Independent Language Learning Olivia Unger

Independent Language Learning Olivia UngerIndependent learning is not a new concept for language educators but while teachers, curriculum designers and policy makers have embraced it as underpinning modern notions of education, it remains a dynamic and vibrant field for researchers and academics who aim to broaden its scope and deepen our understanding of how it may be applied most effectively both inside and outside the classroom. The contributors to this volume use their experience of

This volume will help to fill a gap in the current understanding of sixteenth and seventeenth century popular medicine

there is no single

its use in clinical practice

Inspired by Gaza’s inhabitants

The book shows that charitable activities among the “Gold Rush” communities of the Pacific rim—a loosely integrated émigré network from Guangdong Province perhaps better known for its business acumen and hard work among English-speaking settler societies in North America and Australasia—also led the way with social innovations that helped to shape modern charity in China

By looking to the past and reflecting on the present

theoretically-grounded

This hands-on text incorporates learning objectives

Orienting Italy explores contemporary Italian filmmakers' fascination with China and the Chinese in both documentary and fictional films

"It's kind of an odd thing

Via a perspective the editors term "outside-in

They look out on a world disappearing