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Growing up wasn't easy for Aron Seaborn, the second oldest son of Northampton county sharecroppers. Despite an intense desire to attend school, Aron was relegated to child servitude to help sustain his growing family. At the age of six, Aron had to forego reading, writing and arithmetic to plow a...

Dossier : Le camp du bien → Entretien avec Jacques Julliard : « Aux origines de la gauche morale » Jacques Julliard définit les racines philosophiques et politiques du camp du bien dont la gauche morale est l’héritière. Depuis Condorcet, la République apprend à distinguer l’intérêt...

Les articles sont principalement rédigés en espagnol et en français. Les volumes de Varia s’ouvrent largement sur les espaces ibérique et ibéro-américain, sans distinction d’époques, de domaines ou de méthodologies : histoire, civilisation, langue et linguistique, littérature et questions d’actualité.

- Endorsed by Independent School Examination Board (ISEB) - Links to the National Curriculum and ISEB curriculum are referenced in each chapter - Answer guidance encourages independent learning and a greater understanding of the English language - Enables efficient assessment of pupils' strengths and weaknesses Please note that as a PDF download, this product is non-refundable.

A cheeky, sophisticated, and strikingly illustrated guide that leaves generic English reference books in the dust   When prominent Barcelona-based illustrator Luci Gutiérrez found herself tuning out in English class, she used her love of drawing to help retain what she’d learned. Ditching the...

Polari is a secret form of language mainly used by homosexual men in London and other cities during the twentieth century. Derived in part from the slang lexicons of numerous stigmatised and itinerant groups, Polari was also a means of socialising, acting out camp performances and reconstructing a...

English Homework for Key Stage 2 is a unique resource for busy teachers - a selection of ‘pencil-free’, hands-on activities, aligned with the National Curriculum Programmes of Study and with clear links to the topics set out in the PNS Framework for English, that teachers can use as extension...

The Common Core State Standards require schools to include writing in a variety of genres across the disciplines. Engaging Students in Academic Literacies provides specific information to plan and carry out genre-based writing instruction in English for K-5 students within various content areas. Informed...

Winner of the 2017 CCCC Advancement of Knowledge Award. In an age of global anxiety and suspicion, South Asian immigrants juggle multiple cultural and literate traditions in Mid-South America. In this study Iswari P. Pandey looks deeply into this community to track the migration of literacies,...

In a Middle-Eastern state, Yaniv plans to follow in his father's soldiering footsteps - he wants to travel, adventure and respect. So the offer to escort some stargazers on a mysterious journey seems like a great chance. But his first mission isn't as straightforward as it is expected to be. Along...

This is the first book-length study of the history of language teaching and learning among South Asian Muslims. It traces the history of language-teaching among the Muslims of north India and present-day Pakistan, and then relates language-learning (the demand) and teaching (the supply) to ideology (or...

The Common Reader, collection of essays by Virginia Woolf, published in two series, the first in 1925 and the second in 1932. Most of the essays appeared originally in such publications as the Times Literary Supplement, The Nation, Athenæum, New Statesman, Life and Letters, Dial, Vogue, and The Yale...

This volume is the first to explore links between the Russian linguist Mikhail Bakhtin's theoretical insights about language and practical concerns with second and foreign language learning and teaching. Situated within a strong conceptual framework and drawing from a rich empirical base, it reflects...

Accessible yet theoretically rich, this landmark text introduces key concepts and issues in critical discourse analysis and situates these within the field of educational research. The book invites readers to consider the theories and methods of three major traditions in critical discourse studies...