Robert J. Blake

When a young kestrel makes its first flight among the buildings of a city, it is pursued by a hawk.

Fledgling

Akiak the sled dog refuses to give up after being injured during the Iditarod sled dog race.

A Tale from the Iditarod

Akiak

Eve C. Zyzik

Informed by the latest research in the field of second language acquisition and written entirely in Spanish, El español y la lingüística aplicada responds to the central questions that lie at the heart of learning Spanish as a second or foreign language. Robert J. Blake and Eve C. Zyzik frame each chapter in terms of a critical question with practical implications to examine the linguistic challenges and pitfalls involved in Spanish-language learning. Each chapter ends with a series of guided questions for reflection and further research. Designed to address the pre-service training needs of Spanish language professionals, El español y la lingüística aplicada will be of interest to anyone wishing to develop linguistic expertise in this important world language.

El espanol y la linguistica aplicada

In 1925, Togo, a Siberian husky who loves being a sled dog, leads a team that rushes to bring diphtheria antitoxin from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska.

Togo

One day, after Dan is forced to close the boardwalk carousel, he and his neighbors search for their missing cat friend at the same time that a local building catches fire.

Carousel Cat

Turtleback Books

Brave New Digital Classroom examines the most effective ways to utilize technology in language learning. The author deftly interweaves the latest results of pedagogical research with descriptions of the most successful computer-assisted language learning (CALL) projects to show how to implement technology in the foreign-language curriculum to assist the second language acquisition process. This fully updated second edition includes new chapters on the latest electronic resources, including gaming and social media, and discusses the realities and potential of distance learning for second language acquisition. The author examines the web, CALL applications, and computer-mediated communication (CMC), and suggests how the new technologically assisted curriculum will work for the foreign-language curriculum. Rather than advocating new technologies as a replacement for activities that can be done equally well with traditional processes, the author envisions a radical change as teachers rethink their strategies and develop their competence in the effective use of technology in language teaching and learning. Directed at all language teachers, from the elementary school to postsecondary levels, the book is ideal for graduate-level courses on second language pedagogy. It also serves as an invaluable reference for experienced researchers, CALL developers, department chairs, and administrators.

Robert J. Blake

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