March 2nd, 2010
Category: Books
Tags: at, English, Grammar, Handbook, McGrawHill, Usage
- ISBN13: 9780071441339
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Those pesky dangling modifiers, split infinitives, and comma splices, they infect our spoken and written language with such frequency that even native English speakers find it difficult to determine what’s right and what’s wrong! The McGraw-Hill Handbook of English Grammar and Usage shows you how to fix these everyday English language mistakes.
With commonsense, easy-to-remember usage tips throughout, this handbook features incorrect and correct grammatical examples, a short review of basic grammar, a glossary, and more.
The McGraw-Hill Handbook of English Grammar and Usage
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February 14th, 2010
Category: Books
Tags: apa style, at, English, Essentials, Handbook, Writer's
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From grammar and punctuation to the creation of essays and business letters, The Essentials of English: A Writer’s Handbook, by Ann Hogue, is a must-have reference tool for today’s writer. As easy to use as a dictionary, this handbook is designed specifically for non-native English speakers. The Essentials of English pays extra attention to articles, phrasal verbs, subordinate clauses, and other commonly troublesome items. The book uses everyday language and simple sentence structure in both explanations and examples. The examples reflect topics of multicultural interest. Each part focuses on a single topic, building from sentence structure and mechanics to…
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February 9th, 2010
Category: Books
Tags: a handbook of content literacy strategies, a handbook of content literacy strategies: 125 practical reading and writing ideas, second edition, at, Content, Edition, Handbook, Ideas, Literacy, Practical, Reading, Second, Strategies, Writing
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Teachers who have used the first edition of this book praise it for its outstanding strategies and teaching ideas. And now authors Stephens and Brown have added over 50 new ones, plus two new chapters, one dealing with struggling readers and writers and one to help you get started using literacy strategies in your content classes. Here you get sound ideas for integrating reading and writing as tools for learning in the content areas, all solidly grounded in research-based learning theories. Nonfiction and fiction literature are incorporated throughout.
A Handbook of Content Literacy Strategies: 125 Practical Reading and Writing Ideas,…
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December 23rd, 2009
Category: Books
Tags: American, at, ESL, Esl/efl, Handbook, Style, Writing
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This manual recognizes that preparing essays, research papers, and other academic written assignments is particularly difficult for even the best students if English is their second language. Ten chapters instruct high-intermediate-through-advanced ESL/EFL students in planning the paper, doing standard and computer-based research to compile information, drawing up a formal outline, documenting the paper, then drafting, revising and editing it so that it is ready for presentation. An appendix presents a sample essay, a sample biography, and a research paper that follow most recent and approved MLA style of documentation. Two methods are shown, one giving MLA parenthetical citations, the…
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December 20th, 2009
Category: Books
Tags: at, ESL, Handbook, Korea, never, probably, Recruiter, South, Teachers, Told
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What did the recruiter tell you? What is the truth? The truth is that everybody has a different experience. But, many recruiters are paid to fill positions. This book is about how to function. How to understand the way things work with phones and money, contracts and jobs. Having a drama will help you understand some of the idiosyncrises of different relationships. Sometimes you need a pinch to know you are sane. Then you read the “You know you are in…” section and find that you will laugh and relax, writing your own list of things to add to…
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November 12th, 2009
Category: Books
Tags: at, Cards, Early, early literacy, Handbook, Literacy, Writing
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This innovative and practical kit, put together by two well-known specialists in the field of early literacy, contains everything storytime presenters for children from birth to age five and their parents or caregivers need to spread the word about school readiness skills to adult caregivers. The kit includes: an accessible handbook with a resource section; 105 reusable tip cards with coordinated activities; and, a concise summary of important early literacy research. Ideal for program planners, this convenient resource will help you teach caregivers the developing standards by which school readiness can be achieved.
The Early Literacy Kit: A Handbook and…
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November 6th, 2009
Category: Books
Tags: at, Diversity, ESL, Handbook, Literacy, Research, Writing
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Timely and authoritative, this is the first research handbook to address all dimensions of diversity that have an impact on literacy achievement. Leading experts examine how teaching and learning intersect with cultural and language differences and socioeconomic disparities in today’s increasingly diverse schools and communities. The volume weaves state-of-the-art research findings together with theory, policy considerations, and discussions of exemplary instructional practices. It offers fresh perspectives on such topics as family literacy, multiliteracies, drawing on cultural resources in the classroom, factors that promote success in high-poverty schools, equity issues, and ways to teach specific literacy skills. The concluding section…
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November 1st, 2009
Category: Books
Tags: Adolescent, at, Handbook, Literacy, Research, Translate, Writing
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The first comprehensive research handbook of its kind, this volume showcases innovative approaches to understanding adolescent literacy learning in a variety of settings. Distinguished contributors examine how well adolescents are served by current instructional practices and highlight ways to translate research findings more effectively into sound teaching and policymaking. The book emphasizes social and cultural factors in adolescents’ approach to communication and response to instruction, and sections address literacy both in and out of schools, including literacy expectations in the contemporary workplace. Detailed attention is given to issues of diversity and individual differences among learners.
Handbook of Adolescent Literacy…
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October 28th, 2009
Category: Books
Tags: "language acquisition", at, Classroom, dg, ESL, esl students, Every, Handbook, language learning, Literacy, MoreThanJustSurviving, Reading, teacher, the more than just surviving handbook, Writing
- ISBN13: 9781894110532
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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The revised and expanded edition of this bestseller includes: the latest research on first- and second-language learning, literacy theory, and integrating the skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening how to apply the latest research to the regular classroom that contains both native-English-speaking and non-English-speaking students suggested activities to foster language acquisition within the context of the regular curriculum strategies for teaching the four literacy skills—reading, writing, speaking, and listening—supported by student examples and illustrations This book has been written for regular classroom teachers, both elementary and secondary, to give…
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