ilość książek w kategorii: 1171
The Mind of a Savant: Language, Learning and Modularity
ISBN: 9780631190172 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Savants are people who are mentally and often physically impaired but who have one dazzling talent. Cases of savants, like Christopher who is described here, are not unheard of, but have never been reported before. Despite being unable to look after himself because he has difficulty with everyday tasks, Christopher can read, write, translate and communicate in fifteen to twenty different languages.
In this original, detailed and wide-ranging study, Neil Smith and Ianthi-Maria Tsimpli not only provide insight into the mind of one unique individual, but simultaneously cast light on... Savants are people who are mentally and often physically impaired but who have one dazzling talent. Cases of savants, like Christopher who is describe...
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245,43 zł |
Argumentation in Higher Education: Improving Practice Through Theory and Research
ISBN: 9780415995009 / Angielski / Twarda / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Argumentation in Higher Education offers professors, lecturers and researchers informative guidance for teaching effective argumentation skills to their undergraduate and graduate students. This professional guide aims to make the complex topic of argumentation open and transparent. Grounded in empirical research and theory, but with student voices heard strongly throughout, this book fills the gap of argumentation instruction for the undergraduate and graduate level. Written to enlighten even the most experienced professor, this text contributes to a better understanding... Argumentation in Higher Education offers professors, lecturers and researchers informative guidance for teaching effective argumentation s... |
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803,99 zł |
Finding Our Tongues: Mothers, Infants, and the Origins of Language
ISBN: 9780465002191 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Scientists have long theorized that abstract, symbolic thinking evolved to help humans negotiate such classically male activities as hunting, tool making, and warfare, and eventually developed into spoken language. In Finding Our Tongues, Dean Falk overturns this established idea, offering a daring new theory that springs from a simple observation: parents all over the world, in all cultures, talk to infants by using baby talk or "Motherese." Falk shows how Motherese developed as a way of reassuring babies when mothers had to put them down in order to do work. The melodic vocalizations...
Scientists have long theorized that abstract, symbolic thinking evolved to help humans negotiate such classically male activities as hunting, tool mak...
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228,04 zł |
Interviewing: Speaking, Listening, and Learning for Professional Life
ISBN: 9780195367713 / Angielski / Miękka / 418 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the second edition of Interviewing, experienced educators Rob Anderson and G. Michael Killenberg explain and demystify the interviewing process, offering students a practical guide to the fascinating art of asking and answering questions. Throughout, they urge students not to view interviewing as a procedure or as a collection of techniques; instead, they present the process of interviewing as a fascinating opportunity for learning through dialogue. The basic motivation for interviewing is learning something new. Each chapter features two sections: "The Basics," which...
In the second edition of Interviewing, experienced educators Rob Anderson and G. Michael Killenberg explain and demystify the interviewing p...
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772,83 zł |
Michelle Obama: Speeches on Life, Love, and American Values
ISBN: 9780982375631 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Michelle Obama has quickly become one of the most influential and respected women in America. This book is a collection of her most personal and inspirational speeches, given over the course of a year and a half, on the Obama's historic journey to the White House. In her own words, Michelle Obama talks about her beliefs, her upbringing, and her values.
Michelle Obama has quickly become one of the most influential and respected women in America. This book is a collection of her most personal and inspi...
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70,17 zł |
How to Say It with Your Voice
ISBN: 9780735204492 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jeffrey Jacobi, a Juilliard-trained voice coach, shows how anyone can gain a competitive edge by fully utilizing his or her natural speaking qualities. This book will guide readers step by step through self- tests, exercises, and sample speeches that will help them to develop a strong, clear, authoritative voice that projects an aura of power, confidence, and persuasiveness; overcome common speech problems like poor enunciation, rapid-fire speech, monotonous delivery, and a nervous, shaky sound; diminish accents; and eliminate other distracting and self-defeating speech problems that can...
Jeffrey Jacobi, a Juilliard-trained voice coach, shows how anyone can gain a competitive edge by fully utilizing his or her natural speaking qualities...
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105,59 zł |
Organizational Communication
ISBN: 9780195379044 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Organizational Communication, Third Edition, provides a lively, engaging overview of the principles and practices of organizational communication. Using familiar, real-world examples and interviews with actual practitioners that help students connect theory to practice, Alan Jay Zaremba illuminates themes of systems, culture, power, and skills and demonstrates how they relate to organizational communication and organizational communicators.
Fully updated and revised throughout, the third edition features: * Expanded treatment of theoretical foundations ... Organizational Communication, Third Edition, provides a lively, engaging overview of the principles and practices of organizational communic...
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The Education of English Language Learners: Research to Practice
ISBN: 9781606236598 / Angielski / Twarda / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive volume describes evidence-based strategies for supporting English language learners (ELLs) by promoting meaningful communication and language use across the curriculum. Leading experts explain how and why learning is different for ELLs and pinpoint specific best practices for the classroom, illustrated with vivid examples. Particular attention is given to ways in which learning English is intertwined with learning the student's home language. The book addresses both assessment and instruction for typically developing ELLs and those with language disabilities and disorders....
This comprehensive volume describes evidence-based strategies for supporting English language learners (ELLs) by promoting meaningful communication an...
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243,74 zł |
La Manifestación Modal En Lexías Derivadas, Con Especial Atención Al Par de Lenguas: Alemán-Español
ISBN: 9783034314312 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Esta investigacion se centra en el analisis de una serie de sufijos y sufijoides en la lengua alemana contemporanea y sus correspondencias con el espanol, desde el angulo de la modalidad relativa. Se trata de averiguar si la propia semantica de la palabra posee la capacidad de ejercer una funcion modalizadora sobre el resto de la oracion.
El estudio consta de dos partes bien diferenciadas; por un lado, el aparato teorico que contribuye a sustentar la postura ideologica y, por otro lado, el analisis de la funcion modalizadora de una serie de lexias derivadas (en particular, sufijos y... Esta investigacion se centra en el analisis de una serie de sufijos y sufijoides en la lengua alemana contemporanea y sus correspondencias con el espa...
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449,83 zł |
El Guaraní Correntino: Fonología, Gramática, Textos
ISBN: 9783631644454 / Hiszpański / Twarda / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Este trabajo constituye una descripcion funcional de una variedad poco estudiada del guarani paraguayo: el guarani -correntino-, modalidad tradicional del guarani del nordeste argentino. El estudio presenta las caracteristicas fonologicas y gramaticales de esta variedad en vistas a comprender el grado de su diferenciacion dialectal asi como su posicion dentro de los dialectos del guarani meridional criollo e indigena hablado en las tierras bajas sudamericanas. Con una vision comparativa, entablando una discusion permanente con destacados autores de esta larga tradicion de estudios (Emma...
Este trabajo constituye una descripcion funcional de una variedad poco estudiada del guarani paraguayo: el guarani -correntino-, modalidad tradicional...
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414,10 zł |
The Hip-Hop Kingdom Upclose and Revealed
ISBN: 9781609570545 / Angielski / Miękka / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Great Addition to Your Library My hope is this book will guide someone to Jesus, that is why I spend time defining key words. Starting with the word, WORD, the bible describe Jesus as the word of God, and Jesus the word, Being the author and the finisher of our faith, that the same mind in Christ Jesus, may be in us all, That we will speak in faith that is the Christian language, so that our understanding will be clear about, The will of God and our growth process will not be in suspension, that you will start the Christian walk, With a solid foundation and end up with a kingdom in the...
A Great Addition to Your Library My hope is this book will guide someone to Jesus, that is why I spend time defining key words. Starting with the word...
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61,54 zł |
China Rhymes
ISBN: 9789881815439 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of poetryby poet laureate of the China Treaty Ports Shamus A'Rabbitand cartoons by Sapajou, this compilation offers a fresh perspective on the foreign experience in Old China. From A'Rabbit s sharp and hilarious portrayals of travelers in the Orient to his bouncy and rhythmic satirical wit and distaste for hypocrisy and pretension, this remarkable record paints a unique portrait of China in the colonial era. "
A collection of poetryby poet laureate of the China Treaty Ports Shamus A'Rabbitand cartoons by Sapajou, this compilation offers a fresh perspective o...
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88,64 zł |
Metaphor and the Historical Evolution of Conceptual Mapping
ISBN: 9780230304826 / Angielski / Twarda / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An investigation of the historical evolution of figurative language within the framework of cognitive linguistics. It examines how and why metaphors evolve through the ages; discusses the role of culture; patterns of metaphor evolution; how many people use particular expressions.
An investigation of the historical evolution of figurative language within the framework of cognitive linguistics. It examines how and why metaphors e...
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384,63 zł |
Vernacular Eloquence
ISBN: 9780199782505 / Angielski / Twarda / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the publication of his groundbreaking books Writing Without Teachers and Writing with Power, Peter Elbow has revolutionized how people think about writing. Now, in Vernacular Eloquence, he makes a vital new contribution to both practice and theory. The core idea is simple: we can enlist virtues from the language activity most people find easiest-speaking-for the language activity most people find hardest-writing. Speech, with its spontaneity, naturalness of expression, and fluidity of thought, has many overlooked linguistic and rhetorical merits. Through...
Since the publication of his groundbreaking books Writing Without Teachers and Writing with Power, Peter Elbow has revolutionized ho...
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571,41 zł |
The Social Construction of Age: Adult Foreign Language Learners
ISBN: 9781847696144 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the social construction of age in the context of EFL in Mexico. It is the first book to address the age factor in SLA from a social perspective. Based on research carried out at a public university in Mexico, it investigates how adults of different ages experience learning a new language and how they enact their age identities as language learners. By approaching the topic from a social constructionist perspective and in light of recent work in sociolinguistics and cultural studies, it broadens the current second language acquisition focus on age as a fixed biological or... This book explores the social construction of age in the context of EFL in Mexico. It is the first book to address the age factor in SLA from a soc... |
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491,13 zł |
Stand Out 2
ISBN: 9781305655478 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Stand Out is a six-level, standards-based ESL series for adult education, with a proven track record of successful results. The new edition of Stand Out, continues to provide students with the foundations and tools needed to achieve success in life, college, and career.
Stand Out is a six-level, standards-based ESL series for adult education, with a proven track record of successful results. The new edition of Stand O...
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141,96 zł |
Live Poetry: An Integrated Approach to Poetry in Performance
ISBN: 9789042034051 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Given the increasing popularity of literary festivals, open mics, and poetry slams, one could justifiably claim that the English-speaking world is currently experiencing a 'Live Poetry' boom. Yet, despite this raised awareness for the aesthetic and social potential of performed poetry, academia has barely responded, failing in the process to update and adapt its concept of poetry to meet these recent developments. Bridging this critical gap, this volume provides for the first time a full methodological 'toolkit' for the analysis of live poetry by drawing together approaches from diverse...
Given the increasing popularity of literary festivals, open mics, and poetry slams, one could justifiably claim that the English-speaking world is cur...
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167,67 zł |
de La Grammaire Au Discours: Une Approche Morphodynamique
ISBN: 9783906762036 / Angielski / Twarda / 361 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Le paradigme morphodynamique a ete introduit par Rene Thom vers 1970 et fut elabore par l'auteur pendant deux decennies. Ce livre presente le paradigme et propose des applications pour tous les domaines majeurs de la linguistique contemporaine. Les chapitres centraux traitent des problemes du lexique, de la morphologie, de la syntaxe, de l'analyse textuelle et de l'enonciation. Un appendice donne une introduction a la mathematique qualitative.
Cet ouvrage repond a une demande legitime: un paradigme nouveau doit montrer son efficacite et son originalite dans tous les secteurs d'une... Le paradigme morphodynamique a ete introduit par Rene Thom vers 1970 et fut elabore par l'auteur pendant deux decennies. Ce livre presente le paradigm...
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554,51 zł |
Stride Ahead: An Aid to Comprehension
ISBN: 9780954109509 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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134,63 zł |
World English Middle East Edition 1: Workbook
ISBN: 9781111217662 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. World English is an exciting new four-skills general English series which uses National Geographic content, images and video to teach the language that learners need to succeed in their daily lives. The series is built upon clear and practical learning goals which are presented and practiced through appropriate themes and topics. A competency-based series, World English uses real people, real places and real language to connect learners of English to the world.
World English is an exciting new four-skills general English series which uses National Geographic content, images and video to teach the language tha...
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46,96 zł |