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This is an introduction to language teacher training and
development for teachers and providers in pre-service and
in-service programmes. The text outlines the main theories of human
learning and applies them to teacher education. Based on a broadly
social constructivist perspective, it suggests a framework for
planning pre-service and in-service programmes, and is illustrated
with case studies from a range of training situations around the
world. There are also appendices containing teacher education
materials.
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Jon Roberts; Illustrated by Hannah Rounding; Translated by Mary Jones
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Jon Roberts; Illustrated by Hannah Rounding; Translated by Anwen Pierce
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'The best crime book since Wiseguy' - Rich Cohen A real-life
Scarface, Jon was born into the Gambino Mafia family and witnessed
his first murder aged seven. He joined a US Army assassination
squad in Vietnam to escape a teen criminal charge, then fled New
York to reinvent himself in Miami as the number one supplier of
cocaine in the US. With a crazed bodyguard always at his side, and
a fortress protected by mortars, tear-gas cannons, and a
gold-fanged attack dog, Roberts was brutally effective at what he
did. With a cast that includes everyone from Jimi Hendrix and OJ
Simpson to the CIA and General Noriega, American Desperado is a
hedonistic, adrenaline-soaked joyride through the world of Escobar
and the cartels, told by one of most successful criminals of all
time.
In 2008 veteran journalist Evan Wright, acclaimed for his "New York
Times "bestselling book "Generation Kill "and co-writer of the
Emmy-winning HBO series it spawned," " began a series of
conversations with super-criminal Jon Roberts, star of the
fabulously successful documentary "Cocaine Cowboys. "Those
conversations would last three years, during which time Wright came
to realize that Roberts was much more than the de-facto
"transportation chief" of the Medellin Cartel during the 1980s,
much more than a facilitator of a national drug epidemic. As
Wright's tape recorder whirred and Roberts unburdened himself of
"hundreds "of jaw-dropping tales, it became clear that perhaps no
one in history had broken so many laws with such willful abandon.
Roberts, in fact, seemed to be a prodigy of criminality - but one
with a remarkable self-awareness and a fierce desire to protect his
son from following the same path.
"American Desperado "is Roberts' no-holds-barred account of being
born into Mafia royalty, witnessing his first murder at the age of
seven, becoming a hunter-assassin in Vietnam, returning to New York
to become -- at age 22 -- one of the city's leading nightclub
impresarios, then journeying to Miami where in a few short years he
would rise to become the Medellin Cartel's most effective smuggler.
But that's just "half "the tale.
The roster of Roberts' friends and acquaintances reads like a Who's
Who of the latter half of the 20th century and includes everyone
from Jimi Hendrix, Richard Pryor, and O.J. Simpson to Carlo
Gambino, Meyer Lansky, and Manuel Noriega.
Nothing if not colorful, Roberts surrounded himself with beautiful
women, drove his souped-up street car at a top speed of 180 miles
per hour, shared his bed with a 200-pound cougar, and employed a
6"6" professional wrestler called "The Thing" as his bodyguard.
Ultimately, Roberts became so powerful that he attracted the
attention of the Republican Party's leadership, was wooed by them,
and even was co-opted by the CIA for which he carried out its
secret agenda.
Scrupulously documented and relentlessly propulsive, this
collaboration between a bloodhound journalist and one of the most
audacious criminals ever is like no other crime book you've ever
read. Jon Roberts may be the only criminal who changed the course
of American history.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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