The Spotlight
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Page : 688 pages
File Size : 48,95 MB
Release : 1941-03
Category : Actors
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Author :
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Page : 688 pages
File Size : 48,95 MB
Release : 1941-03
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Author : Melissa Bowerman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 24,69 MB
Release : 2001-01-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521593588
Recent years have seen a revolution in our knowledge of how children learn to think and speak. In this volume, leading scholars from these rapidly evolving fields of research examine the relationship between child language acquisition and cognitive development. At first sight, advances in the two areas seem to have moved in opposing directions: the study of language acquisition has been especially concerned with diversity, explaining how children learn languages of widely different types, while the study of cognitive development has focused on uniformity, clarifying how children build on fundamental, presumably universal concepts. This book brings these two vital strands of investigation into close dialogue, suggesting a synthesis in which the process of language acquisition may interact with early cognitive development. It provides empirical contributions based on a variety of languages, populations and ages, and theoretical discussions that cut across the disciplines of psychology, linguistics and anthropology.
Author : Shelia M. Kennison
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 40,84 MB
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1137545275
This accessibly written and pedagogically rich text delivers the most comprehensive examination of its subject, carefully drawing on the most up-to-date research and covering a breadth of the central topics including communication, language acquisition, language processing, language disorders, speech, writing, and development. This book also examines an array of other progressive areas in the field neglected in similar works such as bilingualism, sign language as well as comparative communication. Based on her globally-orientated research and academic expertise, author Shelia Kennison innovatively applies psycholinguistics to real-world examples through analysing the hetergenous traits of a wide variety of languages. With its engaging easy-to-understand prose, this text guides students gently and sequentially through an introduction to the subject. The book is designed for undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in psycholinguistics.
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Page : 474 pages
File Size : 39,57 MB
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Author : Larry Ferlazzo
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 32,66 MB
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1119023017
The must-have Common Core guide for every ESL/ELL instructor Navigating the Common Core with English Language Learners is the much-needed practical guide for ESL/ELL instructors. Written by experienced teachers of English Language Learners, this book provides a sequel to the highly-regarded ESL/ELL Teacher's Survival Guide and is designed to help teachers implement the Common Core in the ELL classroom. You'll find a digest of the latest research and developments in ELL education, along with comprehensive guidance in reading and writing, social studies, math, science, Social Emotional Learning and more. The Common Core is discussed in the context of ESL, including the opportunities and challenges specific to ELL students. Ready-to-use lesson plans and reproducible handouts help you bring these ideas into the classroom, and expert guidance helps you instill the higher-order thinking skills the Common Core requires. The Common Core standards have been adopted in 43 states, yet minimal guidance has been provided for teachers of English Language Learners. This book fills the literature gap with the most up-to-date theory and a host of practical implementation tools. Get up to date on the latest stats and trends in ELL education Examine the challenges and opportunities posed by Common Core Find solutions to common issues that arise in teaching ELL students Streamline Common Core implementation in the ELL classroom The ELL population is growing at a rapid pace, and the ELL classroom is not exempt from the requirements posed by the Common Core State Standards. ESL/ELL teachers know better than anyone else how critical language is to learning, and ELL students need a specialized Common Core approach to avoid falling behind. Navigating the Common Core with English Language Learners provides specific guidance and helpful tools that teachers can bring to the classroom today.
Author : Benâ Gül Peker
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 40,45 MB
Release : 2024-02-20
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1527579417
One of the tools that English language teachers use to effectively carry out English language teaching and learning is materials. In this context, English language teachers and English language teacher candidates must have the necessary knowledge and skills regarding creating and designing English language teaching and learning materials. For this reason, in many universities around the world, courses related to material design and development are taught in departments that train English language teachers. Following current developments in foreign language materials design and development is a priority for publishing houses, especially those that design textbooks in the light of current approaches. Thus, this book provides textbook publishers and English language teacher trainees, teachers, academicians and practitioners with the current theoretical and practical directions in developing, designing, and implementing materials to enhance foreign language learning and use.
Author : Ken Taylor
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 38,92 MB
Release : 2013-09-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 1291564942
Answers to FAQs about business English based on questions sent to "Dear Ken," a popular column in Spotlight magazine. Many of the questions are from German-speaking learners (and teachers) but the topics they raise and the answers given are of relevance to anyone who is working in English.
Author : Misha Becker
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 26,15 MB
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0262357232
An introduction to the study of children's language development that provides a uniquely accessible perspective on generative/universal grammar–based approaches. How children acquire language so quickly, easily, and uniformly is one of the great mysteries of the human experience. The theory of Universal Grammar suggests that one reason for the relative ease of early language acquisition is that children are born with a predisposition to create a grammar. This textbook offers an introduction to the study of children's acquisition and development of language from a generative/universal grammar–based theoretical perspective, providing comprehensive coverage of children's acquisition while presenting core concepts crucial to understanding generative linguistics more broadly. After laying the theoretical groundwork, including consideration of alternative frameworks, the book explores the development of the sound system of language—children's perception and production of speech sound; examines how words are learned (lexical semantics) and how words are formed (morphology); investigates sentence structure (syntax), including argument structure, functional structure, and tense; considers such “nontypical” circumstances as acquiring a first language past infancy and early childhood, without the abilities to hear or see, and with certain cognitive disorders; and studies bilingual language acquisition, both simultaneously and in sequence. Each chapter offers a summary section, suggestions for further reading, and exercises designed to test students' understanding of the material and provide opportunities to practice analyzing children's language. Appendixes provide charts of the International Phonetic Alphabet (with links to websites that allow students to listen to the sounds associated with these symbols) and a summary of selected experimental methodologies.
Author : Farzad Sharifian
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 29,60 MB
Release : 2017-10-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027264996
This ground-breaking book marks a milestone in the history of the newly developed field of Cultural Linguistics, a multidisciplinary area of research that explores the relationship between language and cultural conceptualisations. The most authoritative book in the field to date, it outlines the theoretical and analytical framework of Cultural Linguistics, elaborating on its key theoretical/analytical notions of cultural cognition, cultural schema, cultural category, and cultural metaphor. In addition, it brings to light a wide array of cultural conceptualisations drawn from many different languages and language varieties. The book reveals how the analytical tools of Cultural Linguistics can produce in-depth and insightful investigations into the cultural grounding of language in several domains and subdisciplines, including embodiment, emotion, religion, World Englishes, pragmatics, intercultural communication, Teaching English as an International Language (TEIL), and political discourse analysis. By presenting a comprehensive survey of recent research in Cultural Linguistics, this book demonstrates the relevance of the cultural conceptualisations encoded in language to all aspects of human life, from the very conceptualisations of life and death, to conceptualisations of emotion, body, humour, religion, gender, kinship, ageing, marriage, and politics. This book, in short, is a must-have reference work for scholars and students interested in Cultural Linguistics.
Author : David Pogue
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Page : 868 pages
File Size : 19,63 MB
Release : 2005-07-12
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1449392105
Demonstrates the operating system's basic features, including Internet access, file management, configuring the desktop, installing peripherals, and working with applications.