Language Arts & Disciplines

"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.Naomi James sailed around the world alone, on a journey lasting...

What is the relation between language, communication, and values? In Slurs and Thick Terms: When Language Encodes Values, Bianca Cepollaro explores the ways in which certain pieces of evaluative language not only reflect speakers' moral perspectives, but...

Concise Guide to APA Style, Seventh Edition is the official APA Style resource for students. Written for high school and undergraduate students, instructors, and writers learning APA Style, this easy-to-use pocket guide is adapted from the seventh...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633888975Author Roger J. KreuzFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Prometheus BooksPublisher Prometheus BooksWeight(grams) 490g

Now in its 4th edition, How Languages are Learned is highly valued for the way it relates language acquisition theory to classroom teaching and learning and draws practical implications from the research for the language classroom. ...

'The history of language has never seen anything like this. Ellen's mobile grammar travelogue, presented with an engaging humour and humility will appeal to anyone with an interest in the way English works - which means all of us. Reality television?...

This workbook features a range of activities to help students learn and revise non-technical English vocabulary, essential for the study of any subject at a UK university. Self-study exercises and practical classroom activities are included, making it...

Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken German. No prior knowledge of the language is required.What makes this new edition of Colloquial German your best...

Part of Phil Beadle's How To Teach Series. Its author is an expert in teaching children how to speak and write well, and has transformed the oral and written communication skills of many thousands of students. In Literacy he shares how he does it and...

Systems Ultra explores how we experience complex systems: the mesh of things, people, and ideas interacting to produce their own patterns and behaviours.What does it mean when a car which runs on code drives dangerously? What does massmarket graphics...

Designed for complete beginners, and tested for years with real learners, Complete Middle Egyptian offers a bridge from the textbook to the real world, enabling you to learn the grammar, access inscriptions in documents and monuments and even teaching...

Provides a critical introduction to the central ideas and perennial problems of morphology, fully revised and updated in a new edition What is Morphology? is a concise, student-friendly introduction to the fundamentals of contemporary morphological...

The Story of English is the extraordinary tale of the origins and development of the English language. Two thousand years ago English was confined to a handful of savage tribes on the shores of north-west Europe; today, in one form or another, it is...

Jamie Creeden has always wanted to be a reporter - so when he is given a tour of the famous YORKER newspaper, he can't believe his luck. But a chance phone call draws him into the mystery of the missing actress. Soon Jamie, along...

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...

A fascinating cultural and linguistic history of the Slavic languages, exploring the deep connections and distinctions between them Water, whiskey, and vodka are three words that seem to have nothing in common, but each of them comes from the same root...

The SUN is more than a newspaper. It is, in its own words, a phenomenon - the biggest-selling daily paper in the English language, fascinating 12 million readers and making its owner, Rupert Murdoch, a profit of over 1 million a week. The SUN has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997177008Author Beth HillFormat PaperbackImprint Title Page BooksPublisher Title Page BooksWeight(grams) 798g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783739906089Author Ulrich RenzFormat PaperbackPage Count 34Imprint Sefa VerlagPublisher Sefa Verlag

'Words are not only tools; they are also weapons'The secret to being a truly Superior Person is to use really superior words. More impressive than a top hat, much more effective than a fist-fight, here are five hundred words to help you wiggle out of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781598537680Author Jimmy BreslinFormat HardbackPage Count 650Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of America

'A treasure trove of uplifting and accessible practices, to organise your mind and give shape to your day.' Suzy Reading, author of The Little Book of Self-Care'Easy to read, deeply inspiring and oh so wise, it was the perfect antidote to my in-box...

Contemporary philosophy of mathematics offers us an embarrassment of riches. Among the major areas of work one could list developments of the classical foundational programs, analytic approaches to epistemology and ontology of mathematics, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944751340Author Gail CarrigerFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Gail Carriger LLCPublisher Gail Carriger LLCWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Written by award-winning author Julia Donaldson, Songbirds Phonics are highly decodable, beautifully illustrated real stories. In Mr Zed, a magician comes to Patrick's party. The Level 2 More Songbirds phonics books revise all phonics previously...

It is Jade's first day at school in Cool Clive and the Little Pest. Clive promises to keep an eye on her. It isn't easy looking after your little sister and Clive soon finds himself in big trouble. TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality...

How is our language affected by our ethnicity, gender, and region? How are our conversations and other interactions structured? How does society view and regulate language? How do we use language to present ourselves to others? In this revised and...

Collins Arabic Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 3 to 11. The series is structured with reference to the learning progression of Arabic at nursery and primary schools researched especially for Collins. This carefully graded approach allows...

Amy decides to become a hedgehog expert in Amy the Hedgehog Girl. She is hunting for hedgehog facts in the library when she stumbles across a way to talk to hedgehogs. But what will happen when the dreadful Mr Peck from next door finds out? TreeTops...

** Business Book Awards 2023 Finalist **‘A really powerful book.’ - Bruce DaisleySimple tools, extraordinary results.Everything we’re learning about how we function best as humans in the digital age is pointing towards one of our oldest technologies: the...

The micro-friends shrink down to explore a log in the park when they find an odd-looking bug. What can it be? Find out in An Odd Bug.Max's room is a mess! He tries to tidy up but the vacuum won't work. Can Nok help to start it? See what happens in Nok...

Let best-selling novelist Sophie King guide you through the whole process of writing your first novel and getting it published.This revised edition takes aspiring novelists through the steps of writing a novel, from finding that initial idea, to keeping...

Beyond Powerful Radio is a complete guide to becoming a powerful broadcast communicator on radio or internet! This how-to cookbook is for broadcasters who want to learn the craft and improve. This practical and easy-to-read book, filled with bullet...

Wole Soyinka, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and one of the foremost living African writers, here analyses the interconnecting worlds of myth, ritual and literature in Africa. The ways in which the African world perceives itself as a cultural...

Some people say scohn, while others say schown.He says bath, while she says bahth.You say potayto. I say potahtoAnd--wait a second, no one says potahto. No one's ever said potahto. Have they?From reconstructing Shakespeare's accent to the rise and fall...

Thinking Welsh focuses on how common English words, phrases and constructions map onto Welsh, and highlights the key areas of difference and difficulty in these mapping operations. 150 English words and grammatical and communicative concepts are listed...

Grasping how to swear is a crucial skill to any English-speaker, but it can be a tricky business. Owing to the rich and complex history of swearing, a single word can have a host of different meanings - from expressing surprise, excitement, anger,...

**NOT FOR SALE IN THE USA, CANADA OR THE PHILIPPINES**A History of the English Language explores the linguistic and cultural development of English from the Roman conquest of England to the present day to provide a comprehensive overview of the different...

Greek: An Essential Grammar is a concise and user-friendly reference guide to modern Greek. It presents a fresh and accessible description of the language in short, readable sections. Explanations are clear and supported by examples throughout. This new...

The Radio Station offers a concise and insightful guide to all aspects of radio broadcasting, streaming, and podcasting. This book's tenth edition continues its long tradition of guiding readers to a solid understanding of who does what, when, and why in...