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We are living in a time and season where single Parent seems to had been written off by the society and community at large. Single Parent in most times, do feel stigmatized and discriminated. As such, this book aims at reviving the hope of single Parent and giving them reason(s) to bask in daily in God's love and maintain effective parenthood irrespective of their past.

At the point when you grasp the bread, you are coming in contact with the best articulation of His love. This adoration caused Him to persevere through the awful stripes on His back and made Him subject His body to be beaten, wounded and broken with the goal that yours can be entirety. What's more, when you share, you celebrate and discharge your confidence to accept His well being and completeness in return for your ailments and illnesses. At the point when you drink the wine, you are reminded that the blood of the blameless Child of God didn't simply bring you pardoning - it made you everlastingly equitable, heavenly furthermore, innocent. So today, you have amazing standing before the Dad and His ears are mindful of your gentlest murmur. My request is that this book will assist with eliminating all your fears each time you approach His Table, and work up your confidence to get the gifts of wellbeing and completeness through His body and blood. As a youthful Christian experiencing childhood in a customary church, what struck me generally about the Blessed Fellowship was God's judgment. That's what I trusted except if I admitted every one of my wrongdoings prior to sharing, I would bring condemnation upon myself. From the start, I attempted to admit each and every transgression to get right with God prior to sharing, however after some time, I concluded that it was more straightforward to simply not have Fellowship. I accept that numerous Christians actually have that equivalent dread. Also, the typical adherent would have quite a large number unanswered inquiries and a wide range of stresses over welcoming judgment on himself. These originate from an error of key refrains regarding the matter.A few Christians keep thinking about whether they can share when they are not water immersed, while others are uncertain in the event that they need to go to classes before they can take thebread and wine. At the point when I turned into a minister and needed to serve the Blessed Fellowship, my quest for those answers drove me to see the caring heart of God communicated in the Master's Dinner. I found that God appointed the Sacred Fellowship not as a custom to be noticed, but rather as a gift to be gotten - the gift of wellbeing and completeness.

Western Australia, 1909. William Watson's beloved father is set on an expedition to the north-west to map water sources in the Pilbara. Invited along, fifteen-year-old William embarks on the outback journey of a lifetime. At sea and on land, William will forge lasting friendships with his fellow travellers, and transform his relationship with his father as together they face the darkness in some men's hearts - including the cruel and vengeful Sergeant Jardine. This is a classic rite-of-passage novel that follows one young man on his journey of growth and self-discovery.

This edited book brings together documented evidence and theoretical propositions on the essential mediating role of digital technology in L2 teacher education and professional development. Topics range from technological affordances in teacher education, to challenges and responses to emergency transition from face to face to virtual professional development, to successful practices of online teacher training courses. Bringing together examples from various countries and contexts of how L2 teacher trainers and trainee teachers view these forced changes and react to them, the volume fills a gap in the use of digital technology in contexts where teacher educators and trainee teachers are not technology-literate and not prepared for technology-oriented education. In addition to a Foreword by Mark Warschauer and Introduction and Conclusion chapters by Editors, the volume features 13 full-length chapters by some of the well-known experts from countries such as Australia, Finland, Mexico, the UK, the USA, Spain, Singapore, Turkey and Sweden.

MICHAELTHOMAS"Prior to purchase, I recommend that the reader transport their attention to the author's website, so they may determine whether this work is suited for their interests. As, The Last Generation was not prepared for that consumer of a fast food diet. Should the reader then rescind upon their resolution to procure this document, no offence will taken by the author.".. Michael Thomashttps://thelastgeneration.info/

This book illustrates the developments of task-based language teaching (TBLT) approaches in relation to the evolution of digital technologies. It highlights how technology-mediated TBLT principles can support English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learning and contribute to understanding new classroom dynamics. Drawing from the key theoretical concepts of TBLT, the author discusses the integration of tasks and technologies from a secondary education perspective, which is often under-represented in the TBLT literature. Morgana looks at how the EFL secondary classroom has been recently re-conceptualised as a social place whose boundaries go far behind the traditional school settings. This book provides theoretical approaches and classroom implementation practices by presenting four case studies on the different L2 skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking).The volume is organised into two main sections. The first section focuses on the theoretical approaches to TBLT and highlights the key concepts behind this methodology. This section also looks at the recent development of a technology-mediated TBLT framework and its implementations in various EFL educational contexts. The second section presents four case studies of secondary-school EFL learners in Italy. Each case study focuses on a different language skill, providing examples of classroom practices in both blended and online learning settings. Pedagogical recommendations for teachers are provided at the end of each case study. The book adopts a multimodal approach and aims at providing scholars in applied linguistics and TBLT practitioners with theories and implementation practices to understand the ways technologies are shaping tasks and mediating students' learning processes.

The Covid-19 pandemic has directly impacted the way teachers and learners worldwide teach and learn languages, forcing numerous educational activities in technologically-deprived contexts to stop altogether and those in technologically-rich environments to go online on an emergency basis. This volume provides a collection of theoretical and practical insights into the challenges and affordances faced globally during the pandemic and lessons learnt about the application of digital technologies for language teaching and learning. The chapters explore the vital role of technology in its various forms, including the internet, social media, CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning), MALL (Mobile Assisted Language Learning), TALL (Technology Assisted Language Learning) and TELL (Technology Enhanced Language Learning). Topics explored include the new avenues digital technology has opened up for language teachers and learners, options and challenges in applying technology in various contexts, and how the second language education industry could have been adversely impacted at the time of the pandemic without technological affordances. The contributions showcase studies from various geographical contexts, revealing how the global crisis was received and tackled differently in Australia, Hong Kong, Iran, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, the UAE, the UK and the USA.

Discussing digital technology in teaching and learning settings, Video Enhanced Observation for Language Teaching explains how it can be used to tag, analyze and evaluate talk and use it as the basis for reflection and professional development.Guiding readers through these processes, this book focusses on the Video Enhanced Observation (VEO) system. Beginning with a discussion of how it was designed and built by language teaching professionals, contributors use VEO to illustrate the advantages and opportunities of digital observation technologies for teachers, explaining its use and how it can be adapted it to their own professional practice. With detailed case studies tracing how teachers in many different settings have used this system for recording, evaluating and reflecting on lessons, this book provides clear research evidence of the development of many education professionals from around the world.Written by experts in applied linguistics, education and educational technology, Video Enhanced Observation for Language Teaching explains the principles and procedures involved with using digital observation technologies in teaching, enabling other professionals to integrate these technologies into their own environment and practice.

Almost 5,000 years ago Enheduanna took time to write 42 hymns and a poem called Min-Me-Sar-Ra or The Exaultation of Inanna. She is considered the first woman author in recorded history. Forward fast a few thousand years and we are priviledged to have the more sophisticated pennings of Michael Thomas, and you do not have to carry huge volumes of stone tablets to read it. Yet, Michael pays homage to the greatness of those who blazed the trail upon which the rest of us travel. He pulls it all into an amalgamous knowledge of expressive language. Come and see what poetry has evolved to over 5,000 years.

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung: In dieser Diplomarbeit geht es in erster Linie um Kinder und Jugendliche mit dissozialen Verhaltensauffälligkeiten und der Vergleich der Systeme Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Jugendhilfe. Die These dieser Arbeit lautet: Die Ablehnung von Regeln und Autoritäten und das sich daraus ergebende störende Verhalten, Aggressivität, Autoaggressivität, der Mangel an sozialer Angepaßtheit sind keine Symptome, die eine kinder- und jugendpsychiatrische Intervention bzw. die Einordnung als seelisch krank (mit allen dazugehörigen Folgen der Etikettierung als seelisch krank) notwendig erscheinen lassen. Im ersten Teil der Arbeit werden die beiden Systeme Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie unter verschiedenen Aspekten (z.B. Aufgaben, Ziele, Finanzierung etc.) betrachtet und Konfliktlinien der beiden Systeme aufgezeigt. In einem weiteren Abschnitt wird auf das Recht des Kindes auf Erziehung eingegangen. Weiterhin werden die beiden Begriffe Dissozialität und Delinquenz näher untersucht. Der Begriff abweichendes Verhaften wird anhand zweier Modelle (medizinisches Modell und das soziologische labeling approach Modell) erklärt. Rechtliche Grundlagen zur Herausnehme eines Kindes aus einer Familie schließen danach an. Der zweite größere Teil der Arbeit ist eine Darstellung von sieben Fallbeispielen aus einer hessischen Kinder und Jugendpsychiatrie, die sich mit den Lebenskrisen von Kindern und Jugendlichen beschäftigen, sowie der Einfluß der Institution auf die Lebensgeschichten (Stichwort: Etikettierung). Im letzten Teil der Arbeit findet eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit dem Für und Wider einer geschlossenen Unterbringung von Kindern und Jugendlichen in Lebenskrisen statt. Der letzte Abschnitt werden Alternativen zur psychosozialen Versorgung von Kindern und Jugendlichen anhand eines konkreten Beispieles aufgezeigt. Damit zusammenhängend werden Aufgabenfelder der Pädagogik benannt und Möglichkeiten aufgezeigt, weiche Rolle Pädagogik in der psychosozialen Versorgung von Kindern und Jugendlichen in Lebenskrisen spielen kann. Inhaltsverzeichnis:Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1.EINLEITUNG1 2.JUGENDHILFE UND KINDER- UND JUGENDPSYCHIATRIE - KONKURRENZ ODER KOOPERATION'?4 2.1.Was ist eine Lebenskrise?4 2.2.Die Geschichte der Jugendhilfe und der Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie6 2.3.Aufgaben und Ziele der Jugendhilfe und der Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie8 2.4.Die Finanzierung der psychosozialen Versorgung junger Menschen11 2.5.Ist ein [¿]

There are writers and there are writers, there are poets and then there are poets, and then there's Michael Thomas. Here is a man who is a Vietnam Veteran, has lived in a commune, has slept in doorways, and is a very respected C. P. A. How does this all happen to the same man? Fate, chance, whatever the reason, what matters is it did happen. In his first book of poetry, Michael takes us on the rich and varied journey which is his life, complete with all of the philosophical questions, and sometimes even answers. Yet, at the heart of it all is a kindness and a gratitude towards life that is refreshing and nourishing. If you like poetry, or even if you just like to experience the world through the eyes of someone who truly loves life, you will love Michael Thomas Poetry.

Over the last decade virtual learning environments have become an important innovation in the student learning experience. This title presents a collection of research on the growth, innovation and implementation of learning technologies for educators, technologists and trainers.

Emphasizes the importance of professional development, credible educational research, and dialogue between teachers, administrators, policymakers and learners. This book will guide and inform the process of technology integration in education, introducing valuable case studies for educators interested in present and future IWB technology.

This textbook provides detailed information on the use of supplementary cementing materials (SCM), such as fly ash, slag, silica fume and natural pozzolans, in concrete. It presents the provenance of these materials and their chemical, physical, and mineralogical properties. By providing an understanding of the chemical reactions involving these materials and the resulting changes in the microstructure of the concrete, the book explains how SCM's influence the mechanical properties of concrete and can improve its durability in aggressive environments. It includes a number of case histories where SCMs have been used in important concrete structures.

This textbook provides detailed information on the use of supplementary cementing materials (SCM), such as fly ash, slag, silica fume and natural pozzolans, in concrete. It presents the provenance of these materials and their chemical, physical, and mineralogical properties. By providing an understanding of the chemical reactions involving these materials and the resulting changes in the microstructure of the concrete, the book explains how SCM's influence the mechanical properties of concrete and can improve its durability in aggressive environments. It includes a number of case histories where SCMs have been used in important concrete structures.

Statistical analysis of extreme data is vital to many disciplines including hydrology, insurance, finance, engineering and environmental sciences.