Literacy in the New Media Age

By Gunther Kress

In this 'new media age' the screen has replaced the book as the dominant medium of communication. This dramatic change has made image, rather than...

2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-25356-7 (Routledge)

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Black Linguistics

Language, Society and Politics in Africa and the Americas

By Arnetha Ball, Sinfree Makoni, Geneva Smitherman, Arthur K. Spears, Forward by Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Enslavement, forced migration, war and colonization have led to the global dispersal of Black communities and to the fragmentation of common experiences.
The majority of Black...

2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-26138-8 (Routledge)

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Teaching Academic Writing

A Toolkit for Higher Education

By Caroline Coffin, Mary Jane Curry, Sharon Goodman, Ann Hewings, Theresa Lillis, Joan Swann

Student academic writing is at the heart of teaching and learning in higher education. Students are assessed largely by what they write, and need to...

2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-26136-4 (Routledge)

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LINGUISTICS & NOVEL

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2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-29122-4 (Routledge)

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Silicon Literacies

Communication, Innovation and Education in the Electronic Age

Edited by Ilana Snyder

Electronic communication is radically altering literacy practices. Silicon Literacies unravels the key features of the new communication order to explore the social, cultural and educational...

2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-27668-9 (Routledge)

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Student Writing

Access, Regulation, Desire

By Theresa M. Lillis

Student Writing presents an accessible and thought-provoking study of academic writing practices. Informed by 'composition' research from the US and 'academic literacies studies' from the...

2001 | Paperback: 978-0-415-22802-2 (Routledge)

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Mediated Discourse

The nexus of practice

By Ron Scollon

Mediated Discourse: The Nexus of Practice sets out a discursive theory of human action.
Language and action are intimately related. The difficult question to answer is...

2001 | Paperback: 978-0-415-24883-9 (Routledge)

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Literacy and Development

Ethnographic Perspectives

By Brian V. Street

Literacy and Development is a collection of case studies of literacy projects around the world.
The contributors present their in-depth studies of everyday uses and meanings...

2001 | Paperback: 978-0-415-23451-1 (Routledge)

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English Language Teaching in Its Social Context

A Reader

Edited by Christopher Candlin, Neil Mercer

English Language Teaching in its Social Context offers sociolinguistic, ethnographic, and social-psychological perspectives on TESOL teaching and learning and introduces the relevant literature on...

2000 | Paperback: 978-0-415-24122-9 (Routledge)

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Writing Essays

A Guide for Students in English and the Humanities

By Richard Marggraf-Turley

Essays are the major form of assessment in higher education today, a fact which causes poor writers a great deal of anxiety. However essay writing...

2000 | Paperback: 978-0-415-23013-1 (Routledge)

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