This book focuses on a common prejudice within British society: accent. In doing so, it addresses commonly believed myths regarding accent, and the stereotypes often placed onto the speakers of certain accents as a result (e.g., he’s thick, she’s trustworthy, he sounds common, and so on). The overall purpose is to create a more reasoned understanding of accent by approaching it from an objective linguistic perspective, and not from the often emotionally-driven societal perspective, which c...

In British society, we celebrate diversity and champion equality across many areas, such as race and religion. However, where do British accents stand? Do notions such as 'common' or 'posh' still exist regarding certain accents, to the extent that people are deemed fit, or not, for certain professions, despite their qualifications? Accent and Teacher Identity in Britain explores these questions and Alex Baratta's research shows that those with accents regional to the North and Mid...

From K-pop to kimchi, Korean culture is becoming increasingly popular on the world stage. This cultural internationalisation is also mirrored linguistically, in the emergence and development of Korean English. Often referred to as 'Konglish', this book describes how the two terms in fact refer to different things and explains how Koreans have made the English language their own.Arguing that languages are no longer codified and legitimised by dictionaries and textbooks but by everyd...

To succeed in any assessment, you need to demonstrate critical thinking – but what does it mean to be ‘critical’?This book takes a hands-on approach to helping you think, read and write critically. Packed with examples from different disciplines and subjects, it talks through dozens of written extracts so you can see what criticality actually looks like.The book:· Equips you with tools for making an argument, explaining your reasoning and using examples to illustrat...

This book provides an in-depth exploration of World Englishes and their place in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom. It opens with a critical assessment of the research to date that includes analysis of competing and complementary terms such as English as an International Language (EIL), Global English, English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) and 'Glocal English'. Here, and throughout the work, the author problematizes the terminologies used to define and describe Englishes, arguin...

Critical reading is the foundation of good research. Read Critically gives you the knowledge and tools you need to be able to extract meaning from texts and judge its quality, relevance and significance.Understand your assignment questionKnow how to think critically, and in turn read criticallyWrite critically and ace your assignment.Super Quick Skills provides the essential building blocks you need to succe...

This book encourages further conversation on the expanding circle in World Englishes, offering a detailed look at ‘China English’ through the academic writing of Chinese students at a British university.The volume seeks to blur the simplistic binary of ‘Chinglish’, a broad term often understood to encompass grammatical or lexical errors or seemingly ‘unnatural’ expressions, and ‘China English’, which the authors articulate here as its own variety, as evidenced in language use marke...

Transnational Korean Englishes presents the many faces of English in South Korea (henceforth also Korea) – from Korean English forms and functions to English loanwords in Korean, and from the influences of Korean on the English language to Korean cultural exports. Drawing on specialized and purpose-built spoken and written corpora and other empirical data as well as previous studies, the Element illuminates the Korean-English language contact setting from a range of perspectives, shining l...

Il terzo romanzo della serie “La Guerra dei Dodici” scava ancora più a fondo nelle intricate vite dei protagonisti e nel ricco universo delle nove baronie, dove la tensione sale a livelli inimmaginabili.Il Patto è stato infranto.I leggendari semidei conosciuti come ‘i Dodici’ si stanno risvegliando e, con loro, anche la conoscenza di ciò che si cela nelle profondità della terra: una forza distruttiva apocalittica che, se liberata, annienterà le nove baronie.L’unica,...

Un fantasy epico mozzafiato, in cui si avvicendano battaglie impetuose, affascinanti misteri e tradimenti inaspettati.Certe Cose Non Dovrebbero Mai Essere Dimenticate.Più di quattrocento anni fa, dodici grandi guerrieri unirono le proprie forze a quelle di diversi eserciti umani, per passare in rassegna tutte le terre devastate dalla guerra – dove ormai dilagava il male – e respingere i nemici nelle profondità sotterranee da cui erano arrivati. Come lascito alle generazioni future,...

Il terzo romanzo della serie “La Guerra dei Dodici” scava ancora più a fondo nelle intricate vite dei protagonisti e nel ricco universo delle nove baronie, dove la tensione sale a livelli inimmaginabili.Il Patto è stato infranto. I leggendari semidei conosciuti come ‘i Dodici’ si stanno risvegliando e, con loro, anche la conoscenza di ciò che si cela nelle profondità della terra: una forza distruttiva apocalittica che, se liberata, annienterà le nove baronie. L’unica, magra speranz...

Dopo un primo romanzo esplosivo, questo avvincente secondo volume continua la serie “La Guerra dei Dodici”, tessendo le trame di misteri reconditi, pericolose magie e battaglie feroci.Sono Tornati.L’assedio di Arelium è terminato, ma a un costo enorme e terribile. Il Barone è caduto, vittima ignara di un’intricata rete di menzogne ideate per gettare discordia tra Arelium e la baronia costiera di Kessrin.Merad Reed, sfregiato e disilluso, è perseguitato dalle tragich...