Language Arts & Disciplines - General

This is the first monograph-length study in English of Kamo no Chōmei, one of the most important literary figures of medieval Japan. Drawing upon a wide range of writings in a variety of genres from the Heian and Kamakura periods, Pandey focuses on the...

Feng Menglong (1574-1646) was recognized as the most knowledgeable connoisseur of popular literature of his time. He is known today for compiling three famous collections of vernacular short stories, each containing forty stories, collectively known as Sanyan. Appropriation and Representation adapts concepts of ventriloquism...

Seminar paper from the year 2018 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, University of W rzburg, language: English, abstract: This paper will concentrate on the function of the portrayal of Jews as mice in the graphic novel "Maus"...

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as...

Hola or Bonjour!Are you eager to learn Spanish and French in a fast, simple and easy way without entering a classroom?If the answer is yes, then you have chosen the perfect bundle book. Language Learning is the perfect guide for Beginners that allows you...

The story takes us back to the encounter of a father with his son: God and Jesus, St. Ignatius of Loyola with God, who receives a call from him and founds a community with the name of Jesus. Later, one of the prelates of...

Le Petit Prince is a story beloved by readers across the globe. It is an aadizookaan, an epic teaching tale, that speaks to our souls about the secrets and lessons of being alive. As the story moves from one language to another, the core...

Learn how to engage the diverse families of English learners (ELs) and immigrants with the effective, practical approaches in this book. This must-have resource for teachers and school leaders is packed with fresh ideas geared toward building a partnership between school communities and ELs...

"This collection of invited papers honors Ives Goddard, an outstanding figure in the field of the languages of the Americas as well as in historical linguistics and ethnohistory. Goddard is the single most knowledgeable scholar in historical and comparative Algonquian, a field to which...

In recent years, we have mourned the deaths of many of the most prominent scholars in Chinese calligraphy and painting working in the United States. Many other scholars have retired. It is time for us to celebrate their scholarship and the American contribution to...

Author: StckvagnISBN-10: 0739865080ISBN-13: 9780739865088Publisher: Steck Vaughn School SupplyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2002Pages: 98Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 10.82h x 8.22w x 0.19d

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as...

Author: J. B. BullenISBN-10: 1789974704ISBN-13: 9781789974706Publisher: Peter Lang Copyright AG - IpsukLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/10/2021Pages: 336Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.07lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d

This essential book will help English teachers to address the challenges and opportunities in creating a powerful, knowledge-rich, concept-led curriculum, which draws on lived experience and engages with cognitive science and other educational research. It explores persistent problems in the teaching of English, why...

Writing a great story of any kind requires as much technical skill as it does imagination, but these skills can be learned. Like all professions, to be the best at what you do, you have to work at it.The Gondor Writers' Centre Creative Writing...

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. It's a good place for gold,' said people in the 1840s, and they came from all over the world....

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. It is 1866, and there is trouble in the world's oceans. What is the extraordinary thing that people have...

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.' More...

Queerness in Play examines the many ways queerness of all kinds--from queer as 'LGBT' to other, less well-covered aspects of the queer spectrum--intersects with games and the social contexts of play. The current unprecedented visibility of queer creators and content comes at a high...

This book offers a critical survey of film and media representations of black masculinity in the early twenty-first-century United States, between President George W. Bush's 2001 announcement of the War on Terror and President Barack Obama's 2009 acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize. It...

In contrast to most how-to-writing books, How to be Your Own Best Editor focuses on one of the most imposing challenges you need to confront as a writer: editing your own work. With insight, precision, and wit, author Barry Tarshis introduces you to concepts...

In today's digital era, increasing numbers of youth around the world learn English outside classrooms, frequently with the use of technology. This timely book brings together research and theory on the increasingly common phenomenon of Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE) among students of...

Test Prep Books' AFOQT Study Guide 2021-2022: AFOQT Prep with Practice Exam Questions for the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test [8th Edition]Taking the AFOQT test? Want to get a good score?Written by Test Prep Books, this comprehensive study guide includes: Quick Overview Test-Taking Strategies...

The Dictionary of Body Language: The Ultimate Guide on How to Read Body Language, Discover How to Decode the Tiniest Body Language and Learn What Others Are ThinkingBody language are the nonverbal signs or signals that we use to communicate. Studies show that more...

This newest volume in the groundbreaking 6 Principles series focuses on English for specific purposes (ESP) and how it plays a critical role internationally as adult learners acquire English for study, work, and life. The field of ESP has come into increasing prominence as...

TESOL International Association has defined a core set of principles for the exemplary teaching and learning of English as a new language. This exciting new book applies these principles to adults learning English in adult education and workforce development settings. The 6 Principles(R) and...

How does English for specific purposes (ESP) differ from English for general purposes? Explore the key features of ESP and the important role of students in this type of language learning. Learn the different types of ESP, various materials that can be incorporated into...

The Precarious Center, or When Will the African Narrative Hold? dispels the Western romanization of Greek, English, French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese to the detriment of African ideas and ideals. This text re-centers the African world and dispels the dominating myths and memes of...

Prepare your child for a bright future with Barron's Early Achiever Workbooks. Each workbook provides a hands-on learning experience tailored to grade-level skills. Barron's Early Achiever: Grade 3 English Language Arts Workbook is an ideal resource to supplement learning in the classroom, at home,...

Author: Christoph Kelp, Mona SimionISBN-10: 1316517136ISBN-13: 9781316517130Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/18/2021Pages: 220Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d

Author: BladonISBN-10: 019463390XISBN-13: 9780194633901Publisher: Oxford University Press, USALanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2019Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.29lbsSize: 8.57h x 5.22w x 0.20d

Author: J. B. BullenISBN-10: 1789974747ISBN-13: 9781789974744Publisher: Peter Lang Copyright AG - IpsukLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/10/2021Pages: 338Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.03lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d

Teaching English by Design has become a classic resource for preservice teachers as well as in-service teachers who consider it their go-to guide to creating lessons and units organized around key concepts. In the Second Edition, Peter Smagorinsky updates the content for today's teachers...

"Sentence composing provides acrobatic training in sentence dexterity... using literature as a writing school with a faculty of professional writers who virtually teach students to build better sentences." - Don and Jenny Killgallon Getting Started with Middle School Sentence Composing introduces the powerful Sentence-Composing...

Leila Christenbury's Making the Journey has long been a beloved classic in English methods courses as well as with in-service English teachers whose dog-eared copies occupy a permanent place on their classroom desks. The Fourth Edition adds a fresh new voice from veteran English...

George Steiner is one of the preeminent essayists and literary thinkers of our era. In this remarkable book he concerns himself with language and the relation of language to literature and to religion. Written during a period when the art of reading and the...

K. P. Harrington's Mediaeval Latin, the standard medieval Latin anthology used in the United States since its initial publication in 1925, has now been completely revised and updated for today's students and teachers by Joseph Pucci. This new edition of the classic anthology retains...

Since its first publication, Language Universals and Linguistic Typology has become established as the leading introductory account of one of the most productive areas of linguistics-the analysis, comparison, and classification of the common features and forms of the organization of languages. Adopting an approach...

In How to Kill a Dragon Calvert Watkins follows the continuum of poetic formulae in Indo-European languages, from Old Hittite to medieval Irish. He uses the comparative method to reconstruct traditional poetic formulae of considerable complexity that stretch as far back as the original...

Read and discover all about wheels. Read and discover more about the world! This series of non-fiction readers provides interesting and educational content, with activities and project work.Author: Rob SvedISBN-10: 0194646319ISBN-13: 9780194646314Publisher: Oxford University Press, USALanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/08/2012Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 8.32h x 5.85w...

Dominoes are perfect for reading practice and language skills development in class or during individual study. Why shouldn't we offer to take care of her? She could live with us at Mansfield.' In this way Mrs Norris persuades her sister, Lady Bertram, and Lady...

A 'Tall Tale' is a story that's hard to believe, and the five tall tales in this book all tell of ghosts. Some have dark secrets buried in the past, others bring messages for the living. Some are laughable, some are sad, and some...

This photographic instruction book shows children how to keep worms as pets and take care of them correctly, including how to house them and what to feed them.- This photographic instruction book shows children how to keep worms as pets and take care of...

Follow baby bird as it learns how to fly for the first time. This beautifully-illustrated fiction story was written by leading children's book author-illustrator Petr Horáĉek.- Follow baby bird as it learns how to fly for the first time. This beautifully-illustrated fiction story is...

When the volcano Vesuvius erupted 2,000 years ago, the city of Pompeii disappeared under the ash. Four hundred years ago, Pompeii was rediscovered. The ash had preserved Pompeii so well that buildings, mosaics, statues and other artefacts have survived to the present day. So...

Prince Hal is upset - he wants the moon. So the King and Queen send their servants, Grim and Crumb, out to catch the moon for him, with hilarious consequences. This charming story by award-winning author Mal Peat and Elspeth Graham is illustrated by...

Walter Tull was a successful footballer and officer in the British Army in World War One. These achievements are even more exceptional because Walter was Afro-Caribbean, succeeding in a world that still considered black people inferior. Follow him from the orphanage to the football...

A highly-readable guide, and the perfect quick-reference key to the Bible as a whole.This dictionary is for anyone who wants a quick-reference guide to the Bible, and is suitable for both the general Christian reader, and students of theology, ancient history, or literature.Reflecting up-to-date...

A fun story that follows a boy through a fantastical land of weird and wonderful creatures. Imaginative illustrations complement the text, which invites children to envisage using each of their five senses, by asking f they have ever seen, heard, touched, smelt or tasted...

When Buzz and Bingo went down to the woods one day, they got a big surprise They met a charming prince, a big bad wolf, seven little men and an old woman. But where was the beautiful girl that every one was looking for?...