Patrick Ragains
Autor(a) de Information Literacy Instruction that Works: A Guide to Teaching By Discipline and Student Population
Obras de Patrick Ragains
Information Literacy Instruction that Works: A Guide to Teaching By Discipline and Student Population (2006) 39 cópias
The New Information Literacy Instruction: Best Practices (Best Practices in Library Services) (2015) 3 cópias
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- Obras
- 5
- Membros
- 48
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- #325,720
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Resenhas
- 4
- ISBNs
- 9
Lexicon: American Style 2, which the author also refers to as a “flexicon,” is effectively lists of words, phrases and acronyms chosen for their clever, oxymoronic or quaint value, occasional annoyance factor, or just plain awesomeness. There are included many raunchy euphemisms and other ramblings, but to the author’s credit, ample warning is given preceding the potentially offensive pages.
The author, refreshingly, doesn’t take himself all too seriously, and his sense of humor is welcoming. However, his encouragement of the millennialesque slaughtering of the English language in the form of made-up words and text talking is more than a little irritating. Yes, I understand that English is a living language, but if linguistic liberties continue in this direction, we’ll all (well, almost all…) be clicking our tongues to communicate. Overall, the giggles exceeded the grumbles, so I give it 4 stars.… (mais)