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This is an essential read for anyone interested in the way language is used in the world of politics. Based on Aristotle's premise that we are all political animals, able to use language to pursue our own ends, the book uses the theoretical framework of...

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...

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 predictable...

Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories: Decode and Develop More A 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 all your favourite characters with some...

This collection examines LEGO from an array of critical and cultural studies approaches, foregrounding the world-renowned brand's ideological power and influence. Given LEGO's status as the world's largest toy manufacturer and a transnational multimedia...

The Language of Displayed Art, first published in 1994, is a seminal work in the field of Multimodality and one of the few to be entirely dedicated to the analysis and interpretation of works of art. This book explores the "grammar" of the visual arts of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781270646Author Orme DavidFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Ransom PublishingPublisher Ransom PublishingWeight(grams) 116g

There are 6 books at Level 1+: Book 1 practises 's a t p' Book 2 practises 'i n m d' Book 3 practises 'g o c k' Book 4 practises 'ck e u r' Book 5 practises 'h b f ff' Book 6 practises 'l ll le ss' Each sound is explored through an Oxford...

An understanding of sociocultural context is crucial in second language learning-yet developing this awareness often poses a real challenge to the typical language learner. This book is a language teachers' guide that focuses on how to teach socially and...

The book introduces both theoretical and applied perspectives, identifying and explaining the relevant frameworks and drawing on a range of activities/examples of how gender is constructed in discourse. The book is divided into three parts. Part I covers...

Introducing Electronic Text Analysis is a practical and much needed introduction to corpora - bodies of linguistic data. Written specifically for students studying this topic for the first time, the book begins with a discussion of the underlying...

This study presents a new perspective on small talk and its crucial role in everyday communication. The new approach presented here is supported by analyses of interactional data in specific settings - private and public, face-to-face and telephone talk...

Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories: Decode and Develop More A 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 all your favourite characters with some...

This book is the first to provide a cognitive analysis of the function of biological/medical metaphors in National Socialist racist ideology and their background in historical traditions of Western political theory. Its main arguments are that the...

The Pragmatics Reader is the indispensable set of readings for all students studying Pragmatics at advanced undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Combining key classic texts with newer extracts covering current developments in contemporary Pragmatics,...

Each book introduces students to exam formats and provides step-by-step guidance Useful tips are included to maximise their chances of excellingBook InformationISBN 9780582824218Author Louise HashemiFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint LongmanPublisher...

The Interpreting Studies Reader is the definitive guide to the growing area of interpreting studies. Spanning the multiple and diverse approaches to interpreting, it draws together the key articles in the field and puts them in their thematic and social...

The Interpreting Studies Reader is the definitive guide to the growing area of interpreting studies. Spanning the multiple and diverse approaches to interpreting, it draws together the key articles in the field and puts them in their thematic and social...

When Alice's little brother falls ill, she is sent to live with her grandma. Feeling rejected by her family, it takes the friendship of an unusual boy named Charlie Fisher to teach Alice some lessons about what family and friendship really mean. Part of...

Discourse Syntax is the study of syntax that requires an understanding of the surrounding text and the overall discourse situation, including considerations of genre and modality. Using corpus data and insights from current research, this book is a...

Spanish is now the third most widely spoken language in the world after English and Chinese. This book traces how and why Spanish has arrived at this position, examining its role in the diverse societies where it is spoken from Europe to the Americas...

How do we teach and learn vocabulary? How do words work in literary texts? In this book, Ronald Carter provides the necessary basis for the further study of modern English vocabulary with particular reference to linguistic descriptive frameworks and...

There are 6 books at Level 4: Book 19 'Revise and Blend' Book 20 'Revise and Blend' Book 21 practises 'ay, oy, ea, ie' Book 22 practises 'ow, ew, ew, ou' Book 23 practises 'ir, aw, eer, are' Book 24 practises 'ce, ea, o, ed' Each...

This comprehensive textbook is an engaging introduction to syntax. Clearly organized and accessible, it provides students with a thorough grounding in the analysis of syntactic structure using data from a typologically wide variety of languages. The book...

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...

This book tells us about plants that eat insects. Most insects use plants for their food, but some plants trap insects and use them for food. And one plant even eats frogs! Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child...

The book is organised in four parts. Part 1 introduces a new approach to classroom assessments, explaining both theory and practice in detail. Part 2 explains why, when and how teachers should set assessment tasks and how these benefit students. Part 3...

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...

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. What...

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. What...

This collection shows students of English and applied linguistics ways in which language and literary study can be integrated. By drawing on a wide range of texts by mainly British and American writers, from a variety of different periods, the...

With engaging texts and topics to develop reading and writing skills, Oxford Primary Skills is the perfect partner for any course. It builds up reading skills through a wide variety of texts students want to read including websites and magazines. The...

Sophie thinks Tom is a wimp because he always puts his hand up in class but Tom surprises her.Book InformationISBN 9780435070830Author Alison HawesFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint HeinemannPublisher Pearson Education LimitedWeight(grams)...

Welsh, like the other Celtic languages, is best known amongst linguists for its verb-initial word order and its use of initial consonant mutations. However it has many more characteristics which are of interest to syntacticians. This book, first...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780883128220Author Sharon R RandFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Sil International, Global PublishingPublisher Sil International, Global...

Discourses in Place is essential reading for anyone with an interest in language and the way we communicate. Written by leaders in the field, this text argues that we can only interpret the meaning of public texts like road signs, notices and brand logos...

This Dinosaur contains pictures and factual information about different types of dinosaurs. Clear headings are used to tell the reader what is being described on each page of the report. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps...

Both in the sheer breadth and in the detail of their coverage the essays in these two volumes challenge hegemonic thinking on the subject of translation. Engaging throughout with issues of representation in a postmodern and postcolonial world,...

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...

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. ...