Author: Ken Hyland
Publisher: Pearson ESL
Keywords: academic, writing, interactions, social, discourses, disciplinary
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2000-09-07
List price: $40.66
ISBN-10: 0582419042
ISBN-13: 9780582419049

Disciplinary Discourses: Social Interactions in Academic Writing presents a series of innovative studies focusing on eight disciplines and a variety of key genres to examine the relationships between the cultures of academic communities and their discoursal practices.

Author: Ken Hyland
Publisher: Continuum
Keywords: discourse, continuum, context, english, academic, global
Number of Pages: 215
Published: 2009-03
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0826498043
ISBN-13: 9780826498045

This is an accessible, genre-based introduction to a growing area of linguistics - academic discourse. By highlighting its nature and importance to the modern world this is an essential read for students.Academic discourse is a rapidly growing area of study, attracting researchers and students from a diverse range of fields. This is partly due to the growing awareness that knowledge is socially constructed through language and partly because of the emerging dominance of English as the language of scholarship worldwide. Large numbers of students and researchers must now gain fluency in the conv

Author: Ken Hyland
Publisher: Pearson ESL
Keywords: linguistics, action, applied, writing, researching, teaching
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2001-12-18
List price: $43.00
ISBN-10: 0582423384
ISBN-13: 9780582423381

Teaching and Researching: Writing is an authoritative introduction provides a highly readable and up-to-date guide to the major themes and developments in current writing theory, research and teaching. It is designed for anyone looking for an overview of current views on writing and the ways theory has been translated into teaching and research.

Author: M. J. Hyland
Publisher: Canongate U.S.
Keywords: gets, light
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2004-05-11
List price: $13.00
ISBN-10: 1841955485
ISBN-13: 9781841955483

Lou Connor, a gifted but unhappy sixteen-year-old, is desperate to escape her life of poverty in Sydney, Australia. When she is offered a place as an exchange student at a college in Illinois, it seems as if her dreams are going to be fulfilled. Her host family, the Hardings, has a large and beautiful house in Illinois and couldn’t be more welcoming. Everything is perfect. Until Lou starts having to live in the suffocating and repressed atmosphere of the Hardings’ suburban mansion and things start to go terribly wrong. How the Light Gets In is an acutely observed tale of adolescenc

Author: Ann Hyland
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: world, ancient, horse
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2003-03-30
List price: $51.95
ISBN-10: 0275981142
ISBN-13: 9780275981143

Long before the discovery of the wheel, horses played an essential role in the life of man. From agriculture, to transportation, to warfare, all major civilizations for which we have written records depended upon this magnificent creature. A prolific author and professional horse trainer, Hyland explores the vital role that the horse has played in the progress of humankind on a global scale. Images from documentary, archaeological, and literary sources supplement the text.

Author: Ken Hyland
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: routledge, applied, linguistics, book, resource, academic, purposes, advanced, english
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2006-08-18
List price: $135.00
ISBN-10: 0415358698
ISBN-13: 9780415358699

English for Academic Purposes: introduces the major theories, approaches and controversies in the field gathers together influential readings from key names in the discipline, including: John Swales, Alastair Pennycook, Greg Myers, Brian Street, and Ann Johns provides numerous exercises as practical study tools that encourage a critical approach to the subject. Written by an experienced teacher and researcher in the field, English for Academic Purposes is an essential resource for students and researchers of Applied Linguistics. The accompanying website to this book can be f

Author: M. J. Hyland
Publisher: Canongate U.S.
Keywords: carry
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2007-01-23
List price: $13.00
ISBN-10: 1841958786
ISBN-13: 9781841958781

John Egan is a misfit — "a twelve year old in the body of a grown man with the voice of a giant" — who diligently keeps a "log of lies." John’s been able to detect lies for as long as he can remember, it’s a source of power but also great consternation for a boy so young. With an obsession for the Guinness Book of Records, a keenly inquisitive mind, and a kind of faith, John remains hopeful despite the unfavorable cards life deals him. This is one year in a boy’s life. On the cusp of adolescence, from his changing voice and body, through to his parents’ difficult travails