Extensive Reading
This Element focuses on extensive reading (ER), a language learning and teaching approach that encourages language learners to read a large amount of interesting and level-appropriate reading materials. Extensive reading has been adopted across educational spectrums, including higher, secondary, and elementary levels, and implemented in diverse language contexts such as English, Chinese, Italian, Spanish, and French. The primary objective of this Element is to offer comprehensive insights into the theoretical foundations of ER, analyze its multifaceted benefits to language learning, address the challenges encountered in its implementation, and propose effective strategies drawn from research for these challenges. The Element concludes with an overview of the latest trends and developments in ER.
Morphosyntactic Variation in Bantu
This volume explores the rich and complex pattern of morphosyntactic variation in the Bantu languages, providing a comprehensive overview of the wealth of empirical and conceptual work in the field. The chapters discuss data from some 80 Bantu languages as well as drawing on a wider comparative set of more than 200 languages from across Central, Eastern and Southern Africa: some studies focus on one specific language in a comparative context; some investigate fine-grained variation among a close-knit group of languages; and others present large-scale comparative studies spanning the whole of the Bantu-speaking area. The contributors address a range of topics from a micro-variation perspective, primarily in the areas of nominal and verbal morphology and syntax and information structure. The volume highlights key aspects of contemporary research in Bantu morphosyntax and outlines distinct and novel approaches to prominent questions; it combines the most recent thinking on morphosyntactic variation in Bantu with different theoretical and methodological approaches and novel empirical data from a wide range of languages.
Extensive Reading
This Element focuses on extensive reading (ER), a language learning and teaching approach that encourages language learners to read a large amount of interesting and level-appropriate reading materials. Extensive reading has been adopted across educational spectrums, including higher, secondary, and elementary levels, and implemented in diverse language contexts such as English, Chinese, Italian, Spanish, and French. The primary objective of this Element is to offer comprehensive insights into the theoretical foundations of ER, analyze its multifaceted benefits to language learning, address the challenges encountered in its implementation, and propose effective strategies drawn from research for these challenges. The Element concludes with an overview of the latest trends and developments in ER.
Debates in Translation Studies
This collection of essays by world-leading translation specialists sheds light on some of the major shifts in thinking about translation that are taking place today. Written in an accessible and engaging style, this is essential reading for all advanced students of translation studies and literature in translation.
Art at the Intersection of Librarianship and Social Justice
What roles do libraries play in supporting artistic expression? For librarian-artists, how does artistic practice influence their work as librarians and vice versa? And how does social justice, especially feminism, intersect with both artistic practice and librarianship? This edited collection consists of chapters by librarians who work as artists as well as those who work extensively with artists or arts practitioners. They discuss the intersection of their work as librarians with their artistic practice, including the role that social justice and feminism play in both arenas, and the significance of the arts in contentious times.Nina Clements is the English & Humanities Librarian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She earned an MLIS from the University of Pittsburgh in 2007 and an MFA in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence College in 2004. She has published in academic and creative venues; her publications include a chapter in The Feminist Reference Desk (Library Juice Press) and poems in Prairie Schooner.
A Complete Guide to Training Library Staff
This practical guidebook presents an infrastructure for training library staff, starting with a robust onboarding process and continuing through a staff member's entire duration at an institution.Because library services and resources can change rapidly, ongoing training is an important aspect of library operations. Training can be a particular challenge at large, multi-branch library systems, because it can be difficult to ensure all staff are able to receive the relevant information.Written for library managers and training leaders, A Complete Guide to Training Library Staff presents a comprehensive lifecycle for staff development with a focus on tools and techniques to build a sustainable training program, set staff up for success in their positions, and develop a positive and supportive community across the library. Authors Emily Leachman and A. Garrison Libby spearheaded their library's movement to largely online trainings, which are inclusive of staff at all branch locations.This practical guidebook helps managers and trainers develop a comprehensive plan that allows new staff to quickly become acquainted with the operations of the library, provides ongoing training to make staff aware of new procedures and services, and creates a collaborative and supportive training environment to empower staff to learn and lead.
Teaching Movies Effectively via NVivo R1
This book addresses the issue of how to teach English via movies. The book is composed of two parts: theory and practice. In the theory section, the author analyzed Judy 1 using the Word Cloud, Auto Code, and Word Frequency functions of NVivo R1 to see what is happening in the text. A strategy for acquiring vocabulary, combined by the author and Ahn, was provided to speed up the process of students developing the words. In the practice section, the entire script of Judy 1. The author's edited version focused on words, translation, and idiomatic expressions directly linked to listening comprehension.
Betting
The phenomenon of betting has increasingly permeated modern society, often perceived as a harmless form of entertainment. However, this book posits that betting functions as a "cankerworm," insidiously eroding the moral and financial foundations of individuals before they even realize its impact. Through an exploration of the psychological, social, and economic dimensions of betting, this book reveals how it entraps individuals in a cycle of dependency and despair. The analysis draws on empirical data and case studies to illustrate the detrimental effects of betting on personal well-being and societal norms. By and large, this book raises awareness about the hidden costs of betting, advocating for a more informed and cautious approach to gambling behaviors.
Critical Disciplinary Literacy
This accessible book introduces a new theory of critical disciplinary literacy (CDL) that merges criticality and disciplinary literacy approaches in a cohesive and inclusive framework. There are unique hurdles in integrating critical and culturally sustaining approaches to literacy into specialized content area classrooms, but this book provides clear, research-grounded strategies and methods that will appeal to teachers and help them foster equitable literacy learning opportunities for all students. Using a critical lens, chapters deconstruct and reconstruct pathways for new practices that push back on familiar, normative literacy approaches in the disciplines. Authors provide a framework for designing new approaches to disciplinary literacy both for and with students, and they present innovative and practical strategies for implementation. With real-world examples from the field, this book will be essential reading for preservice teachers and in courses on literacy and disciplinary instruction.With vignettes and classroom examples from educators who have been enacting elements of CDL practices for years, this book will be essential reading for preservice educators in courses on both literacy and content instruction. Furthermore, current and seasoned educators and educational leaders will find this book to be an invaluable resource as they wrestle with how to teach disciplinary literacy in ways that move away from approaches that have historically marginalized many voices to approaches that include and center students' languages, histories, and cultures.
Researching Multilingually
This book examines what 'researching multilingually' means in practice and theory. It is multinational and transnational in scope, including the voices of both experienced and emerging scholars who reflect on the process of conducting, analyzing and reporting multilingual research in various settings. Together the chapters address issues including theorizing multilingualism and collaborative research with multilingual scholars and research participants; navigating insider or outsider positioning with research participants; making and accepting language choices among researchers and participants during research; translating and interpreting multilingual data; and confronting policy challenges of multilingual research design and reporting in English-dominant contexts. The book ties these processes to existing theories of multilingualism in research and proposes new ways of understanding best practices while also wrestling with challenges and at times 'failures' in the research process.
The Self-Publishing Workbook
Have you ever dreamed of writing and publishing a book but don't know where to start? Do all the publishing options overwhelm you? Would you like to turn your passion for writing and publishing into a thriving business? Then this book is for you! Embark on an exhilarating journey through writing, publishing, and marketing your book and becoming a successful author with this dynamic, interactive workbook. Whether you're a complete novice to the world of writing and publishing or a traditionally published author looking to venture out on your own, The Self-Publishing Workbook is your launchpad to flourishing as an authorpreneur.In this groundbreaking guide, leading self-publishing consultant Julie Postance reveals her proven strategies used by hundreds of clients to become thriving authors of beautiful books that impact audiences worldwide.Traditional publishers accept approximately 1% of submitted manuscripts. Why not bypass rejection, create your book your way, and begin selling books and building credibility faster?This beautiful 322-page book reveals step by step how to: -Ignite your creativity and share your message in a high-quality book that makes a difference in the world-Set your book up for success and master the essential elements to publish-Design an award-winning cover that captures your readers' attention-Polish your manuscript with a professional editor-Create a captivating layout for your book that will have people ordering doubles for gifts-Publish as a paperback, hardback, and e-book for global distribution across all major retailers-Apply highly effective marketing strategies to your book so that it consistently sells-Rank at the top of your categories as a #1 Amazon BestsellerPacked with inspiring self-publishing success stories, motivational quotes, actionable insights, exercises, and prompts, The Self-Publishing Workbook is the ultimate roadmap for aspiring indie authors.Julie Postance is a highly sought after independent publishing consultant and facilitator, who has guided hundreds of heart-centered writers to achieve success as published authors of inspiring books. Julie is the author and ghostwriter of six nonfiction books. She lives in Melbourne, Australia, with her twin boys and fur baby. For more information, visit www.iinspiremedia.com.au."I can't praise Julie highly enough. She is not only a master of her craft but is incredibly generous with her insights." -Kate Christiansen, author of The Thrive Cycle"I am so grateful to Julie. With her support, I have now published three bestselling books on Aware Parenting and I'm planning four more!" -Marion Rose, PhD and author of Raising Compassionate and Resilient Children, I'm Here and I'm Listening, and The Emotional Life of Babies"Julie's guidance proved invaluable and helped me indie publish a book of an exceptional professional standard. My book has done so well. I sold 4,000 copies in one month, and now I have made a deal with a major Australian publisher. Thank you, Julie. I couldn't have done it without you!" -Shannon Kelly White, author of Shannon's Kitchen"My first children's book, My Strong Mind, became successful with translations in eleven languages. I went on to create two more children's books in my Positive Mindset series and another book entitled How I Beat My Bully. I sold 25,000 books across all channels, making $140K in royalties for four children's books in a year." -Niels van Hove, author
Echoes of memory
This book is the result of a master's thesis that sought to analyse Umberto Eco's 2004 illustrated novel The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana. Based on studies of memory and identity within the work, it provides an overview of the construction of Eco's narrative and its unfolding in terms of content, observing the peculiarities of the construction of time-space and the narrator-character and, in this way, finds a parallel between the history of the novel and the history of the composition of Italian identity. It addresses the themes of the Second World War and its influence on the construction of the Italian ideology, as well as the influence of Pop Art on the construction of the narrative, which is related to the era in which it is set, as well as drawing a confluent line between the concepts of individual memory, collective memory and plant memory, the latter being a concept of the author of the novel himself. What this analysis proposes is confirmation of the relationship between the author, the work and the reader, who are the components of the narrative pyramid that gives the work its full meaning. In this way, the interpretation of a literary text is relativised, and this is one of the possible analyses of this rich novel.
Audiovisual Translation
This accessible textbook introduces the core concepts and issues of translation relevant for the training of audiovisual translators. This is the ideal core textbook for students on postgraduate courses in AVT and of interest to both practising translators and students in translation studies, multimodal analysis, languages and film studies.
Translating Indigenous Knowledges
In this book, Vidal presents a new way of translating indigenous epistemologies. For centuries, the Western world has ordained what knowledge is, what it should be and has also been responsible for transmitting that knowledge. This 'universal' knowledge has traveled to the four corners of the globe,
Une Alg矇rie poly-glottique Une presse polyphonique
Le pr矇sent livre r矇sume la situation linguistique conflictuelle de l'Alg矇rie et comment cette derni癡re engendre un caract癡re polyphonique au sein de l'article journalistique alg矇riens. Le pr矇sent livre aborde le cot矇 sociolinguistique de la situation poly-glottique en Alg矇rie et une 矇tude polyphonique de l'article journalistique alg矇rien contenant une fluctuation linguistique. Le livre se subdivise en deux parties, la premi癡re est un descriptif de la situation linguistique en Alg矇rie. La deuxi癡me partie est une 矇tude polyphonique-linguistique de l'article journalistique alg矇rien.
A Descriptive Phonology of Ngamo
This book presents a descriptive phonology of Ngamo - a member of West Chadic 'A' branch of Chadic language family of the Afroasiatic Phylum - spoken in some areas of Darazo Local Government of Bauchi State, in some areas of Dukku and Nafada Local Governments of Gombe State and in some areas of Gulani, Fika and Fune Local Governments of Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria. The book is an attempt by the author to capture relevant phonological aspects peculiar to Gudi and Yaya dialects of the Ngamo language which are spoken in the eastern and western parts of Ngamo area, respectively. The book is divided into ten chapters which covers Ngamo consonant and vowel phonemes, Ngamo consonant and vowel distribution, syllable variations, tone polarity and tone correspondence, phonological process and allophonic realization. In conclusion, the book states some differences and similarities in Ngamo dialects. Finally, the book presents some lexical items in respect of Gudi and Yaya varieties of the Ngamo language.
Ronald E. Day
This book contains two early papers written by Ronald E. Day while he was a student at the University of California, Berkeley, during 1992-1993, which mark the beginnings of his deconstruction of the modern conception of information as the latest form of Western metaphysics. The themes in these two pieces run throughout his later works. The papers demonstrate the intersection of formalist poetics and information science, and the appearance of phenomenology and critical theory in information studies. The problematics that they analyze, that of the temporality of information systems and the phenomenological appearance and constitution as knowledge of natural entities, along with the intersection of politics and information studies, remain relevant today.Ronald E. Day is Professor of Information and Library Science at University of Indiana Bloomington. His research is in the philosophy, history, politics, and culture of information, documentation, knowledge, and communication in the 20th and into the 21st centuries in the U.S. and Western Europe and in the discipline of Library and Information Science. The approach he takes is that of Critical Information Studies/ Critical Informatics. In this approach I use rhetorical, conceptual, and historical analyses. Along with many articles and book chapters, he has written Indexing it All: The Subject in the Age of Documentation, Information, and Data (MIT Press, 2014) and The Modern Invention of Information: Discourse, History, and Power (Southern Illinois University Press, 2001). He co-translated into English and co-edited the mid-twentieth century French documentalist Suzanne Briet's book, What is Documentation? With Claire McInerney he co-edited the book Rethinking Knowledge Management: From Knowledge Objects to Knowledge Processes.
Learning English through Skills
Learning English through Skills.A workbook for intermediate ESOL learners. Featuring Grammar, Vocabulary and Employability skills.Each chapter will introduce vocabulary and a grammar gap fill exercise to complete as well as showcasing an employability skills. Answers are found in the back of the book.
Language City
From the co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, a captivating portrait of contemporary New York City through six speakers of little-known and overlooked languages, diving into the incredible history of the most linguistically diverse place ever to have existed on the planet Half of all 7,000-plus human languages may disappear over the next century and--because many have never been recorded--when they're gone, it will be forever. Ross Perlin, a linguist and co-director of the Manhattan-based non-profit Endangered Language Alliance, is racing against time to map little-known languages across the most linguistically diverse city in history: contemporary New York. In Language City, Perlin recounts the unique history of immigration that shaped the city, and follows six remarkable yet ordinary speakers of endangered languages deep into their communities to learn how they are maintaining and reviving their languages against overwhelming odds. Perlin also dives deep into their languages, taking us on a fascinating tour of unusual grammars, rare sounds, and powerful cultural histories from all around the world. Seke is spoken by 700 people from five ancestral villages in Nepal, a hundred of whom have lived in a single Brooklyn apartment building. N'ko is a radical new West African writing system now going global in Harlem and the Bronx. After centuries of colonization and displacement, Lenape, the city's original Indigenous language and the source of the name Manhattan ("the place where we get bows"), has just one fluent native speaker, bolstered by a small band of revivalists. Also profiled in the book are speakers of the Indigenous Mexican language Nahuatl, the Central Asian minority language Wakhi, and the former lingua franca of the Lower East Side, Yiddish. A century after the anti-immigration Johnson-Reed Act closed America's doors for decades and on the 400th anniversary of New York's colonial founding, Perlin raises the alarm about growing political threats and the onslaught of "killer languages" like English and Spanish. Both remarkable social history and testament to the importance of linguistic diversity, Language City is a joyful and illuminating exploration of a city and the world that made it.
Uzbek translation of Korean fairy-tales
The monograph "Uzbek Translation of Korean Fairy Tales" explores the methods and challenges of translating Korean fairy tales into Uzbek. It focuses on capturing cultural elements, especially flora and fauna, that are central to Korean folklore, and discusses how these elements are adapted to resonate with Uzbek readers. This work also highlights the cultural exchanges between Korea and Uzbekistan and offers insights into linguistic and cultural translation issues in rendering Korean literature accessible in Uzbek.
Fostering English Language Learners' Speaking Skills
Most of the time, when thinking about learning a foreign language, we immediately think of someone who can provide us with the appropriate tools for learning it successfully: a teacher. If being a teacher means to provide, therefore being a learner probably means to receive. This one-way relationship seems logical and effective at first sight; nevertheless, when this giving-receiving relationship makes the learner a passive actor instead of an active performer of the language, the learning experience is incomplete. This work proposes Project Based Learning (PBL) strategies and Communicative Activities as an effective way to foster English language learners' speaking skills. Framed by the Action Research approach, this study explores the impact that PBL and communicative activities have in student's speaking skills.
In the Palm of Your Hand
Ideal for teachers who have been searching for a way to inspire students with a love for writing--and reading--contemporary poetry.It is a book about shaping your memories and passions, your pleasures, obsessions, dreams, secrets, and sorrows into the poems you have always wanted to write. If you long to create poetry that is magical and moving, this is the book you've been looking for.Here are chapters on the language and music of poetry, the art of revision, traditional and experimental techniques, and how to get your poetry started, perfected, and published. Not the least of the book's pleasures are model poems by many of the best contemporary poets, illuminating craft discussions, and the author's detailed suggestions for writing dozens of poems about your deepest and most passionate concerns.
Linguocultural and Gender Analysis of the Concept of "Love"
The basic concepts of culture are important in the collective language consciousness. The concept of love is an empirical feeling that occurs in relation to human consciousness. Emotion, on the other hand, is the subjective attitude of an individual to a certain object or phenomenon that has quality and intensity. Love is an intimate and strong feeling towards a person, or a group of people, an idea, or a practical activity.In this monograph, the concept of love and the feeling expressed by this concept was demonstrated through the prism of human linguistic consciousness and the landscape of the emotional world, and the concept of love, through examples of what its subconceptions are made up of, and the concept of love and its subconceptions were determined on the basis of surveys conducted between Uzbek and Russian-speaking people.
Develop Your Character
Bring your characters to life with this comprehensive workbook! Whether you're a seasoned author or just starting out, this guide will help you create well-rounded, dynamic characters that will leap off the page. With a focus on character development, motivations, and unique traits, you'll learn how to build characters that drive your story forward and capture your reader's hearts. Get ready to say goodbye to flat, one-dimensional characters and hello to unforgettable figures that will stay with your audience long after the last page.
Word Order Variation in Italian and Spanish Why-Interrogatives
Questions that are introduced by the wh-element 'why' are special. For instance, in Italian and Spanish, they allow the subject to occur in preverbal position in contrast to other wh-interrogatives. The overall goal of this book is to investigate the syntactic (and discourse) particularities of why-interrogatives in Italian and Spanish. More specifically, based on a parallel corpus study and several experimental studies, the factors that affect subject positioning in why-interrogatives are determined. In Italian, focus plays a determining role, while subject type and the heaviness of the subject affect its position in Spanish. After discussing previous accounts that address the differences between the two languages, an alternative approach is presented that builds on differences in the checking of the extended projection principle. Additionally, the special syntactic position of why is further supported by investigating a so far unnoticed intervening element in the context of why-interrogatives, namely vocatives. Finally, subject positioning in Italian why-interrogatives is examined in heritage bilingualism in order to contribute to the debate on the general vulnerability of the syntax-discourse interface.
Translation and Community
Community, or Public Service, Translation contributes to a more equitable and sustainable community by empowering minority groups such as migrants and refugees and is a growing area for both teaching and research within Translation studies.
Promoting Research in Anglophone Studies in Africa
When research findings are successfully valorized, they greatly contribute to the development of communities. Promoting Research in Anglophone Studies in Africa exposes contextual milestones of Anglophone studies in Africa. It highlights the wide range of works produced in literature, linguistics, and didactics within the field of Anglophone Studies. The book discusses the complexities of teaching, learning, and use of English in settings where it is not always the native language. One of its key strengths lies in the fact that the contributors come from a variety of academic backgrounds including literature, culture, didactics, linguistics, translation, etc. This multidisciplinary expertise has contributed, to a large extent, to understanding and solving issues related to diverse challenges involved in valorizing Anglophone Studies within the African context. The book is a collection of selected papers presented at the 2nd International Conference organized by the Anglophone Studies Research Team in Togo in June 2024.
Anna de Noailles
In an era of "globalization" of literature and culture, women writers of the late 19th century are no longer of such interest. The aim of this book is to examine the social and poetic implications of a work that has long remained in the shadows.Given that very few people still read the work of Anna de Noailles, this book brings up to date a poetry that may seem old-fashioned today.Anna de Noailles had been so glorified during her lifetime, her contemporaries had shown her excessive admiration; she had also been much caricatured, unfairly, but the memory of a being who was akin to the greatest of her time deserves to be illuminated and relived.Throughout the pages, there is a constant search for and interpretation of the poetic particularities that so well define the cosmopolitan spirit of the poetess of the "Innumerable Heart".
Enabling Learning
Enabling Learning: Language Teaching for Australian Universities illuminates efforts by tertiary language educators to facilitate the learning of languages at the university level. The educators' endeavours recounted in this volume address a range of specific aspects of the language learning experience or language teaching within tertiary education institutions. The chapters offer an overview of learning approaches and experiences, from the beginner to the advanced level, of different learning environments, from the traditional to online and hybrid, and of different languages, from Indigenous to European to East Asian. This work foregrounds the relevance of improved accessibility to language learning in the university context, presents innovative educational solutions informed by the examination of specific contexts, and asserts the importance of developing intercultural competence.
Travellers in the Mediterranean: Linguistic and Cultural Encounters
Spanning a variety of journeys from the nineteenth century to modern times, this collection of essays o ers important insights into cultural encounters, practices and perceptions, as American, Arab, British and French travellers experienced and still experience them in the Mediterranean, and in countries such as Greece, Italy, Tunisia, Egypt, Syria and Lebanon. Through an investigation of travelogues, diaries, letters, novels, poems, tourist guides, and blogs, the authors of this collection navigate the intricate relationship between Self and Other. In so doing, they contribute to a wider understanding of travel - and of writing about travel - in mediating cultural exchange, while shedding light on the major challenges posed by issues of stereotyping and socio-cultural bias.
The Semiotics of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Focusing on the discursive dimension of the COVID-19 pandemic from a semiotic perspective, this book uses semiotic theory and methods to analyse the meaning-making mechanisms and dynamics that occurred during, and revolved around, the pandemic. Demonstrating the utility of semiotic theory, concepts and analytical methods to make sense of discursive phenomena like those triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the book explores in detail: - the blame-attribution discourses that emerged at the beginning of the pandemic; - how the coronavirus was brought to life in plastic and visual manifestations as a monster that poses a threat to humans; - how the collective actor 'the healthcare workers' was constructed in discourse and axiologised in positive terms; - the semiotics of the body during the pandemic, with a focus on the face, facemasks, social distancing and the uses of the body in online environments; - the idea of a 'new' normality following the pandemic. The book examines different dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic, including examples from Europe, Latin America and the United States and a wide range of images, texts, practices and objects, in order to highlight the importance of its discursive and semiotic nature.
Writing for the Reader’s Brain
What makes one sentence easy to read and another a slog that demands rereading? Where do you put information you want readers to recall? What about details you need to reveal but want readers to forget? Drawing on cognitive neuroscience, psychology, and psycholinguistics, this book provides a practical guide on how to write for your reader. Its chapters introduce the five 'Cs' of writing - clarity, continuity, coherence, concision, and cadence - and demonstrate how to use these features to bring your writing to life. This science-based guide also shows you how to improve your writing while also making the writing process speedier and more efficient. Brimming with examples, this humorous, surprisingly irreverent book provides writers with the tools they need to master everything from an email to a research project. If you believe good writers are simply born that way, Writing for the Reader's Brain will change your mind - and, quite possibly, your life.
Decoding Terrorism
This Element is an interdisciplinary analysis of the language evidence produced before, during and following a lone-actor terrorism attack in Halle, Germany, on October 9, 2019, resulting in two casualties. During his final preparations, the perpetrator, twenty-seven-year-old Stephan Balliet, announced his attack online and disseminated a targeted violence manifesto shortly before live-streaming his violent act. This post-hoc investigation introduces a multi-method approach that synchronizes well-established qualitative methodologies for forensic text analysis - genre, text linguistics, appraisal and uptake - to elucidate these data types. Furthermore, a retroactive threat assessment based on language data from the trial transcripts provides a holistic review of the assailant's background, red flags, triggering events and warning behaviors that could have signaled his movements along the pathway to violence. The results are considered in an organizational context to highlight current challenges faced by security agencies when mitigating the risk of lone-actors who radicalize in online environments.
Ethical Global Citizenship Education
Global Citizenship Education (GCE) plays a central role within UNESCO's education sector, focusing on cultivating the values and knowledge essential for students to evolve into well-informed and responsible global citizens. This Element conceptualises an ethical GCE framework grounded in critical, cosmopolitan, humanistic, value-creating, and transformative principles. Guided by those principles, ethical GCE goes beyond the banking model of education by emphasising a global ethic. Ethical GCE is inclusive, ethically reflective, and socially responsible. It extends beyond imparting knowledge and employable skills, important as they are, focusing on holistic and sustainable development. With further theoretical development and implementation strategies, the ethical GCE framework holds promise for future research and evaluation of the intricate teaching and learning processes within global citizenship, particularly from a values-based perspective.
Writing for the Reader's Brain
What makes one sentence easy to read and another a slog that demands rereading? Where do you put information you want readers to recall? What about details you need to reveal but want readers to forget? Drawing on cognitive neuroscience, psychology, and psycholinguistics, this book provides a practical guide on how to write for your reader. Its chapters introduce the five 'Cs' of writing - clarity, continuity, coherence, concision, and cadence - and demonstrate how to use these features to bring your writing to life. This science-based guide also shows you how to improve your writing while also making the writing process speedier and more efficient. Brimming with examples, this humorous, surprisingly irreverent book provides writers with the tools they need to master everything from an email to a research project. If you believe good writers are simply born that way, Writing for the Reader's Brain will change your mind - and, quite possibly, your life.
Language Policy in Action
Language is part of social life, and efforts to control it can be viewed in light of broader struggles for social power around issues like migration, education, class and race. This book explores how people act within institutions and communities to try and control the language of others. It conceptualises language policy as a form of discourse management, involving attempts to reorder hierarchies of knowledge, reframe social relationships, control what identities and ideologies may be expressed, and limit who can access particular social spaces. Real-life case studies are included, allowing readers to understand the functioning of language policy in different contexts. A holistic framework is also introduced, showing how language policies are enacted though five key actions: creating, debating, interpreting, enforcing and resisting. Each action is explained with reference to current theories in applied linguistics and sociolinguistics, and methodological suggestions, discussion questions and examples of further reading are also provided.
Decoding Terrorism
This Element is an interdisciplinary analysis of the language evidence produced before, during and following a lone-actor terrorism attack in Halle, Germany, on October 9, 2019, resulting in two casualties. During his final preparations, the perpetrator, twenty-seven-year-old Stephan Balliet, announced his attack online and disseminated a targeted violence manifesto shortly before live-streaming his violent act. This post-hoc investigation introduces a multi-method approach that synchronizes well-established qualitative methodologies for forensic text analysis - genre, text linguistics, appraisal and uptake - to elucidate these data types. Furthermore, a retroactive threat assessment based on language data from the trial transcripts provides a holistic review of the assailant's background, red flags, triggering events and warning behaviors that could have signaled his movements along the pathway to violence. The results are considered in an organizational context to highlight current challenges faced by security agencies when mitigating the risk of lone-actors who radicalize in online environments.
Libraries and the Academic Book
This Element explores the history of the relationship between libraries and the academic book. It provides an overview of the development of the publishing history of the scholarly - or academic - book, and related creation of the modern research library. It argues that libraries played an important role in the birth and growth of the academic book, and explores how publishers, readers and libraries helped to develop the format and scholarly and publishing environments that now underpin contemporary scholarly communications. It concludes with an appraisal of the current state of the field and how business, technology and policy are mapping a variety of potential routes to the future.
Language Policy in Action
Language is part of social life, and efforts to control it can be viewed in light of broader struggles for social power around issues like migration, education, class and race. This book explores how people act within institutions and communities to try and control the language of others. It conceptualises language policy as a form of discourse management, involving attempts to reorder hierarchies of knowledge, reframe social relationships, control what identities and ideologies may be expressed, and limit who can access particular social spaces. Real-life case studies are included, allowing readers to understand the functioning of language policy in different contexts. A holistic framework is also introduced, showing how language policies are enacted though five key actions: creating, debating, interpreting, enforcing and resisting. Each action is explained with reference to current theories in applied linguistics and sociolinguistics, and methodological suggestions, discussion questions and examples of further reading are also provided.
The Tunisian dialect, prey to a neo-colonial Francophonie
Today, rising illiteracy rates, school drop-outs, falling diploma levels and enslaving economic dependence on Paris contribute to linguistic incompetence and reduced use of the Arabic language of identity. This context facilitates the infiltration of neo-colonial Francophonie into a "corrupted" Tunisian dialect through borrowing, transfer and interference.
Ethical Global Citizenship Education
Global Citizenship Education (GCE) plays a central role within UNESCO's education sector, focusing on cultivating the values and knowledge essential for students to evolve into well-informed and responsible global citizens. This Element conceptualises an ethical GCE framework grounded in critical, cosmopolitan, humanistic, value-creating, and transformative principles. Guided by those principles, ethical GCE goes beyond the banking model of education by emphasising a global ethic. Ethical GCE is inclusive, ethically reflective, and socially responsible. It extends beyond imparting knowledge and employable skills, important as they are, focusing on holistic and sustainable development. With further theoretical development and implementation strategies, the ethical GCE framework holds promise for future research and evaluation of the intricate teaching and learning processes within global citizenship, particularly from a values-based perspective.
Kate Heiss: Sunflower Fields (Foiled Quarto Journal)
A new title in the Flame Tree Foiled Quarto Journal collection, combining beautiful art with high-quality production: bleed-proof, acid-free FSC pages, a pocket, ribbon bookmarks and a magnetic flap. Perfect as a gift or for all notetakers, list-makers and journal users. A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the Foiled Quarto Journals combine high-quality production and FSC pages with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, list-makers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year. A NEW SERIES. The Quarto format is named after the earliest form of European printed publication, dating back to the 1400s when Gutenberg invented the first moveable-type printing press, heralding a revolution in mass communication, spreading ideas of literature, science and philosophy of the Renaissance. We celebrate this with our range of fine art and contemporary illustrations. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and rose red endpapers. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3D masterpieces that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk, table, in the hand and in your bag. PRACTICAL, EASY TO USE. Flame Tree Notebooks come with practical features too: the high-quality, 120-gsm lined pages are FSC, Acid Free and Bleed Proof - suitable for all pen types, such as gel and rollerball. A pocket at the back for scraps and receipts, two ribbon markers to help keep track of more than just a to-do list, and a magnetic side flap helps keep everything neat and tidy. THE ARTIST. Kate Heiss is a contemporary British printmaker who creates limited edition screen prints and linocuts on paper. Kate creates dynamic and vibrant prints inspired by her love of nature, the flowers and birds in her garden, rural landscapes and her love of bold, colourful floral patterns found in textiles. THE FINAL WORD. As William Morris said, "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Applying Vladimir Propp's Morphology of the Folktale in Nicholas Spark
According to narratologists, Vladimir Propp's "Morphology of the Folktale" is generally recognized as one of the most inspiring contributions to "the understanding of plot structure" (Sundari, 2014, p.1). Therefore, Propp's theory was initially found to analyze Russian folktales. However, some researchers apply it to fairytales, such as Sundari (2014), who used it in "Sleeping Beauty," and Nursantia (2003), who used it in Joseph Conrad's novel "Heart of Darkness." Salmah (2004) applied Propp's theory to Charles Dickens's "Our Mutual Friend" in his thesis. Thus, the lack of using Propp's "Morphology of the Folktale" in studying novels in general and modern fiction in specific inspires the researcher to fill this gap in the study by using Vladimir Propp's "Morphology of the Folktale" on the contemporary novels.
Android, Assembled
Android, Assembled unpacks the phenomenon of social robots-not as monolithic machines but as sociotechnical assemblages, pieced together from bodily features (like heads and sensors) and the elements we read into them (like gender and authority). Each chapter explores the philosophical, theoretical, empirical, or technical understanding of discrete robot components to offer a deeper look into how those parts contribute to what social robots are and how humans experience them. Part I (Explicit Anatomy) considers the manifest components of robots-those that make up the physical robot and its capabilities: Shapes, heads, faces, eyes, legs, feet, wings, color, clothing, gestures, postures, speech, text, screens, memory, information, sensors, actuators, organic elements, and distributed elements. Part II (Implicit Anatomy) explores the parts of social robots that humans infer or interpret: Image, interactivity, cuteness, gender, power, authority, membership, cognition, decision-making, aliveness, mindedness, obligations, and ultimately the kind of thing a robot is. Along with the state of the art and science, each author gives a provocation to highlight open questions and possible futures.
Kate Heiss: Sunflower Fields (Foiled Pocket Journal)
A new title in the Flame Tree Pocket Notebook collection, combining beautiful art with high-quality production. Featuring lined pages, a pocket at the back, two ribbon bookmarks and a magnetic side flap. Perfect slipped into handbags, for personal use or as a dazzling gift. A FLAME TREE POCKET NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production and FSC-certified paper with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and rose red endpapers, all FSC-certified. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table. PRACTICAL, EASY TO USE. Flame Tree Notebooks come with practical features too: a pocket at the back for scraps and receipts; two ribbon markers to help keep track of more than just a to-do list; robust ivory text paper, printed with lines; and when you need to collect other notes or scraps of paper the magnetic side flap keeps everything neat and tidy. THE ARTIST. Kate Heiss is a contemporary British printmaker who creates limited edition screen prints and linocuts on paper. After graduating with an MA in Textile Design from the Royal College of Art in 1997, she worked as a textile designer across a wide range of fashion brands before setting up her own printmaking studio in 2011. Kate creates dynamic and vibrant prints inspired by her love of nature, the flowers and birds in her garden, rural landscapes and her love of bold, colourful floral patterns found in textiles. Her work is handmade in her studio in Hertfordshire and is regularly exhibited across the UK. THE FINAL WORD. As William Morris said, "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
