The articles collected in this volume draw on or relate to a body of work that has become known as the 'New Literacy Studies' (NLS), which studies literacy as situated semiotic practices that vary across sites in specific ways that are socially shaped. The collection offers a body of empirically and theoretically based papers on literacy ethnography as well as providing engagements with critical issues around literacy and education.
Start Reading is a series of six comprehension books for young children. Each book consists of reading passages followed by a variety of exercises, including comprehension checking and vocabulary work. The material is carefully graded - providing an ideal accompaniment to a junior beginner's course.
Start Reading is a series of six comprehension books for young children. Each book consists of reading passages followed by a variety of exercises, including comprehension checking and vocabulary work. The material is carefully graded - providing an ideal accompaniment to a junior beginner's course.
The Media Book provides today's students with a comprehensive foundation for the study of the modern media. It has been systematically compiled to map the field in a way which corresponds to the curricular organization of the field around the globe, providing a complete resource for students in their third year to graduate level courses in the U.S.
provides a powerful case for the application of discursive psychology and conversation analysis to feminism, guiding the reader through cutting-edge debates and providing valuable evidence of the benefits of fine-grained, discursive methodologies. In particular, the book concentrates on discourse and conversation analysis, providing a full account of these methodologies through the detailed study of data from a variety of settings, including focus groups, interviews and naturally occurring sources.
