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Family Language Policy: Maintaining An Endangered Language In The Home

Colloquial German 2: The Next Step in Language Learning (Colloquial Ser.)

Do you know German already and want to go a stage further? If you’re planning a visit to Germany, need to brush up your German for work, or are simply doing a course, Colloquial German 2 is the ideal way to refresh your knowledge of the language and to extend your skills. Colloquial German 2 is designed to help those involved in self-study; structured to give you the opportunity to listen to and read lots of modern, everyday German. It has also been developed to work systematically on reinforcing and extending your grasp of German grammar and vocabulary. Key features of Colloquial German 2 include: revision material to help consolidate and build up your basics a wide range of contemporary authentic documents, both written and audio lots of spoken and written exercises in each unit highlighted key structures and phrases a grammar reference and detailed answer keys Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

Teaching Children English as an Additional Language: A Programme for 7-12 Year Olds

Here is a typical classroom scenario: out of the thirty children, two-thirds speak a different language at home and only speak English at school. Even though many pupils’ English skills are almost non-existent, teachers are expected to provide the national curriculum for every child in the class. Teaching Children English as an Additional Language solves this problem with a ten-week teaching programme of units and lesson activities for children aged seven–eleven (Key Stage 2) new to English. It will help these children learn some very basic English sentences, questions and vocabulary, to get them through regular day-to-day routines more easily. By offering a flexible step by step approach this book helps EAL teachers to: identify learners’ individual needs teach grammar and vocabulary support teaching through speaking and listening assess pupils to inform future planning The programme also contains emergency lessons to support learners in the first three days, cross curricular links, ways of using a home-school learning book and an opportunity for the child to make a booklet about themselves. It fosters the child’s home language, incorporates different learning styles as well as including a wealth of carefully tailored, themed resources. The programme is complete with activities, resources and assessment materials and helpful tips on how to develop a successful EAL department.

Louisa Waterford and John Ruskin: 'For You Have Not Falsely Praised'

Louisa Waterford (1818-91), modest, retiring, of good family, renowned for her beauty, and with extraordinary grace, was the embodiment of a Victorian ideal of womanhood. But like the age itself, her life was filled with contrasts and paradoxes. She had been born with artistic gifts, and became a satellite of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, though she had no formal training. Then, at the height of John Ruskin's intellectual power and success as a critic, she asked him to accept her as an art student, and he accepted. Their correspondence- often harshly critical, never, as Waterford put it, falsely praising - lies at the heart of this book. These are letters which open a spectrum of discussion on the cultural, gender and social issues of the period. Both Waterford and Ruskin engaged in tireless philanthropic work for diverse causes, crossing social boundaries with subtle determination, and both responded to a sense of duty as well as an artistic vocation. But, as Ings-Chambers shows, their correspondence was more than a dialogue about society: it helped to make Waterford the artist she became.

German Phonology: An Optimality-Theoretic Approach

Drawing on an optimality-theoretic framework, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the phonology of German, with its idiosyncratic array of sound patterns. It starts with the consonants and vowels and the distinctive features they consist of, moving on to account for allophonic changes in detail, as well as syllables and their weight units. Phonological processes are then explored in depth, with chapter-length explorations of feet, prosodic words, prosodic phrases, and intonation phrases, showing that the prosodic hierarchy provides the domains of most phonological processes. It also includes discussions of the interfaces of morphology and syntax with phonology, as well as prosodic phrasing and intonation. The constraint-based approach allows a new holistic perspective, simultaneously encompassing all aspects of German phonology. Wide-ranging yet accessible, it is essential reading for advanced students of both linguistics and German, as well as individual scholars seeking a one-stop resource on the topic.

With Literacy and Justice for All: Rethinking the Social in Language and Education (Language, Culture, and Teaching Series)

The third edition of With Literacy and Justice for All: Rethinking the Social in Language and Education continues to document Carole Edelsky's long involvement with socially critical, holistic approaches to the everyday problems and possibilities facing teachers of language and literacy. This book helps education professionals understand the educational/societal situations they are dealing with, and literacy instruction and second language learning in particular contexts. Edelsky does not offer simplistic pedagogical formulas, but rather, progressively works through differences and tensions in the discourses and practices of sociolinguistics, bilingual education, whole language, and critical pedagogy--fields whose practitioners and advocates too often work in isolation from each other and, at times, at cross purposes. In this edition, what Edelsky means by rethinking is improving and extending her own views, while at the same time demonstrating that such rethinking always occurs in the light of history. The volume includes a completely new Introduction and two entirely new chapters: one on reconceptualizing literacy learning as second language learning, and another on taking a historical view of responses to standardized testing. Throughout, in updating the volume, Edelsky uses a variety of structural styles to note contrasts in her views across time and to make the distinction clear between the original material and the current additions. This edition is a rare example of a scholarly owning-up to changes in thinking, and a much needed demonstration of the historically grounded nature of knowledge. As a whole, the third edition emphasizes recursiveness and questioning within a deliberately political framework.

Hungarian: An Essential Grammar (Routledge Essential Grammars)

Hungarian: An Essential Grammar is a concise, user-friendly guide to the most important structures of this fascinating language.All students of Hungarian, whether beginners or at intermediate and advanced levels, will welcome its clarity of presentation and jargon-free explanations. It is ideal for those studying independently or following a taught course. Topics include: verbal prefixes aspect and tense word-formation mechanisms vowel harmony the case system and its uses word order appendices include the formation of irregular verbs, complete noun declensions and irregular noun patterns With numerous language examples bringing grammar to life, this truly essential reference work will prove invaluable to all students looking to master the patterns and irregularities of modern Hungarian.

Cognitive Processing Skills in English (Effective Interpreting)

Interpret more effectively and energetically. That is the goal of top interpreter educator Carol Patrie, who writes: "Interpreters must be able to quickly make sense out of what they see and hear, decide what the message means and how to transfer that message into another language with split-second accuracy." The stronger one's English skills, the better one interprets. Effective interpreters shift more easily between English and ASL, enjoy translating, consecutive interpreting, and simultaneous interpreting more, and have more satisfied clients. Cognitive Processing Skills in English is full of challenging exercises with videotaped source materials to improve flexibility and agility with English, the kind of linguistic quickness that is essential to the interpreting process. Give yourself a comprehensive, powerful learning tool with helpful theoretical Introductions for each topic, Study Questions, and a structured Five-Step Follow-up.

Hungarian: An Essential Grammar (Routledge Essential Grammars)

This user-friendly guide to modern Hungarian clearly introduces the most important structures of this fascinating language. Suitable for beginning, intermediate and advanced students, it can be used by those studying independently or following a taught course. Topics include:* verbal prefixes* aspect and tense* word-formation mechanisms* linking vowels* the case system and its uses* word order.Appendices include the formation of irregular verbs, complete noun declensions and irregular noun patterns.

Teaching Culture in Introductory Foreign Language Textbooks

This book demonstrates how foreign language textbook analysis can inform future materials development to improve foreign language teaching. Through chronological analysis of French textbooks in the United States, this book explores the representations of Canada and Quebec in French beginner textbooks produced from 1960 to 2010. Chapelle couples a large collection of 65 textbooks with a social-semiotic qualitative analysis of the genres, language and images that communicate Quebec's cultural narrative to learners. Findings about the amount and type of content are presented by decade to track the trends in foreign language teaching and changes in Quebec's representation. Particular attention is given to how language politics is presented to students through text and images. This book will be of interest to scholars of Canadian Studies, Quebec Studies and Second Language Acquisition, as well as foreign language materials developers.

We Laugh Alike / Juntos nos reímos: A Story That's Part Spanish, Part English, and a Whole Lot of Fun

Six kids are ready to play: three speak English. Y tres hablan español [and three speak Spanish]. But all of them laugh alike and together! This clever playground adventure weaves together bilingual Spanish and English conversations, so two groups of children can express similar thoughts in their own languages.A brand new barrier-breaking and friendship-affirming bilingual picture book from award-winning author Carmen T. Bernier-Grand (Diego: Bigger than Life). Three kids are playing at the park when three more arrive. The groups can't understand each other because one trio speaks only English and the other only Spanish. But they can express similar thoughts in their own languages. Aquí interactúan el inglés y el español. Can they find a way to play? Of course they can! By watching each other, both groups learn that they are more alike than different and end up discovering new words and making new friends in this adventure propelled by clever integrated Spanish dialogue.

Language Dominance in Bilinguals

With contributions from leading scholars of bilingualism, Language Dominance in Bilinguals is the first publication to survey different approaches to language dominance, along with suggested avenues for further research. It illustrates how a critical approach to the notion of language dominance, as well as its operationalisation and measurement, can provide new insights into this burgeoning area of research. Drawing on adult and child data from a variety of language pairs, the chapters discuss how language dominance is to be conceptualised and distinguished from such related constructs as language proficiency and language competence. This volume is the first of its kind to present an overview of different approaches to language dominance from across the theoretical spectrum, as well as suggested avenues for further research. Accessibly written, Language Dominance in Bilinguals is a valuable new addition to the field and essential reading for students and scholars working in bilingualism, speech therapy and education.

La informalización del discurso digital público: Reflexiones sobre el inglés y el español (Routledge Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics)

La informalización del discurso digital público is an innovative volume which examines different communicative practices which take place on social media and justifies the shift towards more informal/oral styles of public communication in English and Spanish.The book takes a first step in understanding and analysing how the use of code-switching, language preference, and graphicons contribute to the public image of institutions, politicians and celebrities, as well as how the aforementioned strategies fit into the negotiation of the norms and identities of public communities on social media platforms. Offering an updated approach to studying digital discourse in public contexts, it is the first of its kind written in Spanish. The volume focuses on the characteristic linguistic features associated with digital communication and informal oral writing styles, such as reduplication of vowels, consonants, acronyms, and shortenings, code-switching and language preference, and the insertion of multimodal and graphical elements.A comprehensive and unique volume, La informalización del discurso digital público is ideal for researchers and postgraduate students interested in digital discourse, sociolinguistics, and media studies.Chapter 5 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.La informalización del discurso digital público es un volumen innovador que examina diferentes prácticas comunicativas que tienen lugar en las redes sociales con el fin de justificar el cambio hacia estilos más informales/orales de comunicación pública en inglés y en español.El libro ofrece un punto de vista novedoso sobre la contribución del cambio de código, la elección de lengua y los graficonos a la imagen pública de instituciones, políticos y celebridades; así como la repercusión que las estrategias mencionadas tienen en la negociación de las normas e identidades de las comunidades públicas en redes sociales. Ofrece un enfoque actualizado del estudio del discurso digital en contextos públicos y es el primero de este tipo escrito en español. El volumen se centra en los rasgos lingüísticos característicos de la comunicación digital y de los estilos de escritura oral informal, tales como la reduplicación de vocales, consonantes, acrónimos y abreviaturas, el cambio de código y la preferencia de lengua, así como la inserción de elementos multimodales y gráficos.La informalización del discurso digital público es un volumen completo y único, ideal para investigadores y estudiantes de posgrado interesados en el discurso digital, la sociolingüística y los estudios sobre los medios de comunicación.Chapter 5 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

The Power of Self-Presentation: Spanish Speakers Constructing Digital Identity

​This book follows a Goffmanian approach to self-presentation to focus on the different strategies Spanish users employ to construct their digital identity in profiles, biographies, pictures, and statuses on platforms such WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. The author presents a functioning taxonomy of self-presentation strategies along the front-stage/back-stage continuum, including common strategies such as eudaimonic (or inspirational) messages and the use of humour. Special attention is paid to the effects of social variables such as the users' gender and age, and the perceived purposes of the different platforms (e.g. LinkedIn is often intended as a professional market for job hunting, whereas Facebook is rarely used in this context). The book will be of interest to students and scholars of Technologically Mediated Communication (traditionally known as Computer-Mediated Communication or CMC), media communication, internet pragmatics, digital discourse analysis, and related fields.

Magic Windows (Ventanas Magicas)

Through the magic windows of her cut-paper art, Carmen shows us her family, her life as an artist, and the legends of her Aztec past. An accompanying workbook is described below.

El español para fines específicos en Latinoamérica: Un panorama de prácticas pedagógicas y tendencias investigativas (Routledge Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics)

El español para fines específicos en Latinoamérica: un panorama de prácticas pedagógicas y tendencias investigativas es el primer libro en ofrecer un panorama de investigaciones que se están realizando sobre el campo de español para fines específicos (EFE) en esta región. Está conformado por dos partes, las cuales ofrecen aproximaciones al español para fines académicos y el español para fines laborales con un énfasis en prácticas pedagógicas para el aula. El volumen se compone de estudios realizados por académicos de siete países latinoamericanos (Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Brasil, Guatemala, México y Perú) y explora temáticas relevantes para la enseñanza del español en los distintos contextos representados. Por medio de los estudios presentados por los autores, El español para fines específicos en Latinoamérica: un panorama de prácticas pedagógicas y tendencias investigativas pone de relieve cómo el campo de EFE puede responder a necesidades pedagógicas que se observan en Latinoamérica al incorporar nuevos acercamientos al campo de la lingüística aplicada.Este libro es de interés para investigadores y docentes en las áreas de la enseñanza de lenguas, el español para fines específicas y la lingüística aplicada.El español para fines específicos en Latinoamérica is the first book to bring together the various lines of research being carried out on teaching Spanish for Specific Purposes (SSP) across Latin America.Divided into two parts, the book offers invaluable research into Spanish for academia and Spanish for professional purposes in Latin America with a particular focus on pedagogical practices for university classrooms. Comprised of studies by scholars from seven different Latin American countries (Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Brazil, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru), this volume explores themes individual to the region and concerns relevant to the teaching of Spanish in these environments. Through these studies, El español para fines específicos en Latinoamérica illustrates how the field of SSP can respond to specific needs within Latin America by exploring issues specific to the region through exploring different approaches to the field of applied linguistics.This unique volume will be of interest to researchers in the areas of Spanish language pedagogy, Spanish for Specific Purposes, and applied linguistics.

Semántica: Una introducción al significado lingüístico en español

Semántica: Una introducción al significado lingüístico en español es una introducción integral al estudio de la semántica con un enfoque especial en la lengua española. Sin asumir conocimientos lingüísticos previos, el libro conduce al lector por los principales temas del estudio del significado, logrando un equilibrio entre la teoría y la práctica. Los temas nocionales y las discusiones conceptuales se entrelazan con el desarrollo de herramientas analíticas. Las explicaciones se apoyan en abundantes ejemplos que ilustran los puntos tratados. Cada capítulo proporciona ejercicios y sugerencias para lecturas e investigaciones adicionales con el fin de guiar a los estudiantes de español en las complejidades de la semántica léxica y composicional. Escrito íntegramente en español en un estilo claro y atractivo, el libro es ideal para estudiantes avanzados de pregrado y posgrado de español y lingüística hispánica. Semántica: Una introducción al significado lingüístico en español is a comprehensive introduction to the study of semantics with a special focus on Spanish. Without assuming prior linguistic knowledge, the book leads the reader through the main topics in the study of meaning, striking a balance between theory and practice. In a clear and engaging style, notional issues and conceptual discussions are intertwined with the development of analytical tools. Explanations are supported by plentiful examples to reinforce each new point. Exercises and suggestions for further reading and research are provided throughout to guide students of Spanish seamlessly into the complexities of lexical and compositional semantics. Written entirely in Spanish, the book is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of Spanish and Spanish linguistics.

Italian Essentials

REA's Essentials provide quick and easy access to critical information in a variety of different fields, ranging from the most basic to the most advanced. As its name implies, these concise, comprehensive study guides summarize the essentials of the field covered. Essentials are helpful when preparing for exams, doing homework and will remain a lasting reference source for students, teachers, and professionals. Italian reviews the fundamentals of the Italian language, including basic pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and sentence structure. Other topics include cognates, numbers, idiomatic expressions, time, weather, and clothing.

La mitad del alma

PREMIO NACIONAL DE LAS LETRAS 2015 Una investigación sobre un pasado familiar, una búsqueda que traspasa las páginas y se sitúa en el ámbito del lector, al que se recurre para resolver el enigma y para poner un final a la trama. ¿Cómo reaccionaría usted si, de repente, un desconocido le entregara unos papeles que cuestionan sus orígenes, que parecen probar que su identidad es falsa? Esto es lo que sucede en este relato que se inicia con la búsqueda de los antecedentes familiares de la narradora, una investigación que supera los planes de la novela -de la ficción- para adentrarse en la realidad extraliteraria. Y así, la protagonista, desde las primeras páginas del libro, pedirá ayuda a los lectores, después de haber agotado todas las vías posibles en la vida real, por si alguien puede aportar datos sobre el caso de Cecilia Balaguer, o de Celia Ballester -también usaba este nombre-, desaparecida entre el 1 y el 4 de enero de 1960, en la población fronteriza de Portbou...

Ladino on the Internet: Sepharad 4 (Routledge Studies in Jewish Languages)

Ladino on the Internet constitutes the first critical and systematic account written in English on the online revitalisation of Ladino.This book conclusively demonstrates that nowadays the global Ladino-speaking community connects first and foremost online, which calls for a full, comprehensive examination of the web-based development of the Sephardic diaspora (including that of Ladino) as a qualitatively different stage, termed ‘Sepharad 4’ in this monograph.Drawing upon the methodological framework of Revivalistics and including a comparative analysis with similar initiatives apropos Yiddish, this volume analyses case studies including YouTube digital archives, social media platforms, language learning apps, online schools, and Ladino on Netflix, plus on Web 3.0 platforms.This monograph will appeal to scholars and postgraduate students seeking to familiarise themselves with the use of technological tools to further the revitalisation of endangered languages such as Ladino.

Una introducción a la misión AETH: An Introduction to Missions Spanish

"La iglesia existe por la misión, al igual que el fuego existe por la combustión". Con estas palabras de Emil Brunner, el autor nos recuerda que ser la iglesia es estar en misión. Después de describir las diferentes cautividades de la misión, que han subyugado al cristianismo de los Estados Unidos, el autor lucha para exponer una fuerte y comprometida practica de la misión, comenzando en las congregaciones locales y extendiéndose hasta la comunidad más amplia.Este libro de Introducción a la Misión, puede ayudar a estudiantes de seminario, y a grupos de estudio de laicos, a conocer el mandato cristiano fundamental y unirse a la misión de Dios en el mundo."The church exists by mission as fire exists by burning." With these words of Emil Brunner, the author reminds us to be the church, is to be in mission. After describing the various captivities of the mission, which subjugated to Christianity in the United States, the author struggles to expose a strong and committed practice of mission, beginning in local congregations and extending to the broader community. This book Una Introduccion a la Mision can help seminary students and lay study groups to learn the fundamental Christian mandate and join God's mission in the world.

Accented Futures: Language activism and the ending of apartheid

In this wonderfully original, intensely personal yet deeply analytical work, Carli Coetzee argues that difference and disagreement can be forms of activism to bring about social change, inside and outside the teaching environment. Since it is not the student alone who needs to be transformed, she proposes a model of teaching that is insistent on the teacher’s scholarship as a tool for hearing the many voices and accents in the South African classroom. For Coetzee, ‘accentedness’ is a description for actively working towards the ending of apartheid by being aware of the legacies of the past, without attempting to empty out or gloss over the conflicts and violence that may exist under the surface. In the broad context of education, ‘accent’ can be an accent of speech; an attitude; a stance against being ‘understood’; yet a way of teaching that requires teacher and pupil to understand each other’s contexts. This is a book about the relationships created by the use of language to convey knowledge, particularly in translation. The ideas it presents are evocative, thought-provoking and challenging at times. Accented Futures makes a significant and important contribution to research on identity in post-apartheid South Africa as well as to the fields of education and translation studies.

Phrasal Verbs (Barron's ESL Proficiency)

Updated to reflect questions found on the most recent ESL tests, this book presents 400 common phrasal verbs as they are used in everyday English. Phrasal verbs are verbs combined with prepositions or adverbs. Familiarity with phrasal verbs and understanding their use as nouns (breakup, showoff, etc.) or adjectives (spaced-out, broken-down, stressed-out, and many others) is essential to ESL students. Updated information includes: the most commonly used phrasal verbs; activities and examples that reflect our current technology and the world around us; an expanded introduction for the teacher with a thorough breakdown and explanation of phrasal verbs; and, a discussion of separable and inseparable phrasal verbs in Unit I, and more. This book’s hundreds of examples in context and hundreds of exercises will be extremely useful to ESL students who are preparing for TOEFL or who simply wish to improve their English.

Ultimate Phrasal Verb Book, 3rd edition: For Esl And Efl Students

Updated to reflect questions found on the most recent ESL tests, this book presents 400 common phrasal verbs as they are used in everyday English. Phrasal verbs are verbs combined with prepositions or adverbs. Familiarity with phrasal verbs and understanding their use as nouns (breakup, showoff, etc.) or adjectives (spaced-out, broken-down, stressed-out, and many others) is essential to ESL students. Updated information includes: the most commonly used phrasal verbs; activities and examples that reflect our current technology and the world around us; an expanded introduction for the teacher with a thorough breakdown and explanation of phrasal verbs; and, a discussion of separable and inseparable phrasal verbs in Unit I, and more. This book’s hundreds of examples in context and hundreds of exercises will be extremely useful to ESL students who are preparing for TOEFL or who simply wish to improve their English.

The Everything Spanish Phrase Book (The Everything®)

With the increase in travel to Spanish-speaking countries as well as the rise in the Latino population in the United States, a growing number of people are in need of a quick reference to help them communicate. Sadly, most Spanish reference books contain outdated phrases organized in a manner that make it difficult to find the right words for the right situation. The Everything Spanish Phrase Book remedies these shortcomings with a practical, real-world approach to language learning that is both quick and easy to use.From ordering dinner and asking for directions to working and communicating in Latino communities, this handy guide provides readers with all they need as ellos hablan español in any setting.Organized by situation, The Everything Spanish Phrase Book contains the right words for:Traveling and making reservationsDining and shoppingSpeaking Spanish in a business settingWorking with the Latino communityFully indexed and complete with a pronunciation guide and helpful dictionaries, The Everything Spanish Phrase Book is the ideal resource for business or pleasure.