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  Today, Dr. Betty Lou Leaver and co-editors, who published the MSI Press affiliated book with Cambridge University Press, Transformative Language Learning and Teaching , were awarded the premier book award in the foreign language field, the Modern Language Association's Kenneth W. Mildenberger award. The citation for the award was given as: Betty Lou Leaver, Dan E. Davidson, and Christine Campbell bring together well-known and up-and-coming scholars in language teaching and learning to provide a thorough, coherent treatment of the concept of transformative learning in Transformative Language Learning and Teaching. Each of the twenty-four content chapters outlines relevant theoretical approaches and supplements them with successful examples from institutions around the world to illustrate theory into practice. With a broad range of examples and end-of-chapter discussion questions, this book is certain to become a go-to resource for teachers, teacher educators, administrator...

  Just posted - a new affiliated book: At the age of forty-two, Roberta Rosnik discovers that her heritage is all a lie. Believing her family has German-Italian ancestry, she is shocked when her mother reveals she was adopted. Additionally, she learns that she is half Native American and a member of a tribe located in Washington State. Will she accept this shattering news and attempt to reconnect with her biological family and her tribe? Can she embrace both worlds and accept her new identity? For more posts about affiliated books, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter  here  or on our  home page . Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor...

  Omar Imady, author and poet, has produced a new book, The Celeste Experiment , to be published November 17 by Villa Magna Press. The book is available on pre-order from Amazon. We welcome this new book as an affiliate with MSI Press.  For more posts on Omar Imady, click HERE . For more posts on affiliated books, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .

  A new affiliated book, but not a new book, for sure. Task-Based Instruction in Foreign Language Education is a classic and came out in 2005. It was co-edited by MSI Press author and managing editor, Dr. Betty Lou Leaver, with Jane Willis of England, well-known for her work in TBI. The book is published by Georgetown University Press and is universally available -- and used in many countries as a handbook, a textbook, and a manual of examples of how to teach task-based language courses in any language. There is also an impressive theory section, written by Jane. The book combines examples of a wide range of TBI programs from several countries and continents and has become a staple for faculty development in government institutions as well as private institutions. For more posts on Betty Lou Leaver, click HERE . To reach Jane Willis's website, click HERE . For more posts on language teaching, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ...