Aspects of language teaching
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Oxfam bookshop canterbury (cambridge language teaching library) paperback - 28 marby jane arnold a very good unread copy see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Chapter titles include 'aspects of geography teaching', 'geography out-of-doors' and 'the place of geography in the field of education'oxfam bookshop newport a report "with special reference to the secondary modern school"; first published ; this is the reprintsee oxfam website for delivery information read morevery good condition for ageno highlighting or other notes
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Oxfam shop nether edge mixed methodology has become an increasingly popular way of both researching and teaching methodology across the social sciences, and students across these fields are expected to be proficient in both quantitative and qualitative techniquesthis text begins with an introduction to and overview of the development of mixed methodology, and then takes students through all aspects of working with mixed methods from research design and data collection through to analysis and conclusionssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas new except for a slightly creased corner
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Note:the only dictionary of its kind available, covering all aspects of insect biology and taxonomythe common names of insects, their scientific binomen and taxonomic classification are provided, with diagnoses of pest species in many casesit is the only listing which covers insect anatomy, behaviour, biology, ecology, histology, molecular biology, morphology, pest management, taxonomy and systematicsalso includes the names of prominent entomologists see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe origin, etymology, part of speech and definition of each term and phrase are all provided, including the language, meaning or root of each term and constituent partsthis book is an essential reference source for all professionals and students of entomology and related disciplinesall insect order, suborder, superfamily, family and subfamily names are given, together with the diagnostic features of orders and familieswhere meanings have changed, or terms have been borrowed from other disciplines, the most current usage is indicatedoxfam bookshop wallingford this book is a comprehensive, fully cross-referenced collection of over terms, names and phrases used in entomology, incorporating an estimated definitionsnames of deceased entomologists, or scientists from other fields who have contributed to entomology are included, with the citation for their biography or obituary
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This book covers important aspects of the history of italy between the years tolongman history of italy: italy in the age of the renaissance bytitle: italy in the age of the renaissance series: longman history of italy format: paperback / softback type: book publisher: longman uk release date: language: englishit concentrates on social and political issues and gives particular coverage to sicily and the south
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The first part is devoted to broad traditions and approaches to philosophical methodology (including logical empiricism, phenomenology, and ordinary language philosophy)a team of thirty-eight of the world's leading philosophers present original essays on various aspects of how philosophy should be and is doneoxfam bookshop preston this is the most comprehensive book ever published on philosophical methodologysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe entries in the second part address topics in philosophical methodology, such as intuitions, conceptual analysis, and transcendental argumentsthe third part of the book is devoted to essays about the interconnections between philosophy and neighbouring fields, including those of mathematics, psychology, literature and film, and neuroscience
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English language teachingthe art of logic: how to make sense in a world that doesn'tearth sciences, geographylifestyle, sport & leisurenew – new, unread book
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The structures of language are shown to be purely cultural creationssince chomsky revolutionized the study of language in the s, it has increasingly come to be accepted that language and other knowledge structures are hard-wired in our genesoxfam bookshop preston when it was first published in , geoffrey sampson's educating eve was described as the definitive response to steven pinker's the language instinct and noam chomsky's nativismwith a new chapter entitled 'how people really speak' which uses corpus data to analyse how language is used in spontaneous english conversation, responses to critics, extensive revisions throughout, and a new preface by paul postal of new york university, this new edition will be an essential purchase for students, academics, and general readers interested in the debate about the 'language instinct'but people do not realize how thin the evidence for that idea isthe 'language instinct' debate examines the various arguments for instinctive knowledge, and finds that each one rests on false premisses or embodies logical fallaciessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreaccording to this view, human beings are born with a rich structure of cognition already in placein this revised and expanded new edition, sampson revisits his original arguments in the light of fresh evidence that has emerged since the original publication
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The two disciplines agree that the mysteries of the "creativity of language" can only be resolved by constructing a theory of languagescientific investigations now under way will allegedly make clear that a language is a highly complex system of rules which speakers tacitly knowoxfam bookshop preston theoretical linguistics, pioneered by saussure and much influenced by chomsky's ideas, lays claim to revolutionary insights into the nature of language and the mindphilosophy of language, inspired by frege, wittgenstein, carnap and tarski, and developed by davidson and dummett, purports to reveal the hidden forms of thought and inferencesee oxfam website for delivery information read morelanguage, sense and nonsense argues that these influential disciplines are the pseudosciences of the age, grounded in conceptual confusions and protected from ridicule only by a facade of scientific procedure and mathematical sophistication
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The horse, the wheel, and language lifts the veil that has long shrouded these original indo-european speakers, and reveals how their domestication of horses and use of the wheel spread language and transformed civilizationthe horse, the wheel, and language solves a puzzle that has vexed scholars for two centuries--the source of the indo-european languages and english--and recovers a magnificent and influential civilization from the pastlinking prehistoric archaeological remains with the development of language, david anthony identifies the prehistoric peoples of central eurasia's steppe grasslands as the original speakers of proto-indo-european, and shows how their innovative use of the ox wagon, horseback riding, and the warrior's chariot turned the eurasian steppes into a thriving transcontinental corridor of communication, commerce, and cultural exchangeanthony also describes his fascinating discovery of how the wear from bits on ancient horse teeth reveals the origins of horseback ridinghe explains how they spread their traditions and gave rise to important advances in copper mining, warfare, and patron-client political institutions, thereby ushering in an era of vibrant social changeoxfam books & music lichfield roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as proto-indo-europeansee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? until now their identity has remained a tantalizing mystery to linguists, archaeologists, and even nazis seeking the roots of the aryan race
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Brand new unused copy of reflective teaching in schoolsalso available is readings for reflective teaching in schoolsalso brand new and unusedad id: delivery service consumer creditsuitable for teachers and trainees of both primary and secondary education
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Also available is readings for reflective teaching in schoolsbrand new unused copy of reflective teaching in schoolssuitable for teachers and trainees of both primary and secondary educationalso brand new and unused
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Quantum teaching: orchestrating student success, paperback by deporter, bobbi; reardon, mark; singer-nourie, sarah, isbn x, isbn-13 , brand new, free p&p in the uk based on the tenets of quantum teaching, an approach synthesizing a number of recent learning theories, this text provides teachers with tools and a pep-talk for motivating students to learnby book news, incperky cartoons and slogans
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This second edition includes new material on gender, register, the speech community, language and subcultures, and language and representationoxfam bookshop cheltenham an introduction to language and society explores how our ways of seeing and engaging with the world may be shaped by the categories, systems and patterns of languagesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Challenging many familiar beliefs, he comes to a new and persuasive conclusion: that primitive forms of the indo-european language were spoken across europe some thousands of years earlier than has previously been assumedprofessor renfrew initiates an original synthesis between modern historical linguistics and the new archaeology of cultural process, boldly proclaiming that it is time to reconsider questions of language origins and what they imply about ethnic affiliation--issues seriously discredited by the racial theorists of the s and s and, as a result, largely neglected sincesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham in this book colin renfrew directs remarkable new light on the links between archaeology and language, looking specifically at the puzzling similarities that are apparent across the indo-european family of ancient languages, from anatolia and ancient persia, across europe and the indian subcontinent, to regions as remote as sinkiang in china
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Oxfam bookshop preston this is the third edition of chomsky's outstanding collection of essays on language and mind, first published inchapters 1-6 present chomsky's early work on the nature and acquisition of language as a genetically endowed, biological system (universal grammar), through the rules and principles of which we acquire an internalized knowledge (i-language)the final chapter revisits the key issues, reviewing the 'biolinguistic' approach that has guided chomsky's work from its origins to the present day, and raising some novel and exciting challenges for the study of language and mindthis edition complements them with an additional chapter and a new preface, bringing chomsky's influential approach into the twenty-first centurythe first six chapters, originally published in the s, made a groundbreaking contribution to linguistic theorysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreover the past fifty years, this framework has sparked an explosion of inquiry into a wide range of languages, and has yielded some major theoretical questions
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It is concerned both with the history of language and the language of historythe essays in this book explore the difficulties and the possibilities in understanding language as historical evidence softcover in excellent conditionoxfam bookshop carlisle this book is an investigation of how societies have understood and described themselvesthe chapters include studies of societies in germany, china, usa and india, pre-revolutionary france and 19th-century britain and americathe author examines how political declarations and manifestos relate to the societies from which they emanated and for which they aimed to legislatewords such as "liberty" and "equality" have to be understood in a limited sense in the french and american revolutions, but it would be impossible to understand these events without recourse to these resonant conceptspages clean and unmarked see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This field guide provides the first widely published field guide on the almeria province and is unique in both its coverage and integrated earth science approach, providing a valuable support for both teaching and research in the regionoxfam bookshop hampstead a field guide to the neogene sedimentary basins of the almerÃa province, se spain the almeria province of se spain, a semi-arid, tectonically active region, has formed the focus of a wide range of scientific teaching and research in the earth sciences by universities and associated bodies from all over the worldthis field guide provides an up-to-date and integrated approach to the geology and geomorphology of almeria province, compiled by active scientific researchers in the regionthere is slight shelf wear to the coverin very good condition with clean and unmarked inside pagesthe guide assumes a basic knowledge of geology and geomorphology and will be of interest to earth scientists at all levels from the keen amateur through to undergraduate/postgraduate students and academics visiting the regionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe emphasis of the guide is initially to provide a general background to the area followed by a selection of more specialist trips which progressively explore the structure and development of the basins, the shallow marine sedimentation, the continental sedimentation and finally the uplift, dissection and geomorphic evolution of the sedimentary basins
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But we do languageshe used them to roil us, to wake us, to educate us and help us grapple with our deepest wounds and try to comprehend themshe speaks to graduating students and visitors to both the louvre and america's black holocaust museumshe revisits the bluest eye, sula and beloved; reassessing the novels that have become touchstones for generations of readers'the nobel lecture in literature, see oxfam website for delivery information read more"she was our conscience" - oprah winfreya vital non-fiction collection from one of the most celebrated and revered american writersspanning four decades, these essays, speeches and meditations interrogate the world around usmorrison's nobel lecture, on the power of language, is accompanied by lectures to amnesty international and the newspaper association of americaour truth-tellerthe sweep of american history and the current state of politicsmouth full of blood is a powerful, erudite and essential gathering of ideas that speaks to us allit celebrates morrison's extraordinary contribution to the literary worldthroughout mouth full of blood our search for truth, moral integrity and expertise is met by toni morrison with controlled anger, elegance and literary excellencethe collection is structured in three parts and these are heart-stoppingly introduced by a prayer for the dead of 9/11, a meditation on martin luther king and a eulogy for james baldwin'word-work is sublime, she thinks, because it is generative; it makes meaning that secures our difference, our human difference-the way in which we are like no other lifethe duty of the press and the role of the artistthey are concerned with race, gender and globalisationshe was a magician with language, who understood the power of wordsthat may be the meaning of lifethat may be the measure of our lives
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Oxfam bookshop preston the apocryphal acts of andrew' is the first modern collection of studies on the most important aspects of the acts of andrew, an early christian kind of novel, which has only partially been preserved in greek, latin and copticin addition to a thorough discussion of its date and place of origin, the collection of essays discusses many aspects of the acts of andrew, such as its interest in magic, martyrdom and the place of the devil, its preoccupation with scatology, and its interest in eroticismfinally, it analyses the armenian translation, which is shown to be an important witness to the original textit looks at its relationship with poimandres, with the pagan novels and with other christian writings, in particular the acts of john and the acts of andrew and mathiassee oxfam website for delivery information read morecover slightly dog-eared but otherwise as newmuch attention is paid to spiritual climate of the acts of andrew and its connections with platonism and gnosticism
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Oxfam bookshop woodbridge this new text provides a lively introduction to the remarkable developments in philosophy of language in this century, and to the way theses developments have impinged upon religious language, particularly christian discourse no inscriptions or annotations see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop colne road featuring latinate and celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient words ('loaf') to cutting edge ('twittersphere') and spanning the indispensable words that shape our tongue ('and', 'what') to the more fanciful ('fopdoodle'), crystal takes us along the winding byways of language via the rude, the obscure and the downright surprisingin this unique new history of the world's most ubiquitous language, linguistics expert david crystal draws on words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences and events that have helped to shape our vernacular since the first definitively english word was written down in the fifth century ('roe', in case you are wondering)see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop cockermouth this book pressents a discussion of the multifaceted meanings and uses of languagethere is a sticker on the contents page, some red lines on the pages on the edge of the book and some markings on the back from usesee oxfam website for delivery information read moregood condition but some scribbles on the front page
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This book was sir john harvey-jones (chairman of ici) choice on "desert island discs" !! see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop great dunmow here is a most informative introduction to language; its origins in the past, its growth through history, and its present use for communication between peoples
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The book also sets out to explain the basic principles of radar and, where applicable, historical aspects of the evolution of these principles are dealt withabundant references, which could facilitate further research, are giventhe study, while underlining the significance of the cavity magnetron, purposely restricts itself to the pre-cavity magnetron era of radarpublished, as volume 6 in the 'iee history of technology series'this book is the first general history of radar to be published, and one which covers the independent but more or less simultaneous emergence of radar in several countries in the ssome of the earliest proposals for the use of radio waves to detect objects at a distance are first dealt withsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe narrative ranges from the concepts of nikola tesla in and the experiments of christian hulsmeyer in right through, in chronological order, to the commercially sponsored experiments of the prewar daysoxfam shop fulwood road radar has become an essential factor in air and sea travel, has affected all areas of military science and, most important of all perhaps, has considerably influenced the progress of electronic engineeringthe historical events and the military influences, which shaped the ultimate development of radar in each country, are then considered
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Bourne develops this account and shows how it is consonant with aspects of the work of a range of contemporary theologians including stanley hauerwas, john milbank, karl barth, and dietrich bonhoefferthis realism bases social and political criticism in the purposes of a nonviolent, patient, and reconciling godrichard bourne identifies a theological realism found in the work of john howard yoderin developing this theological realism, the book furnishes an account of christian criticism capable of addressing key debates in contemporary theology and political theoryoxfam books & music lancaster seek the peace of the city provides a robust engagement with the theological foundations and practices of christian social and political criticismbourne begins by arguing for the public status of theological political claimsthe book concludes by developing an account of the impact such a theological realism and practice of critique might have on contemporary political theory--with explorations of the doxological nature of social change, the changing shape of the state, governmentality and political sovereignty, and the status and role of religious communities in civil societysee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe demonstrates that only a vigorous theological realism, grounded in the universal lordship of christ, is capable of providing a foundation for local, particular, and ad hoc practices of critique
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In addition, advances in developmental psychology have pushed to the forefront questions about the ontogenetic origin of self-experience, while studies of psychopathology suggest that concepts like self and agency are central to explaining important aspects of pathological experiencethe oxford handbook of the self is an interdisciplinary collection of essays that address questions in all of these areasquestions about whether selves actually exist or have an illusory status have been raised from perspectives as diverse as neuroscience, buddhism, and narrative theoryoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the oxford handbook of the self gallagher, shaun (edwith respect to self-agency, similar questions arise in experimental psychologypoststructuralist deconstructions of traditional metaphysical conceptions of subjectivity have led to debates about whether there are any grounds (moral if not metaphysical) for reconstructing the notion of selfthese and other issues motivate questions about how we understand, not only "the self", but also how we understand ourselves in social and cultural contexts) research on the topic of self has increased significantly in recent years across a number of disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, psychopathology, and neurosciencein philosophy and some areas of cognitive science, the emphasis on embodied cognition has fostered a renewed interest in rethinking personal identity, mind-body dualism, and overly cartesian conceptions of selfsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Rather, the authors argue, the intersubjective perspective has methodological and epistemological implications that mandate a radical revision of all aspects of psychoanalytic thoughtin this volume, the authors complete the circle begun with faces in a cloud () and continued with structures of subjectivity () and psychoanalytic treatment: an intersubjective approach (- with brandchaft) see oxfam website for delivery information read more concluding chapters on "varieties of therapeutic alliance" and "varieties of therapeutic impasse" further exemplify the ability of intersubjectivity theory to reorient the psychoanalytic therapist, thus providing fresh strategies for understanding and addressing the most challenging clinical contingenciesbeginning with an in-depth critique of the concept of the isolated individual mind, stolorow and atwood argue that this myth has long obstructed recognition of the intersubjective foundations of psychological lifecontexts of being is the conceptual culmination of stolorow and atwood's earlier studies, giving them a forum to explain why the perspective of intersubjectivity cannot be reduced to a clinical sensibility that can be grafted onto existing psychoanalytic theorythe authors then proceed to a series of chapters that reframe, from the standpoint of intersubjectivity theory, basic assumptions of the psychoanalytic theory of mental lifethey now extend intersubjectivity theory to a rethinking of the foundational pillars of psychoanalytic theory since they have already demonstrated the degree to which psychological theory is influenced by the subjective world of the psychological theorist, explored the various "structures of subjectivity" that organize the subjective world, and applied the intersubjective perspective to a broad array of clinical issuesthe book is in very good condition; it is slightly upturned on the back covers bottom left cornernot only a cogent elaboration of these implications, the volume is also an important first step in effecting the sweeping revision that follows from them
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It provides accounts of all aspects of contemporary life, from the arts and entertainment, to politics and religionvoices from the world of samuel pepys captures the spirit of restoration london, as it grew to become a major centre of international commerce and culturethe book takes pepys' diary, which he kept almost daily from , as its central resource, but also includes 'voices' from all levels of society, taken from a wide variety of contemporaneous sourcesoxfam bookshop cheltenham though no king or great general, thanks to his diary samuel pepys is one of the most interesting characters in historyhis life encompassed happenings of huge historical and human impact - the execution of charles i and the great fire of london to name but twosee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Learn all aspects of fishing including seacovers rivers and lakes, how to tackle up, float shotting etc full index making searching for particular features easywould make a suitable gift for a beginner or accomplished anglercomplete set of 6 folders in excellent conditionad id: delivery service consumer creditbuyer to collect
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