Two thirds of global Internet users are non-English speakers. Despite this, most scholarly literature on the Internet and computer-mediated-communication (CMC) focuses exclusively on English. This is the first book devoted to analyzing Internet related CMC in languages other than English.
The volume collects 18 new articles on facets of language and Internet use, all of which revolve around several central topics: writing systems, the structure and features of local languages and how they affect internet use, code switching between multiple languages, gender issues, public policy issues, and so on. The scope of languages discussed in the volume is unusually broad, including non-native English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Spanish, Japanese, Thai, and Portuguese. This book will be of great interest to anyone studying linguistics, applied linguistics, communication, anthropology and information sciences.
A Parent's Guide to Special Education: Insider Advice on How to Navigate the System and Help Your Child Succeed
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The term 'special education' encompasses dozens of learning
challenges: developmental delay, learning and physical disabilities,
emotional disturbance, retardation, language impairment, autism, and
others. By nature of this diversity, navigating even well-run,
well-funded special education programs can be daunting.
A Parent's Guide to Special Education
offers guidance to parents and their children -- as well as to
teachers, counselors, and administrators -- on issues including:
* diagnosis and awareness
* special education laws
* eligibility issues and requirements
* programs
* parenting issues
* communication between parents and schools
* and much more
A Parent's Guide to Special Education
offers invaluable information and a positive vision of special
education that will help them through a potentially overwhelming
process. Filled with practical recommendations, sample forms, and
enlightening examples, this is a priceless resource for helping every
child learn.
In this scholarly work, Lauer examines issues that have surrounded historical and contemporary theories and pedagogies of rhetorical invention, citing a wide array of positions on these issues in both primary rhetorical texts and secondary interpretations. Her book presents theoretical disagreements over the nature, purpose, and epistemology of invention and pedagogical debates over such issues as the relative importance of art, talent, imitation, and practice in teaching discourse.
The Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and
Improvement (OERI) asked RAND to examine how OERI might improve the
quality and relevance of the education research it funds. The RAND
Reading Study Group was charged with developing a research agenda to
address the most pressing issues in literacy and the teaching of
reading.
