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Hardback. Educators and researchers in variety of locations increasingly encounter linguistically and socio-culturally diverse groups of students in their classrooms and lecture halls. This book examines everyday forms of talk and writing in relation to standardised forms and schooling expectations to suggest ways forward in educational discourse. Editor(s): Prinsloo, Mastin; Stroud, Christopher. Series: Palgrave Advances in Language and Linguistics. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFC; CJ; JNFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137309839
ISBN
9781137309839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Hardcover. This book explores what makes a book readable by bringing together the relevant literature and theories, and situating them within a unified account. It provides a single resource that offers a principled discussion of the issues and their applications. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFC; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137388766
ISBN
9781137388766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.52

Hardcover. Demonstrating that the supposed drawbacks of the humanities are in fact their source of practical value, Jay explores current debates about the role of the humanities in higher education, puts them in historical context, and offers humanists and their supporters concrete ways to explain the practical value of a contemporary humanities education. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFC; H; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137403308
ISBN
9781137403308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.76
€ 68.91

Hardcover. The book introduces the reader into the world of mental perception of literary contents. Based on the research in modern semantics, functional stylistics and cognitive phonetics, it explores the way linguistic elements of a literary work cause readers to form a single perception shape identified as a cultural, literary or social stereotype. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black & white tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFC; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137519474
ISBN
9781137519474
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.61

Hardcover. This book explores the gradual evolution of Adult literacy policy from the 1970s using philosophical, sociological and economic frames of reference from a range of perspectives to highlight how priorities have changed. It also offers an alternative curriculum; a transformative model that presents a more socially just different value position. Num Pages: 146 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFC; JNF; JNFD; JNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137535108
ISBN
9781137535108
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Paperback. Editor(s): Hawisher, Gail E.; Gee, James Paul; Selfe, Cynthia L. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFC; JHBS; JN; UDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403972200
ISBN
9781403972200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.95
€ 65.78

Hardback. This book reviews international studies of the role of literacy in child development. It also covers how children learn their first written language and acquire a second written and spoken one. Studies are analyzed across eight countries and eleven languages. Editor(s): Aram, Dorit; Korat, Ofra. Series: Literacy Studies. Num Pages: 246 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441908339
ISBN
9781441908339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFC; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 473.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9781489905079
ISBN
9781489905079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 194.56

paperback. The chapters in this international collection investigate a wide range of theorizations of rurality and literacy; literate practices and pedagogies; questions of place, space, and sustainability; and representations of rurality that challenge simplistic conceptions of standardized literacy and the real-and-imagined world beyond the metropolis. Editor(s): Green, Bill. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFC; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349446223
ISBN
9781349446223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.95
€ 65.15

Hardcover. Bringing together research from a variety of countries and periods, this volume introduces readers to the diverse approaches used to recover the evidence of reading through history in different societies, and asks whether reading practices are always conditioned by specific local circumstances or whether broader patterns might emerge. Editor(s): Towheed, Shafquat; Owens, W. R. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230247512
ISBN
9780230247512
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.27

Hardcover. 'Reading has a history. But how can we recover it?' This volume brings together original research essays focusing on the history of reading in the British Isles, using evidence ranging from library records to Mass Observation surveys to highlight the social factors that influence a seemingly private, individual activity. Editor(s): Halsey, Katie; Owens, W. R. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; CFC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230247550
ISBN
9780230247550
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

Hardcover. We inhabit a textually super-saturated and increasingly literate world. This volume encourages readers to consider the diverse methodologies used by historians of reading globally, and indicates how future research might take up the challenge of recording and interpreting the practices of readers in an increasingly digitized society. Editor(s): Crone, Rosalind; Towheed, Shafquat. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; CFC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230247567
ISBN
9780230247567
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.33

paperback. Editor(s): Santi, Kristi L.; Reed, Deborah K. Series: Literacy Studies. Num Pages: 207 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFC; JNC; JNKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Switzerland
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319386324
ISBN
9783319386324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 181.97

Paperback. Editor(s): Schieffer, Rudolf. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CFC; JF; JNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531051178
ISBN
9783531051178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.37

Paperback. This comparative analysis of the major Chinese literary histories in China and in the West illuminates alter ego perspectives in literary historiography. Includes two case studies of Chinese poems on the notion of discursive communities and the Cultural Tang. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642437212
ISBN
9783642437212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.74

Paperback. Series: Edition Centaurus - Soziookonomische Prozesse in Asien und Afrika. Num Pages: 412 pages, 32 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFC; JFC; JFSJ; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 541.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9783658116323
ISBN
9783658116323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Paperback. Series: Burgerbewusstsein. Num Pages: 323 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFC; JNF; JNMT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
323
Condition
New
SKU
V9783658140649
ISBN
9783658140649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFC; CJ; JFFN; JFSP; JNLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 329.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9783658146726
ISBN
9783658146726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.92

Paperback. This thorough analysis of issues in bilingual education offers a review of research in the field since the 1920s and the conclusions that can be drawn from it. Coverage includes illustrative bilingual education programs and policies from around the globe. Editor(s): Cummins, Jim; Hornberger, Nancy H. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFC; CJA; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048193127
ISBN
9789048193127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.10

Paperback. This volume offers an overview of the wide range of methodological approaches to language and education across the axes of micro and macro-linguistic and social levels of analysis, as well as the multiple connections between them. Editor(s): King, Kendall; Hornberger, Nancy H. Num Pages: 443 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFC; CJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
443
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048194001
ISBN
9789048194001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 156.43

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