Living Language: Exploring Advanced Level English Language (Living Language Series)

by George Keith (Author), JohnShuttleworth (Author)

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  Paperback
  1997

  $4.25

  Covering the skills and knowledge required by A Level English Language syllabuses, this is an essentially practical text. It provides information, ideas and background theory which students should be able to access effectively and enjoy via activities and investigations. This text aims to enable students to read and listen in a linguistically informed manner, and to develop their own writing and speaking abilities. With emphasis on the student's own experience of language, the many group and individual activities lift the theory from the page and stimulate integrated productive and analytical work. The activities suggest ways of applying linguistic knowledge to texts and data, and are designed to prepare students for examination papers and to generate quality course work. Both literary and non-literary texts are featured.

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $3.29

  A practical guide to the whole process of editorial writing, from conception to print. Students are invited to explore the processes of: reading and preparing source material; textual conventions (genre, format, audience, purpose); weaving a new text (including contextualisation of excerpts and editorial features); finding the right voice (registering levels of formality depending upon the target audience); shaping and structuring; and preparing a text for publication. The book also offers advice on what examiners are looking for and what mistakes to avoid. The book is part of the Living Language series, which is designed to meet needs in the teaching of A Level English Language and A Level English Language and Literature. The series seeks to provide information, ideas and background theory which can be easily accessed through enjoyable activities and investigations.