Literacy
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Literacy
Hardcover. Demonstrating that the supposed drawbacks of the humanities are in fact their source of practical value, Jay explores current debates about the role of the humanities in higher education, puts them in historical context, and offers humanists and their supporters concrete ways to explain the practical value of a contemporary humanities education. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFC; H; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137403308
- ISBN
- 9781137403308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.32€ 66.21
€ 78.32
€ 66.21
Hardcover. The book introduces the reader into the world of mental perception of literary contents. Based on the research in modern semantics, functional stylistics and cognitive phonetics, it explores the way linguistic elements of a literary work cause readers to form a single perception shape identified as a cultural, literary or social stereotype. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black & white tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFC; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137519474
- ISBN
- 9781137519474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Adult Literacy Policy and Practice: From Intrinsic Values to Instrumen...
Duckworth, Vicky, Ade-Ojo, Gordon
Hardcover. This book explores the gradual evolution of Adult literacy policy from the 1970s using philosophical, sociological and economic frames of reference from a range of perspectives to highlight how priorities have changed. It also offers an alternative curriculum; a transformative model that presents a more socially just different value position. Num Pages: 146 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFC; JNF; JNFD; JNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137535108
- ISBN
- 9781137535108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.57
€ 63.57
Paperback. Editor(s): Hawisher, Gail E.; Gee, James Paul; Selfe, Cynthia L. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFC; JHBS; JN; UDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403972200
- ISBN
- 9781403972200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.71€ 63.35
€ 73.71
€ 63.35
Literacy Development and Enhancement Across Orthographies and Cultures
. Ed(S): Aram, Dorit; Korat, Ofra
Hardback. This book reviews international studies of the role of literacy in child development. It also covers how children learn their first written language and acquire a second written and spoken one. Studies are analyzed across eight countries and eleven languages. Editor(s): Aram, Dorit; Korat, Ofra. Series: Literacy Studies. Num Pages: 246 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441908339
- ISBN
- 9781441908339
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.13
€ 127.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFC; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 473.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489905079
- ISBN
- 9781489905079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 186.78
€ 186.78
paperback. The chapters in this international collection investigate a wide range of theorizations of rurality and literacy; literate practices and pedagogies; questions of place, space, and sustainability; and representations of rurality that challenge simplistic conceptions of standardized literacy and the real-and-imagined world beyond the metropolis. Editor(s): Green, Bill. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFC; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349446223
- ISBN
- 9781349446223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.71€ 62.51
€ 73.71
€ 62.51
Hardcover. Bringing together research from a variety of countries and periods, this volume introduces readers to the diverse approaches used to recover the evidence of reading through history in different societies, and asks whether reading practices are always conditioned by specific local circumstances or whether broader patterns might emerge. Editor(s): Towheed, Shafquat; Owens, W. R. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247512
- ISBN
- 9780230247512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.63
€ 64.63
Hardcover. 'Reading has a history. But how can we recover it?' This volume brings together original research essays focusing on the history of reading in the British Isles, using evidence ranging from library records to Mass Observation surveys to highlight the social factors that influence a seemingly private, individual activity. Editor(s): Halsey, Katie; Owens, W. R. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; CFC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247550
- ISBN
- 9780230247550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.21
€ 64.21
Hardcover. We inhabit a textually super-saturated and increasingly literate world. This volume encourages readers to consider the diverse methodologies used by historians of reading globally, and indicates how future research might take up the challenge of recording and interpreting the practices of readers in an increasingly digitized society. Editor(s): Crone, Rosalind; Towheed, Shafquat. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; CFC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247567
- ISBN
- 9780230247567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.70
€ 64.70
Paperback. Covers the interrelated stories of publishing, writing, and reading from the beginning of the colonial period in America up to 1790. This title also traces the histories of literary and learned culture, censorship and "freedom of the press," and literacy and orality. Editor(s): Amory, Hugh; Hall, David D. Num Pages: 664 pages, 51 illustrations, 5 tables, 15 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFC; HBTB; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1025.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807858264
- ISBN
- 9780807858264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.12
€ 73.12
Written and Spoken Language Development Across the Lifespan
. Ed(S): Perera, Joan; Aparici, Melina; Rosad...
Hardback. Written and Spoken Language Development across the Lifespan Editor(s): Perera, Joan; Aparici, Melina; Rosado, Elisa; Salas, Nayme. Series: Literacy Studies. Num Pages: 380 pages, 50 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; CFC; CFD; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319211350
- ISBN
- 9783319211350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.26
€ 124.26
Improving Reading Comprehension of Middle and High School Students
. Ed(S): Santi, Kristi L.; Reed, Deborah K.
paperback. Editor(s): Santi, Kristi L.; Reed, Deborah K. Series: Literacy Studies. Num Pages: 207 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFC; JNC; JNKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319386324
- ISBN
- 9783319386324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 175.02
€ 175.02
Paperback. Editor(s): Schieffer, Rudolf. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CFC; JF; JNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531051178
- ISBN
- 9783531051178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.45
€ 74.45
Paperback. This comparative analysis of the major Chinese literary histories in China and in the West illuminates alter ego perspectives in literary historiography. Includes two case studies of Chinese poems on the notion of discursive communities and the Cultural Tang. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642437212
- ISBN
- 9783642437212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.63
€ 121.63
Paperback. Series: Edition Centaurus - Soziookonomische Prozesse in Asien und Afrika. Num Pages: 412 pages, 32 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFC; JFC; JFSJ; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 541.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658116323
- ISBN
- 9783658116323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.47
€ 64.47
Paperback. Series: Burgerbewusstsein. Num Pages: 323 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFC; JNF; JNMT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658140649
- ISBN
- 9783658140649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.07
€ 64.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFC; CJ; JFFN; JFSP; JNLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658146726
- ISBN
- 9783658146726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.26
€ 63.26
Paperback. This thorough analysis of issues in bilingual education offers a review of research in the field since the 1920s and the conclusions that can be drawn from it. Coverage includes illustrative bilingual education programs and policies from around the globe. Editor(s): Cummins, Jim; Hornberger, Nancy H. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFC; CJA; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048193127
- ISBN
- 9789048193127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.10
€ 69.10
Paperback. This volume offers an overview of the wide range of methodological approaches to language and education across the axes of micro and macro-linguistic and social levels of analysis, as well as the multiple connections between them. Editor(s): King, Kendall; Hornberger, Nancy H. Num Pages: 443 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFC; CJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 443
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048194001
- ISBN
- 9789048194001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 149.73
€ 149.73