language

"This book will help teachers examine their language habits and intentionally improve their classroom practice so their language matches and supports their goals"--OCLC.

Discusses the connections between politics, language, and race.

Presents a guide for high school freshmen to increase their vocabulary, with two hundred fifty defined vocabulary words, along with example sentences.

Illustrations and text help define more than 3,700 words in both English and Haitian Creole with language exercises, an easy-to-follow pronunciation guide, and a thematic index.

Provides research-based activities, lessons, strategies, and reproducible pages designed to promote oral language skills in prekindergarten and kindergarten students.

A guide to understanding how children develop language from birth through five years that reviews the latest research revealing how much infants, toddlers, and preschoolers know and can express from the early months on.

Presents practical information to help teachers lead students in envisioning themselves achieving success, use questions that encourage creative thinking, and listen to students in a supportive way, and includes stories and examples that show how to use words correctly and effectively in order to reinforce positive results in students.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on how to speak and write effectively, featuring entries that provide information about a particular word or set of words, and essay entries that address larger questions of usage and style.

A comprehensive guide that helps middle grade students better understand mathematical content through talking and writing, providing CD-ROM with lesson activities to stimulate learning.