The Economist is a global weekly magazine written for those who share an uncommon interest in being well and broadly informed. Each issue explores the close links between domestic and international issues, business, politics, finance, current affairs, science, technology and the arts. In addition to regular weekly content, Special Reports are published approximately 20 times a year, spotlighting a specific country, industry, or hot-button topic.
New Ways in Teaching Grammar (New Ways in Tesol Series)
For students at all levels of proficiency, these activities attend to students' communicative needs; place grammatical structures in realistic contexts; incorporate humor or other highly motivating content; and promote choice, independence, creativity, realism, and peer feedback.
The Second Funeral of Napoleon by William Makepeace Thackeray
An interesting book about the re-burial of French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in Paris. Thackeray penned it using Michael Angelo Titmarch as his nom-de-plum. Composed of three letters, this book is not only significant for its historical content but also throws light on the political scenario of the time. Riveting!
Clock Watchers: Six Steps to Motivating and Engaging Disengaged Students Across Content Areas
Instead of cringing the next time your colleagues utter the words, These students don t care, hand them Clock Watchers. Describe your personal struggles and your experience with the book so they know that you know what they re going through. Then point out a few of your favorite ideas. As you walk away, you ll smile knowing you ve made a difference. Cris TovaniAuthor of I Read It, but I Don t Get ItFor Stevi Quate and John McDermott, this was the missing piece of their teaching: How can I motivate my students and then create a context that will engage them? Clock Watchers is their powerful answer a plan that gets kids to care about learning and truly engage with the curriculum.
Product Description: Managing multimedia semantics is a complex task because content creators and archivists describe and interpret semantics associated with the multimedia content in several ways, depending on the context and use of the information. Disciplines such as computer vision and pattern recognition, multimedia database management and modeling, and film theory and semiotics have contributed ideas, theories and techniques for managing multimedia semantics.
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