When Language Breaks Down
When Language Breaks Down

Author: Elissa D. Asp

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-02-04

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 1139487558

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Doctors, nurses, and other caregivers often know what people with Alzheimer's disease or Asperger's 'sound like' - that is they recognise patterns in people's discourse, from sounds and silences, to words, sentences and story structures. Such discourse patterns may inform their clinical judgements and affect the decisions they make. However, this knowledge is often tacit, like recognising a regional accent without knowing how to describe its features. This is the first book to present models for comprehensively describing discourse specifically in clinical contexts and to illustrate models with detailed analyses of discourse patterns associated with degenerative (Alzheimer's) and developmental (autism spectrum) disorders. The book is aimed not only at advanced students and researchers in linguistics, discourse analysis, speech pathology and clinical psychology but also at researchers, clinicians and caregivers for whom explicit knowledge of discourse patterns might be helpful.

Breaking Down Language and Cultural Barriers Through Contemporary Global Marketing Strategies
Breaking Down Language and Cultural Barriers Through Contemporary Global Marketing Strategies

Author: Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., Mehdi

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2019-06-14

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 1522569812

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One of the most challenging obstacles for many businesses in successfully reaching a global market stems from cultural and language barriers and the lack of a clear understanding of this issue. It is critical for businesses to understand these cultural and language barriers and how to face them through effective communications and cultural sensitivity. The companies that will thrive and see the most success are the ones whose employees communicate and collaborate effectively with customers, suppliers, and partners all over the world. Breaking Down Language and Cultural Barriers Through Contemporary Global Marketing Strategies provides both empirical and theoretical research focused on ways that business professionals and organizations are breaking down cultural and language barriers, integrating cultural sensitivity, and implementing cross-cultural management practices into their daily business practices. Featuring research on topics such as origin effects, consumption culture, and cross-cultural management, managers, consultants, academic researchers, practitioners, business educators, and advanced students in various disciplines will find the content within this publication to be beneficial.

Breaking the Language Barrier: Demystifying Language Models with OpenAI
Breaking the Language Barrier: Demystifying Language Models with OpenAI

Author: Rayan Wali

Publisher: Rayan Wali

Published: 2023-03-08

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13:

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Breaking the Language Barrier: Demystifying Language Models with OpenAI is an informative guide that covers practical NLP use cases, from machine translation to vector search, in a clear and accessible manner. In addition to providing insights into the latest technology that powers ChatGPT and other OpenAI language models, including GPT-3 and DALL-E, this book also showcases how to use OpenAI on the cloud, specifically on Microsoft Azure, to create scalable and efficient solutions.

Breaking Through the Language Barrier: Effective Strategies for Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) to Secondary School Students in Mainstream Classes
Breaking Through the Language Barrier: Effective Strategies for Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) to Secondary School Students in Mainstream Classes

Author: Patricia Mertin

Publisher: John Catt

Published: 2013-05-10

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1398382590

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Teaching students for whom English is not their first language is a huge challenge for any educator. It is frustrating and demoralising for teachers and their students if the language barrier prevents learning and progress in the classroom. But, with ever increasing numbers of English as a Second Language (ESL) students in secondary schools - there is now a majority in international schools - teachers need to know how to overcome common problems and teach ESL students effectively. This concise and informative book provides strategies and practical advice that teachers can use every day in the classroom to help ESL students understand and get to grips with their subject. It includes advice on using the textbook, cultural differences, realistic timescales for learning, and language and grammar that is easy to understand; plus chapters on teaching specific subjects. Patricia Mertin is Mother Tongue co-ordinator at the International School of Dusseldorf and has vast experience of teaching ESL students.

Breaking Through the Language Arts Block
Breaking Through the Language Arts Block

Author: Lesley Mandel Morrow

Publisher: Guilford Publications

Published: 2018-04-07

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1462534465

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This innovative book helps K–6 teachers infuse the entire school day with research-based literacy best practices. Classroom-tested strategies are presented for planning and implementing each component of the "exemplary literacy day"--vocabulary and word study sessions, literacy work stations, differentiated guided reading groups, reading and writing workshops, and interdisciplinary projects. Teachers get tips for organizing a print-rich classroom, supporting students' social–emotional well-being, and using assessment to guide instruction. User-friendly features include vivid vignettes, classroom management tips, questions for discussion and reflection, and 15 reproducible forms, checklists, and lesson templates. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. Note: this book is a contemporary follow-up to Morrow's influential earlier title Organizing and Managing the Language Arts Block.