language and languages

A complete plan for a first year of world language instruction, from what you?ll undertake day to day in your classroom, to how to assess in keeping with your teaching, how to plan lessons to meet the national standards, how to get the behaviors you need from students to maximize their success, and even some friendly advice on maintaining sound mental health in the process.

"The story of Sequoyah and the creation of the Cherokee syllabary, as told by his thirteen year old son"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the histories of twenty languages and dialects, looking at their commonalities and differences.

In the summer of 1986, Molly visits her grandparents in mysterious Israel and worries about the language barrier.

"Dewey is starting to love life on Earth but struggles with the language, which is made more difficult when a classmate teases him about the fact that he cannot, hard as he tries, pronounce the word love"--OCLC.

In the summer of 1986, Molly visits her grandparents in mysterious Israel and worries about the language barrier.

"While sleeping on the roof of his father's hotel, thirteen-year-old Lucas Benes finds a baby alone and learns that the Good Company has restarted its profitable kidnapping business. Multilingual and already on his third passport, Lucas leads a network of international teenagers through the hotspots of Paris--from the catacombs to the Eiffel Tower--in an all-out effort to spoil a brainwashing ceremony that could potentially turn them all into 'Good' kids."--Provided by publisher.

A twelve-year-old orphan, Mosca Mye, and her homicidal goose, Saracen, travel to the city of Mandelion on the heels of smooth-talking con-man Eponymous Clent, driven by her love of language to find a better life.

A collection of essays that explores language and how it shapes reality, covering the art of translation, the lyricism of sign language, the numeric language of the author's autistic childhood, and more.