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The new edition of Ken Hyland's text provides an authoritative guide to writing theory, research, and teaching. Emphasising the dynamic relationship between scholarship and pedagogy, it shows how research feeds into teaching practice. Teaching and...

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

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 .....

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. Team...

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. Team X...

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...

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...

Part of the "Storyworlds" series, this pack contains the four Stage Three "Animal World" stories about fantasy characters. The stories are "Frisky and the Cat", "Frisky and the Ducks", "Frisky Wants to Sleep" and "Frisky Plays a Trick". Each stage of...

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...

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...

The Routledge Handbook of Metaphor and Language provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art interdisciplinary research on metaphor and language. Featuring 35 chapters written by leading scholars from around the world, the volume takes a broad...

*1 This is the first introductory textbook for advanced students to provide a comprehensive overview of theoretical topics in lexical semantics *2 Semantics modules are widely taught and often required for English Language and Linguistics courses...

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...

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...

Genre: Animal Fantasy story Learning Objectives: Language Comprehension Strand 8: Engage with books by exploring interpretations. Writing Opportunities Strand 9: Draw on knowledge and experience of texts in deciding and planning what and how to write (e...

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...

The Routledge Handbook of Linguistics offers a comprehensive introduction and reference point to the discipline of linguistics. This wide-ranging survey of the field brings together a range of perspectives, covering all the key areas of linguistics and...

'Wonderfully spirited' DAILY MAILThe follow-up to the Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller Lost for Words, from Today presenter and national treasure John Humphrys.From the huge response to Lost for Words, it's clear that many of us share John's strong...

'Wonderfully spirited' DAILY MAILThe follow-up to the Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller Lost for Words, from Today presenter and national treasure John Humphrys.From the huge response to Lost for Words, it's clear that many of us share John's strong...

Fjaka: the sublime state of aspiring to do absolutely nothing. Warmduscher: a 'warm showerer', meaning a bit of a wimp. Tener mano izquierda: literally 'to have a left hand'; to be skilfully persuasive. For all the richness of the English language there...

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...

Intensive Basic Latin: A Grammar and Workbook comprises a dynamic reference grammar and related exercises in a single volume. The book presents forty individual grammar points, covering the core material which students would expect to encounter in their...

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...

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. This...

In Scrapman and the Incredible Flying Machine Winston dreams of making a flying machine. There is just one problem. The machine Winston has made won't fly! Can Scrapman help him? TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling...

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 Level 2 Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories, written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta, provide a rich story context to help develop language comprehension and decoding skills. Stories, More Stories A and More Stories B offer a...

In their comprehensive new introduction to phonetics, Ball and Rahilly offer a detailed explanation of the process of speech production, from the anatomical initiation of sounds and their modification in the larynx, through to the final articulation of...

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...

Written by award-winning author Julia Donaldson, Songbirds Phonics are highly decodable, beautifully illustrated real stories. In Ron Rabbit's Big Day, sharp-eyed Ron spots a thief. The Level 3 More Songbirds phonics books revise all phonics...

Written by award-winning author Julia Donaldson, Songbirds Phonics are highly decodable, beautifully illustrated real stories. In Pen-Pals, Joan from America comes to visit Megan. The Level 4 More Songbirds phonics books revise all phonics previously...

This new edition of Andrew Radford's outstanding resource for students is a step-by-step, practical introduction to English syntax and syntactic principles, written by a globally-renowned expert in the field. Assuming little or no prior background in...

Kipper and Lee take the dogs for a walk and make an exciting discovery in A Lucky Find. 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...

The focus of this book is two-fold. First it traces the expansive geographical spread of the language commonly referred to as Spanish. This has given rise to multiple hybrid formations over time emerging in the clash of multiple cultures, languages and...

A Linguistic History of Italian offers a clear and concise explanation of why modern Italian grammar has become the way it is. It focuses on the effects of historical changes on the modern structure of Italian, revealing patterns and structures which are...

Cat is painting a picture at school. Nok wants to help, but will he make it any better or will he just make a mess? Find out in Cat's Painting. Ant, Tiger and Nok are playing in the garden when Nok starts to feel hot. How can a micro-alien cool down?...

Written by award-winning author Julia Donaldson, Songbirds Phonics are highly decodable, beautifully illustrated real stories. In My Cat, the cat keeps getting in the way! The Level 4 More Songbirds phonics books revise all phonics previously covered...

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...