George Orwell's 1984, part of Chelsea House Publishers' Bloom's Guides collection, presents concise critical excerpts from 1984 to provide a scholarly overview of the work. This comprehensive study guide also features "The Story Behind the Story," which details the conditions under which 1984 was written. This title also includes a short biography on 1984 and a descriptive list of characters.
The Routledge Handbook of Sociolinguistics Around the World
The Routledge Handbook of Sociolinguistics around the World is the ideal resource for all students on undergraduate sociolinguistics courses and researchers involved in the study of language, society and power
The Routledge Companion to Semiotics provides the ideal introduction to semiotics, containing engaging essays from an impressive range of international leaders in the field.
Topics:
the history, development, and uses of semiotics
key theorists, including Saussure, Peirce and Sebeok
crucial and contemporary topics such as biosemiotics, sociosemiotics and semioethics
the semiotics of media and culture, nature and cognition.
This is an invaluable reference guide for students of semiotics at all levels.
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Teaching Primary Science: Promoting Enjoyment & Developing Understanding
This book is a new kind of text linking subject knowledge and pedagogy in one package, rather than treating them as separate entities. The text aims to encourage trainee teachers to teach scientific concepts in contexts which will inspire the children to look at the world in new and intriguing ways, rather than presenting it as a list of facts and definitions. Encouraging critical reflection and offering practical support, this book will help trainee teachers to overcome negative attitudes to Science.
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" It argues for a new geography curriculum founded on a set of major concepts that are profoundly relevant to 21st century life. For years, books on 11-18 geography education have focussed on classroom techniques, new pedagogic technologies and alternative modes of student assessment. 'Teaching Geography 11-18' asks not only what geography is for, but bases its answer on a set of key concepts able to sustain an exciting and relevant curriculum.
