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Who is this book intended for? Answer: Everyone. Students of debate will find it interesting, useful, and helpful. In fact, ALL people who are concerned with social equality, equal opportunity, and justice will find this book extremely useful. One of the most important uses of this book is not what your opinion is after you finish reading the debate between my friend and myself, but the opportunity to see how two people with extremely opposite views were able to interact with one another in a mutually respectful manner on a very contentious issue. The outcome? You, the reader, can decide ...

It is estimated that over 1 billion people are currently learning English world wide. According to the British Council, as of the year 2,000 there were 750 million English as a Foreign language speakers. In addition, there were 375 million English as a Second Language speakers. The difference between the two groups amounts to English as a Foreign Language speakers using English occasionally for business or pleasure, while English as a Second Language speakers use English on a daily basis. These impressive numbers are driven by adult speakers around the world who use English to communicate ...

This book is for parents, students, teachers, administrators and anyone else with an interest in English Language Teaching and learning in particular, and education in general. Educators will find this book useful at all stages of their careers. This 4-Book collection covers four critical areas: 1. Teacher leadership, 2. Dealing effectively with standardised national & international tests, 3. The use, misuse and abuse of the students' first language, the "Mother Tongue", and 4. Connectivism, or self-initiated, connected learning in the digital age. Connectivism has been called, "...

Emily & David's Quest: A Saga of the Ancient Family Trilogy is a Quest for the Holy Grail, the blood of Jesus Christ himself. At stake is the fate of the world. Set in a cave in Valencia, Spain, in Glastonbury, England, and the very bowels of the Underworld, it is dialogue driven, fast paced, and unpredictable. The protagonists, Emily and David, must race against time to find the Holy Grail before Alicia, the Sorceress, finds it. Alicia has dragons and demons from the Underworld to help her. Both barely 18 years old, all Emily and David have on their side is David's stories and Emily's ...

For more than 400 years, the personal essay has fused elements of the critical essay with personal discovery. Through adopting a first-person narrative I am able to use a loose conversational tone whichallows me the possibility to situate the role of "Caller" or "Storyteller as a dialogic one. The "Response" to the various essays is then a shared one, within a number of constructs, including one in which both Caller and Responder are the same person, as demonstrated by various art forms in song, in speech and in the church liturgy tradition, both from African American church, Catholic ...

**This book is an introduction - a point of departure - a beginning, a place to start for anyone who is interested in Connectivism and Connected Knowledge.** Connectivism & Connected Knowledge tells the story of my journey from isolation to becoming globally connected to sources of knowledge. It is a personal journey that begins with a proposition: self-improvement that also benefits others. I go back in time to share this journey with you, certain that it will also benefit you personally, and the members of your personal and professional learning network also. Connectivism has been called ...

The International Baccalaureate education system is the best in the world. The global search for high-quality education, embedded in high-performing education systems, has taken on mythical proportions, almost resembling the alchemists’ quest to turn common metals into gold. It is my hope that the present day search for global education, equitable and providing equality of opportunity for all, shall not cease until the “gold” we seek, has been found. I therefore dedicate this book to all the educators, researchers, parents and students the world over, who strive to achieve this ...

"Bilingual in Chile: An Impossible Dream?" is a book that is dedicated to all English Language Teachers and students worldwide. Through the use of personal anecdotes, case studies, and research findings, it clearly shows that bilingualism is NOT an impossible dream, not for Chile, and not for any other nation that seeks to become bilingual. After reading this book, you will know the myths and misconceptions surrounding bilingualism, and have the evidence that disproves the myths. You will have real world examples from which to learn from the experience of other nations, other schools, and ...

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” ~John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the USA. "Exceptional Educational Leadership" is grounded in the author's personal experience of developing an experiential philosophy of exceptional educational leadership. Indeed, after the quality of teaching, leadership is the second most influential factor in the quality of education. For this reason, the educator who seeks to fully develop their capacities as a leader will be eager to engage with the bold idea that forms the central argument ...

This book was written to share my soldier story with you by connecting it to the larger story of the African American tradition of service to the country. Military service has always been a legitimate career option in peace, and in times of war. African Americans have historically understood how love of country and military service can be a catalyst for positive social change. For this reason, I dedicate this book to all those, "Who have dared for a high cause to suffer, resist, fight, if need be to die." ~ Elbridge S. Brooks.

“Written by an experienced teacher and author of 58 books, from a practical perspective. This book is for new teachers, experienced teachers, parents of English Language Learners worldwide, English Language Learners, and students from all disciplines with a need to know how students learn English in actual day to day practice. This book provides an actionable answer to the question of "How Do Students Learn English?" In this book, the discovery method is applied to case studies and actual experience, in reality. If encountering the topic for the first time, this is a clear and practical ...

Carter G. Woodson, in “The Mis-Education of the Negro” (1933), contends that African Americans have been educated away from their own culture and traditions and attached to the fringes of European culture; thus dislocated from themselves. He asserts that African Americans often valorize European culture to the detriment of our own heritage (p. 7). Although he does not advocate rejection of American citizenship or nationality, he believed that assuming African Americans hold the same position as European Americans vis-à-vis the realities of America would lead to the psychological and ...

Americans have lost faith in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, an institution they once regarded as the world’s greatest law-enforcement agency. Thomas Baker spent many years with the FBI and is deeply troubled by this loss of faith. Specific lapses have come to light and each is thoroughly discussed in this book: Why did they happen? What changed? The answer begins days after the 9/11 attacks when the FBI underwent a significant change in culture.

James A. Baker III uses his unique perspective to take us inside those events and the personalities involved in them: the collapse of Communism, the Berlin Wall, and the Soviet Union itself; the reunification of Germany; the remarkable negotiations behind the coalition-building of the Gulf War; and the even more remarkable talks that led Israelis and Arabs to the same conference table for the first time in decades.

What if you withstood the zombie apocalypse only to discover worse monsters had survived? Without warning, a deadly virus sweeps across the United States, killing all who contract it. Worse, the virus revives their undead bodies, seeking new victims to infect. A group of diverse survivors band together in the aftermath, searching for safe haven. Instead, they come to find the worst horror in this terrible new world may not be the zombies. Travel with JT, Hannah, Tyrone, Gus, Harold, and the other survivors as they fight to stay alive in a world overrun by the dead.

In a country where loyalty is enforced and obedience is demanded, one man dares to stand tall. Heinz Krügel grows up in a coal-dust village where football is the only escape from poverty. As a boy, he studies the game from the steps of his crumbling home—learning not by playing, but by watching. And in that same street lives Lena Baumann, the girl with the charcoal-stained fingers who sketches him from behind lace curtains. She sees what others miss: the way he reads space, the way he leads without a word, and the fire inside him that refuses to be extinguished. But childhood promises ...

History often marks its turning points with dramatic symbols—walls raised or torn down, borders redrawn, leaders replaced, treaties signed. Yet the real turning points, the ones that alter the course of countless unnamed lives, begin long before any public declaration. They begin quietly, in narrow hallways, in shuttered rooms, in whispers passed between frightened neighbors. They begin with suspicions, not evidence—rumors that travel faster than facts, and fears that shape decisions more powerfully than any law. Book Three of Heinz Krügel’s Journey enters that quieter space. It ...

Amazon.com: Top 500 Reviewer Dennis Waller: "An Interesting Perspective to a Historical Tale" a review of: Boudicca: Warrior Queen "This Love Story Has It All" a review of: Looking for Catarina "Mystical, Magical, Enchanting Journey" a review of: StoryTellers "What you are depends on the stories you read." Five must-read stories are told: Journey of a Hero, True Love, Impossible Love, A Woman at War & lastly, Peace. Who is a hero/heroine? Answer: Anyone who does something requiring courage, bravery, disregarding one's own personal safety. Could someone be a hero/heroine without even being ...

I Live in Chile. ¡Viva Chile! I am fascinated with, and deeply in love with Chile (encantado & enamorado). That will be the main aim of this book, namely, to share my life in, and my love for, this beautiful country, my beloved Chile. I hope you enjoy the way in which I share the story of what is important for me about my life in Chile. Yes, my voice and my story is only one man's story. My story is unique, reality-based, and true. I share with you love, language, and landscapes; customs, culture, and food; music, song, and dance. I finish with info about the sport of football (known as ...

Why do some speakers succeed through practice and others spontaneously? This book answers that question in a practical way. How best to use the speeches in this book? There is no one “best” way to benefit from the material in this book. As a point of departure, read each speech. Read them silently and read them aloud. Then read them again. And again. Again... Appreciate the sounds of the words, for they are beautiful. Notice the use of repetition, humour, irony, wit, allusion and alliteration. Practice giving the speeches. Place yourself in the "shoes" of the speaker. You become Cato, ...