This complete book presents an approach to playing and teaching brass instruments that is based on the fundamental skills of good listening and good respiratory practices. It emphasizes the importance of developing these and other traditional skills—such as embouchure development, articulation, tone quality, range and stamina—through musical ideas rather than isolating on individual muscular behavior. Careful attention is paid to the natural way in which learning takes place in other skills and shows how such processes may be applied to learning to play a brass instrument. Chapter topics cover the art of teaching, listening, developing a concept of sound, posture, breathing, mouthpiece playing, the warm-up, slurring, intonation, endurance, taking auditions, playing high pitched instruments, performance anxiety, and professional ethics. For teachers who deal with brass students at all stages of development.

Brass Performance and Pedagogy

Arts & Photography

Johnson, Keith

Music

Pearson

The History of Late Modern Englishes provides an accessible and student-friendly introduction to the history of the English language from the beginning of the eighteenth century up until the present day. Taking an activity-based approach, this text ensures that students learn by engaging with the fascinating evolution of this language rather than by simply reading about it. 
The History of Late Modern Englishes: 
• Covers the development of Englishes around the world, not only in the British Isles, but also in the United States, Canada, India, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, and Melanesia, as well as in other countries around the world where English is used as a lingua franca; 
• Accommodates the needs of both native and non-native speakers of English, with helpful features such as a glossary of key terms and questions to guide the reader through the book; 
• Includes activity sections and discussion points to help students engage with the text; 
• Is accompanied by e-resources which include further activities and additional coverage of points of interest in the book. 
Written by an experienced teacher and author, this book is an essential course textbook for any module on the history of English and the perfect accompaniment to the author’s own The History of Early English.

The History of Late Modern Englishes: An Activity-based Approach (Learning about Language)

Literature & Fiction

World Literature

Routledge

The History of Late Modern Englishes (Learning about Language)

An Introduction to Foreign Language Learning and Teaching presents an engaging, student-friendly guide to the fields of foreign language learning and teaching. It provides essential background information and deals with language learning and teaching in a clear and comprehensible way. The book covers both theoretical and practical aspects of the field and provides suggestions throughout for discussion and workshop activities.

An Introduction to Foreign Language Learning and Teaching

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

Pearson ESL

Communicate in Writing: A Functional Approach to Writing Through Reading Comprehension

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd

"This book argues controversially that second-language acquisition has much in common with other forms of skill learning, and that there is much to be learned about the business of language teaching by considering the views and practices of teachers in other domains." "For many Applied Linguists, language is unique among human skills, incomparable in its acquisition and use to other forms of behaviour. Their study of second-language learning and teaching may thus draw on knowledge about first-language acquisition, but not on what is known about the learning of non-linguistic skills. This book argues against such an approach. It begins by considering arguments for and against the uniqueness of language. It reviews the recent literature on second-language acquisition, looking both at general learning theories (which account for language alongside other skills) and opposing theories (mostly based on the study of Universal Grammar). The book then turns to language teaching, and in a programmatic way considers what insights may be gained by viewing language within a general skill framework. Particular attention is given to how the teacher may help students to make consciously learned language automatic."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Language Teaching and Skill Learning (Applied Language Studies)

Blackwell Pub.

This book argues controversially that second-language acquisition has much in common with other forms of skill learning, and that there is much to be learned about the business of language teaching by considering the views and practices of teachers in other domains. 
For many Applied Linguists, language is unique among human skills, incomparable in its acquisition and use to other forms of behaviour. Their study of second-language learning and teaching may thus draw on knowledge about first-language acquisition, but not on what is known about the learning of non-linguistic skills. This book argues against such an approach. It begins by considering arguments for and against the uniqueness of language. It reviews the recent literature in second-language acquisition, looking both at general learning theories (which account for language alongside other skills) and opposing theories (mostly based on the study of Universal Grammar). The book then turns to language teaching, and in a programmatic way considers what insights may be gained by viewing language within a general skills framework. Particular attention is given to how the teacher may help students to make consciously learned language automatic.

English as a Second Language

Wiley/Blackwell

Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics (1st Edition)

This volume provides a gentle practical introduction to speech acoustics and audition. Including exercises throughout, the book is ideal for introductory phonetics, and speech and hearing science courses.

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Over time, the land of the Mechoopda Indians, where elk herds grazed on blue-stemmed grass, became Rancho Arroyo Chico, the land chosen by California pioneer John Bidwell for his stately creekside mansion. Bidwell later founded the town of Chico with its wooden plank sidewalks and iron-front and brick commercial buildings. Today Chico is a dynamic modern city with its own California State University, a wide, tree-lined Esplanade, and―thanks to the legacy of Annie Bidwell―the eighth-largest municipal park in the nation.

Chico (CA) (Images of America)

Booth, Edward

Davis, Darcy

Nopel, John

Photography & Video

Arcadia Publishing

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