This edited collection, with a focus on Chinese as a second or foreign language acquisition, consists of research studies that address one of three emerging themes: information and communication technology (ICT), young learners, and Chinese-character teaching and learning.
Idioms are expressions that are used every day but dont mean what the words seem to indicate. No spring chicken, for example, has nothing to do with chickens. Rather, it means not being young any more. Teacher Josh: English Idioms explains what 300 of the most widely used English idioms mean in an easy-to-learn, memorable way.
This book explores the development of presidential speechwriting from the administration of Franklin Roosevelt to the present. It argues that the institutionalization of speechwriting that has been blamed for bland presidential rhetoric has actually served the president well by helping presidents avoid the adverse effect of poorly chosen words.
This book offers a tested method for teaching yourself to become proficient in reading French, quickly building your vocabulary, and enabling you to extract meaning without word-for-word translation. If you have had two years of high school or one year of college French, it will enable you to read with ease and enjoyment French periodicals and ......
School Leadership: A Reality Check is a guide to successfully managing a leadershp role in the eduation system. This book is born out of research investigating what consitutes failures of leadership through a qualitative study of school leaders and quantitative analysis.
An Introductory Course for Heritage Learners of Russian
Rodnaya rech' with website, an introductory textbook for heritage learners, addresses the unique needs of students who have at least intermediate-level listening and speaking skills on the ACTFL scale but who have underdeveloped or nonexistent literacy skills. With an emphasis on conceptual understanding of vocabulary and grammar, Rodnaya rech' ......
An Introductory Course for Heritage Learners of Russian
Rodnaya rech' / , an introductory textbook for heritage learners of Russian, addresses the unique needs of students who have at least Intermediate-level listening and speaking skills but who have underdeveloped or nonexistent literacy skills. It can be used in an intensive one-semester class or at a more measured pace over two ......
Robert McChesney argues that the media, far from providing a bedrock for freedom and democracy, have become a significant antidemocratic force in the United States and, to varying degrees, worldwide. Rich Media, Poor Democracy addresses the corporate media explosion and the corresponding implosion of public life that characterizes our times. ......
In this book, ten scholars examine notable sermons from the fifty-year span between 1965 and 2015. Contributors demonstrate how this turbulent time period witnessed a variety of important shifts in the arguments, evidences, and rhetorical strategies employed by contemporary preachers.
