Цель пособия - развитие умения стилистически адекватного использования английского языка в жизненно важных ситуациях с учетом правил и норм социального общения. Пособие состоит из 26 тематических уроков, содержащих конкретную лингвострановедческую информацию применительно к ситуации общения, перечень наиболее употребительных речевых формул и серию упражнений, ориентированных на отработку коммуникативных навыков.

The book consists of 26 thematic lessons containing specific lingvo-cultural information regarding the situation of communication, a list of the most common expressions of speech and a series of exercises for practicing communication skills.

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Language Teacher Identities: Co-constructing Discourse and Community

This book explores the development of the first cohort of students to complete a new Bachelor of Education in English language teaching in the United Arab Emirates, theorizing the students' learning to teach in terms of the discursive construction of a teaching identity within an evolving community of practice.

Bringing Schools into the 21st Century

Shift happens: Emerging technologies and globalization have resulted in political, social and cultural changes. These changes have a profound impact on all aspects of human life, including education. Yet while society has changed and continues to change, schools are slow to keep up. This book explores issues related to transforming and modernizing our educational systems, including the impact of societal shifts on education, the efforts at various levels to bring schools into the 21st century, the identification of 21st century skills, the reformation of the curriculum, the creation of alternative models of schooling, the innovative use of technology in education, and many others.

Educational Innovations Beyond Technology: Nurturing Leadership and Establishing Learning Organizations

The text explores the concept of innovation, and analyse and compare different dimensions of innovation found in the various case studies; the transfer of innovation and the mechanisms of change; on an innovative online case study database on education innovations that has been designed to be used by education practitioners to support organizational leadership, international collaboration and reflective practice in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) eEducation Leadership initiative

Developing Courses in English for Specific Purposes

Presented in two parts, this book firstly introduces core considerations in ESP course development drawing on examples from a wide range of ESP and EAP courses. Secondly four case studies show how experienced ESP teachers and course developers went about developing courses to meet the needs of their particular learners.