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Second Language Acquisition and Task-Based Language Teaching
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 513

Second Language Acquisition and Task-Based Language Teaching

This book offers an in-depth explanation of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) and the methods necessary to implement it in the language classroom successfully. Combines a survey of theory and research in instructed second language acquisition (ISLA) with insights from language teaching and the philosophy of education Details best practice for TBLT programs, including discussion of learner needs and means analysis; syllabus design; materials writing; choice of methodological principles and pedagogic procedures; criterion-referenced, task-based performance assessment; and program evaluation Written by an esteemed scholar of second language acquisition with over 30 years of research and classroom experience Considers diffusion of innovation in education and the potential impact of TBLT on foreign and second language learning

The Edge
  • Language: en

The Edge

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017-10-29
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Long Shot
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 384

Long Shot

The twelve-time All-Star catcher describes the inspiration he gleaned from his self-made father, his early career with the Dodgers, his memorable 2000 World Series with the Mets, and the controversies that have marked his career.

Real Powys
  • Language: en

Real Powys

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012-04
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  • Publisher: Real Wales

Observant, passionate, witty, offbeat, Mike Parker tours Powys from the border towns of Hay on Wye, Presteigne and Knighton, through the interior and on to the furthest points of Newtown, Penybont, Ystradgynlais and Brecon. What surprises does he stumble upon among the mountains, forests, streams and farms of this mysterious countryside?

The Sun Day
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 189

The Sun Day

So what would you do with all your money, fancy cars, big houses, jewelries, and your most prized possessions, when the earth’s surface will now be smelted by the fiery sun and will eat away the earth’s entire atmosphere, and vaporize this into nonexistence? Kevin knows this as early as 1980 when the DEWA (Department of Early Warning Assessment) in a false report to the UN environmental program agencies at a UN conference in Nairobi, Kenya. Kevin is thrown into a web of deception, and just before the very important UN Budget Committee meeting, his boss suddenly and unexpectedly falls ill. Taking his boss’ place at the meeting, he is threatened, coerced, and blackmailed. To make matters...

Long Reach
  • Language: en

Long Reach

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018
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  • Publisher: Unknown

When Belize is invaded by a powerful neighbour it's Britain that must spring to the defence of this old outpost of empire. But intervening in distant Central America will test the limits of the former colonial power. And in the end the outcome will turn on the skill, boldness and heart-bursting bravery of a handful of British forces already in-country ...

Long Time, No See
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 220

Long Time, No See

Long Time, No See is certainly an inspiring story, but Beth Finke does not aim to inspire. Eschewing reassuring platitudes and sensational pleas for sympathy, she charts her struggles with juvenile diabetes, blindness, and a host of other hardships, sharing her feelings of despair and frustration as well as her hard-won triumphs. Rejecting the label “courageous,” she prefers to describe herself using the phrase her mother invoked in times of difficulty: “She did what she had to do.” With unflinching candor and acerbic wit, Finke chronicles the progress of the juvenile diabetes that left her blind at the age of twenty-six as well as the seemingly endless spiral of adversity that follo...

Last in My Class
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 378

Last in My Class

My father decided to teach me how I could tell if I was drunk. "See those two guys over there? When they become four, you´re drunk!" But Dad, there´s only one guy over there!" LAST IN MY CLASS is a story of the trauma of growing up with an alcoholic father who was First in his Class. The author believes that the family members are all in the same class. "We are the walking wounded who go through most of our lives looking good and feeling awful. We are the ones who are in responsible positions, working every day and keeping things together. We are the invisible injured. Who speaks for us?" This book does. ALCOHOLISM REMAINS THE # 1 HEALTH PROBLEM IN AMERICA. Millions want to know how to live with a problem drinker. This story helps answer that question. This inspirational and painful growing up saga chronicles how humor, sports, recreation and a serious quest for answers helped this author recover from an emotional shutdown and to enjoy peace within.

Jackie Robinson: A Spiritual Biography
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 212

Jackie Robinson: A Spiritual Biography

Jackie Robinson believed in a God who sides with the oppressed and who calls us to see one another as sisters and brothers. This faith was a powerful but quiet engine that drove and sustained him as he shattered racial barriers on and beyond the baseball diamond. Jackie Robinson: A Spiritual Biography explores the faith that, Robinson said, carried him through the torment and abuse he suffered for integrating the major leagues and drove him to get involved in the civil rights movement. Marked by sacrifice and service, inclusiveness and hope, Robinson's faith shaped not only his character but also baseball and America itself.

Troublemaker for Justice
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 215

Troublemaker for Justice

Chosen a Best Children's Book of the Year by the Bank Street Center! Voted a Best Book of the Year by School Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews! A biography for younger readers about one of the most influential activists of our time, who was an early advocate for African Americans and for gay rights. "Bayard had an unshakable optimism, nerves of steel, and, most importantly, a faith that if the cause is just and people are organized, nothing can stand in our way."—President Barack Obama "Bayard Rustin was one of the great organizers and activists of the Civil Rights Movement. Without his skill and vision, the historic impact of the March on Washington might not have been possible. I am gla...