“ben byram wigfield”

Let's face in We are all going to fail. There are few things more certain in life. Quite frankly, there are times when your best is just not good enough. For every winner, there must inevitably be a host of people who were left in the dust. The law of averages alone would suggest that one of them is... More

Parallel Roads, Opposing Directions combines the fictional, intimate and turbulent lives of its two main characters, Julia Arady and Robert Kardosh, with factual history as a background. From their early years, their lives ran parallel, but the choices they made took them in different directions. Th... More

Written by the winner of the 1987 BAAL book prize, this book deals with the acquisition of understanding of foreign cultures and peoples. It is also a study of the philosophy and purpose of language teaching in all its facets, in the context of foreign language teaching in secondary education. The b... More

Language Learning in Intercultural Perspective addresses the ways in which language learning is related to learning about other cultures and to acquiring an ability to communicate across cultural frontiers. It argues that language learners need to develop sensitivity to cultural difference and its i... More

This authoritative A-Z resource features 160 entries and 35 overview chapters on contemporary and historical language teaching throughout the world. The entries, by international specialists, cover teaching in particular countries and in a range of specific languages.Themes covered include: methods ... More

In this profound book, Dr. Karasu illuminates the ability to find happiness and contentment in all aspects of life by accepting the incomprehensible.In the course of our lives, we struggle to establish careers and relationships that we hope will infuse us with a sense of purpose. While important tit... More

A profound and accessible work by the editor-in-chief of "The American Journal of Psychotherapy, The Art of Serenity" synthesizes psychology and spirituality and guides readers toward lives of genuine, soulful happiness.We all face adversity, both man-made and natural. How do we survive the loss of ... More

This book discusses research and theory on how motivation changes as children progress through school, gender differences in motivation, and motivational differences as an aspect of ethnicity. Motivation is discussed within the context of school achievement as well as athletic and musical performanc... More

The history of "language teaching" is shot through with methods and approaches to language learning - most recently with "communicative language teaching" - but this book demonstrates that a more differentiated and richer understanding of learning a foreign language is both necessary and desirable. ... More