Challenges is the new course for teenagers which gives them everything they need to be successful in learning English. Written by the authors of the global bestseller, ‘Opportunities’. Challenges provides Coursebooks that can be completed in one year, giving students a clear sense of progress Informative and engaging topics that involve teenagers in their learning Unique features include word building, text building and sentence patterns Characters that promote positive values and use real spoken language.
This volume brings both beginning and experienced translators and interpreters up to date on a broad range of issues. The seven sections take up success and survival strategies for a language professional, including the challenges posed by the changing global economy, the impact of new technologies, adjustments required by a different legal environment and traditional ethical practices. Such challenges and changes point to a need for continuing education and networking and for newcomers specialized postsecondary training. The issues are as broad as the translator and interpreter's role in the modern world, as detailed as advice on setting up a workstation or choosing a degree program.
With a wealth of new information from family involvement in education, this updated new second edition of Families and Educators as Partners: Issues and Challenges, 2nd Edition is a readable and practical text. It provides future and current teachers, administrators, school personnel and parents with background information as well as strategies that they need to plan and implement a successful family involvement program in preschool and elementary environments.
OUR WORLD TODAY: PEOPLE, PLACES, AND ISSUES (2003 edition) makes the world an understandable place for students. With its unique integration of culture, history, economics, government, and geography, "Our World Today" challenges middle school students to explore the issues and challenges of each region. Co-authored by the National Geographic Society, the program is loaded with motivating activities and the skills, reading strategies, and content that will engage students. National Geographic cartographers created every map and atlas, so you're assured of pinpoint accuracy.
Reading age for native speakers: Middle School students
Aging and Diversity: An Active Learning Experience, 2nd Edition
Completely rewritten, this new edition addresses key topics in diversity and aging, such as gender, race or ethnicity, religious affiliation, and more. These elements convey the complexities that provide both challenges to meet the needs of diverse populations and opportunities to lear how to live in a pluralistic society.
