Humor in the Classroom provides practical, research-based answers to questions that educational researchers and language teachers might have about the social and cognitive benefits that humor and language play afford in classroom discourse and additional language learning. The book considers the ways in which humor, language play, and creativity can construct new possibilities for classroom identity, critique prevailing norms, and reconfigure particular relations of power. Humor in the Classroom encourages educational researchers and language teachers to take a fresh look at the workings of humor in today's linguistically diverse classrooms and makes the argument for its role in building a stronger foundation for studies of classroom discourse, theories of additional language development, and approaches to language pedagogy.

Humor in the Classroom provides practical, research-based answers to questions that educational researchers and language teachers might have about the social and cognitive benefits that humor and language play afford in classroom discourse and additional language learning. The book considers the ways in which humor, language play, and creativity can construct new possibilities for classroom identity, critique prevailing norms, and reconfigure particular relations of power. Humor in the Classroom encourages educational researchers and language teachers to take a fresh look at the workings of humor in today's linguistically diverse classrooms and makes the argument for its role in building a stronger foundation for studies of classroom discourse, theories of additional language development, and approaches to language pedagogy.

Interest in language play and linguistic creativity has increased in recent years, and the topic has been taken up from a variety of perspectives. In this book, disparate approaches to the topic are brought together, demonstrating that a number of phenomena whose similarities might not have been immediately recognized, have an academic home under the umbrella of language play and linguistic creativity. The contributions to this collection illustrate the variety of questions that can be asked regarding the social, cognitive, emotional, political, and cultural mechanisms and significance of innovative linguistic practices and point to new directions of inquiry. Furthermore, the work exemplifies a variety of ways in which this research can be carried out, as well as the range of contexts in which it might be investigated, including second language classrooms, online settings, and workplaces. Taken together, the chapters serve to illustrate the range of work that we will be accepting in the Language Play and Creativity series; viewed individually, each makes a unique contribution to some aspect of our understanding of creative language use.

Placing failed humor within the broader category of miscommunication and drawing on a range of conversational data, this text represents the first comprehensive study of failed humor. It provides a framework for classifying the types of failure that can occur, examines the strategies used by both speakers and hearers to avoid and manage failure, and highlights the crucial role humor plays in social identity and relationship management.

Beginning a graduate program in TESOL can be a daunting prospect, as students encounter not only a great deal of new information, but also new ways of thinking, writing, and interacting. Many of the expectations are implicit, and it is often not until they are well into their program that many students begin to feel at ease. By making norms and expectations for professional and academic behavior explicit, this text seeks to assuage the anxieties of beginning MA TESOL students and facilitate their entry into the TESOL community. The first part of the book is an accessible introduction to foundational information about the profession, including a brief history of the field and discussion of current theoretical and pedagogical issues. The second half of the book provides frank, practical guidance regarding the graduate school experience. Students learn about expectations regarding research, writing, and professional development and suggestions for managing these.

• Offers both an accessible introduction to the theory and a friendly guide for new students
• Includes many practical tips and 'behind the scenes' information
• Discusses and advises on graduate-level research and writing
• Includes questions and activities, and summaries for each chapter

This book is a practical and insightful guide for new MA TESOL students, providing information that will shape their expectations of the field and of their program. It discusses foundational information about the profession, as well as discussion and guidance regarding the graduate school experience.

In 2015, the Social Security Administration estimated that each day for the next 15 years, an average of 10,000 Americans will turn 65. In this context, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued a report to help broker-dealers assess, craft, or refine their policies and procedures for senior investors as they prepare for and enter into retirement. This book includes observations and practices identified in examinations that focused on how firms conduct business with senior investors. The examinations by the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) and FINRA focused on the types of securities purchased by senior investors, the suitability of recommended investments, training of brokerage firm representatives, marketing, communications, use of designations such as "senior specialist," account documentation, disclosures, customer complaints, and supervision.

In Book One our heroine is born into a wild and exotic world. She grows to womanhood and attempts to live her destiny. In Book Two her life continues to be full and wonderous as she coninues her destiny, finding the one person who can tame her wild spirit as well as show her real love. In this book our heroine has grown in strength and knows true love now as she enters a new phase of her life. Amanda DuMont Burke is now the Queen Mother and her son Able-Hunter, by her true love and life mate Hawk, is about to become the ruler of the remaining world. Her first love "Viking" still thrills her and all seems right with their growing tribe. But does it? Go now, for the final episode, Book Three, in the amazing world of Amazons. Back to the Peruvian Mountains and our story of love and mystery and magic.

As Amanda DuMont Burke's life continues we find her finally returning to the jungle home she loves. She brings with her many of the people she loves. Was her quest successful? Was the Amazon woman ever able to find real love? Can she tell her sisters how it should be? What new adventures await her and her tribe? Travel with her now back to her wild and wonderful life in the magnificant Brazilian rain forest.

Title: Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie: a narrative of Count S. Teleki's exploring and hunting expedition in Eastern Equatorial Africa ... Translated by N. Bell. With ... illustrations, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF TRAVEL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection contains personal narratives, travel guides and documentary accounts by Victorian travelers, male and female. Also included are pamphlets, travel guides, and personal narratives of trips to and around the Americas, the Indies, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Hoehnel, Ludwig von; Bell, Nancy; 1894. 2 vol.; 8 . 010096.i.20.

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Deep in the great rainforest of Brazil lives a tribe of women untouched by civilization. It is into this tribe that Amanda is born, next in the Royal Line of Amazons. She has been chosen by the goddesses she worships to bring love back to her tribe. Her adventures span over forty years as she seeks tyhe illusive emotion called love. Will she find her true love? Will she know true love when it is in front of her? Will she be able to return to her tribe and show them this love. Only time will tell. Travel now with her as her journey begins.