language and languages

"Offers school psychologists, reading specialists, and educators a practical and accessible guide to ... research, information, and strategies available for understanding, assessing, and intervening with students who present with reading difficulties"--Back cover.

Knowing very little English, eleven-year-old Jingwen feels like an alien when his family immigrates to Australia, but copes with loneliness and the loss of his father by baking elaborate cakes.

Explores the forces that shape human language and various methods of communication to understand how the internet is constantly transforming the English language with its jargon, character limits, emojis, and memes.

"An inspiring collection of the author's own glorious poems celebrating a love of words and all the ways we use and interact with them: reading, speaking, writing, singing, and storytelling. Includes a glossary of Spanish words used in the poems"--.

Selig, who loves words and copies them on pieces of paper that he carries with him, goes on a trip to discover his purpose.

Surveys the language families and writing systems of the world through text, maps, photographs, and charts, looking at the forces that have affected the dissemination and development of language, and discussing the issue of disappearing languages.

Provides an introduction to the interjection, discussing grammar rules and word usage.

Provides an introduction to the simile and metaphor, discussing grammar rules and word usage.

Both photos and illustrations present readers with common questions and various common answers and their corresponding ASL signs.