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📝 Academic Language

Examinations of how the language of scholarship shapes thought, inclusion, and power—and what is gained or lost when ideas are dressed in formal discourse.
Science Research Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English
by Hilary Glasman-Deal • 2009
Why good scientists write badly, and the writing blueprint that gets non-native speakers published.
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🧪 Scientific Writing📝 Academic Publishing🌐 ESL Writing
Science Research Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English Summary
Science Research Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English 91%
Why good scientists write badly, and the writing blueprint that gets non-native speakers published.
by Hilary Glasman-Deal 2009
4.43
169 ratings
🧪 Scientific Writing📝 Academic Publishing🌐 ESL Writing
They Say / I Say
by Gerald Graff • 2006
Write academic arguments that respond to others, not just declare. Templates that show you how.
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📝 Academic Writing🏫 College Composition🧱 Argument Structure
They Say / I Say Summary
They Say / I Say 91%
Write academic arguments that respond to others, not just declare. Templates that show you how.
by Gerald Graff 2006
3.77
6k+ ratings
📝 Academic Writing🏫 College Composition🧱 Argument Structure
Stylish Academic Writing
by Helen Sword • 2012
Most academic writing rules are just conventions. The data that prove you can write differently.
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1k+
📝 Academic Writing📚 Scholarly Publishing🗣️ Plain Language
Stylish Academic Writing Summary
Stylish Academic Writing 91%
Most academic writing rules are just conventions. The data that prove you can write differently.
by Helen Sword 2012
4.06
1k+ ratings
📝 Academic Writing📚 Scholarly Publishing🗣️ Plain Language
The Ultimate Guide To Ielts Writing
by Parthesh Thakkar • 2013
IELTS writing is scored against four rigid rubrics. Here is how to build to each one.
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📝 Exam Preparation🎓 Academic Writing🏛️ Essay Structure
The Ultimate Guide To Ielts Writing Summary
The Ultimate Guide To Ielts Writing 90%
IELTS writing is scored against four rigid rubrics. Here is how to build to each one.
by Parthesh Thakkar 2013
4.10
553 ratings
📝 Exam Preparation🎓 Academic Writing🏛️ Essay Structure
The Craft of Research
by Wayne C. Booth • 1995
Finding a question worth fighting over, then building the case your reader cannot walk away from.
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📝 Academic Writing🔬 Research Methods🧩 Argumentation
The Craft of Research Summary
The Craft of Research 90%
Finding a question worth fighting over, then building the case your reader cannot walk away from.
by Wayne C. Booth 1995
3.92
4k+ ratings
📝 Academic Writing🔬 Research Methods🧩 Argumentation
Air & Light & Time & Space
by Helen Sword • 2017
Daily writing is a myth. The flexible, four-foundation practice that real productive academics use.
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📝 Academic Writing⏰ Writing Habits🏡 Writing Environments
Air & Light & Time & Space Summary
Air & Light & Time & Space 90%
Daily writing is a myth. The flexible, four-foundation practice that real productive academics use.
by Helen Sword 2017
3.98
581 ratings
📝 Academic Writing⏰ Writing Habits🏡 Writing Environments
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations
by Kate L. Turabian • 1955
Research is not a mystery: a system for turning a question into a polished, cited argument.
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3k+
✍️ Academic Writing🔍 Research Process📄 Thesis Writing
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations Summary
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations 90%
Research is not a mystery: a system for turning a question into a polished, cited argument.
by Kate L. Turabian 1955
3.99
3k+ ratings
✍️ Academic Writing🔍 Research Process📄 Thesis Writing
Closing the Vocabulary Gap
by Alex Quigley • 2018
Some children start school 32 million words behind. The whole-school approach that catches them up.
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📚 Vocabulary Instruction🔬 Disciplinary Literacy🧬 Morphology Instruction
Closing the Vocabulary Gap Summary
Closing the Vocabulary Gap 90%
Some children start school 32 million words behind. The whole-school approach that catches them up.
by Alex Quigley 2018
4.37
613 ratings
📚 Vocabulary Instruction🔬 Disciplinary Literacy🧬 Morphology Instruction
The Writer's World
by Lynne Gaetz • 2005
Writing as a system: find your point, support it, revise until it holds. The textbook method.
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15
🏫 College Composition✍️ Academic Writing🔄 Writing Process
The Writer's World Summary
The Writer's World 90%
Writing as a system: find your point, support it, revise until it holds. The textbook method.
by Lynne Gaetz 2005
3.67
15 ratings
🏫 College Composition✍️ Academic Writing🔄 Writing Process
Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks
by Wendy Laura Belcher • 2008
Short daily sessions beat weekend binges: twelve weeks to turn your draft into a published article.
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🖋️ Academic Writing📚 Academic Publishing⏰ Writing Productivity
Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks Summary
Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks 89%
Short daily sessions beat weekend binges: twelve weeks to turn your draft into a published article.
by Wendy Laura Belcher 2008
4.12
775 ratings
🖋️ Academic Writing📚 Academic Publishing⏰ Writing Productivity
The Sense of Style
by Steven Pinker • 2014
Why can't smart people write clearly? A cognitive scientist blames one mental blind spot.
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✍️ Prose Style📖 Language Usage🏛️ Classic Prose
The Sense of Style Summary
The Sense of Style 89%
Why can't smart people write clearly? A cognitive scientist blames one mental blind spot.
by Steven Pinker 2014
4.04
9k+ ratings
✍️ Prose Style📖 Language Usage🏛️ Classic Prose
The 6 Principles for Exemplary Teaching of English Learners
by TESOL International Association Writing Team • 2018
Stop teaching English as a separate subject. The framework that weaves it into every lesson.
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🌍 English Learners🗣️ Esl Teaching🧠 Language Acquisition
The 6 Principles for Exemplary Teaching of English Learners Summary
The 6 Principles for Exemplary Teaching of English Learners 89%
Stop teaching English as a separate subject. The framework that weaves it into every lesson.
by TESOL International Association Writing Team 2018
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72 ratings
🌍 English Learners🗣️ Esl Teaching🧠 Language Acquisition
Unlocking English Learners′ Potential
by Diane Staehr Fenner • 2017
Your English learners can handle complex content. The missing piece is scaffolds, not simpler texts.
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🗣️ Esl Teaching🏗️ Scaffolding Instruction🌍 Culturally Responsive Teaching
Unlocking English Learners′ Potential Summary
Unlocking English Learners′ Potential 89%
Your English learners can handle complex content. The missing piece is scaffolds, not simpler texts.
by Diane Staehr Fenner 2017
4.06
192 ratings
🗣️ Esl Teaching🏗️ Scaffolding Instruction🌍 Culturally Responsive Teaching
A World Without "Whom"
by Emmy J. Favilla • 2017
The internet changed English. Here is the style guide that keeps up.
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📖 Style Guides🌐 Internet Linguistics🔄 Language Evolution
A World Without "Whom" Summary
A World Without "Whom" 89%
The internet changed English. Here is the style guide that keeps up.
by Emmy J. Favilla 2017
3.72
491 ratings
📖 Style Guides🌐 Internet Linguistics🔄 Language Evolution
Research Strategies
by William B. Badke • 2000
Most student papers summarize. A real research paper argues. The shift starts with the question.
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📚 Academic Research📖 Library Research🧠 Information Literacy
Research Strategies Summary
Research Strategies 89%
Most student papers summarize. A real research paper argues. The shift starts with the question.
by William B. Badke 2000
3.79
392 ratings
📚 Academic Research📖 Library Research🧠 Information Literacy
Style
by Joseph M. Williams • 1981
Clarity is structural, not mysterious. The diagnostic principles that tell you exactly what to fix.
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2k+
🖋️ Prose Style✂️ Sentence Craft📝 Expository Writing
Style Summary
Style 89%
Clarity is structural, not mysterious. The diagnostic principles that tell you exactly what to fix.
by Joseph M. Williams 1981
4.21
2k+ ratings
🖋️ Prose Style✂️ Sentence Craft📝 Expository Writing
Writing to Learn
by William Zinsser • 1988
Writing's real job is not transmission; it is discovery. How to think on paper.
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2k+
📚 Writing Across The Curriculum🌉 Bridging Disciplines🧠 Writing As Thinking
Writing to Learn Summary
Writing to Learn 88%
Writing's real job is not transmission; it is discovery. How to think on paper.
by William Zinsser 1988
3.81
2k+ ratings
📚 Writing Across The Curriculum🌉 Bridging Disciplines🧠 Writing As Thinking
Write to the Point How to be Clear, Correct and Persuasive on the Page
by Sam Leith • 2017
From Aristotle to email, the sentence craft that makes readers absorb ideas before they can resist.
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✍️ Writing Craft📖 Style Guides✂️ Editing And Revision
Write to the Point How to be Clear, Correct and Persuasive on the Page Summary
Write to the Point How to be Clear, Correct and Persuasive on the Page 88%
From Aristotle to email, the sentence craft that makes readers absorb ideas before they can resist.
by Sam Leith 2017
3.73
195 ratings
✍️ Writing Craft📖 Style Guides✂️ Editing And Revision
Economical Writing
by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey • 1999
An economist's 35 rules for sharp, persuasive writing: no talent required.
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📝 Writing Craft🔍 Clarity✂️ Conciseness
Economical Writing Summary
Economical Writing 88%
An economist's 35 rules for sharp, persuasive writing: no talent required.
by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey 1999
4.16
906 ratings
📝 Writing Craft🔍 Clarity✂️ Conciseness
How to do Discourse Analysis
by James Paul Gee • 2010
How language builds identities, relationships, and social worlds: a practical toolkit for analysis.
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📊 Discourse Analysis🌐 Language And Society🔍 Meaning In Context
How to do Discourse Analysis Summary
How to do Discourse Analysis 88%
How language builds identities, relationships, and social worlds: a practical toolkit for analysis.
by James Paul Gee 2010
3.96
107 ratings
📊 Discourse Analysis🌐 Language And Society🔍 Meaning In Context
Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition
by Stephen D. Krashen • 1982
Grammar study is an editor, not the engine. One real conversation beats a hundred drills.
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🗣️ Language Acquisition📚 Applied Linguistics🧑‍🏫 Language Pedagogy
Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition Summary
Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition 88%
Grammar study is an editor, not the engine. One real conversation beats a hundred drills.
by Stephen D. Krashen 1982
4.23
230 ratings
🗣️ Language Acquisition📚 Applied Linguistics🧑‍🏫 Language Pedagogy
More Than Words
by John Warner • 2025
AI can mimic writing; only humans can actually write. The difference is the struggle to think.
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525
💻 Technology And Writing✍️ Composition Theory🤖 Ai Criticism
More Than Words Summary
More Than Words 88%
AI can mimic writing; only humans can actually write. The difference is the struggle to think.
by John Warner 2025
4.05
525 ratings
💻 Technology And Writing✍️ Composition Theory🤖 Ai Criticism
The Writing Revolution
by Judith C. Hochman • 2017
Clear writing is teachable. The method starts with a single sentence and works in every classroom.
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2k+
✏️ Writing Instruction🧱 Sentence-Level Work🪜 Scaffolded Learning
The Writing Revolution Summary
The Writing Revolution 88%
Clear writing is teachable. The method starts with a single sentence and works in every classroom.
by Judith C. Hochman 2017
4.37
2k+ ratings
✏️ Writing Instruction🧱 Sentence-Level Work🪜 Scaffolded Learning
Dictionary of American Slang
by Robert L. Chapman • 1998
Slang is a psychological shield, a substitute for the fist, and language at its most honest.
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🗣️ Sociolinguistic Analysis📖 Lexicography❤️ Language And Emotion
Dictionary of American Slang Summary
Dictionary of American Slang 88%
Slang is a psychological shield, a substitute for the fist, and language at its most honest.
by Robert L. Chapman 1998
3.91
43 ratings
🗣️ Sociolinguistic Analysis📖 Lexicography❤️ Language And Emotion
Target Band 7
by Simone Braverman • 2008
Why native speakers fail the IELTS, and the four-week plan for outsmarting every section's traps.
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📝 Test Preparation🎯 Strategic Test-Taking⏱️ Time Management
Target Band 7 Summary
Target Band 7 88%
Why native speakers fail the IELTS, and the four-week plan for outsmarting every section's traps.
by Simone Braverman 2008
4.15
524 ratings
📝 Test Preparation🎯 Strategic Test-Taking⏱️ Time Management
Uncovering the Logic of English
by Denise Eide • 2011
Thirty rules explain 98% of English spellings. Schools quit teaching them; here they are.
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🧪 Science Of Reading📖 Structured Literacy🔤 Phonics Instruction
Uncovering the Logic of English Summary
Uncovering the Logic of English 88%
Thirty rules explain 98% of English spellings. Schools quit teaching them; here they are.
by Denise Eide 2011
4.53
2k+ ratings
🧪 Science Of Reading📖 Structured Literacy🔤 Phonics Instruction
The Loom of Language
by Frederick Bodmer • 1943
Languages are not taught. They are inherited. The family tree unlocks what phrasebooks never will.
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🕰️ Historical Linguistics🔍 Comparative Linguistics🗺️ Polyglot Learning
The Loom of Language Summary
The Loom of Language 88%
Languages are not taught. They are inherited. The family tree unlocks what phrasebooks never will.
by Frederick Bodmer 1943
4.16
398 ratings
🕰️ Historical Linguistics🔍 Comparative Linguistics🗺️ Polyglot Learning
Like, Literally, Dude
by Valerie Fridland • 2023
Vocal fry, um, and literally: the science that turns every grammar pet peeve into a feature.
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🗣️ Sociolinguistics📖 Grammar And Usage🔄 Language Change
Like, Literally, Dude Summary
Like, Literally, Dude 88%
Vocal fry, um, and literally: the science that turns every grammar pet peeve into a feature.
by Valerie Fridland 2023
3.85
925 ratings
🗣️ Sociolinguistics📖 Grammar And Usage🔄 Language Change
El pequeño libro del lenguaje
by David Crystal • 2012
Grammar runs without a rulebook. Your accent is your signature. And every language remakes itself.
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🔬 Popular Linguistics👶 Language Acquisition🌱 Language Evolution
El pequeño libro del lenguaje Summary
El pequeño libro del lenguaje 88%
Grammar runs without a rulebook. Your accent is your signature. And every language remakes itself.
by David Crystal 2012
3.75
2k+ ratings
🔬 Popular Linguistics👶 Language Acquisition🌱 Language Evolution
The Book Proposal Book
by Laura Portwood-Stacer • 2021
A book contract is won in the proposal, not the manuscript: how to write one that sells.
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📚 Academic Publishing📝 Book Proposals✍️ Scholarly Writing
The Book Proposal Book Summary
The Book Proposal Book 88%
A book contract is won in the proposal, not the manuscript: how to write one that sells.
by Laura Portwood-Stacer 2021
4.71
100 ratings
📚 Academic Publishing📝 Book Proposals✍️ Scholarly Writing
Reflective Writing
by Kate Williams • 2012
How to write about yourself with academic rigor: the frameworks that make 'personal' credible.
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🪞 Reflective Practice✍️ Academic Writing🔄 Experiential Learning
Reflective Writing Summary
Reflective Writing 88%
How to write about yourself with academic rigor: the frameworks that make 'personal' credible.
by Kate Williams 2012
3.94
67 ratings
🪞 Reflective Practice✍️ Academic Writing🔄 Experiential Learning
Short Stories in English for Beginners
by Olly Richards • 2018
A book of stories where finishing feels like winning, and every page quietly upgrades your English.
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📚 Graded Readers🧠 Language Acquisition🇬🇧 English Learners
Short Stories in English for Beginners Summary
Short Stories in English for Beginners 88%
A book of stories where finishing feels like winning, and every page quietly upgrades your English.
by Olly Richards 2018
4.09
162 ratings
📚 Graded Readers🧠 Language Acquisition🇬🇧 English Learners
Verbal Advantage
by Charles Harrington Elster • 2000
Ten levels that take your vocabulary from competent to commanding, one word at a time.
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📚 Vocabulary Building📖 Usage Guides🎓 Self-Education
Verbal Advantage Summary
Verbal Advantage 88%
Ten levels that take your vocabulary from competent to commanding, one word at a time.
by Charles Harrington Elster 2000
4.51
519 ratings
📚 Vocabulary Building📖 Usage Guides🎓 Self-Education
Algospeak
by Adam Aleksic • 2025
Censorship algorithms didn't kill language online. They made it weirder, faster, more creative.
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🖥️ Digital Linguistics🤖 Algorithmic Culture🚫 Content Moderation
Algospeak Summary
Algospeak 88%
Censorship algorithms didn't kill language online. They made it weirder, faster, more creative.
by Adam Aleksic 2025
3.70
5k+ ratings
🖥️ Digital Linguistics🤖 Algorithmic Culture🚫 Content Moderation
Completing Your Doctoral Dissertation/Master's Thesis in Two Semesters or Less
by Evelyn Hunt Ogden • 1993
Finish your dissertation in two semesters: a page-an-hour pace, a 20-day draft, and a defense plan.
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📝 Dissertation Writing🎓 Graduate School✍️ Writing Productivity
Completing Your Doctoral Dissertation/Master's Thesis in Two Semesters or Less Summary
Completing Your Doctoral Dissertation/Master's Thesis in Two Semesters or Less 88%
Finish your dissertation in two semesters: a page-an-hour pace, a 20-day draft, and a defense plan.
by Evelyn Hunt Ogden 1993
3.44
16 ratings
📝 Dissertation Writing🎓 Graduate School✍️ Writing Productivity
Quality Research Papers
by Nancy J. Vyhmeister • 2014
The theology student's guide to research that earns the grade, from first question to final defense.
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🏫 Theological Education✍️ Academic Writing🔬 Research Methodology
Quality Research Papers Summary
Quality Research Papers 88%
The theology student's guide to research that earns the grade, from first question to final defense.
by Nancy J. Vyhmeister 2014
3.74
172 ratings
🏫 Theological Education✍️ Academic Writing🔬 Research Methodology
Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric
by Ward Farnsworth • 2010
Why great prose works: the ancient rhetorical devices that power it, catalogued and made visible.
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🧰 Rhetorical Devices🏛️ Classical Rhetoric✍️ Sentence Craft
Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric Summary
Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric 88%
Why great prose works: the ancient rhetorical devices that power it, catalogued and made visible.
by Ward Farnsworth 2010
4.16
488 ratings
🧰 Rhetorical Devices🏛️ Classical Rhetoric✍️ Sentence Craft
Rebel with a Clause
by Ellen Jovin • 2022
She toured fifty states with a grammar table. The confessions were stranger than the questions.
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🧱 Language Mechanics🗣️ Pop Linguistics😂 Grammar Humor
Rebel with a Clause Summary
Rebel with a Clause 88%
She toured fifty states with a grammar table. The confessions were stranger than the questions.
by Ellen Jovin 2022
4.00
1k+ ratings
🧱 Language Mechanics🗣️ Pop Linguistics😂 Grammar Humor
Practical English Usage
by Michael Swan • 1981
600 A-Z entries that solve the English usage problems your textbook leaves unexplained.
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1k+
📚 English Grammar🗣️ Esl Reference🔍 Descriptive Grammar
Practical English Usage Summary
Practical English Usage 88%
600 A-Z entries that solve the English usage problems your textbook leaves unexplained.
by Michael Swan 1981
4.31
1k+ ratings
📚 English Grammar🗣️ Esl Reference🔍 Descriptive Grammar
English Grammar
by Sean Williams • 2019
Your grammar mistakes aren't random: a predictable hundred that mark you as careless.
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🧱 Grammar Guides⚠️ Common Mistakes🔣 Punctuation
English Grammar Summary
English Grammar 88%
Your grammar mistakes aren't random: a predictable hundred that mark you as careless.
by Sean Williams 2019
4.15
147 ratings
🧱 Grammar Guides⚠️ Common Mistakes🔣 Punctuation
Introduction to Psycholinguistics
by Danny D. Steinberg • 1995
How children acquire language, why adults struggle with a second, and what feral children teach us.
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🧒 Language Acquisition🧠 Psycholinguistics⏳ Critical Periods
Introduction to Psycholinguistics Summary
Introduction to Psycholinguistics 88%
How children acquire language, why adults struggle with a second, and what feral children teach us.
by Danny D. Steinberg 1995
3.96
107 ratings
🧒 Language Acquisition🧠 Psycholinguistics⏳ Critical Periods
How to Learn a Foreign Language
by Graham E. Fuller • 1987
Train your mouth for new sounds, hunt grammar as patterns, and turn everyday life into immersion.
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📚 Language Acquisition✍️ Self-Study Methods🗣️ Pronunciation Training
How to Learn a Foreign Language Summary
How to Learn a Foreign Language 88%
Train your mouth for new sounds, hunt grammar as patterns, and turn everyday life into immersion.
by Graham E. Fuller 1987
3.45
128 ratings
📚 Language Acquisition✍️ Self-Study Methods🗣️ Pronunciation Training
Word Power Made Easy
by Norman Lewis • 1949
One root unlocks twenty words. A systematic method for building a vocabulary that lasts.
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📚 Vocabulary Building🏛️ Etymology🌳 Root Words
Word Power Made Easy Summary
Word Power Made Easy 88%
One root unlocks twenty words. A systematic method for building a vocabulary that lasts.
by Norman Lewis 1949
4.42
9k+ ratings
📚 Vocabulary Building🏛️ Etymology🌳 Root Words
Dialogism
by Michael Holquist • 1990
All speech answers prior speech, all selves depend on others: the dialogic philosophy of Bakhtin.
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📖 Literary Theory💬 Philosophy Of Language👥 Intersubjectivity
Dialogism Summary
Dialogism 88%
All speech answers prior speech, all selves depend on others: the dialogic philosophy of Bakhtin.
by Michael Holquist 1990
4.09
88 ratings
📖 Literary Theory💬 Philosophy Of Language👥 Intersubjectivity
The Everything Guide to Study Skills
by Cynthia Clumeck Muchnick • 2011
Assignments on time, notes you review, and teacher relationships that lead to recommendations.
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🧠 Study Strategies✍️ Note-Taking⏰ Time Management
The Everything Guide to Study Skills Summary
The Everything Guide to Study Skills 88%
Assignments on time, notes you review, and teacher relationships that lead to recommendations.
by Cynthia Clumeck Muchnick 2011
3.88
113 ratings
🧠 Study Strategies✍️ Note-Taking⏰ Time Management
Rational Choice and Security Studies
by Michael E. Brown • 2000
Two visions of political science: one builds mathematical temples, the other wants to stop war.
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🔒 Security Studies🧮 Rational Choice⚔️ Methodology Wars
Rational Choice and Security Studies Summary
Rational Choice and Security Studies 88%
Two visions of political science: one builds mathematical temples, the other wants to stop war.
by Michael E. Brown 2000
3.78
9 ratings
🔒 Security Studies🧮 Rational Choice⚔️ Methodology Wars
Grammar Girl's 101 Troublesome Words You'll Master in No Time
by Mignon Fogarty • 2012
Addictive or addicting? 101 word choices every writer stumbles over, settled for good.
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🧩 Commonly Confused Words📚 Usage Guides🔄 Language Evolution
Grammar Girl's 101 Troublesome Words You'll Master in No Time Summary
Grammar Girl's 101 Troublesome Words You'll Master in No Time 88%
Addictive or addicting? 101 word choices every writer stumbles over, settled for good.
by Mignon Fogarty 2012
4.12
179 ratings
🧩 Commonly Confused Words📚 Usage Guides🔄 Language Evolution
Studies in Words (Canto)
by C.S. Lewis • 1939
Why you misread old books: words like 'nature' and 'conscience' once meant something else entirely.
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🏰 History Of English🌱 Semantic Change📜 Philology
Studies in Words (Canto) Summary
Studies in Words (Canto) 88%
Why you misread old books: words like 'nature' and 'conscience' once meant something else entirely.
by C.S. Lewis 1939
4.19
516 ratings
🏰 History Of English🌱 Semantic Change📜 Philology
The Lean PhD
by Julian Kirchherr • 2018
Your PhD as a startup: draft early, gather feedback fast, and finish with more publications.
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🎓 Doctoral Studies✍️ Academic Writing🔄 Lean Methodology
The Lean PhD Summary
The Lean PhD 88%
Your PhD as a startup: draft early, gather feedback fast, and finish with more publications.
by Julian Kirchherr 2018
3.90
61 ratings
🎓 Doctoral Studies✍️ Academic Writing🔄 Lean Methodology
The Translator's Invisibility
by Lawrence Venuti • 1994
The smoother a translation reads, the more it erases the foreign culture and the translator's labor.
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🧠 Translation Studies📚 Literary Theory⚖️ Translation Ethics
The Translator's Invisibility Summary
The Translator's Invisibility 88%
The smoother a translation reads, the more it erases the foreign culture and the translator's labor.
by Lawrence Venuti 1994
3.79
272 ratings
🧠 Translation Studies📚 Literary Theory⚖️ Translation Ethics
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