Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Spanish in the Global City written by Andrew Lynch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Spanish in the Global City brings together contributions from an international team of scholars of language in society to offer a conceptual and empirical perspective on Spanish within the context of 15 major cosmopolitan cities from around the world. With a unique focus on Spanish as an international language, each chapter questions the traditional and modern notions of language, place, and identity in the urban context of globalization. This collection of new perspectives on the sociology of Spanish provides an insightful and invaluable resource for students and researchers seeking to explore lesser-known areas of sociolinguistic research.

Download or read book Academic Tourism written by João P. Cerdeira Bento and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the latest knowledge on the still under-researched field of academic tourism, which over the past decade has gained in importance at local and national economic levels as a result of increasing international mobility of students and academic staff in higher education. A wide range of themes are explored from various perspectives, with the focus on Europe. Particular attention is paid to academic tourism demand, expenditure, and economic impact; the relationships between academic tourism and local and regional development, sustainable development, and environmental sustainability; and the importance of academic tourism for the internationalization of higher education and international cooperation and development. Further topics to be considered include the significance of academic tourism for the dynamics of tourism destinations and insights from experimental tourism research. In addition to theoretical chapters and state of the art reviews, readers will find insightful empirical and case studies. The book will be of interest to academics, researchers, students, and practitioners, including policy makers.

Download or read book Early Language Learning Policy in the 21st Century written by Subhan Zein and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-09-22 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume analyses the policymaking, expectations, implementation, progress, and outcomes of early language learning in various education policy contexts worldwide. The contributors to the volume are international researchers specialising in language policy and early language learning and their contributions aim to advance scholarship on early language learning policies and inform policymaking at the global level. The languages considered include learning English as a second language in primary schools in Japan, Mexico, Serbia, Argentina, and Tanzania; Spanish language education in the US and Australia; Arabic as a second language in Israel and Bangladesh; Chinese in South America and Oceania; and finally, early German teaching and learning in France and the UK.

Download or read book Pragm tica del espa ol written by J. César Félix-Brasdefer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pragmática del español introduces the central topics in pragmatics and discourse from a sociolinguistic perspective. Pragmatic variation is addressed within each topic, with examples from different varieties of Spanish spoken in Latin America, Spain and the United States. A companion website provides additional exercises and a corpus of Spanish data for student research projects. A sample syllabus and suggestions for further reading help instructors tailor the material to a one-semester course or as a supplement to general introduction to Hispanic linguistics courses. This is an ideal resource for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students, at level B2 – C2 of the Common European Framework for Languages, and Intermediate High – Advanced High on the ACTFL proficiency scales.

Download or read book The Op Ed Novel written by Becquer Seguin and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Op-Ed Novel follows a clutch of globally renowned Spanish novelists who swept into the political sphere via the pages of El País. Their literary sensibility transformed opinion journalism, and their weekly columns changed their novels, which became venues for speculative historical claims, partisan political projects, and intellectual argument.

Download or read book Lecciones Cristianas libro del alumno trimestre de invierno 2018 19 written by Valentin-Castanon, Eliezer and published by Cokesbury. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lecciones Cristianas tiene como propósito ayudar a las personas adultas hispanas a crecer en su comprensión de la Biblia y relación de ésta con la vida. Lecciones Cristianas sigue la serie de las Lecciones Bíblicas Internacionales. Está escrito especialmente para las iglesias de habla hispana. También hay un Libro del Maestro que provee sugerencias importantes para la enseñanza de cada lección, preguntas para discutir y actividades para la clase. Lecciones Cristianas helps Hispanic adults grow in their knowledge of the Bible and how it relates to their lives. Lecciones Cristianas follows the International Lesson Series. The content of this excellent study is biblical and it is written especially for Spanish-speaking churches. The teacher book provides valuable suggestions for teaching the class, discussion questions, and class activities.

Download or read book Seeking the American Tropics written by James A. Kushlan and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, the southernmost region of the Florida peninsula was seen by outsiders as wild and inaccessible, one of the last frontiers in the quest to understand and reveal the natural history of the continent. Seeking the American Tropics tells the stories of the explorers and adventurers who—for better and for worse—helped open the unique environment of South Florida to the world. Beginning with the arrival of Juan Ponce de León in 1513, James Kushlan describes how most of the famous Spanish explorers never made it to South Florida, leaving the area’s rich natural history out of scientific records for the next 250 years. It wasn’t until the British colonial and early American periods that the first surveyors were commissioned and the first naturalists—Titian Peale and John James Audubon—arrived to collect, draw, and report the subtropical flora and fauna that were so unique to North America. Moving into the railroad era, Kushlan illuminates the activities of scientists such as Henry Nehrling and Charles Torrey Simpson alongside the dabbling of wealthy amateur naturalists. He follows the story to the 1920s, when tourism was flourishing and signs of ecological damage were starting to show. Years of wildlife trade, resource extraction, invasive species introduction, and swamp drainage had taken their toll. And many of the naturalists who had been outspoken about protecting South Florida’s environment had also played a part in its destruction. Today the region is among one of the most thoroughly studied places on the planet—but at a cost. In this absorbing and cautionary tale, Kushlan illustrates how exploration has so often trumped conservation throughout history. He exposes how much of the natural world we have already lost in this vivid portrait of the Florida of yesterday.

Download or read book Fonetica y fonolog a espa olas written by Armin Schwegler and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-01-14 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its 5th edition, Fonética y fonología españolas remains an indispensable resource for students of Spanish as a second language. This comprehensive text covers the essential components required for fluency, with a detailed treatment of phonetics and phonology that provides a powerful framework for the study and practice of spoken language. A focus on the application of articulatory methods enables English speakers to hone advanced pronunciation skills. Extensive attention to dialect phenomena found in Latin American and Peninsular Spanish introduces readers to fascinating sociolinguistic dimensions of regional variations in spoken Spanish. An enhanced pedagogical framework provides a sophisticated and expedient set of linguistic tools. Written and oral exercises help students sharpen their pronunciation. Numerous maps, tables, figures, and illustrations guide students to an intuitive understanding of Spanish as used around the world. Augmented by online supplemental resources—including plentiful audio and video samples, class discussion topics, and group exercises— this textbook is designed to build students’ confidence while encouraging their participation and sharpening of conversational skills.

Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Spanish Language Teaching written by Javier Muñoz-Basols and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-17 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Spanish Language Teaching: metodologías, contextos y recursos para la enseñanza del español L2, provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art account of the main methodologies, contexts and resources in Spanish Language Teaching (SLT), a field that has experienced significant growth world-wide in recent decades and has consolidated as an autonomous discipline within Applied Linguistics. Written entirely in Spanish, the volume is the first handbook on Spanish Language Teaching to connect theories on language teaching with methodological and practical aspects from an international perspective. It brings together the most recent research and offers a broad, multifaceted view of the discipline. Features include: Forty-four chapters offering an interdisciplinary overview of SLT written by over sixty renowned experts from around the world; Five broad sections that combine theoretical and practical components: Methodology; Language Skills; Formal and Grammatical Aspects; Sociocultural Aspects; and Tools and Resources; In-depth reflections on the practical aspects of Hispanic Linguistics and Spanish Language Teaching to further engage with new theoretical ideas and to understand how to tackle classroom-related matters; A consistent inner structure for each chapter with theoretical aspects, methodological guidelines, practical considerations, and valuable references for further reading; An array of teaching techniques, reflection questions, language samples, design of activities, and methodological guidelines throughout the volume. The Routledge Handbook of Spanish Language Teaching contributes to enriching the field by being an essential reference work and study material for specialists, researchers, language practitioners, and current and future educators. The book will be equally useful for people interested in curriculum design and graduate students willing to acquire a complete and up-to-date view of the field with immediate applicability to the teaching of the language.

Download or read book Code switching Experimental Answers to Theoretical Questions written by Luis López and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume compiles eight original chapters dedicated to different topics within bilingual grammar and processing with special focus on code-switching. Three main features unify the contributions to this volume. First, they focus on making a contribution to our understanding of the human language within a coherent theoretical framework; second, they understand that a complete theory of the human language needs to include data from bilinguals’ I-languages; and third, they are committed to obtaining reliable data following experimental protocols.

Download or read book Arqueolog a y T chne M todos formales nuevos enfoques written by José Remesal Rodríguez and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2022-02-10 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents papers resulting from the EPNet project (Production and Distribution of Food during the Roman Empire: Economic and Political Dynamics) which aimed to investigate existing hypotheses about the Roman economy in order to understand which products were distributed through the different geographical regions of the empire, and in which periods.

Download or read book European Port Cities and Urban Regeneration written by Enrico Tommarchi and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-29 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culture- and event-led regeneration have been catalysts for the transformation of redundant urban port areas and for the reframing of the image of many port cities, which notably feature among mega-event bidding and host cities. However, there is little understanding of the impacts of these processes on port-city relationships, as well as of how port city cultures shape mega events and the related regeneration strategies. The book examines the underexplored mutual links between, on the one hand, urban and socio-economic regeneration driven by cultural and sporting mega events and, on the other hand, the spatial, political and symbolic ties between cities and their ports. By adopting a cross-national, comparative perspective, with in-depth case studies (Hull, Rotterdam, Genoa and Valencia) and examples from other port cities across the world where mega events were held, the book engages with issues such as the tension between port and cultural uses, reactions and opposition to mega events in port cities, clashing urban imaginaries drawing on port activity and culture, the role of port authorities and companies in the city’s cultural life, the spectacularisation and commodification of local maritime culture and heritage, processes of cultural demaritimisation and remaritimisation of port cities. The book is therefore a contribution towards the bridging of port city and mega-event studies, and it provides insights for port city policy makers and mega-event promoters, drawing from a range of international experiences. The book also shows how societal and political change in the current ‘ontologically-insecure’ times may undermine the very paradigm of culture- and event-led regeneration in the years to come.

Download or read book Dark Curse written by Christine Feehan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-09-02 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan freezes the blood in this fiercely sensual Carpathian novel... Born into a world of evil and ice, Dragonseeker Lara Calladine is a child of three species yet belonging to none. She walked her chosen path alone, trusting no one. For beyond the frozen hell of her youth were even greater dangers. Today, an expert in the study of ice caves, Lara searches for the source of her nightmares. Nicolas De La Cruz can help her. Though centuries of hunting and killing have taken their toll, he longs to feel sensual love without the hunger for blood. As Lara and Nicolas search the treacherous Carpathian landscape, their tenuous trust shifts into an undeniable passion. But their mysterious pasts share a secret that could destroy them both... INCLUDES BONUS CONTENT!

Download or read book Biolog a Hecha Realidad written by Christian Moore-Anderson and published by Christian Moore-Anderson. This book was released on 2023-07-09 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Versión en castellano del libro "Biology Made Real". Traducido por IA y editado por el autor. Introducción Siempre me ha motivado entender qué es la biología para nosotros como humanos. Qué significa entender la biología y cómo puedo hacer que tenga sentido para mis alumnos. He leído todo lo que he podido y he reflexionado, he discutido y escuchado, he enseñado y observado. Este libro trata de compartir lo que he aprendido con mis clases de biología de secundaria. «No sólo es probable que este libro cambie tu forma de enseñar biología, sino también tu percepción de ti mismo dentro del mundo vivo.» —Dr. Alex Sinclair, Instituto de Educación, Universidad de St Mary, Twickenham. Lo que encontrarás: —Una visión de una educación de biología integrada y significativa. —Un marco de enseñanza que se centra en la construcción de significado y reduce el tiempo de planificación. —Formas de crear una narrativa que unifica temas dispares. —Una taxonomía de la comprensión que permite la resolución de problemas con una carga de trabajo mínima. —Ejemplos probados en el aula. Capítulo 1: La biología significativa se refiere principalmente a los organismos: Este capítulo sienta las bases de todo el libro. Reúne muchos hilos para definir lo que considero más significativo para los estudiantes de biología de secundaria. Y, por tanto, lo que podemos hacer al respecto a la hora de diseñar nuestras clases y planes de estudio y de pensar en cómo progresan los estudiantes en su formación en biología. La planificación de la construcción de significados ha aumentado enormemente el interés y la motivación por aprender en mi clase. Capítulos 2 y 3: La construcción de significado mediante la teoría de la variación: A continuación presento una poderosa teoría pedagógica, relativamente desconocida y a menudo mal entendida. La teoría de la variación. En estos capítulos me propongo demostrar lo útil que es—y lo fácil que resulta utilizarla—en el aula de biología de secundaria, con muchos ejemplos. Capítulo 4: Cómo integrar organismos, ecología y evolución: Ahora reúno los capítulos anteriores para presentar un nuevo marco de enseñanza para la construcción de significado que reduce el tiempo de planificación y se centra en la biología. Capítulo 5: Conceptos del organismo que unen un curso de biología: Aquí discuto dos conceptos que creo que pueden unificar todos los temas del plan de estudios. 1. Ver la biología a través de los sistemas termodinámicos y 2. Ver la biología a través de la evolución ecológica mediante el concepto de estrategias vitales. Expongo las razones y hablo de cómo he presentado estas ideas a los alumnos. Capítulo 6: Enseñar el pensamiento sistémico para ayudar a los alumnos a ver la interconexión: Muestro cómo los diagramas de existencias de flujo son muy útiles para el aula de biología y doy ejemplos. A continuación, presento una nueva taxonomía para entender los sistemas biológicos que permite la resolución de problemas en biología. Capítulo 7: Establecer una cultura de pensamiento: Este capítulo se centra en los cómos y los porqués de la integración de la taxonomía en los planes de estudio de biología. Doy ejemplos de cómo la utilizo y ejemplos de las respuestas de mis alumnos de cursos de secundaria. Capítulo 8: Navegar por el aula y la complejidad biológica: Este capítulo concluye el libro considerando la complejidad de nuestra asignatura y del aula.

Download or read book My Stroke of Insight written by Jill Bolte Taylor and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-05-12 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Transformative...[Taylor's] experience...will shatter [your] own perception of the world."—ABC News The astonishing New York Times bestseller that chronicles how a brain scientist's own stroke led to enlightenment On December 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven- year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain. As she observed her mind deteriorate to the point that she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life-all within four hours-Taylor alternated between the euphoria of the intuitive and kinesthetic right brain, in which she felt a sense of complete well-being and peace, and the logical, sequential left brain, which recognized she was having a stroke and enabled her to seek help before she was completely lost. It would take her eight years to fully recover. For Taylor, her stroke was a blessing and a revelation. It taught her that by "stepping to the right" of our left brains, we can uncover feelings of well-being that are often sidelined by "brain chatter." Reaching wide audiences through her talk at the Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) conference and her appearance on Oprah's online Soul Series, Taylor provides a valuable recovery guide for those touched by brain injury and an inspiring testimony that inner peace is accessible to anyone.

Download or read book The Birth of Fascist Ideology written by Zeev Sternhell and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When The Birth of Fascist Ideology was first published in 1989 in France and at the beginning of 1993 in Italy, it aroused a storm of response, positive and negative, to Zeev Sternhell's controversial interpretations. In Sternhell's view, fascism was much more than an episode in the history of Italy. He argues here that it possessed a coherent ideology with deep roots in European civilization. Long before fascism became a political force, he maintains, it was a major cultural phenomenon. This important book further asserts that although fascist ideology was grounded in a revolt against the Enlightenment, it was not a reactionary movement. It represented, instead, an ideological alternative to Marxism and liberalism and competed effectively with them by positing a revolt against modernity. Sternhell argues that the conceptual framework of fascism played an important role in its development. Building on radical nationalism and an "antimaterialist" revision of Marxism, fascism sought to destroy the existing political order and to uproot its theoretical and moral foundations. At the same time, its proponents wished to preserve all the achievements of modern technology and the advantages of the market economy. Nevertheless, fascism opposed every "bourgeois" value: universalism, humanism, progress, natural rights, and equality. Thus, as Sternhell shows, the fascists adopted the economic aspect of liberalism but completely denied its philosophical principles and the intellectual and moral heritage of modernity.

Download or read book The Missionary Call written by Michael Sills and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians of all ages recognize the heartbeat of God to take the Gospel to the nations and wrestle with the implications of the Great Commission in their own lives. The Missionary Call explores the biblical, historical, and practical aspects of discerning and fulfilling God's call to serve as a missionary. Pointing the reader to Scripture, lessons from missionary heroes, and his own practical and academic experience, Dr. Sills guides the reader to discern the personal applications of the missionary call.