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  • Bad Language: Decoding Donald Trump

    by Andy Curtis ...
    You've heard the speeches. Now see how they work—that is, how language can be used to convey information—or misinformation—to persuade, to rouse, to obfuscate. Linguist and researcher Dr. Andy Curtis deconstructs five major speeches by Donald Trump and examines them move by move, line by line, and explains how they function.Thoroughly researched (citing well over 200 sources) and engagingly ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Perspectives on Teaching Adults English in the Digital World

    by Glenda Rose, Andy Curtis ...
    Perspectives on Teaching Adults English in the Digital World presents an overview of online adult ESL in the United States, using five students to illustrate a number of important points, and examines teaching and learning English online, specifically at the U.S. tertiary level. The book also presents a clear and concise summary of adult education and workplace English language learning and ... Read more

    $16.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The New Peace Linguistics and the Role of Language in Conflict

    by Andy Curtis ...
    Series series Peace Education
    The idea of Peace Linguistics (PL) has been around for decades. However, the practice of PL has only occurred much more recently, only within the last few years, since the first creditbearing, university-level PL course was taught at Brigham Young University-Hawaii in 2017. Since then, the field of NPL has grown beyond its original goals, of using peaceful language and language that avoids or de ... Read more

    $50.09 USD

  • Color, Race, and English Language Teaching

    Shades of Meaning

    Edited by Andy Curtis, Mary Romney ...
    The unique contribution of this book is to bring together Critical Race Theory and narrative inquiry and apply them specifically to a largely overlooked area of experience within the field of TESOL: What does it mean to be a TESOL professional of color?To address this question, TESOL professionals of color from all over the world, representing a wide range of racial, ethnic, and cultural ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Methods and Methodologies for Language Teaching

    The Centrality of Context

    by Andy Curtis ...
    Series series Applied Linguistics for the Language Classroom
    An essential guide for pre-service and in-service English language teachers.There are countless theories and approaches to language teaching, and with so many different methodologies available it can be difficult for teachers to weigh up the pros and cons of each – or even to know where to start.Written by an experienced teacher and researcher, Methods and Methodologies for Language Teaching takes ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Washback in Language Testing

    Research Contexts and Methods

    Edited by Liying Cheng, Yoshinori Watanabe, WITH Andy Curtis ...
    Washback refers to the influence of language testing on teaching and learning. This volume, at the important intersection of language testing and teaching practices, presents theoretical, methodological, and practical guidance for current and future washback studies.In the field of language testing, researchers' major interest has traditionally been focused on issues and solving problems inherent ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Intercultural Communication in Asia: Education, Language and Values

    Edited by Andy Curtis, Roland Sussex ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This volume presents in-depth studies on leading themes in education policy and intercultural communication in contemporary Asia, covering empirical as well as theoretical approaches, and offering both an in-depth investigation of their implications, and a synthesis of areas where these topics cohere and point to advances in description, analysis and theory, policy and applications.The studies ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • English Language Assessment and the Chinese Learner

    Edited by Liying Cheng, Andy Curtis ...
    'This volume addresses a very timely and important topic, and provides both broad and in-depth coverage of a number of large-scale English tests in China, including Hong Kong and Taiwan, and about the Chinese learner.' – Lyle F. Bachman, From the ForewordBuilding on current theoretical and practical frameworks for English language assessment and testing, this book presents a comprehensive, up-to ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

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    Big Secret Book

    An Intense Guide for Creating Performance Theatre

    by Denise Clarke ...
    Narrated by Denise Clarke, Andy Curtis ...
    Series series Art Series

    Unabridged

    5 hours 37 min

    The Big Secret Book is an invaluable guide on the subject of creativity, no matter the preferred artistic discipline. Written by Denise Clarke, director of One Yellow Rabbit Summer Lab Intensive, the book outlines methods and methodologies of the Lab that have inspired writers, dancers, musicians, as well as performance theatre artists. Sidebar case studies of Denise Clarke’s remarkable ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    It Started With a Finger Up My A*se

    The most laughs you’ll have about prostate cancer

    by Andy Curtis ...
    Narrated by Andy Curtis ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 41 min

    "It Started with a Finger Up My A*se" is not your typical prostate cancer memoir — it’s a brutally honest, unexpectedly funny, and a deeply human journey through a diagnosis millions of men face but few talk about.You will get more solace from this prize-worthy, self-proclaimed masterpiece than any other book on the subject or your money back. (I didn’t mean that; I’m just making a point.)I was ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Ordinary Criminals: Go Ahead and Shoot Me and Other True Stories

    by Doug Heckbert ...
    Narrated by Andy Curtis, Sarah Wheeldon, Lorene Shyba ...
    Series series True Cases

    Unabridged

    7 hours 37 min

    Oridinary Criminals is a collection of stories by probation officer Doug Heckbert about real people who have been convicted of real crimes and who have been on probation, on parole, or in prison. The story, "Go Ahead and Shoot Me," for example, is about a woman who shot her husband upon his insistence and who, like many other subjects in the book, have come to see their offences as being pretty ... Read more

    $29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Post-Truth

    by Lee McIntyre ...
    Series series The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
    We are living in a world where “alternative facts” replace actual facts—and where feelings have more weight than evidence. But how did we get here?In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Lee McIntyre traces the development of the post-truth phenomenon from science denial through the rise of “fake news,” from our psychological blind spots to the public's retreat into ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook