TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CHAPTER ONE -- IMPROVING THE TEACHING OF READING THROUGH TEACHER LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IN ELLMIDDLE SCHOOL CLASSROOMS -- WRITING SKILLS -- ISCIENCE AND GENERAL EDUCATION -- IMPLEMENTING INNOVATIVE, INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES AMONG TEACHER CANDIDATES TO ENHANCE UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPACT OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY ON LEARNING -- THEIR VOICES, OUR EARS -- CHAPTER TWO -- GLOBALIZATION, THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, AND INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES -- LANGUAGE LEARNING THROUGH CONTENT -- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMUNICATION APPREHENSION AND THE WILLINGNESS TO COMMUNICATE IN POLISH ADOLESCENTS LEARNING ENGLISH -- LEARNER AUTONOMY AND ITS INDISPENSABILITY IN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION IN ALBANIA -- ITALIAN-CANADIAN, ITALIAN-AUSTRALIAN, AND ITALIAN ADOLESCENT SPEECH -- SPANISH IN THE UNITED STATES -- CHAPTER THREE -- A POLITICAL ANALYSIS OF TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT -- INTELLECTUAL AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OF MCNAIR SCHOLARS -- GREAT TEACHERS GO WITH THE FLOW -- TRANSFORMING OUR WORLDVIEW INTO A UNIVERSALVIEW -- ASSESSMENT OF INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENT OF EMPLOYEES OF MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS THROUGH COMPANY-SPONSORED PROGRAMS AND BUSINESS SCHOOLS -- BUILDING BRIDGES THROUGH INDUSTRY PLACEMENTS -- STUDENT MOBILITY AS A WAY OF UNITING CULTURES -- INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PARLIAMENTS - EMPOWERMENT THROUGH ENGAGEMENT -- CHAPTER FOUR -- ANALYZING DESIGN TO UNDERSTAND CULTURE -- LEARNING TO READ A PAINTING- THE ARTIST AS ETHNOGRAPHER -- DELIBERATE CULTURAL CURRICULUM -- INVISIBLE ENCLOSURES -- ON OPPOSITISM -- LINES, ANGLES, AND SQUARES -- CONTRIBUTORS.