In the quiet of 1910s society, Stephanie Layfield, is a reckless, fiery lady. She's not the kind of ladies who waits around to be married off like some family heirloom. Her friends, her hobbies, her balls are the most significant things in her life. But after one scandal to another, her father has had enough. His solution? a bodyguard, Trevor Larcher. Cold and strong enough to keep his daughter under control and marry her off. Day after day, it becomes hard to tell that her father's wish w...

This book explores second language pragmatic development and intercultural communicative competence acquisition through telecollaboration. It shows how telecollaborative environments are appropriate for the development of these two competences and how they are inextricably interrelated.Acquiring Pragmatic and Intercultural Communicative Competences in the Digital Era draws a comparison between the effects of telecollaboration projects and traditional face-...

“His instinct is to kill me. His desire is to love me.”Six years ago strangers broke into my house while I was home alone. I hid, but one of them found me. I expected death, but he spared me.I thought it was over... except for the nightmares. But he was only waiting for me to ripen to his taste.I'm not the first girl he's taken to sate his dark hunger, but I will be the last.This is a captive dark romance standalone.

For two years now I've been regularly blogging about ELT-related issues that have caught my attention. The topics have been loosely organized around the format of an encyclopaedic dictionary I'd published previously, called An A-Z of ELT. I've since clocked up over a hundred posts that in turn have attracted thousands of comments comprising I don't know how many tens of thousands of words.A couple of things that have emerged from this 'long conversation' are: (1) the same issues com...

Iris woke up one morning thinking she knew exactly how her day was going to go. But being kidnapped and smuggled out of the country wasn't part of the plan. Now she and the muscled mercenary are confined to a train with a bed only big enough for one.Dutch was hired to do a job, but things got…complicated. One sassy comment has him weak in the knees, and now he's ready to make her his.

Looking closely at what happens when translanguaging is actively taken up to teach emergent bilingual students across different contexts, this book focuses on how it is already happening in classrooms as well as how it can be implemented as a pedagogical orientation. It extends theoretical understandings of the concept and highlights its promises and challenges. Using a Transformative Action Research design, six empirically grounded ethnographic case studies describe how translanguaging is...

Oxford Key Concepts for the Language Classroom focuses on key topics for teaching English as a second or foreign language. These instructional guides are informed by research in second language acquisition and language pedagogy, and show the relevance of theory to the practising teacher. This series is for teachers of English as a second or foreign language for learners aged 5-18. It is suitable for students working towards MA TESOL, graduate certificate, or diploma qualifications, and for...

Allison and Amber are twins, best friends, and partners in crime. They're the ones always causing trouble, raising hell, and living the good life. But striking a deal with the Princes of Norway may have gotten them a teensy bit in over their heads. Now they're on the run from the brothers that have tricked them into marriage…and a whole lot more. It's all fun and games until you make the wrong man jealous.Magnus and Henrik have decided to share the throne and all of the work that g...

Bilingual education is one of the fastest growing disciplines within applied linguistics. This book includes the work of 20 specialists working in various educational contexts across Europe, Latin America and North America to create a volume which is both comprehensive in scope and multidimensional in its coverage of current bilingual initiatives. The central themes of this volume, which draws on past experiences of bilingual education, include issues in language use in classrooms at eleme...

Step into the seductive realm where hidden desires and dangerous secrets intertwine. In the glittering world of Atlas Devereaux, she reigns as the respected managing partner of a prestigious DC PR firm by day, skillfully shielding her high-profile clients' unconventional indulgences from prying eyes. But as night descends, she assumes the tantalizing persona of Alexandra, the enigmatic proprietress of the Empyrean Club—a coveted sanctuary where power meets pleasure, and fantasies come aliv...

Research in English Language Teaching: Mexican Perspectives Teacher research takes different forms and serves a variety purposes, but it is conducted by teachers, individually or collaboratively, with the basic aim of understanding teaching and learning in context. In Mxico, teacher research is starting to gain momentum and newcomers search for guidance and examples. This book can be used by English language teachers, teacher educators and student teachers who want to develop their profess...

This is the first book to present a practical, problem-solving approach and hands-on tools and techniques for assessing English language learners and culturally diverse students in K-12 settings. It meets a crucial need among practitioners and special educators working in today's schools. Provided are research-based, step-by-step procedures for conducting effective interviews with students, parents, and teachers; making the best use of interpreters; addressing special issues in the prerefe...