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Event-Based Learning: A Case Study On Language Support For Worldskills Competitors, Wai Mui, Dilys Sung, Yuk Lun, John Ng

Staff Publications

Event-based learning (EBL) is viewed as an extension of the task-based approach, with ‘much of the task preparation done in the classroom’ and ‘some sort of main event or performance open to the public’ (Higginbotham, 2009). It is the need to prepare for the final event that ‘sparks interest in the language’ and provides ‘positive pressure’ that makes EBL tasks ‘more intrinsically motivating’ for learners. EBL also refers to ‘learning that takes place in Response to planned events in real-life contexts’ (Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority, 2018).

Immersion takes place when learners are involved in environments where they can only …

"When The Light That's Lost Within Us Reaches The Sky" Jackson Browne's Romantic Vision (Chapter Seven Of Rock And Romanticism: Blake, Wordsworth, And Rock From Dylan To U2), Gary L. Tandy

Faculty Publications - Department of English

Excerpt: "In "Michael: A Pastoral Poem," William Wordsworth imagines "youthful Poets, who among these Hills I Will be my second Self when I am gone." 1 In his recent critical study, Andrew Bennett suggests that Wordsworth and the other British Romantic poets continue to have an impact on the poetry and poetic theory of our times: "Contemporary culture, indeed, is pervaded by developments in conceptions of poetry and art that are associated most fully with the Romantic period."2 As Sayre and Lowy state, "Far from being a purely nineteenth-century phenomenon, Romanticism is an essential component of modern culture."3 One contemporary …

Airplane Window, Toi Derricotte

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 96

Penelope, With The Children, Mary Romero Ferguson

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 99

What Our Children Will Be, Robert Manaster

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 133

The Last Time You Left Me For Your Wife, Ashley Anna Mchugh

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 139

Being Marvin's Underwear, Allison Joseph

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 116-117

From Hi Harlem, Jee Leong Koh

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 120-121

Echo, Debbie Ou

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 152-153

Proctors Hall Promontory, Ross Peters

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 156-158

At The Sea Merchant Restaurant, Robert Manaster

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 135

Strutting Backwards Through The Sky, Genelle Chaconas

Nelle (literary magazine)

pp. 3-5

Descant, Erica Dawson

Nelle (literary magazine)

p. 7

Abatement, Keetje Kuipers

Nelle (literary magazine)

p. 42

Endearment, Anna Lena Phillips Bell

Nelle (literary magazine)

p. 45

Procedure, Anna Lena Phillips Bell

Nelle (literary magazine)

pp. 47-48

Ghost Mother, Mika Yamamoto

Nelle (literary magazine)

pp. 51-64

Love Song For Physics And The Nude, Patricia Clark

Nelle (literary magazine)

p. 71

The Other Cheek, Stacia M. Fleegal

Nelle (literary magazine)

p. 84

Where You Are, Kathleen A. Kelly

Nelle (literary magazine)

p. 106

Being Dorothy In Kuwait, Margaret Macinnis

Nelle (literary magazine)

pp. 109-117

Sinking, Elizabeth Burk

Nelle (literary magazine)

pp. 118-119

Yes, Maria Hummel

Nelle (literary magazine)

pp. 120-122

Up On Blocks, Gerald Stern

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 17

Poem Begun In A West Texas Corn Maze, Chad Abushanab

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 67

The Last Brandy, Angela Ball

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 75

The Cost Of Love, Gerald Stern

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 15

Swimming Backstroke, Gerald Stern

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 16

Cedar Closet, Susan De Sola

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 90-91

Standing Up, Anna M. Evans

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 98