First, let's commend ourselves: how in the midst of a pandemic we faculty stepped up at record speed to teach in such a foreign learning environment. Try we did, adapt we did, and learn we did. But to be clear, and we already recognize this, this past spring was less about distance learning and more about crisis teaching.

This time around we have the opportunity to be much more purposeful and intentional, and that’s where The Distance Learning Playbook for College and University Instru...

Découvrir la France, tout savoir sur le cadre de vie des Français quand ils sont au travail, en famille, quand ils pratiquent des loisirs ; développer sa culture générale sur la vie politique française, les médias : La France au quotidien propose une approche vivante et très illustrée des comportements typiquement français. Les différents thèmes s'articulent autour de 12 dossiers qui donnent, à travers des données chiffrées et actualisées, des informations sur les habitudes de...

Der Deutschunterricht gilt als Schlüsselfach für interkulturelle und sprachliche Bildung. Dieser Band beschreibt, wie er gestaltet sein muss, um den Erfordernissen der Migrationsgesellschaft gerecht zu werden. Die Autorin umreißt das Konzept der Migrationsgesellschaft als Rahmen für den Deutschunterricht und entwirft eine Didaktik (post-)migrantischer Literatur. Sie unterzieht inter- oder transkulturelle Ansätze im Rückgriff auf Kulturtheorien und Kulturdidaktik einer kritischen Prüfun...

Third edition of the most highly regarded teaching text book on the Japanese language. This is the companion workbook to the text.

By tracing the traditional progression of rhetoric from the Greek Sophists to contemporary theorists, this textbook gives students a conceptual framework for evaluating and practicing persuasive writing and speaking in a wide range of settings and in both written and visual media. The book's expansive historical purview illustrates how persuasive public discourse performs essential social functions and shapes our daily worlds, drawing on the ideas of some of history's greatest thinkers and th...

Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries, and key readings-all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible 'two-dimensional' structure is built around four sections-introduction, development, exploration, and extension- which offer self-contained stages for s...

This bestselling textbook is the most fundamental and easy-to-use introduction for beginner students. Broad yet concise, this overview of key topics draws students in. The seventh edition has substantial changes to the chapters on phonetics and semantics, forty new study questions and more than twenty new tasks.

From profiling databases and mashups to cybersex and the truth about social networking, Miller's insightful second edition traces the pervasive influence of 'digital culture' throughout contemporary life.