Featuring a diverse array of inspirational figures, this compilation showcases profound quotes spanning twenty-five centuries of wisdom. It captures the insights and reflections of both men and women throughout history, offering readers a rich tapestry of thoughts to inspire and motivate.
Focusing on the elicitation of linguistic data, this book offers a comprehensive guide to field research techniques. It begins with foundational concepts and then delves into practical methods across eight key areas of linguistics, including phonetics, syntax, and sociolinguistics. By engaging with native speaker informants, the authors provide innovative approaches to gathering and analyzing linguistic information, making it a valuable resource for both students and researchers in the field.
Make your lessons interesting, interactive, and engaging Successful lessons are explicit, yet also inspire active learning and opportunities to respond. As the one shaping lessons, can you do better? Probably, and you're not alone. Research shows teachers consistently offer students far fewer than the recommended opportunities to respond, leaving all students--including those with special needs and behavior challenges--less than engaged and falling short of their best chance for success. With this book, you'll discover 14 strategies you can translate directly to your classroom, complete with descriptions, advantages and disadvantages of each, and how and when best to use them. Divided into three parts, you will be guided through Verbal engagement strategies, such as whip around, choral responding, quick polls, and individual questioning Non-verbal engagement strategies, such as stop and jot, guided notes, response cards, and hand signals Partner and teaming strategies, such as turn & talk, cued retell, four corners, and classroom mingle
The author's journey begins with a diagnosis of fibrosarcoma at 15, leading to two years of intense treatment and ultimately amputation of the leg. The narrative explores the challenges faced during this period and the subsequent battles with cancer, including a recurrence of bladder cancer in 2021. Through personal experiences of pain and resilience, the book highlights themes of survival, the impact of illness on life, and the enduring strength of the human spirit.