Language Arts category: 28677 books
by Stuart Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2014
The dynamics of immigration, international commerce and the postcolonial world make it inevitable that much translation is done into a second language, despite the prevailing wisdom that translators should only work into their mother tongue. This book is the first study to explore the phenomenon of...
The Value of the Maori Language
Te Hua o te Reo Maori
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Twenty-five years ago the Maori Language Act was passed, but research still finds that the Maori language is dying. This collection looks at the state of the language since the Act, how the language is faring in education, media, texts and communities and what the future aspirations for the language are.
by Bjarke Frellesvig
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2010
Bjarke Frellesvig describes the development of the Japanese language from its recorded beginnings until the present day as reflected by the written sources and historical record. Beginning with a description of the oldest attested stage of the language, Old Japanese (approximately the eighth century...
Maestro & Vainman
36 años de historias de la televisión que todos vimos
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Jorge Maestro y Sergio Vainman, dupla autoral única en la historia de la TV, hacen un balance de 36 años de carrera y desde su experiencia en el medio revelan entretelones desconocidos de la televisión argentina y los secretos de su arte.
Jorge Maestro y Sergio Vainman, dupla única en la...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
The exponential growth and development of modern technologies in all sectors has made it increasingly difficult for students, teachers and teacher educators to know which technologies to employ and how best to take advantage of them.
The Routledge Handbook of Language Learning and Technology...
Digital Platforms and Feminist Film Discourse
Women’s Cinema 2.0
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
This project offers a critical overview of how online activities and platforms are becoming an important source for the production and promotion of women’s films. Inspired by a transnational feminist framework, Maule examines blogs, websites, online services and projects related to women’s filmmaking...
English Language Teaching Today
Linking Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
English Language Teaching Today: Linking Theory and Practice provides an up-to-date account of current principles and practices for teaching English in the world today. The chapters, written by internationally recognized language teacher educators and TESOL specialists, introduce the reader to key...
by Abd Al-Rahman Mar'i, M. Amara
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2006
In this book we will explore in more detail some aspects of the Arab-Jewish divide, which raise fundamental questions regarding the place of the Arabs and Arab language education in the Jewish State. More specifically, the aim of this book is to describe and analyze language education in the Arab...
Implementing and Researching Technological Innovation in Language Teaching
The Case of Interactive Whiteboards for EFL in French Schools
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Implementing and Researching Technological Innovation in Language Teaching takes a case study approach to investigate the integration of the interactive whiteboard (IWB) into the teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in French schools. The study highlights the advantages of collaborative...
Group Work in the English Language Curriculum
Sociocultural and Ecological Perspectives on Second Language Classroom Learning
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
This book explores how using small groups in second language classrooms supports language learning. Chappell's experience as a language teacher equips him to present a clear, evidence-based argument for the powerful influence group work has upon the opportunities for learning, and how it should therefore be an integral part of language lessons.
The Place of Words
The Académie Française and Its Dictionary during an Age of Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
As the tricolor rose over revolutionary France, language, with its ability to define ideals and allegiances, was both a threat to authority and weapon to be wielded. In the early years of the Republic, the Académie Française, the royal body responsible for the French language, was suppressed by...
A Global Doll's House
Ibsen and Distant Visions
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
This book addresses a deceptively simple question: what accounts for the global success of A Doll’s House, Henrik Ibsen’s most popular play? Using maps, networks, and images to explore the world history of the play’s production, this question is considered from two angles: cultural transmission...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2019
This must-have handbook offers a comprehensive survey of the field. It reviews the language education policies of Asia, encompassing 30 countries sub-divided by regions, namely East, Southeast, South and Central Asia, and considers the extent to which these are being implemented and with what effect.
The...
Language, Thought, and Reality
Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
Writings by a pioneering linguist, including his famous work on the Hopi language, general reflections on language and meaning, and the "Yale Report."
The pioneering linguist Benjamin Whorf (1897–1941) grasped the relationship between human language and human thinking: how language can shape...