The Authorized Abridged Edition for Students of Arabic, Abridged Edition
Set during the Lebanese Civil war, this book features eloquent prose that keeps readers engaged until the last line. It provides introductory materials, a short biography of the author, and exercises that develop linguistic and cultural competencies.
Melding research with practical innovations in teaching practice, this title features contributors who confront the limitations of existing approaches in heritage language learning to introduce new solutions informed by linguistic, sociolinguistic, and educational research on heritage languages.
Why just talk to Brazilians when you can connect with them? Supplemented by anecdotes, case studies, and photos, this book helps you learn key cultural differences between Brazil and North America that can enable you to overcome communication barriers to forging successful business relationships.
The Authorized Abridged Edition for Students of Arabic
Provides students at the intermediate-advanced Arabic language level the opportunity to engage with an award-winning work of contemporary fiction. This novel is a coming-of-age story of a half-Filippino, half-Kuwaiti teen who returns to his father's Kuwait.
Why just talk to Brazilians when you can connect with them? Supplemented by anecdotes, case studies, and photos, this book helps you learn key cultural differences between Brazil and North America that can enable you to overcome communication barriers to forging successful business relationships.
Using debate to develop advanced competency in a second language is a method that is finding increased interest. This book provides teachers with both the theoretical underpinnings for using debate in the foreign language classroom as well as advice for developing reading, listening, writing, and speaking skills through debate.
Melding research with practical innovations in teaching practice, this volume features contributors who confront the limitations of existing approaches in heritage language learning to introduce new solutions informed by linguistic, sociolinguistic, and educational research on heritage languages.
Recent educational reform initiatives such as the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) largely fail to address the needs--or tap into the unique resources--of students who are developing literacy skills in both English and a home language. This book discusses ways to meet the challenges that current standards pose for teaching emergent bilingual ......
