What are the realities and possibilities of utilizing on-line virtualworlds a...What are the realities and possibilities of utilizing on-line virtual worlds as teaching tools for specific literary works? Through engaging and surprising stories from classrooms where virtual worlds are in use this book invites readers to...more
What are the realities and possibilities of utilizing on-line virtualworlds a...What are the realities and possibilities of utilizing on-line virtual worlds as teaching tools for specific literary works? Through engaging and surprising stories from classrooms where virtual worlds are in use this book invites readers to...more
Contributing to the emerging body of research-based knowledge about teaching E...Contributing to the emerging body of research-based knowledge about teaching English to native speakers of Arabic this volume presents empirical studies carried out in Egypt Lebanon Oman Palestine Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.more
Virtualworlds are an area of growing interest in many sectors including highe...Virtual worlds are an area of growing interest in many sectors including higher education. While Web-based tools have existed for years to help deliver course content these tools have not traditionally provided means for creation of community with...more
This book presents pedagogical strategies for today s diverse Israel Studies c...This book presents pedagogical strategies for today s diverse Israel Studies classrooms. It offers Israel-specific innovations for online teaching tested methods for organizing global virtual exchanges that uplift marginalized voices in Israel...more
Targeted at educators and researchers wishing to use virtual environments in t...Targeted at educators and researchers wishing to use virtual environments in their teaching practice this work provides practical advice specifically for educators in higher education. It focuses on the use of Second Life - a free readily-accessible...more
Ever since T.B. Macaulay leveled the accusation in 1835 that a single shelf of...Ever since T.B. Macaulay leveled the accusation in 1835 that a single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native literature of India South Asian literature has served as the imagined battleground between local linguistic...more
The study and teaching of Englishliterature is generally regarded as one of t...The study and teaching of English literature is generally regarded as one of the central disciplines in the modern university yet for much of its history it struggled to gain academic legitimacy and was frequently derided as a soft option . Its...more
As the British empire expanded throughout the world the English language playe...As the British empire expanded throughout the world the English language played an important role in power relations between Britain and its colonies. English was used as a colonizing agent to suppress the indigenous cultures of various peoples and...more
As the British empire expanded throughout the world the English language playe...As the British empire expanded throughout the world the English language played an important role in power relations between Britain and its colonies. English was used as a colonizing agent to suppress the indigenous cultures of various peoples and...more
TeachingLiteraturein the World Language Classroom presents a five-stage meth...Teaching Literature in the World Language Classroom presents a five-stage methodology for teaching literature in language curriculum that repurposes Bloom s original and revised taxonomy to promote the language acquisition process and spark other...more
Contributing to the emerging body of research-based knowledge about teaching E...Contributing to the emerging body of research-based knowledge about teaching English to native speakers of Arabic this volume presents empirical studies carried out in Egypt Lebanon Oman Palestine Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.more
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is p...This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United...more
Educating the Postmodern Child traces the philosophical challenges posed by ch...Educating the Postmodern Child traces the philosophical challenges posed by children living in an information age. Fiachra Long explores the construction of childhood in today s society arguing that the postmodern child is exposed to the public...more
This book presents recent investigations in foreign language teaching and lear...This book presents recent investigations in foreign language teaching and learning. It covers a wide range of topics from theoretical approaches to foreign language instruction to findings in empirical research in language learning and pedagogy.more