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Writing, Researching And Reading Bilingual, Regional Children's Literature, Anna M. Nogar Phd
Writing, Researching And Reading Bilingual, Regional Children's Literature, Anna M. Nogar Phd
LAII Events
Do you remember reading or being read children's books? Were they about leyendas y mitos, historias or places you had been near home? ¿Was there a vaivén between languages? In this talk, Dr. Anna M. Nogar will discuss the research involved in creating illustrated, bilingual books with a regional focus for children; how such books are written; and what is involved in their reading for young audiences. Teaching and working with current students in an online undergraduate class on "La vida juvenil bilingüe" in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Dr. Nogar shares that experience and helps us think about …
[Introduction To] Constructing The Adolescent Reader In Contemporary Young Adult Fiction, Elisabeth Rose Gruner
[Introduction To] Constructing The Adolescent Reader In Contemporary Young Adult Fiction, Elisabeth Rose Gruner
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This book examines the way young adult readers are constructed in a variety of contemporary young adult fictions, arguing that contemporary young adult novels depict readers as agents. Reading, these novels suggest, is neither an unalloyed good nor a dangerous ploy, but rather an essential, occasionally fraught, by turns escapist and instrumental, deeply pleasurable, and highly contentious activity that has value far beyond the classroom skills or the specific content it conveys. After an introductory chapter that examines the state of reading and young adult fiction today, the book examines novels that depict reading in school, gendered and racialized reading, …
Comm 19999: Essential Communication Skills, Julie Warkentin, Jonathan Filipovic
Comm 19999: Essential Communication Skills, Julie Warkentin, Jonathan Filipovic
Faculty Books
This open educational resource textbook provides Sheridan students with the foundational information and skills necessary to be successful in diploma-level programs. The book integrates customized Sheridan-centred content, including information on academic resources available on campus and customized readings that reflect the cross-disciplinary work of Sheridan programs, students, and faculty. With a focus on writing and research skills for both academic and professional contexts, the COMM 19999 course text is a valuable resource for students as they transition from post-secondary studies into their chosen fields.
Suggestions For Summer Reading, Elizabeth Harrison
Suggestions For Summer Reading, Elizabeth Harrison
Elizabeth Harrison’s Writings
Harrison provides summer reading suggestions for the areas of: Making the Indefinite Definite, Passive Education, Active Education, Stories and How to Tell Them, Hand Work, Courtesy, Positive and Negative Training, Home Life and Influences, Influences of Harmonious Surroundings, and Parallel Between Race and Child.