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English Language Teaching Today: Linking Theory and Practice provides an up-to-date account of current principles and practices for teaching English in the world today. The chapters, written by internationally recognized language teacher educators and TESOL specialists, introduce the reader to key language skill areas (i.e., listening, speaking, reading, writing, pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary) and explain how each skill area can be taught in a principled manner in diverse language learning contexts. Throughout the book, the link between theory and practice is explicitly highlighted and exemplified. This reader-friendly book is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in TESOL and other second language education programmes as well as for TESOL professionals who wish to stay current with recent developments in ELT.
Sphagnum specialist Dierk Michaelis documents the worldwide known peat moss species (genus Sphagnum) and presents keys for their identification. It represents the updated, supplemented English language version of the author's original peat moss flora of 2011 (in German), the first overall presentation of Sphagnum since Carl Warnstorf's "Sphagnologia Universalis" of 1911. Compared to the German edition, 12 species have been added, 23 new plates were added, the chapters on phylogeny and research history have been revised and a new chapter on Sphagnum ecology has been added. Since Warnstorf's comprehensive work, numerous names have been recognized and revised as synonyms - particularly by Andre...
Partisipasi masyarakat menjadi faktor penting dalam pengelolaan desa, salah satunya melalui pengembangan desa wisata. Keunggulan komparatif desa menjadi modal, kekuatan dan potensi untuk mengkreasikan pembangunan berbasis tempat/wilayah yang selaras dengan keunikan lokal. Desa wisata memberikan ruang untuk merasakan kembali nilai-nilai sumber daya perdesaan, kehidupan alam, budaya dan bahkan fasilitas buatan. Multiplier effect telah dirasakan, ekonomi perdesaan tumbuh, lingkungan alam terjaga, serta kesejahteraan yang dirasakan masyarakat. Namun, pandemi Covid-19 yang terjadi di awal 2020 telah mengakibatkan kelumpuhan pada semua sektor, sektor wisata dan desa wisata salah satunya. Kondisi t...
Tropical peatlands are found mostly in South East Asia, but also in Africa and in Central and South America. They and peat-swamp forests store large amounts of carbon and their destruction, particularly through the development of plantations for oil palm and other forms of agriculture, releases large quantities of greenhouse gases which contribute to climate change. They are also complex and vulnerable ecosystems, home to great biodiversity and a number of endangered species such as the orang utan.The aim of this book is to introduce this little known but important and vulnerable ecosystem in a way that explains its long standing interaction with the global carbon cycle and how it is being d...
Buku "Teknologi Big Data: Pengantar dan Penerapan di Berbagai Bidang" merangkum esensi teknologi Big Data dari awal hingga penerapannya dalam konteks kehidupan nyata. Melalui konsep dasar yang jelas seperti pengumpulan, ingest, dan penyimpanan data, pembaca diperkenalkan pada kerangka kerja Big Data yang penting untuk memahami kompleksitasnya. Setelah itu, buku ini menyajikan serangkaian studi kasus dan contoh aplikatif yang mencakup lingkungan, ekonomi, pendidikan, pemerintahan, transportasi, UMKM, industri, dan kesehatan, memberikan gambaran komprehensif tentang bagaimana teknologi Big Data merespon tantangan dan memperkaya solusi di berbagai bidang kehidupan. Dengan penekanan pada implementasi praktis dan pemahaman yang mendalam, buku ini tidak hanya menjadi panduan bermanfaat bagi pembaca yang ingin memahami Big Data, tetapi juga mengilhami untuk menjelajahi potensi inovatif teknologi ini dalam meningkatkan efisiensi dan menghasilkan dampak positif dalam masyarakat.
This book describes lessons learned from the implementation of research based learning at Maastricht University. Well-known for its problem based learning (PBL) educational model, Maastricht University implemented research-based learning (RBL) as a new educational concept in addition to PBL, around 2009. The model has taken the shape of an excellence programme offering third-year bachelor students an opportunity to conduct academic research together with academic staff. The introduction of the research-based learning concept into the programmes of all Maastricht University’s faculties has resulted in a range of RBL models that vary to fit the various disciplines and programmes offered by t...
Considers such issues as the effect of local government policies on migration, the optimal size of cities, tax and expenditure capitalization, the economics of intergovernmental transfers, tax exporting and tax competition.
Children animal tale
Left penniless after her husband's death, Fiona Lenihan and her two children set out for California in search of a fresh start. Ten years ago Fiona fled the Irish Potato Famine. She has crossed an ocean, so why not a continent? Kier Moran is a loner with a reputation for being the best tracker, best shot, and best guide. As a favor to his aging parents, he is leading their wagon train West, to the Santa Clara Valley, known as the Valley of Heart's Delight. Kier intends to deliver his parents safely to California then resume life under the sun and stars. But meeting Fiona Lenihan threatens his simple plan.