Seeking Chapters Productive Foreign Language Skills for an Intercultural World We have place for 2-3 additional chapters in an edited collection titled "Productive Foreign Language Skills for an Intercultural World. A Guide (not only) for Teachers"; publisher: Peter Lang (Frankfurt/Main); going to press: first quarter 2014. The book contains articles combining state-of-the-art theory/research results with implications for language instruction, and concentrates on developing higher-level skills (written and oral production, discourse and intercultural competences, interaction and mediation as understood in CEFR, etc.), with some place also devoted to the role of cross-linguistic influence in language teaching. Ready chapters in English up to 5,000 words long can be submitted until 27 October to the undersigned (e-mail address can be found at the URL in the signature). Best regards Michał B. Paradowski, Ph.D. assistant professor Institute of Applied Linguistics,
The blog discusses current affairs and development of national economic and social health through unique idea generation. Consider the blog a type of thought experiment where ideas are generated to be pondered but should never be considered definitive as a final conclusion. It is just a pathway to understanding and one may equally reject as accept ideas as theoretical dribble. New perspectives, new opportunities, for a new generation. “The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.”—Thomas Jefferson