1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910972011403321

Autore

McPherson Robert S. <1947->

Titolo

Navajo tradition, Mormon life : the autobiography and teachings of Jim Dandy / / Robert S. McPherson, Jim Dandy, and Sarah E. Burak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Salt Lake City, : University of Utah Press, c2012

ISBN

1-60781-222-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (307 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DandyJim

BurakSarah E

Disciplina

289.3092

Soggetti

Latter Day Saints

Navajo Indians

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

Jim's life and times in perspective: an overview of navajo and mormon history -- Praying to jesus, standing for monster slayer: traditional navajo syncretism and lds beliefs -- Jim?s early years: ?only a stick is left standing? -- Learning of navajo culture: teachings of the hogan and life -- Boarding schools and placement: education in the dandy family -- Of mission, college, and marriage: the ties that bind -- Education as a life?s work: serving the people -- Holy people, the creation, and its end: the navajo world -- Animals, birds, and insects: their place and power -- Offerings, songs, and ceremonies: interacting with the holy people -- The light and dark sides: avoiding and curing evil.

Sommario/riassunto

Born in the early 1940s in northern Arizona's high country desert, Jim Dandy began life imbued with the traditions of the Navajo people.Raised by his father and grandfather--both medicine men--and a grandmother steeped in Navajo practices, he embraced their teachings and followed in their footsteps.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910960583603321

Autore

Antle Joshua Brook

Titolo

Collocations and action research : learning vocabulary through collocations / / Joshua Brook Antle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, , [2018]

ISBN

9781350049895

1350049891

9781350049888

1350049883

9781350049871

1350049875

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 269 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

401/.93

Soggetti

Collocation (Linguistics) - Research

Language and languages - Word frequency - Research

Lexicology

Second language acquisition - Research - Methodology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Collocations, units of meaning and formulaic language -- Collocations and second language learning -- Methodology -- The first and second reflective cycles -- The third and fourth reflective cycles -- Discussion and conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

"Collocations and Action Research is a thorough investigation of both the theory and practice behind improving second language learners' vocabulary and fluency through the teaching of multi-word units of language. Taking these collocations as its focus, this book provides a clear and in-depth description of the cognitive processing language learners go through when producing speech in relation to them. Using the findings of a two-year action research study into improving learners' spoken fluency, Joshua Brook Antle also explores the practical sides of collocations, explaining how the research study was constructed and conducted. Orientating the findings within the larger



field of second language acquisition, especially within the L2 classroom, the practical applications of the findings are then presented through a series of pedagogical tasks all focusing on collocations and productive fluency. Providing a template for how to conduct an action research study using both qualitative and quantitative research techniques, Collocations and Action Research will appeal to researchers interested in vocabulary and spoken fluency, as well as language instructors wanting to better understand the nature of vocabulary and spoken discourse."--Bloomsbury Publishing.