Half a century after its premiere, Star Trek’s legacy continues to grow, with a new movie just released and a new TV series on the horizon. Explore 96 pages of special features and behind-the-scenes of TV’s most iconic science-fiction franchise.
Catalonia’s leader announced a declaration of independence but then suspended it. His announcement followed a controversial referendum vote. We explain why many, but by no means all, Catalans want self-rule, how their actions have angered people in the other parts of Spain and why the Spanish government insists that it’s impossible.
Newsademic is an easy-to-understand international newspaper, written and edited in a style that assists English Language teaching and learning. Newsademic is a fortnightly publication (20 articles) and associated website. The easy-to-read newspaper features the top world news stories that have made headlines during the previous two weeks.
The Partition of India was an historic event. It was also very violent. In the latest issue of Newsademic we use the 70th anniversary of India’s and Pakistan’s independence to recall the train of events and explain why the two nations’ rivalry continues.
Few works in the field of second language acquisition (SLA) can endure multiple reads, but Selinker's (1972) "Interlanguage" is a clear exception. Written at the inception of the field, this paper delineates a disciplinary scope; asks penetrating questions; advances daring hypotheses; and proposes a first-ever conceptual and empirical framework that continues to stimulate SLA research. Sparked by a heightened interest in this founding text on its 40th anniversary, 10 leaders in their respective fields of SLA research collectively examine extrapolations of the seminal text for the past, the present, and the future of SLA research.
This is a collection of six interlinked stories about a family preparing for the parent's silver wedding anniversary and the skeletons this drags from the cupboard. Gradually, as the stories develop, it becomes obvious that the marriage is far from happy and the anniversary itself a sham.