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  • Putting an Accent on British Accents

    by Alex Baratta ...
    This book focuses on a common prejudice within British society: accent. In doing so, it addresses commonly believed myths regarding accent, and the stereotypes often placed onto the speakers of certain accents as a result (e.g., he’s thick, she’s trustworthy, he sounds common, and so on). The overall purpose is to create a more reasoned understanding of accent by approaching it from an objective ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Emerging Englishes

    China English in Academic Writing

    by Alex Baratta, Rui He, Paul Vincent Smith ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies
    This book encourages further conversation on the expanding circle in World Englishes, offering a detailed look at ‘China English’ through the academic writing of Chinese students at a British university.The volume seeks to blur the simplistic binary of ‘Chinglish’, a broad term often understood to encompass grammatical or lexical errors or seemingly ‘unnatural’ expressions, and ‘China English’, ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Transnational Korean Englishes

    by Sofia Rüdiger, Alex Baratta ...
    Series series Elements in World Englishes
    Transnational Korean Englishes presents the many faces of English in South Korea (henceforth also Korea) – from Korean English forms and functions to English loanwords in Korean, and from the influences of Korean on the English language to Korean cultural exports. Drawing on specialized and purpose-built spoken and written corpora and other empirical data as well as previous studies, the Element ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • World Englishes in English Language Teaching

    by Alex Baratta ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book provides an in-depth exploration of World Englishes and their place in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom. It opens with a critical assessment of the research to date that includes analysis of competing and complementary terms such as English as an International Language (EIL), Global English, English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) and 'Glocal English'. Here, and throughout the ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • The Societal Codification of Korean English

    by Alex Baratta ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Advances in World Englishes
    From K-pop to kimchi, Korean culture is becoming increasingly popular on the world stage. This cultural internationalisation is also mirrored linguistically, in the emergence and development of Korean English. Often referred to as 'Konglish', this book describes how the two terms in fact refer to different things and explains how Koreans have made the English language their own.Arguing that ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • How to Read and Write Critically

    by Alex Baratta ...
    Series series Student Success
    To succeed in any assessment, you need to demonstrate critical thinking – but what does it mean to be ‘critical’?This book takes a hands-on approach to helping you think, read and write critically. Packed with examples from different disciplines and subjects, it talks through dozens of written extracts so you can see what criticality actually looks like.The book:· Equips you with tools for making ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Accent and Teacher Identity in Britain

    Linguistic Favouritism and Imposed Identities

    by Alex Baratta ...
    In British society, we celebrate diversity and champion equality across many areas, such as race and religion. However, where do British accents stand? Do notions such as 'common' or 'posh' still exist regarding certain accents, to the extent that people are deemed fit, or not, for certain professions, despite their qualifications? Accent and Teacher Identity in Britain explores these questions ... Read more

    $38.89 USD

  • Read Critically

    by Alex Baratta ...
    Series series Super Quick Skills
    Critical reading is the foundation of good research. Read Critically gives you the knowledge and tools you need to be able to extract meaning from texts and judge its quality, relevance and significance.Understand your assignment questionKnow how to think critically, and in turn read criticallyWrite critically and ace your assignment.Super Quick Skills provides the essential building blocks you ... Read more

    $14.29 USD