The contributions in this book discuss letter-writing from 1400 to 1800, and the material studied ranges from the late medieval Paston Letters and the correspondence between Sweden and the German Hanse to Early Modern English family letters and correspondence in natural history between England and North America in the eighteenth century.
In Hearing Ourselves Think, cognitive process research moves from the laboratory to the college classroom, where its rich research tradition continues and an important new set of instructional approaches emerges.
On the Blunt Edge: Technology in Composition's History and Pedagogy tells the stories of composition's techno-history, from the roads of the ancient world, which allowed students to travel to school, to the audio-visual aids that populate the classrooms of the modern world.
Situated among fields (applied linguistics, creative writing studies, writing studies), this book empirically explores the language of writers in contexts of learning externalized in literary genres.
Ungenügende Lesekompetenzen und individuelle Mehrsprachigkeit stellen zwei bildungspolitische Herausforderungen dar, die auf verschiedenen Ebenen miteinander verknüpft sind.
Reduce your accent when pronouncing English, with the expertise from an acclaimed specialist in the areaDeveloped by acclaimed speech consultant and accent specialist Susan Cameron, Perfecting Your English Pronunciation features her successful method, which focuses on the anatomical placement of sound and on the musculature used in articulation.
Das Buch lässt sich schnell lesen und endet als eine ziemlich tragische Geschichte über eine Frau, die es durch ihre natürliche Schönheit zu einem unglaublichen Reichtum gebracht hat.
Learn to speak Italian as fluently as Italians do-an indispensable guide, now with a timely new chapter on remote communicationWhether you're learning Italian now at an intermediate level or looking to brush up on your Italian conversational skills, Practice Makes Perfect: Italian Conversation offers a unique and effective way to learn to speak the language fluently and spontaneously.
If you already have the basics and want to learn more Greek, this advanced beginner audio course will boost your confidence to understand and speak Greek.
Literacy and Reading Programmes for Children and Young People: Case Studies from Around the Globe presents interviews with over 40 librarians from around the world who tell of their library programs.
Planned as a companion volume to Writing Latin by Richard Ashdowne and James Morwood, this accessible guide to writing Greek is useful for anyone starting Greek prose composition.
