Public Speaking category: 1264 books
by Nancy Budwig
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Although there has been much empirical study within what has been referred to as "functional approaches to child language," there has yet to be a major attempt to compare and contrast such proposals. In addition, much of the work carried out within child language from a functionalist perspective...
by Sharon Schuman
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
Freedom and Dialogue in a Polarized World argues that our most cherished ideas about freedom—being left alone to do as we please, or uncovering the truth—have failed us. They promote the polarized thinking that blights our world. Rooted in literature, political theory and Mikhail Bakhtin’s theories...
Language Function
An Introduction to Pragmatic Assessment and Intervention for Higher Order Thinking and Better Literacy
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
Literacy teaching tends to take a structural approach to language, focusing on auditory products or skills such as sounds, morphemes, words, sentences, and vocabulary. However, new research suggests that the majority of English speakers actually think and learn in visual concepts, and that there is...
by Grzegorz Kowalski
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
The book presents the results of multi-parameter corpus research on Polish and English scientific discourses in the field of Linguistics. Highlighting the relevance of contextual variables (including time, culture, L1 vs. L2 language) in research framework, the study develops a discourse model of...
by Hans Ostrom, William Haltom
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
Orwell’s "Politics and the English Language" in the Age of Pseudocracy visits the essay as if for the first time, clearing away lore about the essay and responding to the prose itself. It shows how many of Orwell’s rules and admonitions are far less useful than they are famed to be,...
Distance in Preaching
Room to Speak, Space to Listen
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2014
Based on several years of teaching and careful observation in preaching classes, this book by Michael Brothers explores the benefits of "distance" in preaching -- and listening to -- sermons.
Having noticed that sermon listeners generally want to be given room for their own interpretations...
Pedaling the Sacrifice Zone
Teaching, Writing, and Living above the Marcellus Shale
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
Before the dust settles, as many as 100,000 natural gas wells may be drilled into the Marcellus Shale on more than 20,000 well pads in Pennsylvania.
Living on seven acres above the shale, Jimmy Guignard tells his story as an English professor grappling with the meaning of place and the power...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This volume constitutes a unique contribution to the literature on literacy and culture in several respects. It links together aspects of social variation that have not often been thus juxtaposed: ethnicity/nationality, gender, and participant role relations. The unifying theme of this collection...
Electronic Quills
A Situated Evaluation of Using Computers for Writing in Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
This volume centers on the words and experiences of teachers and students who used QUILL -- a software package developed by the authors to aid in writing instruction. It looks in detail at the stories of these early users and considers questions relevant for other teachers, students, researchers,...
Kommunikative Routinen
Formen, Formeln, Forschungsbereiche- Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag von Prof. Dr. Irma Hyvaerinen
Language: German
Release Date: August 7, 2014
Die Kreativität menschlichen Sprachgebrauchs spielt eine zentrale Rolle in verschiedenen Sprachtheorien. Ergebnisse der Phraseologie- und der Textforschung haben indes gezeigt, dass der alltägliche Sprachgebrauch durch ein hohes Maß an Konventionalität bis hin zur Stereotypie gekennzeichnet ist....
Character Voices
A Workbook for Audiobook Narration
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2018
Want to narrate an audiobook but not sure how to keep track of all the characters?
Audiobooks are the most rapidly growing section of the publishing industry and many indie authors are considering narrating their own audiobooks for financial or control reasons. Writing characters with individual...
Learning To Speak
A Manual for Parents
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
First published in 1984. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Histoire populaire de Napoléon Ier
Réfutation des reproches adressés à Napoléon Ier
Language: French
Release Date: May 18, 2016
Extrait : "Peuple Français ! c'est à toi que je dédie cette histoire de l'homme qui, par son ardent désir de te rendre grand et heureux autant que possible, a mérité l'extrême attachement, l'adoration que tu conserves pour sa mémoire : à toi !"À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS LIGARAN : Les éditions...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
This volume is a direct result of the International Symposium on Japanese Sentence Processing held at Duke University. The symposium provided the first opportunity for researchers in three disciplinary areas from both Japan and the United States to participate in a conference where they could discuss...