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Product Description Everyone has heard of Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge. Everyone has seen films from Hollywood. But what else do we know about California? This book looks at the cities and the mountains, at the sea and the deserts. It looks at the history of this exciting state, at the gold miners of 1849 and at San Francisco and its earthquakes.
Text messaging has spread like wildfire, especially among young people, who appear to spend most of their time texting, and are unwilling to write much else. Indeed the phenomena is so widespread that many parents, teachers, and media pundits have been outspoken in their criticism of it. Does texting spell the end of western civilization? In this humorous, level-headed and insightful book, David Crystal argues that the panic over texting is misplaced. Crystal, a world renowned linguist and prolific author on the uses and abuses of English, here looks at every aspect of the phenomenon of text-messaging and considers its effects on literacy, language, and society. He explains how texting began, how it works, who uses it, and how much it is used, and he shows how to interpret the mixture of pictograms, logograms, abbreviations, symbols, and wordplay typically used in texting. He looks at its manifestations in different languages, and explores the ways similar devices have been used in different eras. He finds that the texting system of conveying sounds and concepts goes back a long way--to the very origins of writing. And far from hindering children's literacy, texting turns out to help it. Illustrated with original art by Ed MacLachlan, the popular cartoonist whose work has appeared in Punch, Private Eye, New Statesman, and many other publications, Txting: The Gr8 Db8 is entertaining and instructive--reassuring for worried parents and teachers, illuminating for teenagers, and fascinating for everyone interested in what's currently happening to language and communication.
This sourcebook draws together a range of recent and specially commissioned pieces which examine how policy development and research findings have influenced planning and assessing learning for young children. Topics covered include standards, quality control, league tables, and teacher and performance assessment. It also looks at the enabling of learning, focusing on authentic activity and learning, implicit values, the role of learner choice and classroom management.
• COVER: The Limits Of Race - It once seemed potent enough to cost Obama the election. But as the economy falters, race is receding. A battleground report • ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: Body of Lies: Leonardo of Arabia - In the spy thriller Body of Lies, Ridley Scott and two big stars tackle the war on terrorism • HEALTH & MEDICINE: Sizing Up Your Body - When friends and family are battling weight, it's easy to forget what a healthy body looks like • PEOPLE: 10 Questions for Lance Armstrong - To raise cancer awareness, the cyclist is returning to the road. Lance Armstrong will now take your questions
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Effective meetings is a practical video-based course designed for professional people who need to attend meetings in English. It takes learners systematically through the core communication and language skills needed to participate effectively in meetings and helps them to develop these skills in meaningful and realistic ways.The video illustrates both bad and good extracts from meetings for analysis and discussion. In each unit it demonstrates what can go wrong in different situations and why.
