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Capital, Commodity, and English Language Teaching illustrates how
the drive for profit in commercial ELT affects the manner in which
language is taught. The book looks at education as a form of
production, and asks how lessons are produced, and how the
production of profit in addition to the production of the lesson
affects the operation of educational institutions and their
stakeholders. Simpson delivers a theoretically rigorous conception
of capital and builds from this an investigation into how the
circulation of capital for profit interrelates with the teaching of
language. Simpson discusses ELT at both a global level, in
discussion of the ELT industry in the UK, the US, Ireland, Canada,
Japan, Spain, and transnationally online, as well as at a more
local level, where finer detailed descriptions of the work-lives of
those within the Japanese eikaiwa ELT industry are given. Drawing
on a synthesis of Marxist and Bourdieusian theory, the book
outlines a dialectical approach to understanding capital, and to
understanding how the drive for profit and language education
interrelate with one another. Simpson concludes by showing how such
an approach might open up areas for further research in a number of
contexts across the globe, as well as in light of the Covid-19
pandemic. Providing a model for addressing global issues of ELT,
this book is of interest to advanced students, scholars and
professionals within applied linguistics, TESOL, sociolinguistics,
and linguistic anthropology, language economics and related areas.
Capital, Commodity, and English Language Teaching illustrates how
the drive for profit in commercial ELT affects the manner in which
language is taught. The book looks at education as a form of
production, and asks how lessons are produced, and how the
production of profit in addition to the production of the lesson
affects the operation of educational institutions and their
stakeholders. Simpson delivers a theoretically rigorous conception
of capital and builds from this an investigation into how the
circulation of capital for profit interrelates with the teaching of
language. Simpson discusses ELT at both a global level, in
discussion of the ELT industry in the UK, the US, Ireland, Canada,
Japan, Spain, and transnationally online, as well as at a more
local level, where finer detailed descriptions of the work-lives of
those within the Japanese eikaiwa ELT industry are given. Drawing
on a synthesis of Marxist and Bourdieusian theory, the book
outlines a dialectical approach to understanding capital, and to
understanding how the drive for profit and language education
interrelate with one another. Simpson concludes by showing how such
an approach might open up areas for further research in a number of
contexts across the globe, as well as in light of the Covid-19
pandemic. Providing a model for addressing global issues of ELT,
this book is of interest to advanced students, scholars and
professionals within applied linguistics, TESOL, sociolinguistics,
and linguistic anthropology, language economics and related areas.
The OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) component of
the ABA Applied exam is a new concept that involves a number of
'live' practical stations in which candidates must demonstrate
communication, professionalism and technical skills to the
examiners. This book covers topics that are outlined in the ABA
curriculum, presented in a way that emulates the OSCE exam setting,
and will help candidates prepare for the exam and test their
knowledge. Each station is constructed in clear, logical fashion to
make the revision of individual topics more accessible. The sample
questions and answers allow self-testing and are complemented by
discussions, numerous illustrations and up-to-date clinical
guidelines which follow modern-day anesthetic practice. The OSCE
Guide for the ABA Applied Examination is a must-have resource which
will help candidates further understand and prepare for the OSCE
process.
It's dawn in America. At least it's dawn in the Blue Mountains,
where the nation's eyes have turned. Because on this day, January
20, 2001, Inauguration Day, a man who is spectacularly unqualified
to be President-a man just thirty-three years old, who wants his
mother to be his Vice President, who has never held a job, and has
no apparent political views at all-is about to be sworn in as the
44th President of the United States. Several problems, however,
block William Conrad Brant MacKenzie's entrance to the Oval Office.
First, the rumor mill is flooded with talk Willy may well be
insane, or at least emotionally unstable. Second, the Supreme Court
has refused to recognize his election because of his age. And
third, even if Willy is inaugurated, he may have a difficult time
presiding over the nation. As the twenty-first century dawns, the
United States is in a rapid state of political, social, and moral
decline. So how did Willy MacKenzie, scion of one of America's
wealthiest and most eccentric families, get elected in the first
place? To discover the answer to this puzzling question, renegade
Gonzo journalist Mr. Jack Steel, Willy's own Mephistopheles, takes
us on a journey through 20th century America. We meet Willy's great
grandfather, Ulysses S. Grant MacKenzie; his reclusive, war hero
father; his mother, a strong, magical woman of Iroquois ancestry;
and Dawn, the great and enduring love of Willy's life. Skillfully
and cunningly, Steel weaves a story of a nation in transition, of
war and peace, of political skullduggery and environmental
disaster, of generational struggles crowded with ambition,
corruption, and lost innocence. As the journalist speaks, and more
than one hundred years of American history flash by, the suspense
mounts around Willy's Inauguration. Will he take the oath of
office? Is he qualified to take the oath? Or is Willy merely a pawn
in a grand and sinister scheme? This is Thomas William Simpson's
most outlandish work to date. Prepare to be thrown into a crazed
and surreal world, almost hallucinatory in scope. Full Moon Over
America is all at once an amusing, troubling, and all together
unconventional novel about love and trust and power and family and
the God-given right of every individual to live life as he or she
sees fit. Like all of Simpson's novels, Full Moon Over America is
rich in its language, accessible in its plot, and driven by the
dreams and obsessions of its unconventional characters. A truly
distinctive and original American work of fiction.
The third edition of Europe 1783-1914 provides a comprehensive
overview of Europe from the outbreak of the French Revolution to
the origins of the First World War. William Simpson and Martin
Jones combine accounts of the most important countries, notably
France, Germany and Russia, with the wider political, economic,
social and cultural developments affecting Europe as a whole. These
include: A survey of Europe c.1780: the social and economic
background, forms of government, and the Enlightenment The impact
of the French Revolution and Napoleon on Europe The spread of
nationalism: the 1848 Revolutions and the unification of Italy and
Germany Changes in the world of ideas: religious belief,
romanticism, and cultural achievements in art, literature and music
The age of imperialism: the expansion of Europe, Marxism and
left-wing movements, international relations, 1870-1914 The
reciprocal relationship between Europe and the United States Europe
in 1914: shifts in the intellectual climate through the works of
Darwin and Freud, scientific discoveries and the impact of new
technologies, and changes in society and the position of women.
Each chapter features a list of key dates, concise background
information and suggestions for further reading, as well as a
concluding 'Topics for Debate' section which contains relevant
contemporary sources and outlines the contrasting views of recent
historians on the key issues. The suggestions for further reading
have been updated in every chapter by the addition of relevant and
significant new books, published up to and including 2014.
Extensively illustrated throughout with maps, contemporary cartoons
and portraits, Europe 1783-1914 is a clear, detailed and highly
accessible analysis of this turbulent and formative period of
European history.
The third edition of Europe 1783-1914 provides a comprehensive
overview of Europe from the outbreak of the French Revolution to
the origins of the First World War. William Simpson and Martin
Jones combine accounts of the most important countries, notably
France, Germany and Russia, with the wider political, economic,
social and cultural developments affecting Europe as a whole. These
include: A survey of Europe c.1780: the social and economic
background, forms of government, and the Enlightenment The impact
of the French Revolution and Napoleon on Europe The spread of
nationalism: the 1848 Revolutions and the unification of Italy and
Germany Changes in the world of ideas: religious belief,
romanticism, and cultural achievements in art, literature and music
The age of imperialism: the expansion of Europe, Marxism and
left-wing movements, international relations, 1870-1914 The
reciprocal relationship between Europe and the United States Europe
in 1914: shifts in the intellectual climate through the works of
Darwin and Freud, scientific discoveries and the impact of new
technologies, and changes in society and the position of women.
Each chapter features a list of key dates, concise background
information and suggestions for further reading, as well as a
concluding 'Topics for Debate' section which contains relevant
contemporary sources and outlines the contrasting views of recent
historians on the key issues. The suggestions for further reading
have been updated in every chapter by the addition of relevant and
significant new books, published up to and including 2014.
Extensively illustrated throughout with maps, contemporary cartoons
and portraits, Europe 1783-1914 is a clear, detailed and highly
accessible analysis of this turbulent and formative period of
European history.
This book is organized into three general sections. The first is an
abstract from the 1860 census listing the slaveholders; the second
has abstracts of estate and other records concerning slaves; and
third and largest section has abstracts of slave convey
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