Language Arts category: 28677 books
Robert Pierpoint
A Life at CBS News
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
This is the first biography of journalist Robert Pierpoint, a contemporary of Edward R. Murrow, hired by him to cover the Korean War for CBS. He went on to cover the White House, through six presidents. In more than 40 years with the network, he covered the Kennedy assassination, Watergate, Nixon’s...
General Education and Language Teaching Methodology
The Gdańsk School of ELT
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2015
This book presents a selection of papers on teaching English as a foreign language and the role of language education in human development. As thinking skills rely on language, language education should exceed utilitarian and everyday communicative needs and should be the basis for developing other...
by Jeremy Strong, Garin Dowd, Lesley Stevenson
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2006
This collection of new essays addresses a topic of established and expanding critical interest throughout the humanities. It demonstrates that genre matters in a manner not constrained by disciplinary boundaries and includes new work on Genre Theory and applications of thinking about genre from Aristotle...
by Mable Chan
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
The present study examines grammaticality judgment data, production data and acceptability judgment data from 243 Cantonese second language learners and a control group of 12 native English speakers. Research areas concern (a) the role of the first language in the acquisition of be by Cantonese second...
The Tangwang Language
An Interdisciplinary Case Study in Northwest China
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
This book studies the Tangwang language, providing the first comprehensive grammar in English of this Chinese variety, with detailed analysis of its phonology, morphology, and syntax. This fills a gap in the literature, as previously only a few articles on this language were available. The book takes...
Second Language Acquisition as a Mode-Switching Process
An Empirical Analysis of Korean Learners of English
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2017
This book analyses processes of mode-switching in second language acquisition as they relate to Korean learners of English. In this empirical study, the author examines how native language influences and shapes usage of second language, particularly when the two are so dramatically different both...
Language Life in Japan
Transformations and Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
Despite its monolingual self-image, Japan is multilingual and growing more so due to indigenous minority language revitalization and as an effect of migration. Besides Japan's autochthonous languages such as the Ainu and Ryukyuan languages, there are more than 75,000 immigrant children in the Japanese...
Caro maestro
Semestre di scritture
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 24, 2017
Il libro contiene i testi prodotti dai partecipanti al semestre di scritture dedicate a un ideale "Caro maestro", condotto da Laura Franco da gennaio a luglio 2017, presso la Casa delle Traduzioni di Roma, e qui curato insieme a Marco Bisanti.
How to Speak Any Language Fluently
Fun, stimulating and effective methods to help anyone learn languages faster
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2017
This book will give you the skills to learn to speak any language with confidence. It uses techniques that can easily be incorporated into your daily life, while making use of whatever resources you have available.
Whether you are starting out with your first foreign language or wishing to...
Selling the Sixties
The Pirates and Pop Music Radio
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Was it a non-stop psychedelic party or was there more to pirate radio in the sixties than hedonism and hip radicalism? From Kenny Everett's sacking to John Peel's legendary `Perfumed Garden' show, to the influence of the multi-national ad agencies, and the eventual assimilationof aspects of unofficial...
by Tom Leveen
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017
Rejection e-mails from agents and editors clogging your inbox? Getting the same rejection slips over and over again?
It could be pacing, plot, narrative engine . . . or maybe what your characters say just isn't getting the job done.
Outstanding dialogue is often the difference between a good...
Clinging to the Iceberg
Writing for a Living on the Stage and in Hollywood
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Wickedly funny, insightful, often absurd but always true, Clinging to the Iceberg explores the inner workings of the business of writing for hire. It’s written by someone whose career has spanned over forty years on stage and on screen, including thirty lucrative and sometimes uproarious ones in...
by Neil Mars
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
In this book, you will learn a simple method that can be used by anyone to learn languages alone and in the comfort of his home. The method is based on an extensive research with hundreds of language students from different countries and on the most advanced techniques on the field of learning, and...
Poetry and Story Therapy
The Healing Power of Creative Expression
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Poetry and short stories can act as powerful springboards to growth, self-enhancement and healing. With the guidance of a skilled facilitator, participants can engage with their own creative expression, and with that of others, and in doing so find opportunities to voice their truth, affirm their...