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L.M. Montgomery's Rainbow Valleys: The Ontario Years, 1911-1961
by Rita Bode Lesley D. ClementLucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) and Anne of Green Gables will always be associated with Prince Edward Island, Montgomery's childhood home and the setting of her most famous novels. Yet, after marrying Rev. Ewan Macdonald in 1911, she lived in Ontario for three decades. There she became a mother of two sons, fulfilled the duties of a minister's wife, advocated for copyright protection and recognition of Canadian literature, wrote prolifically, and reached a global readership that has never waned. Engaging with discussions on both her life and her fiction, L.M. Montgomery's Rainbow Valleys explores the joys, sorrows, and literature that emerged from her transformative years in Ontario. While this time brought Montgomery much pleasure and acclaim, it was also challenged and complicated by a sense of displacement and the need to self-fashion and self-dramatize as she struggled to align her private self with her public persona. Written by scholars from various fields and including a contribution by Montgomery's granddaughter, this volume covers topics such as war, religion, women's lives, friendships, loss, and grief, focusing on a range of related themes to explore Montgomery's varied states of mind. An in-depth study of one of Canada's most internationally acclaimed authors, L.M. Montgomery's Rainbow Valleys shows how she recreated herself as an Ontario writer and adapted to the rapidly changing world of the twentieth century. Contributors include Elizabeth Waterston (Guelph), Mary Beth Cavert (Independent), Margaret Steffler (Trent), Laura M. Robinson (Royal Military College), Caroline E. Jones (Austin Community College), William V. Thompson (Grant MacEwan University), Melanie J. Fishbane (Humber College), Katherine Cameron (Concordia University College), Emily Woster (Minnesota-Duluth), Natalie Forest (York), E. Holly Pike (Memorial-Grenfell), Linda Rodenburg (Lakehead-Orillia), Kate Sutherland (York), Lesley D. Clement (Lakehead-Orillia), Kate Macdonald Butler (Heirs of L.M. Montgomery Inc.).
L.M. Montgomery's Rainbow Valleys
by Lesley D. Clement Rita BodeLucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) and Anne of Green Gables will always be associated with Prince Edward Island, Montgomery's childhood home and the setting of her most famous novels. Yet, after marrying Rev. Ewan Macdonald in 1911, she lived in Ontario for three decades. There she became a mother of two sons, fulfilled the duties of a minister's wife, advocated for copyright protection and recognition of Canadian literature, wrote prolifically, and reached a global readership that has never waned. Engaging with discussions on both her life and her fiction, L.M. Montgomery's Rainbow Valleys explores the joys, sorrows, and literature that emerged from her transformative years in Ontario. While this time brought Montgomery much pleasure and acclaim, it was also challenged and complicated by a sense of displacement and the need to self-fashion and self-dramatize as she struggled to align her private self with her public persona. Written by scholars from various fields and including a contribution by Montgomery's granddaughter, this volume covers topics such as war, religion, women's lives, friendships, loss, and grief, focusing on a range of related themes to explore Montgomery's varied states of mind. An in-depth study of one of Canada's most internationally acclaimed authors, L.M. Montgomery's Rainbow Valleys shows how she recreated herself as an Ontario writer and adapted to the rapidly changing world of the twentieth century. Contributors include Elizabeth Waterston (Guelph), Mary Beth Cavert (Independent), Margaret Steffler (Trent), Laura M. Robinson (Royal Military College), Caroline E. Jones (Austin Community College), William V. Thompson (Grant MacEwan University), Melanie J. Fishbane (Humber College), Katherine Cameron (Concordia University College), Emily Woster (Minnesota-Duluth), Natalie Forest (York), E. Holly Pike (Memorial-Grenfell), Linda Rodenburg (Lakehead-Orillia), Kate Sutherland (York), Lesley D. Clement (Lakehead-Orillia), Kate Macdonald Butler (Heirs of L.M. Montgomery Inc.).
The L Word
by Margaret T. McfaddenIn January 2004, Showtime debuted The L Word, the first prime-time commercial drama to center around lesbian characters. Over the course of six seasons, the show depicted the lives and loves of an evolving circle of friends in West Hollywood, California, and was widely read as evidence of changing social attitudes toward gay people. Building on immediate critical attention, the show reigned as Showtime's most popular for its first three seasons and earned a large and enthusiastic audience. In The L Word, author Margaret T. McFadden argues that the show is important for its subject matter, its extended and deeply literate commentary on the history of representation of lesbians in popular media, and the formal innovations it deployed to rewrite that history. McFadden shows that the program's creators, led by executive producer Ilene Chaiken, were well aware of the assumptions and expectations that viewers would bring to it after a history of stereotypical depictions of lesbians on television. They sought to satisfy a diverse group of viewers who wanted honest and appealing portrayals of their lives while still attracting a large enough mainstream audience to make The L Word commercially viable. In five chapters, McFadden explores how the show tackled these problems of representation by using reflexivity as a strategy to make meaning, undertaking a complicitous critique of Hollywood, skillfully using a soap-drama format to draw in its audience, and ultimately creating its own complex representation of a lesbian community. While deconstructing the history of misrepresentation of lesbians, The L Word's new modes of storytelling and new perspectives made many aspects of lesbian experience, history, and culture visible to a large audience. Fans of the show as well as readers interested in cultural studies and gay and lesbian pop cultural history will enjoy this astute volume.
L2 Learning During Study Abroad: The Creation of Affinity Spaces (SpringerBriefs in Education)
by Yoshifumi FukadaThis book presents three case studies that examine how English language students construct affinity spaces to secure target language-mediated socializing opportunities with local people in both academic and non-academic contexts. The studies were conducted in Hawaii, the U.S and Tokyo, Japan and focus on the Japanese author of this book, an English as second language (ESL) speaker and learner, during his sabbatical in Hawaii; on a Japanese international student who studied in Hawaii; and on a Chinese international student studying in Japan. The studies hold a variety of implications for classroom practice, including helping students recognize the value of cultural and social capital in relation to their linguistic skills.
L2 Learning, Teaching and Assessment: A Comprehensible Input Perspective
by Nihat PolatThis book explores second language (L2) learning, teaching and assessment from a comprehensible input (CI) perspective. This focus on the role of input is important for deepening our understanding of interactions between the learner, teacher and the environment as well as of the nature of the learning, teaching and assessment processes. The book takes a blended approach that promotes the intertwining of theory, research and practice in L2 pedagogy and assessment and aims to address the commonly used concept of CI and its role in L2 education. Content includes a comprehensive discussion of the conceptual foundation of CI; a multimodal and dynamic interpretation of CI from numerous perspectives; a critical discussion of well-known L2 acquisition theories and research; a practical examination of the role of multimodal forms of CI in L2 pedagogy; an analytical review of factors to be considered when modifying CI for pedagogical purposes in different settings and an overview of CI in L2 assessment. It will be of interest to students in the fields of L2 learning, teaching and assessment, teachers in second/foreign language settings and researchers of SLA and teacher education.
L2 Pragmatic Competence in Chinese EFL Routines (SpringerBriefs in Education)
by Yuqi WangThis book adopts a cross-sectional approach and mainly focuses on one of the core pragmatic constructs, formulaic/pragmatic routines, in addition to components put forward by Roever (2011) and Taguchi (2013). It actively integrates multidimensional pragmatic modalities—including both production (initiating and responding) and reception (recognition, comprehension, and perception), together with learners’ cognitive processes—rather than one or two types of task modalities. Focusing more on the Chinese EFL context instead of Japanese or European L1 learners, it also takes advantage of an emerging instrument, the computer-animated elicitation task, for data collection based on authentic oral responses and to avoid “coached” responses. The socio-cognitive approach, proposed by the famous linguistic expert Prof. Istvan Kecskes, is subsequently applied to conduct an in-depth analysis of the data. Hence, the book introduces a new and fruitful theoretical perspective to the traditional L2 pragmatic research field.
L2 Selves and Motivations in Asian Contexts
by Matthew T. Apple Dexter Da SilvaThis book fills an existing gap in language learning motivation research by examining the applications of current motivational theories and models from WEIRD (Western, educated, industrialized, rich, developed) contexts to educational systems in Asian contexts. All chapters are focused on second language (L2) motivation as it applies to the EFL situation in Asian countries where English is a mandatory subject in school. Themes in the volume cover the use of possible L2 selves as a theoretical model of motivation, the role of teacher motivation and demotivation in non-European educational systems, study abroad, motivation among adolescents, cross-cultural differences in learner motivation among Asian cultures and the influence of native speakerism on language motivation and cultural identity. This book will appeal to ESL/EFL educators, postgraduate students, researchers and teacher-trainers both inside and outside Asian countries, who are interested in research on L2 motivation in general and within Asian contexts in particular.
L2 Spanish Pragmatics: From Research to Teaching (Routledge Advances in Spanish Language Teaching)
by Domnita Dumitrescu Patricia Lorena AnduezaL2 Spanish Pragmatics is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of current research into pragmatics and Spanish language teaching. It presents the research on the teaching of pragmatics and Spanish language as a multifaceted discipline. Written by an international cohort of scholars, the breadth of topics includes innovative topics in the teaching of Spanish, such as genre analysis, discourse markers, politeness and impoliteness, nonverbal communication, irony, and humor, as well as web-based pragmatics resources. Key features: An overview of new trends in Spanish pragmatics research and the growing need for instruction in intercultural communication; Insights derived from important theoretical and empirical works that may contribute to integrate pragmatics in the teaching of the language; Explanations with great clarity, plenty of examples and references, as well as connections to language teaching and learning; Tasks and activities that can help teachers move from a traditional curricular approach to a more innovative and engaging one; Descriptions of numerous activities or guidelines for the classroom, supplemented with additional materials; A bilingual glossary of terms in pragmatics that will help teachers in their implementation of activities to teach L2 Spanish pragmatics. L2 Spanish Pragmatics constitutes a reference book on current research on learning and teaching Spanish pragmatics. It will be of interest to university lecturers, researchers, and graduate students. It will also be an excellent resource for language educators and K-16 teachers willing to expand their knowledge and apply the teaching of pragmatics as an integral component in the teaching of the Spanish language.
L2 Spoken Discourse: Linguistic Features and Analyses
by Romy Ghanem Okim Kang Maria KostromitinaThis book integrates theoretical and practical perspectives on computer-assisted analysis of spoken discourse, reflecting recent important developments in speech analysis for language teaching and assessment. Bringing together into one volume the methods and approaches for analysis of speech properties and spoken discourse, Ghanem, Kang, and Kostromitina illustrate the importance of adaptive learning technologies in analyzing speech. The book offers a comprehensive go-to resource for the description of various features in second language (L2) spoken discourse as well as a guide for ways in which they can be extracted and analyzed. The text aims to accomplish its goal by providing an overview of linguistic features found in L2 acquisition, clarifying evidence-based constructs in L2 speech, and applying various analyses to suggestions for practice. This book brings together various strands of research and application with an emphasis on analysis of speech properties, which can be a gate-keeping function of speech. In particular, its innovative approach lies with the introduction of segmental, suprasegmental, lexico-grammatical, and pragmatic features in the analysis of L2 speech. This approach offers a more comprehensive view of L2 spoken discourse which can be extremely beneficial for L2 research and pedagogy. Covering the speech of both native and non-native speakers, but with particular relevance for second language acquisition, this book is essential reading for graduate students, teachers, and researchers in applied linguistics, TESOL, and other speech-science related fields.
L2 Writing Assessment: An Evolutionary Perspective (Research and Practice in Language Assessment)
by Anthony GreenThis book tackles three choices that face developers of L2 writing assessments: defining L2 writing abilities; collecting evidence of those abilities (usually by getting L2 writers to write something); and judging their performance (usually by assigning a score or grade to it). It takes a historical view of how assessment developers have made those choices, how contemporary practices emerged, and of alternative techniques that have risen and fallen over time. The three sections each tackle one of these choices. The first considers the social functions that define L2 writing and assessment; the second relates how assessment tasks have adapted to changing conceptions of languages, writing, and assessment; and the third explores how scoring systems have evolved. Each section brings the reader up to date with current issues confronting writing assessment (both in large-scale testing and in language classrooms) before considering the new opportunities and challenges of the digital age. This book will be of interest to students, scholars and practitioners in language assessment, language education, and applied linguistics.
L2 Writing in Secondary Classrooms: Student Experiences, Academic Issues, and Teacher Education (ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series)
by Luciana C. de Oliveira Tony SilvaSecond language writers and the teaching of writing at the secondary level have received little attention compared with other skills such as reading. Addressing this gap, this volume uniquely looks at both adolescent L2 writing and the preparation of secondary teachers to work with this population of students. Part I, on adolescent L2 writers, includes case studies looking at their literacy identities, their trajectories in mainstream content area classes, and their transition from high school to college. Part II looks at academic issues. The focus in Part III is L2 writing teacher education. Taking a theoretically eclectic approach that can support a variety of pedagogies, this book contributes significantly to understanding adolescent second language writers and to educating teachers to address these students’ specific needs.
La Cazzaria: The Book of the Prick
by Antonio VignaliLa Cazzaria is the most outspoken erotic text of the Italian Renaissance-a ribald dialogue about politics, sex, and desire. The book is remarkable for its frank discussions of sexuality and explicit homoeroticism-especially when compared to other writings of the period-and for its sophisticated treatment of sexual and political power.
La Chronique de Robert de Clari: Etude de la langue et du style
by Peter DembowskiRobert de Clari (died c. 1220), a member of the Lesser Picard nobility from the vicinity of Amiens, left a chronicle of the Fourth Crusade in which he took part. This is an important work in the study of the development of the French language, because it is one of the first original prose texts in French, neither translated from Latin nor resulting from "prosification" of verse-compositions. Professor Dembrowski's study is a close analysis of language and style, revealing Robert de Clari's ability in the narration of short anecdotes and in the reproduction of dialogue. University of Toronto Romance Series, Number 6.
La cita: O la història d’una polla jueva
by Katharina VolckmerUna novel·la provocadora i intimista que reflexiona sobre la identitat sexual i la condició humana. La Sarah, d'origen alemany, acudeix a la consulta del doctor Seligman per sotmetre's a una operació de canvi de sexe. Mentre el cirurgià, que és jueu, li examina la vagina, la Sarah li confessa les seves fantasies sexuals amb Hitler i un robot, i la vergonya que sent per haver nascut a Alemanya. "Quan era jove sempre pensava que l'única manera de superar de debò l'Holocaust era estimar un jueu", confessa al cirurgià. En un monòleg sarcàstic i punyent, la Sarah -des de la llitera del metge- reflexiona sobre la condició humana, el paper de la dona al segle XXI i el seu malestar pel fet d'haver nascut amb un sexe amb el qual no s'identifica. El doctor Seligman es converteix en el confessor silenciós dels seus temors i neguits. Katharina Volckmer debuta com a escriptora amb una novel·la provocadora, intimista i hilarant que manté la tensió literària a través d'un discurs sense tabús que pretén fer les paus amb un mateix i amb la història.
La Coleccionista de Palabras
by Sonja WimmerLuna is passionate about words. She loves their light and becomes tickled with laughter from them. But one day she realizes that, little by little, the beautiful, gorgeous, and fun words are disappearing from the world-so she decides it's time to act. A poetic tale about the magic of words, this delightful story invites readers of all ages to enjoy the power that positive words can have. Winner of the 2011 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards for Best Illustrator: Gold.Luna es una apasionada de las palabras. Ama su luz y se ríe con sus cosquillas. Pero un día se da cuenta de que, poco a poco, las palabras bellas, hermosas y divertidas están desapareciendo del mundo-así que decide que es hora de actuar. Un cuento poético sobre la magia de las palabras, esta historia encantadora invita a los lectores de todas las edades a disfrutar del poder que las palabras positivas pueden tener.
La comprensión lectora en la enseñanza del español LE/L2: de la teoría a la práctica
by Victoria RodrigoLa comprensión lectora en la enseñanza del español LE/L2: de la teoría a la práctica presents state-of-the-art theory and teaching practices for integrating reading skills into the teaching of Spanish. The book bridges a conspicuous gap between research supporting reading as a key component of language acquisition and actual practice by discussing how to implement reading successfully in and out of the classroom. Written entirely in Spanish, the book focuses on the needs of Spanish language learners with the goal of motivating students to read in the target language and work with diverse types of texts and genres. Written in a clear and accessible manner, La comprensión lectora en la enseñanza del español LE/L2: de la teoría a la práctica is an essential resource for teachers of Spanish at all levels. It is an excellent reference book for language teachers who wish to integrate reading into the teaching of the Spanish language.
La cultura dei gilet gialli
by Patrick LoiseauIl movimento dei gilet gialli risuona il 17 novembre 2018 come un’insurrezione pregna di tutte le promesse democratiche: per finire con Macron, con le sue “riforme”, forse anche con le istituzioni bonapartiste della Quinta Repubblica. Sette mesi più tardi, incapace di strutturarsi, perso sulle pendici illusorie delle elezioni europee e poi del discorso “municipalista”, il crollo era totale. I gilet gialli sono sempre presenti ma hanno dovuto ritirarsi per un po’, con la promessa di ritornare…
La dame à la louve: An MLA Text Edition (Texts and Translations #36)
by Renée VivienAlthough Renée Vivien led a life of wealth and privilege in belle epoque Paris, she often felt like an outsider because she was attracted to other women. Financially secure, she wrote books to suit her own taste rather than that of the literary market. La dame à la louve, from 1904, shows her at the height of her powers.These fierce, surprising stories challenge moral hypocrisy and normative views about gender, beginning with the title work, which offers a coded representation of same-sex love in the seemingly inexplicable commitment between a woman and her canine companion. The following stories feature a reimagined fairy tale in which Prince Charming turns out to be a young woman, a western adventure whose narrator goes mad with thirst, and other unconventional narratives that range across time and space.
La dèria del català: La vitalitat d'una llengua que desmenteix el seu destí
by Rudolf OrtegaUn assaig a través de la història de la llengua catalana. «Fent un cop d'ull a la historia de la llengua catalana, crida l'atenció que, amb tot el que ha passat sobretot en els últims tres-cents anys, encara es pugui parlar català». Amb aquesta afirmació contundent Rudolf Ortega enceta un assaig que ens passeja per la història de la llengua intentant resoldre què és que converteix la nostra en un cas tan curiós, anormal o singular, en el món de les llengües minoritàries, fins al punt que, en contra de les anàlisis dels apocalíptics, el català, supervivent nat, no tan sols no està en perill de mort sinó que ja encara la seva restitució com a primera llengua de la població catalana.
La Gloire: The Roman Empire of Corneille and Racine
by Louis AuchinclossA short but provocative book on the way these two playwrights deal with Rome.
La Guerra Civil: Language, Literacy and Vocabulary—Reading Expeditions (EE UU. Historia y Vida) (Language, Literacy, and Vocabulary: Reading Expeditions En Español Series)
by National Geographic LearningLanguage, Literacy & Vocabulary - Reading Expeditions (EE.UU. Historia Y Vida): La Guerra Civil (Language, Literacy, and Vocabulary: Reading Expeditions en espanol)
La Langue Berbère: Handbook of African Languages Part 1 (Linguistic Surveys of Africa #13)
by André BassetOriginally published in 1952, this volume shows the structural characteristics of the Berber language and its interrelations as far as these are known; the distribution of the language and the numbers speaking it; its use as literary and educational media and as a lingua franca.
La màgia de llegir
by José Antonio MarinaLlegir és una necessitat urgent pública i privada. La vida humana transcorre entre paraules. La nostra intel·ligència és lingüística i la nostra convivència, íntima o política, també. Aquest llibre és una introducció poètica, científica i pràctica a la lectura. Un manual per a pares, mestres, professors de secundària i per a lectors curiosos. Però, bàsicament, és un llibre de màgia. Barreja receptes i consells per fer encanteris prodigiosos. Els que divideixen la màgia en blanca i negra s'equivoquen. Obliden que la màgia més poderosa i magnífica és la del negre sobre el blanc. L'escriptura, i la lectura, és clar, que n'és el complement, d'on surten fades i dracs, mons nous i mons antics, personatges, històries, sentiments, lleis, poemes i equacions. El llenguatge va transfigurar l'espècie humana. Tant de bo La màgia de llegir faci el mateix amb vosaltres.
La màgia d'escriure
by José Antonio MarinaLa gran creació de la intel·ligència és la capacitat d'expressar, dir, comunicar-nos, escriure. És el moment de la gran síntesi, deposar en net. El que sentim confusament, allò que sabem en termes generals, el que ens passa pel cap com una sospita o un desig de premonició adquireix precisió i fermesa. Aquest també és un llibre de màgia, com ho era La màgia de llegir. Tracta de la transfiguració de la realitat. El que eren les coses, esdeveniments, passions, es transforma en paraules. Hi pot haver màgia més gran? A La màgia d'escriure ens acostem a la intel·ligència que crea mitjançant paraules i ens preguntem: com podem ensenyar a escriure a l'escola, a l'educació secundària? Com podem els adults aprendre a escriure? En aquest llibre, però, hi ha una tercera part. També hem entrat a l'habitació de treball de molts escriptors per descobrir-hi els seus secrets, els mecanismes més ocults de la creativitat. Hem fet de cronistes d'allò que és meravellós. I, després, hem intentat fer una pedagogia de la creació literària. No se'ns pot acusar de ser massa humils. José Antonio Marina i María de la Válgoma.
La Malinche in Mexican Literature: From History to Myth
by Sandra Messinger CypessOf all the historical characters known from the time of the Spanish conquest of the New World, none has proved more pervasive or controversial than that of the Indian interpreter, guide, mistress, and confidante of Hernán Cortés, Doña Maria - La Malinche - Malintzin, an American Indian woman who was given as a gift to Cortés. This is the first serious study tracing La Malinche in texts from the conquest period to the present day.