A Delicate Task

Originating from a genuine need of the secondary school teachers of English in Hong Kong to understand what it means to implement a task-based curriculum in the English classroom, this book aims to support and empower frontline ELT teachers in implementing a task-based approach systematically without losing sight of the importance of grammar teaching within the framework of tasks. Useful examples are provided to illustrate how grammar teaching can be conducted through meaningful tasks in authentic contexts. The importance of viewing assessment as an integral part of the learning, teaching and assessment cycle is also discussed with practical suggestions on developing assessment tasks and assessment assessment criteria provided. In the form of a self-learning package, this book can be readily used for independent self-study or as a school-based staff-development programme run by teachers themselves. Student-teachers of English, teacher educators and curriculum developers will also find

全球知名英文學習書出版社Collins授權出版 本書完全符合2023年7月開始實施的托福考試新制 Collins《絕對攻略托福系列》 幫助考生克服備考時會遇到的所有難點， 完整拆解閱讀、寫作各類題型的應考技巧！ 短期突破托福100+必備！ 本書特色 1. 專業托福教師團隊編寫 Collins《絕對攻略托福系列》是專為準備TOEFL iBT所設計的教材，本系列教材自2012年出版以來受到考生好評。本書的作者群是編寫托福教材經驗豐富的教師團隊，團隊深入研究考試內容，並因應托福考試規則變化而更新教材。 2. 完全依據考試題型設計 本書詳細拆解托福各類題型的結構，幫助考生快速掌握考試方向，並針對考生備考時遇到的困難提供多種解題技巧及練習。 ［托福閱讀題型概述］ 細節題（Detail）→根據文章中呈現的事件資訊提供答案 指涉題（Referent）→判斷一個單字或詞組指的是什麼 挑錯題（Negative Fact）→根據文章辨識出錯誤的選項 功能題（Function）→作者所使用的修辭策略 推論題（Inference）→根據文章中呈現的資訊做出結論 詞彙題（Vocabulary）→選出一個詞彙定義 句子摘要／簡化題（Sentence Summary / Simplification）→選出最能概括文章中醒目句子的答案 段落／文章摘要題（Passage / Prose Summary）→選出三個最能概括文章主旨的選項 文句插入題（Insert A Sentence / Text）→要求你把句子放在段落中最適合的位置 ［托福寫作題型概述］ 整合題（Academic Reading / Lecture Synthesis Essay）→整合文章和課堂中的資訊 學術討論題（Academic Discussion Task）→針對課堂討論來敘述和支持某個觀點 3. 由淺入深的多元題目練習 針對托福設計一套循序漸進的試題練習，讓考生預先熟悉托福的實際測驗方式，並且廣泛接觸各主題的學術英文內容。 本書的題型練習步驟如下： ［題型範例］→預先熟悉考試中可能會看到的問題類型、段落文章和回答。 ［題型練習］→熟悉考試時做筆記的方式，題目皆會附上中譯及答案解析。 ［綜合演練］→該章節的題型綜合練習，這裡的答案解析不依照選項順序，讀者需自行判斷各選項為何正確或錯誤，並且找出該選項的解

◎用心觀察世界，用愛書寫生活，就像陽光照亮每一個夢想。 ◎星星像眨眼的小眼睛，告訴我們，勇敢追夢，願望都能實現。 ◎中英對照，雙向學習；附文君親繪插畫，賞心悅目。 一位9歲小女孩牛文君的心靈詩作，收錄從6歲到9歲所寫的60首詩歌， 每一首都是對生活、自然和夢想的細膩觀察和深情表達。 The soulful poetry of a 9-year-old girl, Niu Wenjun, encompasses a collection of 60 poems written from the age of 6 to 9. Each poem is a delicate observation and heartfelt expression of life, nature, and dreams. 在這個世界裡，你會發現小溪的歌聲、秋天的畫、晨光下的夢，還有那朦朧夜空中的白雲和月亮船。牛文君用她的筆觸，繪製出一個個鮮活的畫面，讓大人們重新找回那遺失已久的童真，也讓小朋友們在這些生動的詩句中找到共鳴。 In this world, you will encounter the songs of streams, the paintings of autumn, dreams under the morning light, and the ethereal clouds and moon boats in the night sky. Through her vivid strokes, Wenjun brings to life each scene, helping adults rediscover their long-lost childhood innocence and enabling children to find resonance in these lively verses.

Set against the backdrop of regional and international post–Second World War tensions, Grounded at Kai Tak is the most comprehensive account of the complex legal struggle for ownership of 71 airplanes belonging to the two main Chinese airlines, which were stranded at Kai Tak airfield in Hong Kong at the end of the Chinese civil war. The resulting contest for possession of them took place in the courts and among politicians and diplomats on three continents. In the process, the struggle became entangled with the anti-communist policies of the United States in the emerging ‘Cold War’, British hopes for restoration of her pre-war commercial position in China, disagreements between nations about recognition of the new government in Peking, and the delicate balance that the colonial government of Hong Kong had to keep to preserve that colony’s interests. Merry tells the tale of this legal saga by weaving together archival documents and news reports of the day, revealing the international a

Seeking truth and due responsibility for the 228 Massacre has been the long-time goal for the 228 Massacre victims and their families. It is also the pursuit of the 228 Memorial Foundation since my assumption as the foundation chairman. After the 87th board meeting on September 2003, which approved the establishment of a “228 Massacre Truth Research Task Force,” a 7-member name-list was nominated by Administrator Lee Wang-Tai. The list included academic board members Chang Yan-Hsian, Huang Hsiu-Cheng, Hsueh Hua-Yuan and Chen Yi-Shen; representative of the victims and their families Jhong Yi-Ren and Lee Rong-Chang; and Administrator Lee Wang-Tai himself. Task force members then jointly suggested board member Chang Yan-Hsian to serve as the team’s convener. In a bid to avoid overlap with that of the 228 Massacre Research Report issued by the Executive Yuan on 1992, Administrator Lee proposed during the 88th board meeting to have the task force’s research report be named: Research Report

The digital divide and the inequalities of the availability and deployment of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) between developed and developing countries have long been a source of concern. Global institutions such as the United Nations, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the World Bank, as well as regional and national level agencies, have set up task forces to investigate how ICTs can be enacted most effectively in developing countries. How this shared vision should be put into practice is a complex undertaking, but it is already taking place. In this volume, we go beyond the theoretical, the polemical and the philosophical to consider practical issues as they are encountered by stakeholders in the developing country context. 15 author teams explore key issues organized into four sections: (1) Theoretical Background and Culture; (2) Telecentres; (3) Applications; and (4) Key Concepts with Country Specific Studies. Examples of these applications are