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Becoming (Un)Desirable: English Hegemony, Whiteness, and Higher Education

Author(s): Yusaku Yajima

Recently, some scholars have investigated the social, historical, and cultural politics of English hegemony—a major global/local systematic machinery of power; others have examined how whiteness—another such machinery—is enacted and perpetuated by (not only white) students and teachers. Theoreticall...

Earth, Wind, Fire, Water: An ESL Student's Guide to the Biomes of the World

Author(s): Larry Udry

New Edition Now Available! In addition to being a content-based guide to the Earth's biomes for ESL students, the second edition of Earth, Wind, Fire and Water: An ESL Student's Guide to the Biomes of the World emphasizes Bloom's Revised Taxonomy, systematically explaining and applying each descr...

Climate Change in History: A Geotheological Perspective

Author(s): Barry Vann

Historical evidence from the Near East points to a rich reservoir of climate information. For instance, King Herod of Judea built a fortress and two palaces on a lofty plateau called Masada. The high plateau overlooks the Dead Sea from the eastern edge of the Judean Desert. During Herod’s time, clim...

The Pursuit of Probable Truth: A Primer on Argument

Author(s): DIANA K. LEONARD, MICHAEL DUES, MARY L. BROWN

The Pursuit of Probable Truth: A Primer on Argument is a concise, practical guide for learning to argue effectively. Designed as a primer for students in a beginning argumentation course, it rests on the assumption that skill in argument is best developed through practice. The book brief to provide ...

Reinventing the Freshman Writing and Research Course: A Text for All Freshmen, Co-Requisite and Writing Across the Curriculum Courses

Author(s): PATRICIA J. SEHULSTER

Designed to work with the required freshman writing and research course, its co-requisite course, and the Writing Across the Curriculum approach course for teaching both, Reinventing the Freshman Writing and Research Course is organized according to a fifteen-week semester comprised of five units: ...