The Resource Books for Teachers series offers practical guidance to teachers, trainee teachers and teacher trainers on specific areas and skills in language teaching. As well as practical ideas the books in the series also consider the underlying concepts of current issues.
Cultural Awareness provides activities designed to improve cross-cultural communication skills and classroom interactivity.
Do you think "math = awesome" is a true statement? After reading this book, you might change your answer to a yes. With "jargon avoidance" in mind, this recreational math book gives you the lowdown on why math is fun, interesting and relevant in today's society. Intended for anyone who is curious about math and where it is circa 2010. This book is less concerned with exploring the mathematical details than it is with exploring the overall impact of various discoveries and insights, and aims to be insightful, cutting edge-y and mathematically rigorous.
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A Cultural History of the English Language
This book offers a new approach to the history of English. Contemporary linguistic research in various areas - ranging from discourse analysis and stylistics to literacy and the study of pidgins and creoles - raises new historical questions.
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Jealous Gods and Chosen People: The Mythology of the Middle East
Teeming with gods, goddesses and heroes, the ancient Middle East served as the cradle of numerous mythologies that provided the religious, political and cultural foundations of civilizations from Egypt and Sumer to Palestine. In this helpful primer, Leeming (Myth: A Biography of Belief) summarizes the cultural and historical contexts in which various myths developed.
International Collation of Traditional and Folk Medicine: Northeast Asia
Traditional folk medicine practices in China, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea - all located in Northeast Asia - are comparable. Since different usage of a folk medicine may reflect cultural or regional differences, a detailed collation of the folk knowledge of traditional medicine can help to identiy common applications derived from different empirical knowledge as well as variations in appreciation of the value of the same source in different cultural settings.
