Linguistics, as a social science, should have something to teach us about humans as social beings. However, modern grammatical theories regard languages as autonomous systems, so these theories are little concerned with speakers and hearers, their interactions, and their relationship to the world around them. Further, these theories tend toward excessive concern with methodology and the properties of linguistic systems, neglecting, in fact, the languages themselves and those who use them in everyday life. Even the shift toward cognitive approaches, promising for their new insights into the brain, still misses an equally important aspect of language, namely a framework which would account for the social activity by which speakers build linguistic structures in order to meet the requirements of communication. Based on a wide range of languages, Hagège's work sheds light on the human language building activity. He argues that the conscious and unconscious 'signatures' of human nature are written everywhere in language. The study of these signatures gives insight into basic characteristics of human beings, tends to re-humanize linguistics, and stresses the importance of language as a dynamic activity as opposed to a self-contained system.

Language Builder 1-8 Is A Complete And Graded Engilish Language And Grammar Series From Elementary To Middle Standard. Supported With A Large Number Of Graded English Grammar Worksheets And English Grammar Exercises, It Teaches The Rules Of Grammar Based On Latest Research In English Language Learning.Language Builder 1-8, Is A Series Of Books Which Work According To The Capacity Of The Learner To Ensure Mastery Learning With Interesting And Fun Grammar Worksheets Built To Internalise The Concepts. Lessons Introduce Concepts To The Students, And Grammar And Writing Worksheets Help Students Gain Confidence. Real Progress Is Made As The Students Are Challenged To Use Their New Language Skills In Real Life Situations.

Though it covers the grammar knowledge that young people need, this is far from a traditional, stuffy school grammar. Rather, information is presented in manageable, short explanations, backed by examples, activities and fun illustrations, all aimed at reinforcing the language points.

The games in this book are specifically designed to build language skills and vocabulary. They are ideal for students learning English as a second language, for student learning a foreign language, and for little ones developing their native language skills.

Language Builder 1-8 Is A Complete And Graded Engilish Language And Grammar Series From Elementary To Middle Standard. Supported With A Large Number Of Graded English Grammar Worksheets And English Grammar Exercises, It Teaches The Rules Of Grammar Based On Latest Research In English Language Learning.Language Builder 1-8, Is A Series Of Books Which Work According To The Capacity Of The Learner To Ensure Mastery Learning With Interesting And Fun Grammar Worksheets Built To Internalise The Concepts. Lessons Introduce Concepts To The Students, And Grammar And Writing Worksheets Help Students Gain Confidence. Real Progress Is Made As The Students Are Challenged To Use Their New Language Skills In Real Life Situations.

The ideal book for people who want to increase their word power. Thorough coverage of 1,200 words and 240 roots while introducing 2,300 words. The Vocabulary Builder is organized by Greek and Latin roots for effective study with nearly 250 new words and roots. Includes quizzes after each root discussion to test progress. A great study aid for students preparing to take standardized tests.

This is the newly updated SECOND EDITION! This version has been fully re-checked for accuracy and re-formatted to make it even more user-friendly, following feedback after a full year of classroom use by thousands of teachers across the world. Spanish Sentence Builders is a workbook aimed at beginner to pre-intermediate students co-authored by two modern languages educators with over 40 years of extensive classroom experience between the two, both in the UK and internationally. This 'no-frills' book contains 19 units of work on very popular themes, jam-packed with graded vocabulary-building, reading, translation, retrieval practice and writing activities. Key vocabulary, lexical patterns and structures are recycled and interleaved throughout. Each unit includes: 1) A sentence builder modelling the target constructions; 2) A set of vocabulary building activities; 3) A set of narrow reading texts exploited through a range of tasks focusing on both the meaning and structural levels of the text; 4) A set of retrieval-practice translation tasks; 5) A set of writing tasks targeting essential micro-skills such as spelling, lexical retrieval, syntax, editing and communication of meaning. Based on the Extensive Processing Instruction (E.P.I.) principle that learners learn best from comprehensible and highly patterned input flooded with the target linguistic features, the authors have carefully designed each and every text and activity to enable the student to process and produce each item many times over. This occurs throughout each unit of work as well as in smaller grammar, vocabulary and question-skills micro-units located at regular intervals in the book, which aim at reinforcing the understanding and retention of the target grammar, vocabulary and question patterns.

Focus on Learning Technologies helps teachers understand the role of digital technologies in supporting language learning for second or foreign language learners aged 5–18. Drawing on research with school-age learners, the book equips teachers with the knowledge necessary to make effective and principled decisions about choosing and using learning technologies in their own language classes. The book provides an accessible overview of key research studies on learning technologies, considers examples from real classroom practice, and provides activities to help teachers relate the content to their own teaching contexts. Additional online resources at www.oup.com/elt/teacher/folt Nicky Hockly is Director of Pedagogy at award-winning online training and development organisation The Consultants-E (www.theconsultants-e.com). Oxford Key Concepts Series Advisers: Patsy M. Lightbown and Nina Spada

This work reports on research into intelligent systems, models, and architectures for educational computing applications. It covers a wide range of advanced information and communication and computational methods applied to education and training.