This photocopiable resource provides a clear structure to assist teachers SENCOs learning support assistants & speech language therapists in developing children's language from the concrete to the abstract It is based on fifty picture & verbal scenarios that can be used flexibly with a wide range of ages & abilities Quick practical & easy to use in the classroom this programme can be used with individual children in small groups or can form the basis of a literacy lesson or speech language therapy session Key Features includequestion sheets are carefully structured to promote children's development of inference verbal reasoning & thinking skillsthe three parallel assessments of spoken & written language can be used to assess each child's starting level & then to monitor progressscore forms & worksheets for each lesson are included The book is particularly useful for children who are recognised as having delayed language skills specific language impairment Autism Spectrum Disorder (including Asperger's Syndrome) pragmatic language impairment or moderate learning difficulties The second edition is now in full colour throughout & has been updated with a simplified introduction All illustrations & worksheets will now be available online ...

Language Hacking Spanish is an unconventional conversation course for beginners that teaches you everything you need to start speaking Spanish right away
- not after years of study Crack the code & get fluent faster! 256 pages Lewis Benny
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Language in Children provides a concise & basic introduction for students studying child language acquisition for the first time Starting from the first sounds a child produces this book covers all the stages a child goes through in acquiring a language This title Illustrates developmental stages from the recognition of sounds & words to the ability to hold a conversation also covering bilingual upbringing & language disorders; Features real-life examples of all the phenomena discussed from languages such as French Spanish & Portuguese as well as English; Incorporates guidance on sources for further reading & exploration by chapter; Is supported by a companion website that

Includes:: exercises with links to real-world data in the CHILDES archive Written by an experienced author & teacher Language in Children is essential reading for students studying this topic

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For ninety per cent of our history humans have lived as 'hunters & gatherers' & for most of this time as talking individuals No direct evidence for the origin & evolution of language exists; we do not even know if early humans had language either spoken or signed Taking an anthropological perspective Alan Barnard acknowledges this difficulty & argues that we can nevertheless infer a great deal about our linguistic past from what is around us in the present Hunter-gatherers still inhabit much of the world & in sufficient number to enable us to study the ways in which they speak the many languages they use & what they use them for Barnard investigates the lives of hunter-gatherers by understanding them in their own terms to create a book which will be welcomed by all those interested in the evolution of language ...

A unique collection of original essays by 21 of the world's leading linguists The topics discussed focus on some of the most popular myths about language The Media Are Ruining English; Children Can't Speak or Write Properly Anymore; America is Ruining the English Language The tone is lively & entertaining throughout & there are cartoons from Doonesbury and The Wizard of Id to illustrate some of the points The book should have a wide readership not only amongst students who want to read leading linguists writing about popular misconceptions but also amongst the large number of people who enjoy reading about language in general ...

Population mobility is at an all-time high in human history One result of this unprecedented movement of peoples around the world is that in many school systems monolingual & monocultural students are the exception rather than the rule particularly in urban areas This shift in demographic realities entails enormous challenges for educators & policy-makers What do teachers need to know in order to teach effectively in linguistically & culturally diverse contexts? How long does it take second language learners to acquire proficiency in the language of school instruction? What are the differences between attaining conversational fluency in everyday contexts & developing proficiency in the language registers required for academic success? What adjustments do we need to make in curriculum instruction & assessment to ensure that second-language learners understand what is being taught & are assessed in a fair & equitable manner? How long do we need to wait before including second-language learners in high-stakes national examinations & assessments? What role (if any) should be accorded students' first language in the curriculum? Do bilingual education programs work well for poor children from minority-language backgrounds or should they be reserved only for middle-class children from the majority or dominant group? In addressing these issues this volume focuses not only on issues of language learning & teaching but also highlights the ways in which power relations in the wider society affect patterns of teacher-student interaction in the classroom Effective instruction will inevitably challenge patterns of coercive power relations in both school & society ...

This textbooksoftware package covers first-order language in a method appropriate for a wide range of courses from first logic courses for undergraduates (philosophy mathematics & computer science) to a first graduate logic course The accompanying online grading service instantly grades solutions to hundreds of computer exercises The second edition of Language Proof & Logic represents a major expansion & revision of the original package &

Includes:: applications for mobile devices additional exercises a dedicated website & increased software compatibility & support

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This innovative introduction outlines the structure & distribution of the world s languages charting their evolution over the past 200000 years 400 pages Tetel Andresen Julie ...

Like Dewey he has revolted against the empiricist dogma & the Kantian dualisms which have compartmentalized philosophical thought Unlike Dewey he has provided detailed incisive argumentation & has shown just where the dogmas & dualisms break down --Richard Rorty The Yale Review ...

How many languages are there? What differentiates one language from another? Are new languages still being discovered? Why are so many languages disappearing? The diversity of languages today is varied but it is steadily declining In this Very Short Introduction Stephen Anderson answers the above questions by looking at the science behind languages Considering a wide range of different languages & linguistic examples he demonstrates how languages are not uniformly distributed around the world; just as some places are more diverse than others in terms of plants & animal species the same goes for the distribution of languages Exploring the basis for linguistic classification & raising questions about how we identify a language as well as considering signed languages as well as spoken Anderson examines the wider social issues of losing languages & their impact in terms of the endangerment of cultures & peoples ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable ...