China's growing economic, military and political stability have, for the first time, started to gain international recognition. As China increasingly opens up to the world, its unique role in the context of economic globalization is becoming more pronounced, which is exemplified by its recent membership of the WTO and Beijing's successful bid to host the Olympic Games. Unsurprisingly, this has resulted in an explosion in the popularity of English language learning in China, which has, in turn, led to radical reform of the curricula, teaching methods, teacher education and assessment system in China in order to improve standards.This fascinating monograph explores the nature of the implemented English language curriculum in China, focussing, in particular, on the pedagogy of secondary school teachers. There follows an insightful analysis into how such teachers, in different situations and with different backgrounds and motivations, make decisions about what and how they teach, and the extent to which they adapt the promoted methods in the their individual teaching environments. The authors then use their findings to propose an innovative and coherent framework, which has far-reaching consequences for pedagogy in China and across the world.

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EM Faustus. Private Eye. He's back. Back in trouble. Someone from his past wants him dead. Someone from his past wants him in the frame for murder. And then dead. Death doesn't want him because it means more paperwork. His business partner wants him to wear a chastity belt And everyone hides when he asks for a light. Add onto that a case that doesn't actually have a client. Another case is being run by the Office Receptionist. A Gaggle of pneumatically enhanced Nuns who want him dead. A guy in a Rubber Chicken Suit who wants him dead. A collective of Marxism Daemons want him more than dead. Plus a new dog that is definitely going to the pound as soon as he gets around to it. Oh... and the guy writing the chapter headings is having a breakdown. Still... He's got coffee, smokes, Hot Women, Casual Violence and Massive Property Destruction. Just another day in the Office. Yep. Welcome to the third EM Faustus novel, filled with the usual naughtiness. Red Hot Women. Casual Violence. Massive Property Destruction. But this time, something new. This time around there is something resembling a 'PLOT'. As one reviewer said... Back OFF Girls This dick is MINE I don't typically fall for the chain smoking, coffee swilling, homicidal (in a good way) bad boy types, but I make an exception for E.M. Faustus every time. Another foray into the murky half-world of the differently alive, with the hottest and most arse-kicking PI this side of the underworld. (Or should I say "that" side of the underworld? I'm never quite certain.) For whatever reason, whenever I put down an E, M. Faustus story, I find myself transmorfed into some type of helpless halfwit dame with ginormous jugs who says things like "EEK " and "Jeepers my gams hurt ." Guess you'll have to read it to understand. Go on - have a read and fall in love a little. Just remember - THIS 1940's gumshoe is MINE Mrs. Holt-Lowrey

Sunday the 4th of September, I make my way to the beach and set up my camera. I wait. Sunrise is only a few minutes away. I am alone, standing here looking towards the point where sea and sky are one; the rest of the shoreline is completely deserted. It is truly a moment of complete calm and peace. Not a sound to be heard, save that of the sea and the occasional gull, the wind and my own breath. Then all seems to pause as the first arc of the sun crests the horizon, gracefully making its grand entrance into the morning sky. Great artists and their works have been admired throughout history. Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel, Leonardo and the Mona Lisa to name but two. Yet none can equal the awe inspiring majesty of our sun rising into a new day, an enduring gift from the greatest artist of all.

EM Faustus is back... and angry as Hell. Nothing new there then. Faustus wanted a nice simple Missing Persons case. What he got was acting as bodyguard to an eleven year old girl, protecting her from killer monsters from the DIY store, Jesuit Ninja Assassins and an angry Fairy King, who's just found out what Faustus is doing with his wife. All he's got to protect the Kid is his wits... and a partner who rips Bad Guys head's off/ And a Troll shapeshifter cum Duck. Werewolf, Vampire sweetshop owner, and the son he's about to give birth to. And the real fun part... to bring the Bad Guy's down... this time he's going to have to die. Just another day at the office then.

E.M. Faustus was looking forward to smoke Number Seven of the day. Then Life got complicated. Complicated as in The Walking Dead, armed with fly swats. Complicated as in Vampire Waitresses with the best coffee you?ll ever taste. Complicated as In Werewolf best mate?s, with breast fixations. And Complicated that more than one God getting really hacked off with him. All he has to do is find a lost dog, clear up a parenting issue and not get killed. All in a day's work for the only P.I in a world filled with the ?differently alive? If he stays alive long enough, maybe even the talking duck will make sense. But don't count on it. EM Faustus. Private Eye. Really. Don't ask what the EM stands for.