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Springer Verlag, Singapore Conferencing and Presentation English for Young
Book SynopsisThis book discusses and demonstrates the types of English discourse used at academic conferences and offers guidance to prospective conference participants from multiple perspectives. It is a combination of research taken from numerous academic conferences attended and observations made by the author, based on well-established research methods in applied linguistics, as well as a guidebook aimed at students, ESP teachers, and young academics and professionals wishing to upgrade their skills to participate fruitfully in, and contribute to, academic conferences. It offers academic novices and non-native speakers of English in particular much that is new and practical, far beyond the realm of simple ‘presentation tips’. It addresses various topics, such as chairing discussions, poster management, discussion sessions, the TED phenomenon, workshops, and the emerging field of English as a lingua franca. The style alternates between the accessible and practical, and the analysis of the linguistic categories underpinning the discourse: genre analysis, the nature of the specialist discourse community, features of academic spoken discourse, and the presentation as multimodal narrative are all explored. The book includes authentic samples of model speech discourse throughout, along with questions and exercises for deliberation or practice in each chapter.Table of Contents1 Introduction.- Part 1 The external framework of academic conferences.- 2 An 'Age of conferencing'.- 3 The TED factor.- 4 Affective factors influencing conference presentation performance.- 5 'Native' vs non-native English speakers (NES/NNES) and English as a lingua franca (ELF) at Academic Conferences.- 6 Implications of ELF for ESP/EAP teachers, learners, and international academic conference discourse.- Part 2 The conference and the structure of its core speech events.- 7 The academic functions of conference discourse.- 8 Genre and mode in the discourse community.- 9 Engagement and narrative.- Part 3 Academic conference discourse: The research background.- 10 Investigation process and research focus.- 11 Social and environmental factors.- Part 4 Practical ideas and suggestions for effective conference performance.- 12 Academic tenor and formulaic academic phrases.- 13 Conference presentation introductions and openings.- 14 The management of conference presentation outline slides.- 15 Effective conference presentation summaries, conclusions, and closings.- 16 Transition phrases in the conference presentation.- 17 Managing discussion sessions (Q&A).- 18 Intonation, visuals, text, and narrative.- 19 Managing conference presentation and discussion session breakdown (Repair).- Part 5 Academic conference agnates and extra-textual considerations.- 20 Poster sessions.- 21 Symposia, colloquia, and workshops.- 22 The attendee as a conference participant.- 23 Chairing discourse.- 24 The academic conference social dimension.- Part 6 Practical preparations for the conference presentation.- 25 Final-stage tips.
£59.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore English-Medium Instruction Translanguaging
Book SynopsisThis book examines translanguaging pedagogy in Asia’s English-medium instruction (EMI) higher education. It presents an overview of concepts and common issues, and case studies from specific contexts in Asia. The book first interrogates macro-level English-medium instruction policies and implementation from English as a lingua franca (ELF) perspectives. Following this, implications of English as a lingua franca on English-medium instruction pedagogy will be explored, with a theoretical framework of 'translanguaging pedagogy' developed. The book concludes with a discussion on translanguaging and how the concept contributes to English-medium instruction in Asia. Through the book, the content focuses on the specificity of each Asian English-medium instruction context from a translanguaging lens. English-medium instruction policies and translingual practices from China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam are explored, and opportunities and challenges related to translanguaging pedagogy in Asian English-medium instruction classrooms are examined.Table of ContentsPart 1: Theory, Research And Policy.- Chapter 1. Translanguaging as a Glocalized Strategy for EMI in Asia.- Chapter 2. English as a Lingua Franca, Translanguaging and EMI in Asian Higher Education: Implications for Pedagogy.- Chapter 3. Translanguaging and English-Within-Multilingualism in The Japanese EMI Context.- Chapter 4. Translanguaging and Language Policy in Thai Higher Education EMI Programmes.- Part 2: Classrooms and Lectures’ Practices and Perspective.- Chapter 5. Translanguaging Strategies for EMI Instruction in Taiwanese Higher Education.- Chapter 6. Strategic Use of L1 in Chinese EMI Classrooms: A Translanguaging Perspective.- Part 3: Classrooms and Students’ Practices and Perspectives.- Chapter 7. Translanguaging Practices in EMI Settings from the Perspective of Student Agency: An Example from Vietnamese Higher Education.- Chapter 8. “I Forgot the Language”: Japanese Students’ Actual Multilingual Selves and Translanguaging Challenges as English Majors in Taiwan.- Chapter 9. Translanguaging in EMI Higher Education in Taiwan: Learner Perception and Agency.- Part 4: Conclusion.- Chapter 10. Conclusion: EMI and Translanguaging in Asia Through The ROAD-MAPPING Lens.
£123.49
Springer Verlag, Singapore English-Medium Instruction Translanguaging
Book SynopsisThis book examines translanguaging pedagogy in Asia’s English-medium instruction (EMI) higher education. It presents an overview of concepts and common issues, and case studies from specific contexts in Asia. The book first interrogates macro-level English-medium instruction policies and implementation from English as a lingua franca (ELF) perspectives. Following this, implications of English as a lingua franca on English-medium instruction pedagogy will be explored, with a theoretical framework of 'translanguaging pedagogy' developed. The book concludes with a discussion on translanguaging and how the concept contributes to English-medium instruction in Asia. Through the book, the content focuses on the specificity of each Asian English-medium instruction context from a translanguaging lens. English-medium instruction policies and translingual practices from China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam are explored, and opportunities and challenges related to translanguaging pedagogy in Asian English-medium instruction classrooms are examined.Table of ContentsPart 1: Theory, Research And Policy.- Chapter 1. Translanguaging as a Glocalized Strategy for EMI in Asia.- Chapter 2. English as a Lingua Franca, Translanguaging and EMI in Asian Higher Education: Implications for Pedagogy.- Chapter 3. Translanguaging and English-Within-Multilingualism in The Japanese EMI Context.- Chapter 4. Translanguaging and Language Policy in Thai Higher Education EMI Programmes.- Part 2: Classrooms and Lectures’ Practices and Perspective.- Chapter 5. Translanguaging Strategies for EMI Instruction in Taiwanese Higher Education.- Chapter 6. Strategic Use of L1 in Chinese EMI Classrooms: A Translanguaging Perspective.- Part 3: Classrooms and Students’ Practices and Perspectives.- Chapter 7. Translanguaging Practices in EMI Settings from the Perspective of Student Agency: An Example from Vietnamese Higher Education.- Chapter 8. “I Forgot the Language”: Japanese Students’ Actual Multilingual Selves and Translanguaging Challenges as English Majors in Taiwan.- Chapter 9. Translanguaging in EMI Higher Education in Taiwan: Learner Perception and Agency.- Part 4: Conclusion.- Chapter 10. Conclusion: EMI and Translanguaging in Asia Through The ROAD-MAPPING Lens.
£95.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore The Struggle for the National Narrative in
Book SynopsisThis book offers a unique analysis of how political representatives construct ideas about the nation in contemporary Indonesian politics. In their struggle to define what the authors call the ‘national narrative’, would-be national leaders seek to develop a story about the nation’s past, present and future. These stories feature a unique plot, set of characters, and a moral that the political narrator hopes will resonate. In contemporary Indonesia, the authors assess two prominent national narratives: the technocratic and populist national narratives. The book concludes with an analysis that considers other potential sources of ideas about the nation, as well as the potential implications for domestic politics and Indonesian grand strategy.Table of Contents1.Narratives and the Nation 2.The Technocratic National Narrative 3.The Populist National Narrative 4.Alternative National Narratives 5.The National Narrative, Indonesian Domestic Politics and Grand Strategy
£52.24
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Arts: A Science Matter
Book SynopsisThis book treats arts as part of science, from the unified perspective of Science Matters. It contains 17 chapters, with 18 contributors who are prominent humanists, professional artists, or scientists. It consists of three parts: Part I: Philosophy and History of Arts; Part II: Arts in Action; Part III: Understanding Arts. The book is aimed at both research scholars and laypeople, and is unique in two important aspects. It is probably the first and only book that academic professionals and practicing artists contribute to the same book, as equals, on the common theme of creating and understanding arts. (Artists here include Cristina Leiria whose huge Kun Iam (Goddess of Mercy) sculpture is an important landmark in Macau, and the famous movie director, Hark Tsui, who is publishing his first ever article on movie-making). Perhaps more importantly, a new understanding of the origin and nature of arts is offered for the first time, which is more convincing than all the other hypotheses put forth in the last two thousand years.Table of ContentsArts: A Science Matter (L Lam); Philosophy and History of Arts: The Latin ArtesA" and the Origin of Modern ArtsA" (B Hoppe); Science and Art: A Philosophical Perspective (G-S Wu); Neuroarthistory: Reuniting Ancient Traditions in a New Scientific Approach to the Understanding of Art (J Onians); Science and Art in China (B Liu); The Development of Science Theater (I Schneider); Arts in Action: The Silence of Art (C Leiria); Linsen's Art (L Ngai); From Curiosity to Creation: The Art Work of Holly Lane (H Lane); ChemArt and BioArt (M Burguete); Making Movies and Making Physics (H Tsui & L Lam); A Journey along the Borderland: A Critical Approach to Artificial Intelligence-Based Literary Practice (J-C Zhu & D F Harrell); Understanding Arts: On the Origin of Literary Narrative and Its Relation to Adaptation (P Hogan); Emotion, Cognition and Aesthetic Form in Vishal Bhardwaj's Omkara and Shakespeare's Othello (L Hogan); Danmei Novels and Rotten Women (T-T Wang); Objects in Art and Science (N Sanitt); Su Dong-Po's Bamboo and Paul Cezanne's Apple (L Lam & L-M Qiu).
£117.00
NUS Press Sundanese Print Culture and Modernity in 19th
Book SynopsisSundanese Print Culture and Modernity in 19th Century West Java traces the development of modern printed books written in Sundanese, the dominant language in West Java, Indonesia, and the mother tongue of about 30 million people. Starting with the 'discovery' of Sundanese by Europeans in the early 19th century, Mikihiro Moriyama follows the developments in the ensuing century when a small group of Dutch scholars and colonial officials reshaped the language and its literature over the next one hundred years. Schools taught Sundanese, and printed materials based on western concepts began to influence indigenous writing and oral tradition. The imposition of European standards of literary aesthetics shaped a modernity that rejected traditional knowledge in favour of rational and empirical paradigms. Interest in traditional poetry and its mythologies declined, and new forms of prose, including novels, captured the attention of the reading public. These materials promoted useful knowledge and morality, and encouraged deference and loyalty towards colonial authority. Early in the 20th century, the establishment of the Commissie voor de Inlandsche School- en Volkslectuur (Committee for Indigenous Schoolbooks and Popular Reading Books), a government-subsidised institution, provided the growing number of literate people in the Indies with 'good' and 'appropriate' reading materials. Its development marked the end of an era when Sundanese writing competed with Western-style schools and publications, and signalled the triumph of the new colonial modernity.
£31.66
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd The Leeter Spiaking Singlish: Book 1:
Book SynopsisFollowing on the success of his 2017 hit, Spiaking Singlish: A Companion to How Singaporeans Communicate, Gwee Li Sui is back with a series of three “Leeter” books covering the quintessential features of Singlish, Singapore’s unofficial language – written in Singlish! In this first volume, we delve into what is known as the end-particle: “a modifier that primarily comes at the end of a sentence or a clause. Its appearance changes the meaning of the whole construction – yes, it is that powderful one! We will look at a whole bunch of them: lah, leh, ler, lor, loh, liao, ha, ah, hor, wor, mah, meh, siol, sial, sia, eh, nia, neh, and bah. Some are long-long oredi got use although their uses may have evolved. Others are sibeh new even to my ears!"
£12.14
Springer-Verlag GmbH Parts of Speech of Chinese
£40.49
Springer-Verlag GmbH The Chinese Particle De
£40.49
Springer Research on the Dialects of Myanmar
Book SynopsisChapter 1. The Major Dialects of Myanmar.- Chapter 2. Studies of Linguistic Properties across Myanmar Dialects.- Chapter 4. Appendices Vocabulary Lists of the Myanmar Dialects.
£98.99
Springer The Handbook of Persian Dialects and Dialectology
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£151.99
Cornell University Press Fijian-English Dictionary: With Notes on Fijian
Book SynopsisThe Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, recommends Ronald Gatty's Fijian-English Dictionary as the most up-to-date lexicographic source for the language, a reliable, practical guide that includes helpful notes on word usage and Fijian culture.
£26.09
Ekta Books Distributors Pvt. Ltd. Nepali in Context:: A Tropical Approach to
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£28.02
NUS Press Isan Writers, Thai Literature: Writing and
Book SynopsisRegional characteristics and regional language feature prominently in discussions of Thai identity, but there is little mention of regional literatures. In northeastern Thailand’s Isan region, authors write primarily in Thai, but it is possible nonetheless to identify an Isan literature, which played a significant and at times pivotal role in the development of Thai literature in the second half of the twentieth century, as authors grappled with how their origins and experiences related to the Thai centre. Martin Platt’s account of Isan literature is an important first step toward a broader study of regional literatures in Thailand, and shapes a model that has relevance for examining literary works in other Asian countries. Martin B. PLATT is Associate Professor in the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen.
£30.95
Ratna Pustak Bhandar,Nepal Bonjour-namaste: A manual to learn French
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£9.74
Europe Books SAY THAT AGAIN
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£7.49
Edizioni Terra Santa An N Introduction to Late Antique Epigraphy in the Holy Land: A Thorough Study on Greek and Latin Epigraphy in the Holy Land
£37.05
Kerry Sutherland An Eye for Genius: James Brand Pinker and Henry
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£23.74
Hendrickson Publishers HEBREW READER FOR THE PENTATEUCH
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£23.66
Hendrickson Publishers The Preachers Hebrew Companion to Isaiah 4066
Book SynopsisPreachers know that understanding Greek and Hebrew can strengthen their sermons. However, years after taking language courses, it becomes challenging to study texts in the original languages, especially when time is limited.This volume offers: A curated selection of key passages from Isaiah 40-66 Clearly formatted lexical and grammatical tools needed to study the Hebrew text A commentary section that helps preachers effectively bridge the gap between reading the Hebrew text and preaching it Whether one's Hebrew is beginner or advanced, this series will empower readers to deepen their study of the Hebrew text and preach engaging, content-driven sermons. This book-as well as the entire Preacher's Companion Series-is a fresh and helpful companion to traditional commentaries and a valuable addition to every preacher's library.
£37.46
Hendrickson Publishers Septuaginta An Abridged Readers Edition
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£27.96
Hendrickson Publishers The Preachers Greek Companion to Ephesians
Book SynopsisPreachers know that understanding Greek and Hebrew can strengthen their sermons. However, years after taking language courses, it becomes challenging to study texts in the original languages, especially when time is limited.This volume offers: The entire text of Ephesians, broken into passages Clearly formatted lexical and grammatical tools needed to study the Greek text A commentary section that helps preachers effectively bridge the gap between reading the Greek text and preaching it Whether one's Greek is beginner or advanced, this series will empower readers to deepen their study of the Greek text and preach engaging, content-driven sermons. This book-as well as the entire Preacher's Companion Series-is a fresh and helpful companion to traditional commentaries and a valuable addition to every preacher's library.
£29.71
Hendrickson Publishers Intersection
£65.24
Hendrickson Publishers The Preachers Hebrew Companion to Ecclesiastes
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£31.60
Independently Published More English Collocations in Dialogue: Master
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£13.31
Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S. Business and Professional Writing: From Problem to Proposal
Book SynopsisThe NEW 5th edition of Business and Professional Writing: From Problem to Proposal is built around a single concept - that students learn professional writing through ownership of their ideas. This text equips students with the real-world skills that today's employers seek.Business and Professional Writing: From Problem to Proposal: is a proposal writing text. It assists students in building a proposal from the ground up. includes an author-constructed heuristic known as the "Six P's" which assists students in understanding the information accumulated and where the research process needs to go next. features the job search chapter early on in order to prepare students for subsequent and less familiar assignments. contains a learner-centered theme throughout: peer review workshop exercises and key assignments are included.
£66.60
National Association for Interpretation Interpretive Writing
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£65.70
National Association for Interpretation Interpretive Writing
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£18.99
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Letters to Men and Women of Letters
Book SynopsisIn her Letters to Men and Women of Letters, Diane Joy Charney writes to the authors she admires, both living and dead, who continue to keep her company. Her letters reflect what these writers have taught Charney about herself, but also what they can offer the reader. Each letterpart literary love affair, part entertaining memoirshows Charney's reaction to having studied and taught the work of these timeless writers. She was a latecomer to many of them, but it's never too late to fall in love with great writers.Among these are Franz Kafka, George Eliot, Proust, Nabokov, Camus, Colette, Flaubert, Edith Wharton, Balzac, Leonard Cohen, Christo, and her father. Her letters have been described as quirky (Dear Jean-Paul Sartre, There have been many Jean-Pauls in my life, but you're the only one in whose bedroom I have slept), warm, accessible, and funny.
£65.70
Generis Publishing Quantulacumque lucretiana: Nuove piste di ricerca sulla fortuna di Lucrezio nel tardo Rinascimento
£24.34
Whitaker House EXPLORING THE MIND OF GOD
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£14.05
Solution Tree Raising Up Readers
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£28.45
