This book puts forward an authenticity-centred approach to the design of materials for language learning. The premise of the approach is that language learning should be based on authentic materials drawn from a variety of genres found in the target language culture, and that the learning tasks involving these materials should be correspondingly authentic, by entailing interactions that are consistent with the original communicative purpose of the authentic text.
This is a book about hope. It affirms the power of personal and collective responsibility to enact heroic changes in our schools. Through a shared vision, purpose, and inquiry--and using the collective wisdom of myth, legend, and metaphor from around the world--we can find the inspiration and courage to face the challenges inherent in transforming schools into authentic learning organizations.
Addresses the need for a systematic approach to training in translation studies. This text explores various areas of language and relates the theoretical findings to the actual practice of translation, using authentic examples.
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Read All About It offers high-interest readings based on authentic materials.
Read All About It Starter themes correspond to The Basic Oxford Picture Dictionary . The Word Lists in the readers provide page references to the respective Dictionary .
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* Draws on authentic news stories, magazine articles, biographies, folktales, and poetry.
* Develops reading skills, vocabulary, and critical thinking through a wide variety of pre-reading, reading and, post-reading activities.
* Invites cooperative learning through group and pair work.
* Includes Teacher's Notes
Wondrous Wisdom Today interest in Kabbalah has exploded worldwide. Millions of people are seeking answers as to what this ancient wisdom really is, and where they can find authentic instruction.
With so many conflicting ideas about Kabbalah on the internet, in books, and in the mass media; the time has finally arrived to answer humanity's need, and reveal the wisdom to all who truly desire to know.
In Wondrous Wisdom you will receive the first steps, an initial course on Kabbalah, based solely on authentic teachings passed down from Kabbalist teacher to student over thousands of years. Offered within is a sequence of lessons revealing the nature of the wisdom and explaining the method of attaining it.
For every person questioning "Who am I really?" and "Why am I on this planet?" this book is an absolute must. "But if you listen with your heart to one famous question, I am sure that all your doubts as to whether you should study the Kabbalah will vanish without a trace. This question is a bitter and fair one, asked by all born on earth: What is the meaning of my life?" Rav Yehuda Ashlag, from Introduction to Talmud Eser Sefirot.
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