Language Arts category: 28677 books
by Antony John Kunnan
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Evaluating Language Assessments offers a comprehensive overview of the theoretical bases and research methodologies for the evaluation of language assessments and demonstrates the importance of a fuller understanding of this widely used evaluative tool. The volume explores language assessment evaluation...
by Edward Fiske, Bruce Hammond
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Top College Essays That Show You What Works
1. Take the stress out of writing your essays!
Every fall, thousands of aspiring students just like you spend hours staring at a computer screen, searching for a clever opening line or life-changing experience. It doesn't have to be that hard--we'll...
Vietnamese Stories for Language Learners
Traditional Folktales in Vietnamese and English Text (MP3 Downloadable Audio Included)
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Vietnamese Stories for Language Learners—a language learning experience for beginner to intermediate students of the Vietnamese language.
Nothing introduces students and cultural enthusiasts to a language and people better than stories. Intended for Vietnamese language students or heritage...
Script Tease
Today's Hottest Screenwriters Bare All
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
The Newest Screenwriting Secrets
What do an erstwhile stripper, an ex–gambling addict, and a stoned Canadian teenager have in common? They wrote your favorite movies, and they're not who you'd expect.
Diablo Cody (Juno), Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler), and Seth Rogan (Superbad) are...
Language, Gender and Feminism
Theory, Methodology and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
Language, Gender and Feminism presents students and researchers with key contemporary theoretical perspectives, methodologies and analytical frameworks in the field of feminist linguistic analysis.
Mills and Mullany cover a wide range of contemporary feminist theories and emphasise the importance...
Screenplay Workbook
The Writing Before the Writing
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2010
An instructional manual combined with proprietary worksheets, charts and fill-in lists designed to give screenwriters a better way to focus on the task of writing a screenplay.
How Language Works
How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning, and Languages Live or Die
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Steven Pinker meets Bill Bryson in this landmark exploration of language.
In the author's own words, "How Language Works is not about music, cookery, or sex. But it is about how we talk about music, cookery, and sex-or, indeed, anything at all." Language is so fundamental to everyday...
The Linguistics of British Sign Language
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 1999
This is the first detailed explanation of the way British Sign Language works and is the product of many years' experience of research and teaching sign linguistics to deaf and hearing people. It assumes no previous knowledge of linguistics or sign language, and is not structured around traditional...
by Friedrich Ungerer, Hans-Jorg Schmid
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Learning About Language is an exciting and ambitious series of introductions to fundamental topics in language, linguistics and related areas. The books are designed for students of linguistics and those who are studying language as part of a wider course.
Cognitive Linguistics explores the...
An Introduction to Genetics for Language Scientists
Current Concepts, Methods, and Findings
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
During the last few decades we have discovered enormous amounts about our genomes, their evolution and, importantly for linguists and language scientists, the genetic foundations of language and speech. Accessible and readable, this introduction is designed specifically for students and researchers...
How to Write It, How to Sell It
Everything a Screenwriter Needs to Know About Hollywood
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 1998
As a producer and successful screenwriter, Linda Palmer knows all of Hollywood's trade secrets--and in How to Write It, How to Sell It, she shares them all.
Linda Palmer knows that even in closed-door Hollywood, if your screenplay snags the interest of a producer, it doesn't matter who you are--you're...
Learn Spanish for Beginners
Easy Step-by-Step Method to Start Learning Spanish Today
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2018
FINALLY you are going to learn a 2nd language like you've always told yourself you would!
There is no better place to start than the Spanish Beginner's Guide by Discover Language. This guide offers a comprehensive approach to the basics of the Spanish language. Learn Spanish for Beginners is...
by SparkNotes
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017
Learn How to Sign the Easy Way!
So many language books start off with everything that you don’t need to know. Of course, anybody who wants to become fluent in another language needs to learn its grammar, sentence structure, and idiosyncrasies. But what if there’s no time to become fluent?
For...
Stage Fright
40 Stars Tell You How They Beat America's #1 Fear
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Never before has the problem of stage fright been so eloquently examined; 40 interviews with some of the most highly-accomplished public figures shed light on this affliction, offering tips from their own experiences for overcoming it. Jason Alexander, Mose Allison, Maya Angelou, David Brenner, Peter...