1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457168503321

Autore

Vadasy Patricia F

Titolo

Vocabulary instruction for struggling students [[electronic resource] /] / Patricia F. Vadasy, J. Ron Nelson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Guilford Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-51115-0

9786613511157

1-4625-0290-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

What works for special needs learners

Altri autori (Persone)

NelsonJ. Ron

Disciplina

372.44

Soggetti

Vocabulary - Study and teaching

Learning disabled children - Education

Reading - Remedial teaching

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: 1. Origins of Vocabulary Knowledge and Its Role in Reading Comprehension2. Word Properties That Affect Vocabulary Instruction3. Making Principled Decisions about Vocabulary Instruction4. Early Approaches to Vocabulary Instruction5. Evidence-Based Instructional Approaches for School-Age Children6. Independent Vocabulary Learning Approaches7. Vocabulary Assessment 8. Teaching Vocabulary to English Language Learners.

Sommario/riassunto

"Addressing a key skill in reading, writing, and speaking, this comprehensive book is grounded in cutting-edge research on vocabulary development. It presents evidence-based instructional approaches for at-risk students, including English language learners and those with learning difficulties. Coverage ranges from storybook reading interventions for preschoolers to direct instruction and independent word-learning strategies for older students. Guidance is provided on using word lists effectively and understanding how word features influence learning. The book also reviews available vocabulary assessment tools and describes how to implement them in a response-to-intervention framework"--



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465954203321

Autore

Hajkowski Thomas

Titolo

The BBC and national identity in Britain, 1922–53 / Thomas Hajkowski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York (N.Y.) : , : Manchester University Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-78170-231-4

1-84779-301-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Studies in popular culture

Disciplina

302.23440941

Soggetti

1922-1953

identité nationale

communication de masse

Nationalisme - Dans les medias - Grande-Bretagne

Radio broadcasting

Nationalism

Mass media and nationalism

Nationalism - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Radio broadcasting - Great Britain - History

Mass media and nationalism - Great Britain

History

Electronic books.

Grande-Bretagne

Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-246) and index.

Nota di contenuto

"Jolly proud you are a Britisher:" empire and identity, 1923-39 -- From the war to Westminster Abbey: the BBC and the empire, 1939-53 -- The BBC and the making of a multi-national monarchy -- Rethinking regional broadcasting in Britain, 1922-53 -- Broadcasting a nation: the BBC and national identity in Scotland -- BBC broadcasting in Wales, 1922-53 -- This is Northern Ireland: regional broadcasting and identity in "Ulster".



Sommario/riassunto

Examining the ways in which the BBC constructed and disseminated British national identity during the second quarter of the twentieth century, this book is the first study that focuses in a comprehensive way on how the BBC, through its radio programs, tried to represent what it meant to be British. The BBC and national identity in Britain offers a revision of histories of regional broadcasting in Britain that interpret it as a form of cultural imperialism. The regional organization of the BBC, and the news and creative programming designed specifically for regional listeners, reinforced the cu