What difficulties does an adult returning to study face? What pressures will they feel, on themselves, their relationships, family, workplace, friends and social life. Their finances and health can also suffer. But returning to study can also be the best decision a person can make so it is a tragedy when an adult student succumbs to these very real pressures. This is a practical handbook to guide the reader through the pitfalls and pressures.

This book aims to provide teachers and teacher trainers of English as a second or foreign language with a series of tasks and activities. These tasks and activities encourage reflection on some of the issues and debates involved in using literature in the language classroom, explore different approaches to using literature with teenage and adult learners at all levels, and suggest criteria for selecting and evaluating materials for classroom use. Using Literature in Language Teaching also identifies...

Chris Duke addresses issues central to the evolution and future of higher education. He examines assumptions by and about universities, their changing environments, the new terminologies and their adaptation to new circumstances. He explores how far universities are learning, changing and adapting; and whether they are becoming different kinds of institutions or whether only the rhetoric is altering. ‘…should be required reading for those concerned with continuing education, or higher...

Walter and Seibert translate expert study habits and self-assessment into college success–academically, socially, and emotionally. Students learn specific, practical study skills for quickly understanding course material and making good grades. It is ideal for academic support programs, including enhancement and retention programs for returning and transitional students from diverse backgrounds. Features: * Each chapter begins with a self-review to determine what students know and need to...