Bøger af Ruth Lesser

This is a true account, in his own words, of a village boy from Yorkshire who joined the Royal Navy in World War 1. He saw war service on HMS Canterbury in the North, Mediterranean, Aegean and Black Seas, exploring cities he could otherwise never have hoped to see at the start of the twentieth century. He describes in vivid detail the array of mess mates on board ship up to all sorts of dodges, smuggling and womanizing. In contrast to the hardships of life on the Lower Deck and narrow misses in enemy action, his consolations included cocoa blocks, playing in the ship's brass band, sharing the full moon with his Yorkshire sweetheart and the kindnesses of companions.

This personal account of education in the first seven decades of the 20th century was told by a 'retired' teacher and is in his own words. His education extended from small schools in a Yorkshire village to university. He taught in a wide variety of schools and came across a range of teaching styles and methods of keeping discipline. He describes how the changes in education over 70 years affected children. Later in his career he spent time in France, researching for a PhD before returning to teaching.

Part of the "Language in Social Life" series, this text examines linguistics and aphasia and the psycholinguistic and pragmatic aspects of intervention. Amongst areas covered are the clinical background to aphasia, functional communication strategies and control processes in sentence production.

Cognitive neuropsychology is already radically influencing the clinical practice of aphasia assessment and therapy. It has made it possible to analyse individualsa language disorders through a psycholinguistic model and to quantify and evaluate the effects of intervention.