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Improving Learning eBook Series

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  • Improving Literacy by Teaching Morphemes

    by Terezinha Nunes, Peter Bryant ...
    Series series Improving Learning
    With reports from several studies showing the benefits of teaching young children about morphemes, this book is essential reading for anyone concerned with helping children to read and write.By breaking words down into chunks of meaning that can be analyzed as complete units rather than as strings of individual letters, children are better able to make sense of the often contradictory spelling and ... Read more

    £49.49

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  • How to Read a Book

    by Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren ...
    With half a million copies in print, How to Read a Book is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader, completely rewritten and updated with new material.A CNN Book of the Week: “Explains not just why we should read books, but how we should read them. It's masterfully done.” –Farheed ZakariaOriginally published in 1940, this book is a rare phenomenon, a ... Read more

    £7.99

  • English Interrogative Sentences: Common Interrogative Patterns

    English Daily Use, #2

    by Manik Joshi ...
    Series Book 2 - English Daily Use
    This Book Covers The Following Topics:What are "Interrogative Sentences"?Structure (1) -- Wh-Question Word + Be/Do/Have/Modal(1A). What + Be/Do/Have/Modal(1B). When + Be/Do/Have/Modal(1C). Where + Be/Do/Have/Modal(1D). Which + Be/Do/Have/Modal(1E). Who + Be/Do/Have/Modal(1F). Whom + Be/Do/Have/Modal(1G). Whose + Be/Do/Have/Modal(1H). Why + Be/Do/Have/Modal(1I). How + Be/Do/Have/ModalStructure (2) ... Read more

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  • English Grammar- Have, Has, Had: Patterns and Examples

    English Daily Use, #18

    by Manik Joshi ...
    Series Book 18 - English Daily Use
    We use "have, has, had" in our everyday speech, therefore it's critical to understand the fundamentals. "Has" is used with the pronouns he, she, and it, and with singular subjects. "Have" is used with the pronouns I, you, we, and they, and with plural subjects. The verb "have, has, had" are used as auxiliary Verbs as well as main (ordinary) verbs. They also do the function of 'modal verbs'. 'The ... Read more

    £2.49 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Understanding Reading

    A Psycholinguistic Analysis of Reading and Learning to Read, Sixth Edition

    by Frank Smith ...
    Series series Routledge Education Classic Edition
    Understanding Reading revolutionized reading research and theory when the first edition appeared in 1971 and continues to be a leader in the field. In the sixth edition of this classic text Smith’s purpose remains the same: to shed light on fundamental aspects of the complex human act of reading – linguistic, physiological, psychological, and social – and of what is involved in learning to read ... Read more

    £55.79

  • Figurative Language Comprehension

    Social and Cultural Influences

    Edited by Herbert L. Colston, Albert N. Katz ...
    Figurative language, such as verbal irony, metaphor, hyperbole, idioms, and other forms is an increasingly important subfield within the empirical study of language comprehension and use. Figurative Language Comprehension: Social and Cultural Influences is an edited scholarly book that ties together recent research concerning the social and cultural influences on figurative language cognition. ... Read more

    £55.79

  • Technology, Literacy, and the Evolution of Society

    Implications of the Work of Jack Goody

    Edited by David R. Olson, Michael Cole ...
    Inspired by the seminal work of Jack Goody, a historical anthropologist specializing in the study of social structure and change, Technology, Literacy, and the Evolution of Society gathers diverse perspectives of 20 distinguished historians, anthropologists, psychologists, and educators to address the role of technologies in social stability and change in traditional and modern societies. In this ... Read more

    £54.89

  • Handbook of Orthography and Literacy

    Edited by R. Malatesha Joshi, P.G. Aaron ...
    Until about two decades ago, the study of writing systems and their relationship to literacy acquisition was sparse and generally modeled after studies of English language learners. This situation is now changing. As the worldwide demand for literacy continues to grow, researchers from different countries with different language backgrounds have begun examining the connection between their writing ... Read more

    £49.49

  • Words at Work and Play

    Three Decades in Family and Community Life

    by Shirley Brice Heath ...
    Childhood and family life have changed significantly in recent decades. What is the nature of these changes? How have they affected the use of time, space, work and play? In what ways have they influenced face-to-face talk and the uses of technology within families and communities? Eminent anthropologist Shirley Brice Heath sets out to find answers to these and similar questions, tracking the ... Read more

    £14.93

  • Child Language

    by Jean Stilwell Peccei ...
    Series series Language Workbooks
    Building on the established strengths of the first edition, Child Language has now been fully updated and includes some basic theory content, more exercises and summaries at the end of each unit.Child Language:* introduces students to key areas involved in the study of children's language: vocabulary development, word and sentence structure, conversational skills and pronunciation* contains a ... Read more

    £28.79

  • Reading Development and Difficulties in Monolingual and Bilingual Chinese Children

    Edited by Xi Chen, Qiuying Wang, Yang Cathy Luo ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This volume explores Chinese reading development, focusing on children in Chinese societies and bilingual Chinese-speaking children in Western societies. The book is structured around four themes: psycholinguistic study of reading, reading disability, bilingual and biliteracy development, and Chinese children’s literature. It discusses issues that are pertinent to improving language and literacy ... Read more

    £68.48

  • Reading Fluency

    Current Insights from Neurocognitive Research and Intervention Studies

    Edited by Asaid Khateb, Irit Bar-Kochva ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    The book is dedicated to the blessed memory of Prof. Zvia Breznitz, whose groundbreaking research has made a tremendous impact on the understanding of fluency in reading. The book presents a multidimensional perspective of recent research and reviews on fluency in reading. The first part presents recent brain-imaging findings from studies into the neurobiological basis of reading, as well as ... Read more

    £68.48