black English, by its distinctive structure and special...

Contesting Grand Narratives of the Intercultural uses an autoethnographic account of the author's experience of living in Iran in the 1970s to demonstrate the constant struggle to prevent the intercultural from being dominated by essentialist grand...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorElizabeth Neblett teaches ESL full-time at Union County College in Elizabeth, New Jersey. In addition to teaching, Liz serves on the executive committee of her...

This book asks how we-as citizens, immigrants, activists, teachers-can counter the abuse of language in our midst. How can we take back the power of language from those who flaunt that power to silence or erase us and our fellows? In search of answers,...

A rich banquet at the cutting edge of the arts, rooted in California's eclectic cultural gumbo, by one of America's most gifted critics, who died young in 2019."A perfect journalistic valediction from one of LA's finest commentators."-Richard...

By taking an integrated approach to the practice of translation, Hatim and Mason provide a refreshingly unprejudiced contribution to translation theory. They argue that the division of the subject into literary and non-literary, technical and...

This book is part of the Oxford Reading Tree Fireflies series which offer a wide range of stimulating non-fiction titles for young children. It includes a variety of topics covering all areas of the curriculum, from science to citizenship. The books have...

This book looks at how English words have been recorded, ordered, dissected, and displayed in dictionaries in Great Britain and the USA from the seventeenth century to the present. In the process it offers a complete introduction to how dictionaries are...

This book contains one hundred typical mistakes relating to papers, proposals, oral presentations, and correspondence with editors (e.g. journal submissions), reviewers (rebuttal letters), and editing agencies.The book is primarily intended for...

Grammar and Meaning is an introduction to the study of grammar of contemporary English. It provides an impressive survey of all the main areas of English grammar, from words through to sentences and texts. It introduces and explains the linguistic terms...

Clear and concise, this textbook is an introduction to phonology for students which assumes no prior knowledge of this area of linguistics and provides an overall view of the field which can be covered within one year. The book does not confine itself to...

This engaging step-by-step guide prescribes effective strategies and tactics for translating a wide range of songs and other vocal music, from classical to contemporary. Focusing on best practice and with a variety of language examples, the book centres...

This book provides a comprehensive account of the role of recursion in language in two distinct but interconnected ways. First, David J. Lobina examines how recursion applies at different levels within a full description of natural language...

Forty years ago, viewers who wanted to watch the news could only choose from among the major broadcast networks, all of which presented the same news without any particular point of view. Today we have a much broader array of choices, including cable...

Langauge and Discrimination provides a unique and authoritative study of the linguistic dimension of racial discrimination. Based upon extensive work carried out over many years by the Industrial Language Training Service in the U.K, this illuminating...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393884135Author Richard BullockImprint W. W. Norton & CompanyPublisher W. W. Norton & CompanyWeight(grams) 1497gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 165mm * 38mm

The aim of this book is to present a specific framework for dealing with recurring translation problems in a number of genres that are frequently translated. On the basis of illustrative sample texts, the decisions taken in the production of the target...

2020 was a period of groundbreaking social and political upheaval, in combination with a colossal epidemiological crisis-and it urgently redefined the working conditions of photojournalists. The historic 2020 Black Lives Matter protests and the...

An indispensable text--now revised and expanded for the digital age--this volume showcases some of the most important work by contemporary rhetorical theorists. The introduction and section openers frame major problems and questions facing the field...

Over the past decade, Cognitive Linguistics has grown to be one of the most broadly appealing and dynamic frameworks for the study of natural language. Essentially, this new school of linguistics focuses on the meaning side of language: linguistic form...

"Rigby Star" is a guided reading programme developed specifically to meet the requirements of the NLS. It offers stories and teaching support to help plan and manage guided reading lessons - all within a structured reading programme. Teaching versions...

Part of the "Storyworlds" series, this pack contains the four Stage Five "Animal World" stories. They are "Dipper in Trouble", "Dipper to the Rescue", "Dipper in the Old Wreck" and "Dipper in Danger". Each stage of "Storyworlds" provides a carefully...

This book undertakes a general framework within which to consider the complex nature of the writing task in English, both as a first, and as a second language. The volume explores varieties of writing, different purposes for learning to write extended...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780953881604Author Kevin LanoFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint BiPressPublisher BiPressWeight(grams) 231g

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...

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. In...

The Bobbio Missal was copied in south-eastern Gaul around the end of the seventh and beginning of the eighth century. It contains a unique combination of a lectionary and a sacramentary, to which a plethora of canonical and non-canonical material was...

Routledge A Level English Guides equip AS and A2 Level students with the skills they need to explore, evaluate and enjoy English. Books in the series are built around the various skills specified in the assessment objectives (AOs) for all AS and A2 Level...