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Built around practical exercises, this book helps students to
practice and master core reading and writing skills crucial to the
successful study of philosophy. "The Philosophy Skills Book" will
help you to master the core skills you need to succeed in your
study of Philosophy. Taking you through a series of exercises that
will help you practice and perfect your reading and writing of
Philosophy, this book covers such topics as: finding arguments and
drawing conclusions; finding and resolving inconsistencies;
brainstorming and planning your essays; summarizing and defending
your argument; using quotations; and, avoiding common errors.
Whether you want to get your studies off to a flying start or
improve your final grade, "The Philosophy Skills Book" will help
you develop the skills you need to be a better Philosopher.
This book introduces an innovative collection of easy-to-use
computer programs that have been developed to measure and model
vocabulary knowledge. The book aims to help researchers discover
new instruments for lexical analysis, and provides a theoretical
framework in which studies with such tools could be conducted. Each
of the programs comes with a short manual explaining how to use the
program, an example of a published paper that uses the program and
a set of questions that readers can develop into proper projects.
The programs can be used in real research projects and have the
potential to break new ground for research in L2 vocabulary
acquisition. The book will be of great use to final year
undergraduates and masters students in applied linguistics, second
language acquisition, psycholinguistics and language testing and to
PhD students doing research methods courses.
When Donald J. Trump announced his campaign for president in 2015,
journalists, historians, and politicians alike attempted to compare
his candidacy to that of Governor George C. Wallace. Like Trump,
Wallace, who launched four presidential campaigns between 1964 and
1976, utilized rhetoric based in resentment, nationalism, and anger
to sway and eventually captivate voters among America's white
majority. Though separated by almost half a century, the campaigns
of both Wallace and Trump broke new grounds for political
partisanship and divisiveness. In Fear, Hate, and Victimhood: How
George Wallace Wrote the Donald Trump Playbook, author Andrew E.
Stoner conducts a deep analysis of the two candidates, their
campaigns, and their speeches and activities, as well as their
coverage by the media, through the lens of demagogic rhetoric.
Though past work on Wallace argues conventional politics overcame
the candidate, Stoner makes the case that Wallace may in fact be a
prelude to the more successful Trump campaign. Stoner considers how
ideas about "in-group" and "out-group" mentalities operate in
politics, how anti-establishment views permeate much of the
rhetoric in question, and how expressions of victimhood often
paradoxically characterize the language of a leader praised for
"telling it like it is." He also examines the role of political
spectacle in each candidate's campaigns, exploring how media
struggles to respond to-let alone document-demagogic rhetoric.
Ultimately, the author suggests that the Trump presidency can be
understood as an actualized version of the Wallace presidency that
never was. Though vast differences exist, the demagogic positioning
of both men provides a framework to dissect these times-and perhaps
a valuable warning about what is possible in our highly digitized
information society.
"Reliably insightful." - Publishers Weekly The first step to
becoming a successful writer is to become a successful reader.
Helping you develop your critical skills How to Read Like a Writer
is an accessible and effective step-by-step guide to how careful
reading can help you improve your craft as a creative writer,
whatever genre you are writing in. Across 10 lessons - each pairing
published readings with practical critical and creative exercises -
this book helps writers master such key elements of their craft as:
* Genre - from fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry to hybrid
genres such as graphic narratives and online forms * Plot,
conflict, theme and image * Developing characters - physical
descriptions, psychological depths and actions * Narrators and
points of view - 1st, 2nd and 3rd person narratives * Scenes and
settings - time, space and place * Structure and form - length,
organization and media * Language, subtext and style
Teach students how to practice reading & conversation skills
independently - so learning sticks Simply Stations: Partner Reading
shows how to ensure that elementary students are purposefully and
effectively practicing reading comprehension, reading fluency,
retelling, real-world connections, inference, and decoding every
day. Your students will soon be purposefully engaged and making
critical steps to owning their learning. Debbie Diller has been
refining literacy stations (sometimes called literacy centers) for
more than 40 years, working with thousands of teachers and
students. In this book, she guides you step-by-step through
planning for instruction that incorporates reading standards,
setting up and launching partner reading stations, varying and
refreshing content, to reflection and ongoing modification. What
stands out in this book is the full integration of instruction;
Debbie shows how whole-group lessons transfer to stations work so
students are practicing key skills independently - and gives you
everything needed for success: Recommendations by grade level at
every step, including grade-appropriate materials and book choices,
fiction and informational texts, for each station; Whole-group
lesson plans, differentiated by grade level and based on key
literacy standards, to introduce and support independent and
partner work; On-the-spot formative assessment ideas and
troubleshooting tips; Ideas to improve English Language Learners
reading skills', including online Spanish-language materials; 50
time-saving downloadable resources for teachers and students to
ensure success; and Dozens of full-color, real-classroom photos so
you see the possibilities first-hand. Simply Stations: Partner
Reading gives you invaluable tips, solutions, and insight that can
transform the way your students learn and practice reading skills.
It's time to boost the impact of your literacy stations!
Today, the surprisingly elastic form of the memoir embraces
subjects that include dying, illness, loss, relationships, and
self-awareness. Writing to reveal the inner self--the pilgrimage
into one's spiritual and/or religious nature--is a primary calling.
Contemporary memoirists are exploring this field with innovative
storytelling, rigorous craft, and new styles of confessional
authorship. Now, Thomas Larson brings his expertise as a critic,
reader, and teacher to the boldly evolving and improvisatory world
of spiritual literature. In his book-length essay Spirituality and
the Writer, Larson surveys the literary insights of authors old and
new who have shaped religious autobiography and spiritual
memoir--from Augustine to Thomas Merton, from Peter Matthiessen to
Cheryl Strayed. He holds them to an exacting standard: they must
render transcendent experience in the writing itself. Only when the
writer's craft prevails can the fleeting and profound personal
truths of the spirit be captured. Like its predecessor, Larson's
The Memoir and the Memoirist, Spirituality and the Writer will find
a home in writing classrooms and book groups, and be a resource for
students, teachers, and writers who seek guidance with exploring
their spiritual lives.
Written for students transitioning from GCSE to AS, taking the
Edexcel, WJEC and Eduqas exams, this AS and A Level French Grammar
& Translation Workbook can be used for homework, revision and
independent study. It includes thorough revision of key grammar
points and embedded translation practice, giving students
confidence in language manipulation skills to meet the demands of
the 2016 specifications. Please note: If you're taking the AQA
exam, please search for AQA AS and A Level French Grammar and
Translation Workbook for the AQA edition of this workbook.
This book examines the concept of authentic English in today's
world, where cultures are in constant interaction and the English
language works as a binding agent for many cross-cultural
exchanges. It offers a comprehensive review of decades of debate
around authenticity in language teaching and learning and attempts
to synthesise the complexities by presenting them as a continuum.
This continuum builds on the work of eminent scholars and combines
them within a flexible framework that celebrates the process of
interaction whilst acknowledging the complexity and individual
subjectivity of authenticity. Authenticity is approached as a
complex dynamic construct that can only be understood by examining
it from social, individual and contextual dimensions, in relation
to actual people. Authenticity is a problem not just for language
acquisition but one which affects us as individuals belonging to
society.
This book introduces an approach to understanding and measuring
working memory components and functions in second language
learning, processing and development. It presents comprehensive,
thorough and updated reviews of relevant literatures from cognitive
sciences and applied linguistics. Drawing on multidisciplinary
research, the book advocates a conceptual framework for integrating
working memory theories with second language acquisition theories.
An innovative theoretical model is also presented, which
illuminates research studies investigating the distinctive roles of
phonological and executive working memory as they relate to
specific L2 learning domains, skills and processes. Theoretical and
methodological implications of this integrative perspective are
further elaborated and discussed within the specific realms of L2
task-based performance and language aptitude research.
This book explores how complex systems theory can contribute to the
understanding of classroom language learner motivation through an
extended examination of one particular, situated research project.
Working from the lived experience of the participants, the study
describes how action research methods were used to explore the
dynamic conditions operating in a foreign language classroom in
Japan. The book draws attention to the highly personalised and
individual, yet equally co-formed nature of classroom foreign
language learning motivation and to the importance of agency and
emotions in language learning. It presents an extended illustration
of the applicability of complex systems theory for research design
and process in SLA and its narrative approach shines light upon the
evolving nature of research and role of the researcher. The study
will be a valuable resource for practitioners, researchers and
postgraduate students interested in classroom language teaching and
learning, especially those with a focus on motivation among
learners.
This book evaluates a project where formal classroom learning of a
second language was supplemented with informal, natural
interactions with older native speakers of the target language,
delivering a number of pedagogical and societal benefits. The
authors introduce a model of intergenerational, intercultural
encounters which aims to promote the use of community language
resources; enrich the experiences of young learners; foster greater
understanding between generations; break down cultural stereotypes;
encourage appreciation of different cultures and enhance the
quality of life and community engagement of older people with a
bi/multilingual background. It draws on theories of language
acquisition, discourse analysis and psychosocial perspectives to
propose a model of language learning for students that can be used
for any language or locality. It is therefore an essential resource
for graduate students, researchers and language teachers as well as
for education, aged and youth care policy makers, practitioners and
community services workers who are interested in innovative
language pedagogy.
Written corrective feedback (CF) is a written response to a
linguistic error that has been made in the writing of a text by a
second language (L2) learner. This book aims to further our
understanding of whether or not written CF has the potential to
facilitate L2 development over time. Chapters draw on cognitive and
sociocultural theoretical perspectives and review empirical
research to determine whether or not, and the extent to which,
written CF has been found to assist L2 development. Cognitive
processing conditions are considered in the examination of its
effectiveness, as well as context-related and individual learner
factors or variables that have been hypothesised and shown to
facilitate or impede the effectiveness of written CF for L2
development.
This volume provides an unprecedented insight into current
approaches to crosslinguistic influence (CLI). The collection
investigates a range of themes including linguistic relativity, the
possible contributions of neurolinguistics, the problem of
cognitive development and the role of the frequency of structures
in acquisition from distinct, overlapping and complementary
perspectives. Chapters focusing on vocabulary, morphosyntactic
categories, semantic structures, and phonetic and phonological
structures feature in the volume, as do over 20 languages, in order
to offer new insights into both theoretical and empirical issues in
CLI, including the consequences of great or little similarity in
structures between languages. The relevance of CLI research for
teaching is discussed in a number of chapters, as is the phenomenon
of multilingualism. The collection will appeal to researchers,
graduate and postgraduate students, teachers and professionals
interested in the field of CLI in SLA.
This volume provides an unprecedented insight into current
approaches to crosslinguistic influence (CLI). The collection
investigates a range of themes including linguistic relativity, the
possible contributions of neurolinguistics, the problem of
cognitive development and the role of the frequency of structures
in acquisition from distinct, overlapping and complementary
perspectives. Chapters focusing on vocabulary, morphosyntactic
categories, semantic structures, and phonetic and phonological
structures feature in the volume, as do over 20 languages, in order
to offer new insights into both theoretical and empirical issues in
CLI, including the consequences of great or little similarity in
structures between languages. The relevance of CLI research for
teaching is discussed in a number of chapters, as is the phenomenon
of multilingualism. The collection will appeal to researchers,
graduate and postgraduate students, teachers and professionals
interested in the field of CLI in SLA.
Grappling with grammar? Worrying about referencing? This handy
guide is packed with practical advice on how to search for reading
materials, structure your academic writing, think critically,
reference appropriately and use language effectively. 'Top Tips'
throughout the book help eradicate all the common mistakes that
bring your marks down. What's new to the fourth edition? two brand
new chapters on reading and writing critically activities at the
end of each chapter to let you check and assess your own writing.
With real life examples of academic work, and plenty of 'dos' and
'don'ts', this is the perfect writing manual for students studying
at all levels, and the ideal book to help you get top marks for all
your education course assignments. The Student Success series are
essential guides for students of all levels. From how to think
critically and write great essays to planning your dream career,
the Student Success series helps you study smarter and get the best
from your time at university. Visit the SAGE Study Skills hub for
tips and resources for study success!
Learn to Read Latin helps students acquire an ability to read and
appreciate the great works of Latin literature as quickly as
possible. It not only presents basic Latin morphology and syntax
with clear explanations and examples but also offers direct access
to unabridged passages drawn from a wide variety of Latin texts. As
beginning students learn basic forms and grammar, they also gain
familiarity with patterns of Latin word order and other features of
style. Learn to Read Latin is designed to be comprehensive and
requires no supplementary materials explains English grammar points
and provides drills especially for today's students offers sections
on Latin metrics includes numerous unaltered examples of ancient
Latin prose and poetry incorporates selections by authors such as
Caesar, Cicero, Sallust, Catullus, Vergil, and Ovid, presented
chronologically with introductions to each author and work offers a
comprehensive workbook that provides drills and homework
assignments. This enlarged second edition improves upon an already
strong foundation by streamlining grammatical explanations,
increasing the number of syntax and morphology drills, and offering
additional short and longer readings in Latin prose and poetry.
This comprehensive and practical book covers the basics of grammar
as well as the broad brush issues such as writing a grant
application and selling to your potential audience. The clear
explanations are expanded and lightened with helpful examples and
telling quotes from the giants of good writing. These experienced
writers and teachers make scientific writing enjoyable.
The Lifeboat Read & Spell Scheme. A highly-structured,
multi-sensory scheme of lessons to help dyslexic children - and
adults - to read, write and spell. This book contains ten lessons
and each lesson is made up of eight photocopiable worksheets.
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