Olivia Johnston – författare

This book provides the first instructional guide to composite narrative research methods. Composite narratives are short vignettes that weave together quotes from multiple participants. The effect is to convey meaning to both academics and end-users, disseminating research findings succinctly and effectively. Readers interested in writing composite narratives will find a complete guide in this book.

More and more researchers are using composite narratives to present their research findings, with support for the effectiveness of composite narratives as a research method growing. Inside this book, there is a rationale for why to use composite narratives and a complete guide for how to write them. Many examples from the author are provided, complete with audit trails that evidence how the composite narratives were written from the raw qualitative research data.

Social science researchers at all career stages will be able to use this book to justify and construct composite narratives. Beginning with a discussion of this background, the proposed book will offer research students, supervisors, and experienced academics a manual for how and why to use composite narratives in social sciences research. The intended audience includes qualitative researchers in the social sciences.

Chapter 4 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license.

This book provides the first instructional guide to composite narrative research methods. Composite narratives are short vignettes that weave together quotes from multiple participants. The effect is to convey meaning to both academics and end-users, disseminating research findings succinctly and effectively. Readers interested in writing composite narratives will find a complete guide in this book.

More and more researchers are using composite narratives to present their research findings, with support for the effectiveness of composite narratives as a research method growing. Inside this book, there is a rationale for why to use composite narratives and a complete guide for how to write them. Many examples from the author are provided, complete with audit trails that evidence how the composite narratives were written from the raw qualitative research data.

Social science researchers at all career stages will be able to use this book to justify and construct composite narratives. Beginning with a discussion of this background, the proposed book will offer research students, supervisors, and experienced academics a manual for how and why to use composite narratives in social sciences research. The intended audience includes qualitative researchers in the social sciences.

Chapter 4 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license.

Native English-speaking teenagers in video blogs cover topics that appeal to students’ interests.  Functional videos, grammar and pronunciation animations make learning effective and fun.  Interactive activities in the eTexts and MyEnglishLab keep students focused. Realistic communicative activities help students to start  using their English immediately.  Carefully structured lessons focus on both written and verbal communication skills.  Interactive functional videos activate language quickly.  Regular revision sections consolidate students’ knowledge and build awareness of what they already know.  A comprehensive testing and assessment package allows teachers and students to track how well they are doing.  MyEnglishLab improves student results and allows teachers to monitor performance.

Native English-speaking teenagers in video blogs cover topics that appeal to students’ interests.  Functional videos, grammar and pronunciation animations make learning effective and fun.  Interactive activities in the eTexts and MyEnglishLab keep students focused. Realistic communicative activities help students to start using their English immediately.  Carefully structured lessons focus on both written and verbal communication skills.  Interactive functional videos activate language quickly.  Regular revision sections consolidate students’ knowledge and build awareness of what they already know.  A comprehensive testing and assessment package allows teachers and students to track how well they are doing.  MyEnglishLab improves student results and allows teachers to monitor performance.

The Live Beat Students’ Book contains 10 units that build and consolidate students’ knowledge of grammar, vocabulary, functional language and systematic development of the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Language Revision helps students monitor their own progress through self-assessment while Skills Revision gives students practice question types from the Trinity, KET and PET exams.

The Live Beat Class audio CD contains all the recorded material from the Students’ Book for that level