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The Foreign Language Classroom: Bridging Theory and Practice (Source Books on Education #Vol. 928)
by Margaret Austin Haggstrom, Leslie Zarker Morgan and Joseph A. WieczorekWritten from the practical viewpoint of language educators, these essays address classroom applications of second-language theory that respond to a broad spectrum of needs of foreign-language instructors. In addition to the commonly taught French and Spanish, it offers commentary on the teaching of Arabic, Greek, Hungarian, and Japanese. Topics include grammar; task variation and repair; the transition from language to literature and writing; the use of technology; and methodology. There is a glossary of pedagogical terms and an index.
Foreign Language and Mother Tongue
by Istvan Kecskes Tnde PappThis is the first book that discusses the effect of foreign language learning on first language processing. The authors argue that multilingual development is a dynamic and cumulative process characterized by transfer of different nature, and results in a common underlying conceptual base with two or more language channels that constantly interact with each other. Language representation and processing are discussed from a cognitive-pragmatic rather than a lexical-syntactic perspective. This required the review of several crucial issues of L2 acquisition, such as transfer, vocabulary development, conceptual fluency, and pragmatic skills. The authors also reviewed a large body of literature touching on cognitive psychology, linguistics, psycholinguistics, SLA, philosophy, and education in order to explain multilingual development and the positive effect of foreign language learning on the first language. An important read for linguists and language educators alike, this volume: * attempts to explain multilingual development from a cognitive-pragmatic perspective, * argues that foreign language learning has a positive effect on the development and use of mother tongue skills, * relies on research findings of several different disciplines, * builds on the results of quantitative research conducted by the authors, and touches on a wide range of literature.
Foreign Exchange Facilities For Individuals
by Indian Institute Of Banking FinanceThe year 2011 marks the twentieth anniversary of the dramatic opening up of the Indian economy. The past two decades have witnessed a huge transformation across sectors such as industry, external trade, banking and finance. This is also a period when the economy has become globalized, in terms of flows of goods and services, investments, capital, people, technology and ideas. In the area of foreign exchange the country has certainly moved away from an older paradigm of managing scarcity, to a more liberal and flexible regime. Even though, the inward FII/FDI flows in recent times started exhibiting some volatility, largely due to global macro economic disturbances, the clear picture is that the Indian forex scene is going to be one of stable reserves. The Central Bank's recent prudential moves support this theory.
Foreign Accent: The Ontogeny and Phylogeny of Second Language Phonology (Second Language Acquisition Research Series)
by Roy C. MajorEven though second-language learners may master the grammar and vocabulary of the new languages, they almost never achieve a native phonology (accent). Scholars and professionals dealing with second-language learners would agree that this is one of the most persistent challenges they face. Now, for the first time, Roy Major's Foreign Accent covers the exploding scholarship in this area and lays out the issues specifically for audiences in the second language acquisition and applied linguistics community.
The Forefront of International Higher Education
by Alma Maldonado-Maldonado Roberta Malee BassettThis book honors the academic trajectory and global impact of Philip G. Altbach, one of the most important education comparativists worldwide for over forty years. From his early writings on India and student activism to his recent work on research universities, Altbach has served as a key developer of the expansion of the field to include comparative higher education. His capacity to find, support, and gather the best minds around the world, to organize research teams in order to explore the most relevant issues on comparative higher education has earned him international recognition. His service to the field of comparative higher education is invaluable and incomparable. This festschrift contains original pieces from colleagues and former students following a twofold discussion: the most relevant topics on comparative higher education and particular Altbach's contributions to this field of work.
Forecasting Demand and Supply of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers: Report of a Workshop on Methodology
by Office of Scientific Engineering PersonnelThis report is the summary of a workshop conducted by the National Research Council in order to learn from both forecast makers and forecast users about improvements that can be made in understanding the markets for doctoral scientists and engineers. The workshop commissioned papers examined (1) the history and problems with models of demand and supply for scientists and engineers, (2) objectives and approaches to forecasting models, (3) margins of adjustment that have been neglected in models, especially substitution and quality, (4) the presentation of uncertainty, and (5) whether these forecasts of supply and demand are worthwhile, given all their shortcomings. The focus of the report was to provide guidance to the NSF and to scholars in this area on how models and the forecasts derived from them might be improved, and what role NSF should play in their improvement. In addition, the report examined issues of reporting forecasts to policymakers.
Fordham, A History of the Jesuit University of New York: 1841-2003
by Thomas J. ShelleyBased largely on archival sources in the United States and Rome, this book documents the evolution of Fordham from a small diocesan college into a major American Jesuit and Catholic university. It places the development of Fordham within the context of the massive expansion of Catholic higher education that took place in the United States in the twentieth century. This was reflected at Fordham in its transformation from a local commuter college to a predominantly residential institution that now attracts students from 48 states and 65 foreign countries to its three undergraduate schools and seven graduate and professional schools with an enrollment of more than 15,000 students. This is honest history that gives due credit to Fordham for its many academic achievements, but it also recognizes that Fordham shared the shortcomings of many Catholic colleges in the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. There was an ongoing struggle between Jesuit faculty who wished to adhere closely to the traditional Jesuit ratio studiorum and those who recognized the need for Fordham to modernize its curriculum to meet the demands of the regional accrediting agencies. In recent decades, like virtually all American Catholic universities and colleges, the ownership of Fordham has been transferred from the Society of Jesus to a predominantly lay board of trustees. At the same time, the sharp decline in the number of Jesuit administrators and faculty has intensified the challenge of offering a first-rate education while maintaining Fordham’s Catholic and Jesuit identity. June 2016 is the 175th anniversary of the founding of Fordham University, and this comprehensive history of a beloved and renowned New York City institution of higher learning will help contribute to celebrating this momentous occasion.
Fordham: A History and Memoir, Revised Edition
by Raymond A. SchrothFordham University is the quintessential American-Catholic institution—and one now looked upon as among the best Catholic universities in the country. Its story is also the story of New York, especially the Bronx, and Fordham’s commitment to the city during its rise, fall, and rebirth. It’s a story of Jesuits, soldiers, alumni who fought in World Wars, chaplains, teachers, and administrators who made bold moves and big mistakes, of presidents who thought small and those who had vision. And of the first women, students and faculty, who helped bring Fordham into the 20th century. Finally it’s the story of an institution’s attempt to keep its Jesuit and Catholic identity as it strives for leadership in a competitive world. Combining authoritative history and fascinating anecdotes, Schroth offers an engaging account of Fordham’s one hundred thirrty-seven years—here, updated, revised, and expanded to cover the new presidency of Joseph M. McShane, S.J., and the challenges Fordham faces in the new century.
Förderung inklusionsorientierter Einstellungen und Haltungen durch videofallbasierte Lehr-Lern-Gelegenheiten
by Julia BeckerDas vorliegende Buch beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, inwiefern inklusionsorientierte Haltungen und Einstellungen von Lehramtsstudierenden mithilfe von Videofällen gefördert werden können. Um diese Frage zu beantworten, werden drei aufeinander aufbauende Studien realisiert: In der ersten Studie werden Einstellungen und Haltungen der Studierenden erfasst. In einer zweiten Studie werden videobasierte Lehr-Lern-Gelegenheiten aus authentischem Videomaterial entwickelt. In der abschließenden Studie durchlaufen die Studierenden der ersten Studie unterschiedliche Seminare mit und ohne Videofälle, so dass eine Veränderung in ihrer Einstellung und Haltung gemessen werden kann.
Förderung der Unterrichtsplanungskompetenz angehender Lehrkräfte durch den Einsatz (meta-)kognitiver Prompts in der reflexiven E-Portfolioarbeit
by Serap UzunbacakUnterrichtsplanungskompetenz gilt als Kernkompetenz angehender Lehrkräfte. In diesem Buch wird das Modell der professionellen Handlungskompetenz auf Grundlage von Elementen wirtschaftsdidaktischen Professionswissens konzeptualisiert. Dabei wird die Reflexion als grundlegender Bestandteil im Professionalisierungsprozess betrachtet.Es wird aufgezeigt, dass der Einsatz fachdidaktischer Prompts bei der Planung von wirtschaftsdidaktischem Unterricht eine Veränderung im Planungsvorgehen erzielt und mit einer Entwicklung der Reflexions- und Unterrichtsplanungskompetenz einhergeht. Das didaktische Potential von E-Portfolioarbeit wird dabei lernwirksam durch iterative und elaboriertere Unterrichtsplanung nutzbar.
Förderung der Sprechkompetenz durch Synthese von generischem Lernen und Dramapädagogik: Eine Design-Based Research-Studie im Englischunterricht (Literatur-, Kultur- und Sprachvermittlung: LiKuS)
by Katharina DeliusKatharina Delius befasst sich in diesem Band mit der Frage, wie die Sprechkompetenz im Fremdsprachenunterricht gefördert werden kann. Dazu werden auf der theoretischen Ebene die Potenziale einer Synthese zweier aktueller fremdsprachendidaktischer Ansätze – des generischen Lernens und der Dramapädagogik – erarbeitet. Die angeschlossene Design-Based Research-Studie verfolgt eine doppelte Zielsetzung: einerseits einen theoretischen Erkenntnisgewinn zum gewählten didaktischen Ansatz, andererseits einen praktischen Output in Form empirisch evaluierter Unterrichtseinheiten zur fremdsprachlichen Sprechförderung. Zudem werden über die drei Forschungszyklen Designprinzipien weiterentwickelt, die Lehrkräften für die Planung neuer Unterrichtseinheiten zur Verfügung stehen. Als Grundlage für die formative und summative Evaluation der Zyklen dienen Daten aus Videoaufnahmen, teilnehmender Beobachtung, Reflexionsgesprächen mit der beteiligten Lehrkraft, Interviews mit Lernenden in Fokusgruppen, Lernerprodukten sowie Evaluations- und Selbsteinschätzungsbögen aller beteiligter Schüler*innen. Die Autorin Katharina Delius ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Lehrstuhl für Fachdidaktik Englisch der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
Forces Shaping Community College Missions: New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 180 (J-B CC Single Issue Community Colleges)
by Kristin Bailey Wilson Regina L. Garza MitchellHistorically, community colleges have served societal and functional missions that expanded over time, with the result of trying to achieve multiple goals for multiple audiences. This volume explores the forces currently shaping community college missions and the resulting tension between stated goals, assumed goals, and achievement of those goals. In an era of increasing accountability, tighter coupling, and the need to do ever more with fewer resources, mission focus is vital to college survival. Explore such issues as: the unspoken social contract, transfer, developmental education, noncredit education, dual enrollment, workforce development, the free college movement, and planning for the future. The topics are explored thoughtfully from both scholarly and practical perspectives, highlighting the forces that shape community college missions. This is the 180th volume of this Jossey-Bass quarterly report series. Essential to the professional libraries of presidents, vice presidents, deans, and other leaders in today's open-door institutions, New Directions for Community Colleges provides expert guidance in meeting the challenges of their distinctive and expanding educational mission.
Forces of Change: Transformational Nonprofit Stories of Leaders Who Are Paving the Way for Others To Take Action
by Cathy Staton Letitia Council Nadine Owens Nischelle Buffalow RonJeanna Harris Tanikwa Matthews Veronica McMillianForces of Change is a compilation of award-winning nonprofits started by ordinary people who create extraordinary change. Every story will show you how anyone can turn their biggest ambitions into reality. <p><p>If you feel inspired to start a nonprofit and seek direction, this book is for you. Driven by inspiring, life-changing stories and shareable insights, this is the book that will give you the tools to take action and make your impact in the world.
Force (Force & Motion)
by George GraybillThis books provides ready-to-use information and activities for remedial students in grades five to eight. Written to grade using simplified language and vocabulary, science concepts are presented in a way that makes them more accessible to students and easier for them to understand. Comprised of reading passages, student activities and overhead transparencies, our resource can be used effectively for whole-class, small group and independent work.
Force.com Developer Certification Handbook (DEV401)
by Siddhesh KabeA practical guide that will help you discover fundamentals for building applications on Force.com without writing a single line of code. If you are new to the Force.com platform and want to learn from scratch, it is advisable that you begin with the first chapter and move on to the last. However, if you are familiar with Force.com and want to understand in detail some aspect of it, you can dip into any chapter. Each certification module is covered in a separate chapter, and is accompanied by questions being asked in the exams. Developers who need to prepare for the Salesforce.com Certified Force.com Developer exam will benefit from this book. This book is ideal for developers who are new to Salesforce CRM and the Force.com platform. It would be advantageous if readers have some familiarity with Salesforce applications and have basic HTML and XML skills. By the end of the book, you will be ready to appear for the exam and develop various applications on the cloud platform.
Force and Motion: An Illustrated Guide to Newton's Laws
by Jason ZimbaIsaac Newton developed three laws of motion that govern the everyday world. These laws are usually presented in purely mathematical forms, but Jason Zimba breaks with tradition and treats them visually. This unique approach allows students to appreciate the conceptual underpinnings of each law before moving on to qualitative descriptions of motion and, finally, to the equations and their solutions.Zimba has organized the book into seventeen brief and well-sequenced lessons, which focus on simple, manageable topics and delve into areas that often cause students to stumble. Each lesson is followed by a set of original problems that have been student-tested and refined over twenty years. Zimba illustrates the laws with more than 350 diagrams, an innovative presentation that offers a fresh way to teach the fundamentals in introductory physics, mechanics, and kinematics courses.
Forbidden Love (Sweet Valley High #34)
by Francine Pascal Kate WilliamMaria and John, children of two feuding families, become secretly engaged to be married. However, once their Romeo and Juliet fervor begins to recede, they are forced to deal with their immaturity and their essential differences.
Forbidden Hollywood: When Sin Ruled the Movies (Turner Classic Movies)
by Mark A. VieiraFilled with rare images and untold stories from filmmakers, exhibitors, and moviegoers, Forbidden Hollywood is the ultimate guide to a gloriously entertaining era when a lax code of censorship let sin rule the movies.Forbidden Hollywood is a history of "pre-Code" like none other: you will eavesdrop on production conferences, read nervous telegrams from executives to censors, and hear Americans argue about "immoral" movies. You will see decisions artfully wrought, so as to fool some of the people long enough to get films into theaters. You will read what theater managers thought of such craftiness, and hear from fans as they applauded creativity or condemned crassness. You will see how these films caused a grass-roots movement to gain control of Hollywood-and why they were "forbidden" for fifty years.The book spotlights the twenty-two films that led to the strict new Code of 1934, including Red-Headed Woman, Call Her Savage, and She Done Him Wrong. You'll see Paul Muni shoot a path to power in the original Scarface; Barbara Stanwyck climb the corporate ladder on her own terms in Baby Face; and misfits seek revenge in Freaks.More than 200 newly restored (and some never-before-published) photographs illustrate pivotal moments in the careers of Clara Bow, Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, and Greta Garbo; and the pre-Code stardom of Claudette Colbert, Cary Grant, Marlene Dietrich, James Cagney, and Mae West. This is the definitive portrait of an unforgettable era in filmmaking.
Forajido por error
by L. Ronald HubbardLee Weston, un joven Emilio Estevez con un Colt al cinto, es tan atractivo como irascible, y tiene motivos de sobra para estar enfadado. Tras el asesinato de su padre y el incendio del rancho familiar, se enfrenta a Harvey Dodge, el hombre que está convencido que es el asesino. Sin embargo, es Lee quien acaba malherido y al borde de la muerte. Pero es atendido y devuelto a la vida... por la hermosa hija de Harvey. ¿Puede una gran pérdida llevar a un gran amor? La respuesta se encuentra en el salvaje corazón del Lejano Oeste.
For Your Eyes Only! (FYEO)
by Joanne RocklinBack cover: [Handwritten text: Monday, February 5 I didn't know writing a poem was so hard. I'm sorry, Mr. M., but mine are so STUPID I can't show them to you. If I try to make a beautiful rhyme like that poem on the chalkboard, I end up with the wrong poem. I begin with a mountain and end up with a fountain. I end up with cars when I started with stars. Maybe it's because I don't have a haven of privacy . . .]
For You They Signed
by Marilyn BoyerIn 1776, 56 men signed their names on a document that they knew might well mean their certain deaths as traitors to England. Standing on principles of faith and liberty, these men forged a powerful call for freedom and human dignity still resonating today in America. Yet, historical revisionists have distorted or attempted to wipe away every trace of this nation's Christian heritage, including the heartfelt faith of these founding fathers. More than simply facts and figures, For You They Signed provides an abundance of resources within one volume, including: * A full year of life-changing, challenging family or group devotional character studies * Over 90 illustrations, biographical summaries, and insightful quotes* Character quality definitions, Patrick Henry's speech delivered to the signers, the Christian nature of state constitutions, and the Christian nature of America's universities. The Declaration of Independence remains one of history's most enduring achievements, and this text will help you value those freedoms these men fought for in an insightfully fresh way. It will also assist you in catching the God-given vision of these faithful new Americans, igniting a fire for your family, community, and the generations to come. Here is a volume that should be found in every private and public library in America... a meticulously documented look back to the true birth of our nation. They pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor so that we could be free! "This is certainly a work for 'such a time a this'... It is my prayer that this resource will find a way into every home so that this generation can know the sacrifice required to establish the God-inspired design of our nation." -Stanley John, Senior Vice President, Focus on the Family
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood ... and the Rest of Y'all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education
by Christopher Emdin<P>Merging real stories with theory, research, and practice, a prominent scholar offers a new approach to teaching and learning for every stakeholder in urban education. <P>Drawing on his own experience of feeling undervalued and invisible in classrooms as a young man of color and merging his experiences with more than a decade of teaching and researching in urban America, award-winning educator Christopher Emdin offers a new lens on an approach to teaching and learning in urban schools. <P>He begins by taking to task the perception of urban youth of color as unteachable, and he challenges educators to embrace and respect each student's culture and to reimagine the classroom as a site where roles are reversed and students become the experts in their own learning. <P>Putting forth his theory of Reality Pedagogy, Emdin provides practical tools to unleash the brilliance and eagerness of youth and educators alike--both of whom have been typecast and stymied by outdated modes of thinking about urban education. <P>With this fresh and engaging new pedagogical vision, Emdin demonstrates the importance of creating a family structure and building communities within the classroom, using culturally relevant strategies like hip-hop music and call-and-response, and connecting the experiences of urban youth to indigenous populations globally. <P>Merging real stories with theory, research, and practice, Emdin demonstrates how by implementing the "Seven C's" of reality pedagogy in their own classrooms, urban youth of color benefit from truly transformative education. <P>Lively, accessible, and revelatory, For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood. . . and the Rest of Y'all Too is the much-needed antidote to traditional top-down pedagogy and promises to radically reframe the landscape of urban education for the better.
For the Sender: Love Letters From Vietnam
by Alex WoodardDear Sergeant Fuller,You won't know me for another two years,but I am your daughter....So begins a letter sent decades into the past, from a daughter searching for answers to a soldier serving in war-torn Vietnam, in this true story of service and sacrifice, love and redemption, and the power of forgiveness.A box with Love Letters from Vietnam etched on the lid waits buried in a closet, holding scrawled thoughts written on Air Force stationery from a passionate yet deeply flawed soldier stationed outside Da Nang to his young wife in east Texas. Years pass before a fateful, deadly winter night leads the soldier's daughter, Jennifer, to open the box, read the letters, and answer her father back in time. She tucks her letters into a package with no address, because she no longer knows where to send them.Until she is sitting in a theater in Austin, Texas, at a performance by singer-songwriter Alex Woodard and hears him talk about writing songs inspired by letters. Her remarkable correspondence with her father takes Woodard on his first steps into the dichotomy between dark and light, as he imagines himself as Sergeant Fuller in Vietnam and begins to write songs sung from Fuller's heart.Woodard's quest to learn more about the man and the war he fights both in Vietnam and back at home evolves into an extraordinary journey, propelled by an album included with the book that features Woodard as Sergeant Fuller and his friend Molly Jenson as Jennifer. Their voices carry the songs inspired by these beautiful, raw, revealing love letters not only sent from Vietnam, but as the story unfolds, beyond.
For the Love of Teachers: True Stories of Amazing Teachers and the People Who Love Them
by Todd WhitakerFor the Love of Teachers is a tribute to those who possess the remarkable ability to exercise patience and understanding and to offer guidance along an unfamiliar path. The influence these dedicated teachers have is reflected in many of the goals their students set and achieve every day; whether learning to tie their shoes, memorizing multiplication tables, or excelling on the SATs—all basic steps which are vital to their growth and self-esteem. For this reason, among many others, the importance of these positive role models in our children's lives, as well as our own, can't be stressed enough. For the Love of Teachers is the ideal way to express the admiration and appreciation we share for them.The reasons why someone chooses to teach isn't always clear, but what many teachers have in common is the desire to make a difference in the lives of others—a task that can be bittersweet. For the Love of Teachers is filled with inspiring stories that do just that. Some are warm, humorous, and heartfelt, while others illustrate difficult or unexpected situations with the lessons learned along the way. Readers will identify with many of the students who recall that special teacher who challenged them to find their hidden talent, motivated them to push a little harder, or to simply surpass their own expectations. For the Love of Teachers is a special way of saying thanks to all the teachers who've sacrificed their time to better the lives of others.
For the Love of Perfection: Richard Rorty and Liberal Education
by René Vincente ArcillaFor the Love of Perfection examines Richard Rorty's pragmatist philosophy for thinking about the aims and processes of liberal education. Offering a radical re-interpretation of the philosopher's arguments against metaphysics, René V. Arcilla demonstrates how Rorty's thinking may be re-envisioned to take greater account of today's multicultural society.