The difficulties dyslexic students experience in the English mainstream classroom and present to their English teacher are examined in detail in this book. The authors show how these difficulties may best be supported and the students' strengths utilized. The book looks at language, different types of literature and poetry, and highlights the use of the written language. Handwriting, reading, comprehension, writing and spelling strategies are also considered.
A Companion to the History of the English Language addresses the linguistic, cultural, social, and literary approaches to language study. The first text to offer a complete survey of the field, this volume provides the most up-to-date insights of leading international scholars.
An accessible reference to the history of the English language
Comprises more than sixty essays written by leading international scholars
Aids literature students in incorporating language study into their work
Includes an historical survey of the English language, from its Germanic and Indo- European beginnings to modern British and American English
Enriched with maps, diagrams, and illustrations from historical publications
McGraw-Hill's Essential ESL Grammar: A Handbook for Intermediate and Advanced ESL Students (McGraw-Hill ESL References)
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McGraw-Hill's Essential ESL Grammar does more than cover the basics of English; it pays special attention to those irksome subjects that trouble even native English speakers. Mark Lester, bestselling author of the most widely used college grammar text in the country, has developed an innovative method to help you conquer tricky subjects such as articles, tense, verb complements, word order, and more.
Active Phonics is a three-level series that offers parents and teachers a fun way to teach phonics to young children. Active Phonics consists of three levels tailored for very young learners. Each level is designed to address the most basic yet crucial stage in English language learning: the alphabet, the basic sounds and blends.
Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Texas at Austin in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of philosophy.
The focus of this dissertation is the refinement of comparative metrical analysis, i.e. the comparison of related poetic forms with the goal to reconstruct the form of their common origin. By attempting the reconstruction of early medieval poetry, we can hope to gain a sense of the form of the oral poetic tradition prior to the introduction of writing into these literary cultures. However, the application of the Comparative Method of historical linguistics must be refined before it can be applied to poetic forms. This study uses three case studies to highlight the deficiencies in the Comparative Method as applied to poetry. These case studies, the first on the hypothesized Proto-Indo-European verse form, the second a comparison of metrical anomalies in Old English and Old Saxon verse, and the third a comparison of an Old Norse verse form, known as the dróttkvætt, with certain metrical constructions in Old English and Old Saxon.
