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...

Consistently examines the business of media through the paradigm of production-distribution-exhibition in a way that no other book does, giving students a more thorough understanding of how media industries work and the vocabulary they need to talk about them. Engagingly written with examples that are familiar to students, helping them better connect to the content and understand their role as media consumers and producers.

Coverage of convergence and its impact is incorporated into every cha...

The new eighth edition of An Introduction to Sociolinguistics brings this valuable, bestselling textbook up to date with the latest in sociolinguistic research and pedagogy, providing a broad overview of the study of language in social context with accessible coverage of major concepts, theories, methods, issues, and debates within the field. This leading text helps students develop a critical perspective on language in society as they explore the complex connections between societal norms an...

'Redefining the Role of the Community Interpreter' questions the traditional notion of 'role' that is so often taught on interpreter education and training courses and, more often than not, prescribed by the Codes of Ethics/Practice/Conduct published by institutional users and providers of interpreting services. By examining the nature of face-to-face interactions and drawing on the most recent research into community and public service interpreting, the authors propose and describe a wholly ...

Ouvrage de Vocabulaire en français langue étrangère (FLE) dans la collection Progressive destiné aux grands adolescents et adultes, niveau intermédiaire (A2/B1).

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Entrainement et évaluation en ligne:

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Ce qui fait le succès de cet ouvrage de Vocabulaire:

Une organisation claire : la leçon de vocabulaire sur la page de gauche, les exercices et les activités communicatives sur la page de droite

25 chapitres thématiques présentant les thèmes u...

Corrigés de l'ouvrage de Grammaire en français langue étrangère (FLE) dans la collection Progressive destiné aux grands adolescents et adultes, niveau intermédiaire (A2/B1).

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Entrainement et évaluation en ligne:

près de 300 exercices interactifs avec dialogues, instructions, exemples et corrigés oralisés

un véritable parcours d'évaluation de près de 150 tests auto-correctifs.

Ce qui fait le succès de cet ouvrage de grammaire:

Une organisation claire : la leçon de gra...

De nieuwste editie van de toonaangevende bestseller in de categorie studieboeken Nederlandse taal en taalkunde In de derde herziene editie van Taal en Taalwetenschapgeefteen team van gerenommeerdetaalkundigeneen bredeinleiding inde belangrijkste thema'svan de taalwetenschap. Dit studieboek behandeltalle taalkundige deelgebieden, waaronderfonetiek, fonologie, morfologie, syntaxis, semantiek, discourse, en pragmatiek. De lezer maakt kennis met fundamentele begrippen en inzichten in het vakgebie...

The Integrated Chinese Volume 3 Workbook is designed to be used alongside the Volume 3 Textbook. Equal emphasis is given to the core language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. In Volume 3, both simplified and traditional characters are shown side-by-side.

Es ist spontane Entscheidung. Die Fahrkarte von Moskau nach Berlin kostet nur 96 Rubel, er braucht kein Visum, und außerdem lockt das Abenteuer - kurzerhand packt Wladimir Kaminer seine Sachen und reist im Sommer 1990 nach Deutschland. Berlin erweist sich schnell als ganz besondere Stadt. Hier trifft Wladimir seine zukünftige Frau Olga, ruft die Russendisko ins Leben und bringt sich mit dem russischen Lehrbuch "Deutsches Deutsch zum Selberlernen" eine neue Sprache bei. Mit hintergründigem ...