Recommended e-Resources - Group 2 - Language Acquisition
The information below relates to documents that are available from the ISD e-Resources. They have been carefully selected by your teachers and the LRC staff. Scroll through the list to find documents that are relevant to your current studies.
French Inside out: The Worldwide Development of the French Language in the Past, the Present and the Future, By Henriette Walter
SynopsisIn this comprehensive introduction, Henriette Walter provides the reader with a panoramic view of the development of the French language in the past, present and future.
AVAILABLE AT: Questia
AVAILABLE AT: Questia
Language Acquisition
TO ACCESS ARTICLES ON ISD DATABASES, YOU MAY NEED TO LOG IN FIRST
The Doublespeak Award (English Language version of Germany’s “Unwort des Jahres”)
AVAILABLE AT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublespeak_Award
Society for the Protection of the English Language
This website presents the Society for the Protection of the English Language, explains its purpose and views on promoting accurate use of English.
AVAILABLE AT: http://www.ronlebar.com/spell.html
Global English: The changing language of search
This article discusses how the use of “Google Translate” has had an impact on the English language and how it is used as a global language.
AVAILABLE AT: http://search.proquest.com/docview/221038967/139955CB7C55A1CE10B/5?accountid=93003
Do You Speak American?
This newspaper article addresses how many feel that the growing informality of American life, the retreat from fixed standards, ("the march of casualization," The New York Times recently called it)--in clothing, manners, sexual mores--is reflected in our language and is corrupting it!
AVAILABLE AT: http://www.questiaschool.com/read/1G1-126755124/do-you-speak-american-well-butter-my-butt-and-call
The Last Word:
This article discusses how English came to be the world’s dominant language.
AVAILABLE AT: http://www.questiaschool.com/read/1G1-110967993/the-last-word-melvyn-bragg-s-brilliant-tv-series
Verbal Pollution
This article argues: there is “no excuse for the garbled and often ludicrous word usage that is becoming more and more prevalent in our society”
AVAILABLE AT: http://www.questiaschool.com/read/1G1-7878197/verbal-pollution-there-s-no-excuse-for-the-garbled
The Doublespeak Award (English Language version of Germany’s “Unwort des Jahres”)
AVAILABLE AT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublespeak_Award
Society for the Protection of the English Language
This website presents the Society for the Protection of the English Language, explains its purpose and views on promoting accurate use of English.
AVAILABLE AT: http://www.ronlebar.com/spell.html
Global English: The changing language of search
This article discusses how the use of “Google Translate” has had an impact on the English language and how it is used as a global language.
AVAILABLE AT: http://search.proquest.com/docview/221038967/139955CB7C55A1CE10B/5?accountid=93003
Do You Speak American?
This newspaper article addresses how many feel that the growing informality of American life, the retreat from fixed standards, ("the march of casualization," The New York Times recently called it)--in clothing, manners, sexual mores--is reflected in our language and is corrupting it!
AVAILABLE AT: http://www.questiaschool.com/read/1G1-126755124/do-you-speak-american-well-butter-my-butt-and-call
The Last Word:
This article discusses how English came to be the world’s dominant language.
AVAILABLE AT: http://www.questiaschool.com/read/1G1-110967993/the-last-word-melvyn-bragg-s-brilliant-tv-series
Verbal Pollution
This article argues: there is “no excuse for the garbled and often ludicrous word usage that is becoming more and more prevalent in our society”
AVAILABLE AT: http://www.questiaschool.com/read/1G1-7878197/verbal-pollution-there-s-no-excuse-for-the-garbled
