Language Studies category: 15171 books
Crisis Communication, Liberal Democracy, and Ecological Sustainability
The Threat of Financial and Energy Complexes in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
Crisis Communication, Liberal Democracy, and Ecological Sustainability provides a detailed and empirical analysis of the institutions, governing logics, risk-management practices, and crisis communication strategies involved in the 2007–2008 financial crisis, the 2010 BP oil crisis, and the 2011...
Origins of Language
A Slim Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
Origins of Language: A Slim Guide offers a concise and accessible overview of what is known about the evolution of the human capacity for language. Non-human animals communicate in simple ways: they may be able to form simple concepts, to feel some limited empathy for others, to cooperate to some...
Roots and Wings
Affirming Culture and Preventing Bias in Early Childhood
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2016
Use the updated activities, examples, and research to improve your anti-bias and multicultural education programs. This clear and practical guide includes expanded information on English language learners, family engagement, culturally responsive teaching, and staff training.
Stacey York teaches...
China's Mongols at University
Contesting Cultural Recognition
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2010
Minority students in China often receive preferential treatment for access to universities. However, very little is known about minority student experiences and perceptions on campus after they are accorded what's called "meaningful access" to university.
The Mongols emerged as a...
Writing Center Research
Extending the Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2001
There are writing centers at almost every college and university in the United States, and there is an emerging body of professional discourse, research, and writing about them. The goal of this book is to open, formalize, and further the dialogue about research in and about writing centers. The original...
Soft Power and the Worldwide Promotion of Chinese Language Learning
The Confucius Institute Project
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
‘The Confucius Institute Project’ – consisting of Confucius Institutes and Classrooms, the posting of Chinese language teachers to overseas schools and universities and the Chinese Bridge language competition – represents an attempt by China to extend its influence globally through the use...
Multiplayer
The Social Aspects of Digital Gaming
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
In the past decade, digital games have become a widely accepted form of media entertainment, moving from the traditional 'core gamer' community into the mainstream media market.
With millions of people now enjoying gaming as interactive entertainment there has been a huge increase in interest...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
The Routledge Companion to Alternative and Community Media provides an authoritative and comprehensive examination of the diverse forms, practices and philosophies of alternative and community media across the world.
The volume offers a multiplicity of perspectives to examine the reasons why...
Indigenous Education
Language, Culture and Identity
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2015
Indigenous Education is a compilation of conceptual chapters and national case studies that includes empirical research based on a series of data collection methods. The book provides up-to-date scholarly research on global trends on three issues of paramount importance with indigenous education—language,...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
This groundbreaking volume describes unprecedented changes in education across Latin America, resulting from the endorsement of Indigenous peoples' rights through the development of intercultural bilingual education. The chapters evaluate the ways in which cultural and language differences are being...
Media Communication
An Introduction to Theory and Process
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
The fourth edition of this essential text provides a complete and well-rounded introduction to the study of media and communication in the modern world. It explores the evolution of media and communication and surveys a full range of media theories, using these perspectives to explain social issues...
Survival Schools
The American Indian Movement and Community Education in the Twin Cities
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
In the late 1960s, Indian families in Minneapolis and St. Paul were under siege. Clyde Bellecourt remembers, “We were losing our children during this time; juvenile courts were sweeping our children up, and they were fostering them out, and sometimes whole families were being broken up.” In 1972,...
Africana Race and Communication
A Social Study of Film, Communication, and Social Media
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2017
Africana Race and Communication: A Social Study of Film, Communication, and Social Media focuses on the areas of History, Ethos, Motif, and Mythology-Philosophy. This study is an interdisciplinary study, which surveys the collection, interpretation, and analysis of Black communication and culture....
Zombies in the Academy
Living Death in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2013
Zombies in the Academy taps into the current popular fascination with zombies and brings together scholars from a range of fields, including cultural and communications studies, sociology, film studies, and education, to give a critical account of the political, cultural, and pedagogical state of...