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This book explores the relationship between online second language (L2) communicative activities and formal language learning. It provides empirical evidence of the scale of L2 English use online, investigating the forms most commonly used, the activities likely to cause discomfort and the challenges experienced by users, and takes a critical approach to the nature of language online beyond the paradigms of 'written' versus 'spoken'. The author explores...
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Si quieres escribir bien y a la vez entender la ortografía, este es el libro que debes leer. La ortografía es fundamental y no siempre es fácil acordarse de todas las reglas, pero ayuda mucho si al aprenderlas nos explican, con la claridad y cercanía con las que Juan Romeu lo hace, cómo son realmente y las razones que han llevado a que existan en español. La ortografía puede ser más fácil de lo que crees si, como en este libro, te la cuentan...
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JIMENA TIERRA es jurista (UAM), con máster en perfilación criminal y en pericia caligráfica (UDIMA). Asimismo, cuenta con amplios conocimientos en Ciencias sociales y Humanidades.
Escribe desde hace más de treinta años contando con galardones en poesía y relato. Como novelista destaca con los títulos Equinoccio (ed. Playa de Ákaba, 2016) y Cambio de Rasante (ed. Grupo Tierra Trivium, 2017), adaptados al sistema braille, audiolibro y traducidos...
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La investigación empieza con una reseña sobre la naturaleza del Internet móvil (IM) y las funciones de las aplicaciones para aparatos portátiles y miniaturizados, que están modificando todas las relaciones. Luego, plantea cuatro situaciones específicas relacionadas con el uso de estos instrumentos en el país: manejar vehículos, asistir al cine, a clases universitarias y a reuniones sociales. ¿Es posible tener éxito si se regulan dichas conductas...
5) Why Not Retire and Become a Writer?: A Seniors Guide to Having a Retirement Career Publishing Books
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Do You Dream of Retiring and Making a Living As a Writer? Learn How!
Do you dream of one day retiring and spending the rest of your days sitting on your couch and watching TV? Maybe! But if you do, then you probably are not reading this description! Most people, even in retirement, want to have a job. We may not call it a job, or even think about it as a job-but we want to do something.
For many people, that job is writing that great story they've...
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Step into a world where technology and creativity collide in "Narrative Nexus: The AI Dilemma in Fiction." Delve into the heart of the riveting debate surrounding the role of artificial intelligence in replacing fictional writers. In this thought-provoking exploration, we journey through the compelling arguments both in favor of and against the idea, navigating the complex landscape where innovation and tradition intersect.
In an era of rapidly...
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This volume shares the results of research conducted within and across the complex nexus of language, religion and new technologies. It identifies the dynamic and mobile ways religious practice and language interact online to modify, confirm, transform and consolidate linguistic resources and repertoires. It makes a significant contribution to work in the emerging sub-discipline of the sociology of language and religion and adds to the growing work...
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When we think of design primarily in terms of visual representation, we neglect an essential piece of the creative process. The words we use to form concepts can also powerfully shape a design project from start to finish-giving clarity to goals, precision to names and structure, and purpose to stylistic choices.
Elizabeth McGuane offers a fresh, empowering framework for design. Drawing from her experience on the forefront of web, mobile, and...
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An accessible and important look at what is truly behind our digital outrage
On any given day, at any given hour, across the various platforms constituting what we call social media, someone is angry. Facebook. Instagram. Twitter. Reddit. 4Chan. In The Rhetoric of Outrage: Why Social Media is Making Us Angry Jeff Rice addresses the critical question of why anger has become the dominant digital response on social media. He examines the theoretical...
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"The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Knowledge Management Systems" is an insightful and comprehensive book that delves deep into the intersection of AI and KM. With the rapid advancements in AI technology, knowledge management is increasingly becoming more complex and challenging. This book offers an in-depth analysis of how AI can be integrated into KM systems to improve organizational efficiency, innovation, and decision-making.This book covers...
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"The Importance of Storytelling: When a Person Becomes a Brand" takes you on a compelling journey into the power of storytelling and its transforming impact on our lives, revealing the fundamental relationship between personal narratives and the emergence of individuals as brands. Whether you're an entrepreneur, marketer, or leader, this book is a guide to harnessing storytelling's power. It shows you how to captivate hearts and minds, leaving a lasting...
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This book details online academic collaborations between universities in Europe, the USA and Palestine. The chapters recount the challenges and successes of online collaborations which promote academic connections and conversations with the Gaza Strip, despite a continuing blockade imposed on Gaza since 2007, and forge relationships between individuals, institutions and cultures. The chapters examine, from different perspectives, what happens when...
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Writing a 60,000-word book? Piece of cake. Writing a 140-character tweet? Awkward silence. On the surface social media seems easy, just say what's on your mind! But, saying what's on your mind rarely, leads to more followers, and frequently even leads to unfollows. The creative minds behind the audience-building online social software Buzz Trace created this book of over 350 prompts just for Young Adult authors.
This carefully-written list of prompts...
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Engaging with customers through social media is essential for businesses in this day and age. Writing for social media is different to standard business writing and it can be difficult to get right. Even big brands can get it very wrong.
This book walks you through how to deliver maximum benefit for your business through your social media writing. Topics include how to develop a consistent online persona, how to tailor your messages across different...
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The Best of the Independent Rhetoric and Composition Journals 2012 represents the result of a nationwide conversation-beginning with journal editors, but expanding to teachers, scholars and workers across the discipline of Rhetoric and Composition-to select essays that showcase the innovative and transformative work now being published in the field's independent journals. Representing both print and digital journals in the field, the essays featured...
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The anthology features work by the following authors and representing these journals: Mya Poe (Across the Disciplines), Michelle Hall Kells (Community Literacy Journal), Liane Robertson, Kara Taczak, and Kathleen Blake Yancey (Composition Forum), Paula Rosinski and Tim Peeples (Composition Studies), Mark Sample, Annette Vee, David M Rieder, Alexandria Lockett, Karl Stolley, and Elizabeth Losh (Enculturation), Andrew Vogel (Harlot), Steve Lamos (Journal...
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THE BEST OF THE INDEPENDENT RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION JOURNALS 2014 represents the result of a nationwide conversation-beginning with journal editors, but expanding to teachers, scholars and workers across the discipline of Rhetoric and Composition-to select essays that showcase the innovative and transformative work now being published in the field's independent journals.
20) New Light Through Old Windows: Exploring Contemporary Science Through 12 Classic Science Fiction
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This book presents the reader with some of the earliest classic SF short stories—all of them published between 1858 and 1934, featuring both well-known and long-forgotten writers—dealing for the first time with topics to which science had (some) answers only at much later stages. This includes aspects of alien life forms, transmogrification, pandemics, life on Mars, android robots, big data, matter transmission and impact events to name but a...
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