Advanced language learning has only recently begun to capture the interest and attention of applied linguists and professionals in language education in the United States. In this breakthrough volume, experts in the field lay the groundwork for approaching the increasingly important role of advanced language learning in the larger context of multilingual societies, globalization, and security. This volume presents both general and theoretical insights and language-specific considerations in college classrooms spanning a range of languages, from the commonly taught languages of English, French, and German to the less commonly taught Farsi, Korean, Norwegian, and Russian. Among theoretical frameworks likely to be conducive to imagining and fostering instructed "advancedness" in a second language, this volume highlights a cognitive-semantic approach. The theoretical and data-based findings make clear that advanced learners in particular are characterized by the capacity to make situated choices from across the entire language system, from vocabulary and grammar to discourse features, which suggests the need for a text-oriented, meaning-driven approach to language teaching, learning, and research. This volume also considers whether and how information structuring in second-language composition reveals first-language preferences of grammaticized concepts. Other topics include curricular and instructional approaches to narrativity, vocabulary expansion, the demands on instructed programs for efficiency and effectiveness in order to assure advanced levels, and learners' ability to function in professional contexts with their diverse oral and written genre requirements. Finally, the volume probes the role and nature of assessment as a measurement tool for both researching and assessing advanced language learning and as an essential component of improving programs.

British India, mid-19th Century Amanda Allston cannot believe her good fortune. Uncle James has sent for her and she is to join him in India Amanda did not, however, expect to travel there in the company of the dashing, if disreputable -- even by his own admission, Captain Nicholas Forrest. Nicholas leaves Amanda with her uncle in Kalibai where she dances the nights away with the charming young officers of the British Raj. An unforeseen event brings Nicholas back into her life. But will he stay? And does Amanda wish him to? India is not all romance and exotic temples, as Amanda discovers. Her adventures and experiences leave her a changed young woman in the space of less than a year. But will the happiness and heartbreak also change how she feels about Nicholas?

Before my physical birth, spiritual chains and shackles were entangled about my tiny body. Even before I became flesh and blood and able to take my first breath, I was destined to be enslaved by demonic influences. My destiny of doom had already been predetermined by satan. The evil one was going to possess me. My ancestor's order from satan was to consecrate and set me apart for his handiwork. Giving tribute to their lord satan, my ancestors pledged their allegiance by performing a ritual. The deposit laid down sealing this evil agreement for my custody was a blood sacrifice. Throughout my childhood, I had to undergo bizarre and peculiar occurrences within the demonic realm and suffered a great deal of rejection along with unbearable torment. By the time I gave my heart to Jesus in 1976, I was possessed with legions of demons. After becoming born-again, I had to suffer through numerous deliverances over a 32 year span. Today I am able to walk in total freedom . I believe that through my blunt truthfulness about my experiences in satanism, people will know that Jesus loves them and has a plan for their life. Jesus willingly died on the cross, making it possible for all humans to be set free from satan's wicked devices and plots. Jesus seized every sin, hurt and disappointment placed it onto Himself and it was nailed to the wooden cross. The moment that Jesus died, satan was perfectly and utterly defeated.

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Welcome to The Victors Series. You are about to meet some fascinating people and follow them through some of the most challenging journeys of their lives. Book One, A Reunion Of The Heart, focuses on Emily Peterson and her battle with amnesia. After a peculiar accident, she awakes to a strange hospital room, with no idea why she is there. Emily has to endure her over-protective but loving parents, Andrew and Meagan Peters, as well as her handsome and witty local celebrity husband, Nick Peterson. They are all anxiously determined to help her get her memory back, so they may resume their close family life together. However, her doctor advises her loved ones to proceed with caution. Little does Emily know that everyone around her is keeping secrets. When she begins to realize this, she rises to the occasion in her own way, and takes them all to task. The challenges the family faces while trying to accomplish their goals make for a dramatic, and often humorous, look into the strength and love required to courageously prevail in the face of adversity. Their struggle will touch and inspire you, and you will make life-long friends with them along the way. Enjoy the journey, and be sure to catch up with them in the next book of the series!