Language Arts category: 28677 books
by Little Green Apples Publishing, LLC ™
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2016
What is linguistics? It is the scientific study of a language in its spoken, written, or signed form. Our Linguistics Study Brief provides a concise, conceptual overview of the subject matter, including a summary of the distinctive characteristics that differentiate human language from animal language....
Exploring Linguistic Science
Language Use, Complexity, and Interaction
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2018
Exploring Linguistic Science introduces students to the basic principles of complexity theory and then applies these principles to the scientific study of language. It demonstrates how, at every level of linguistic study, we find evidence of language as a complex system. Designed for undergraduate...
StoryTraining
Selecting and Shaping Stories That Connect
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
Change Your Training Narrative
As a trainer, you try to facilitate connections for learners, knowing you must first make connections for yourself. One way to do that is to be a storyteller. But how do you tell stories? How do you find stories to tell? StoryTraining: Selecting and Shaping Stories...
by The Editors of REA
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
REA's Handbook of English Grammar, Style, and Writing is a must for students! The ability to write and speak correctly and effectively is a prerequisite for doing well in all subjects, including the physical and social sciences, math and the liberal arts. Writing and speaking skills become even more...
by Andy Rooney
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2009
Chairs. Neat people. Ugliness. War. Over six decades of intrepid reporting and elegant essays, Andy Rooney has proven a shrewd cultural analyst-unafraid to question the sometimes ridiculous, often surprising facts of our lives. Rooney's great gift is telling it straight, without a hint of sugar coating,...
Coaching the Artist Within
Advice for Writers, Actors, Visual Artists, and Musicians from America's Foremost Creativity Coach
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2005
Have you ever wished you had a professional coach who could encourage your creative pursuits help structure your efforts and cheer you on? Coaching the Artist Within is the first book to explain the techniques that creativity coaches use to help their clients survive and thrive in the arts. Designed...
by Lisa Dethridge
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2003
You have no excuse for not writing a great script now. This book will do the heavy lifting for you. All you have to do is come up with a great story to tell; the rest is covered in this thoughtful, thorough tour of the screenwriting process.
Christopher Vogler, author of The Writer's Journey:...
by Kathleen S. Kelly
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In a ground-breaking departure from existing works, almost all of which are how-to manuals based on anecdotal evidence, this is the first academic textbook on fund raising. By integrating practical knowledge with social science theory and research, it presents a comprehensive approach to the function,...
Understanding Language Teaching
From Method to Postmethod
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2006
This book traces the historical development of major language teaching methods in terms of theoretical principles and classroom procedures, and provides a critical evaluation of each. Drawing from seminal, foundational texts and from critical commentaries made by various scholars, Kumaravadivelu examines...
Adolescent Literacy in the Academic Disciplines
General Principles and Practical Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2012
From leading authorities in both adolescent literacy and content-area teaching, this book addresses the particular challenges of literacy learning in each of the major academic disciplines. Chapters focus on how to help students successfully engage with texts and ideas in English/literature, science,...
Creativity in Language Teaching
Perspectives from Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Current, comprehensive, and authoritative, this text gives language teachers and researchers, both a set of conceptual tools with which to think and talk about creativity in language teaching and a wealth of practical advice about principles and practices that can be applied to making their lessons...
by Mary Mercer
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
CRAFT AN EMOTIONALLY CHARGED STORY THAT KEEPS READERS TURNING PAGES Have you ever started writing a story, feeling full of inspiration and enthusiasm, only to lose direction somewhere in the middle? Grab hold of a bright lifeline for writers trekking across their novel’s...
Transformational Speaking
If You Want to Change the World, Tell a Better Story
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
You can change the world—one audience at a time!
Today's challenging times call for passionate visionaries who are authentic and articulate communicators. Speaking coach and consultant Gail Larsen presents a proven program that liberates the "speaker within" and transforms even the reluctant...
by Dan Douglas
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Understanding Language Testing presents an introduction to language tests and the process of test development that starts at the very beginning. Assuming no knowledge of the field, the book promotes a practical understanding of language testing using examples from a variety of languages.
While grounded...