Here, Barbara Freitag examines all the literature on the subject, highlighting the inconsistencies of the various interpretations in regard to origin, function and name. By considering the Sheela-na-gigs in their medieval social context, she suggests that they were folk deities with particular responsibility for assistance in childbirth.
Provides a long overdue critical examination of the practice and the theory behind performance based assessment in the context of second language learning.
Corpus and Context - Investigating Pragmatic Functions in Spoken Discourse
"Corpus and Context" explores the relationship between corpus linguistics and pragmatics by discussing possible frameworks for analysing utterance function on the basis of spoken corpora. The book articulates the challenges and opportunities associated with a change of focus in corpus research, from lexical to functional units, from concordance lines to extended stretches of discourse, and from the purely textual to multi-modal analysis of spoken corpus data.
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Business vocabulary in use (elementary)
Business Vocabulary in Use Elementary provides basic, essential vocabulary in a business context for learners of Business English.
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Teaching Grammar in Second Language Classrooms: Integrating Form-Focused Instruction in Communicative Context
Recent SLA research recognizes the necessity of attention to grammar and demonstrates that form-focused instruction is especially effective when it is incorporated into a meaningful communicative context. Designed specifically for second-language teachers, this text identifies and explores the various options for integrating a focus on grammar and a focus on communication in classroom contexts and offers concrete examples of teaching activities for each option
