Language learning: specific skills

Write in English like a native speaker!

This book focuses on the techniques of good prose writing, suitable for students of English literature and of creative writing.

The last 25 years have witnessed extraordinary growth in the academic specialization variously described as composition studies or rhetoric and composition.

This three-in-one guide is the perfect addition to any professional or amateur writer's bookshelf.

Help students develop their own special talents and interests while supporting student literacy, social development, and a lifelong interest in reading through connecting books to children's hobbies.

When travelling, do you want to journey off the English-speaking path, meet people and communicate easily?

Committed utilitarian reading is either dominantly practical or more or less equally practical and fulfilling.

The field of reading is a compelling one, characterised by many debates and discussions.

Packed with practical advice, guidance and inspiration about all aspects of the writing process, this Yearbook is the essential resource on how to get published.

The method that's helped thousands in the U.

Volume II considers values and culture at the institutional level.

There are so many different graduate creative writing programs out there!

Schließe dich Tim und Sam auf einer unvergesslichen Klassenfahrt nach Transsilvanien an, einem Land, das von Geheimnissen und Legenden durchdrungen ist.

For more than a decade, Clear and Simple as the Truth has guided readers to consider style not as an elegant accessory of effective prose but as its very heart.

In Growing Writers, veteran teacher educator Anne Elrod Whitney explores how the principles defined in NCTEs Professional Knowledge for the Teaching of Writing position statement can support high school writers and teachers of writing through knowledge and a conscious search for meaning in our writing activities.

This book is written for K5 educators who are interested in cultivating young writers by designing and facilitating writing instruction that begins with the resources that students bring to the classrooms from their families, homes, and communities.

Das Buch enthält einen Kurs für Anfänger und fortgeschrittene Anfänger, wobei die Texte auf Deutsch und auf Portugiesisch nebeneinanderstehen.

There are more outlets than ever for writers to spread their messages and share their work, more opportunities to speak out and be seen.

Reinforce your written Chinese with this practice book for the best-selling Tuttle Learning Chinese Characters.

From the invention of the alphabet to the explosion of the internet, Dominic Wyse takes us on a unique journey into the process of writing.

Executive functions are a set of cognitive processes we use to act on information, manage resources, and plan and monitor our own behaviour, all with the aim of achieving an end goal.

Style: An Introduction to History, Theory, Research, and Pedagogy conducts an in-depth investigation into the long and complex evolution of style in the study of rhetoric and writing.

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.

Special problems are presented to prospographers and historians of the Roman Republic who attempt to determine the chronological structure of Cicero's Brutus.

Listening, Belonging, and Memory puts connected listening at the center of current debates around whose voices might be listened to, who by, and why.

Sharpen your Spanish language skills through readings about its speakers' daily lives and cultureBetter Reading Spanish offers you entertaining, "e;real world"e; texts to help you understand and learn more Spanish vocabulary and phrases.

"e;Sexy, smart, skillful.

In this unique look at leadership, Patterson shares the results of interviews he conducted with 14 highly respected superintendents about the human side of this important job.

Das Buch enthält eine Darstellung der englischen Gespräche des täglichen Familienlebens, wobei die Texte auf Englisch und auf Deutsch nebeneinander stehen.

Inclusive of the scope and authoritative references from earlier editions, this edition additionally embraces the digital world and provides practical suggestions for performing the "e;act of teaching.

For courses in English Composition.

Inspire English International incorporates inspirational and comprehensive student books, workbooks and teacher guides, providing everything teachers and students around the world need to meet the demands of both curricula and 21st century education.

The Lifespan Development of Writing presents the results of a four-year project to synthesize the research on writing development at different ages from multiple, cross-disciplinary perspectives, including psychological, linguistic, sociocultural, and curricular.

Executive Writing Skills for Managers deals with the English business writing you need at the top of your career.

Professionalizing Second Language Writing is an edited collection that bring together perspectives of second language writing specialists who shed light on second language writing as a profession.

Rapid changes in communication channels, tools, and conventions of interaction over the last two decades have paved the way for increasingly digital learning environments.

Examining recent changes in the once stable genre of doctoral thesis and dissertation writing, this book explores how these changes impact on the nature of the doctoral thesis/dissertation itself.

Diese Ausgabe ist mit großen farbigen Bildern illustriert.

Fourteen chapters researched and authored by scholars working in nine different countries and regions explore the contexts of foreign language writing pedagogy, the diversity of national and regional approaches, the role of universities, departments, and programs in pedagogy, and the cognitive and classroom dimensions of teaching and learning.