This correspondence article examines the difficulties and possibilities encountered by teacher leaders in the Philippines, as outlined in Alegado’s research. It emphasizes problems such as leadership focused on principals and inadequate teacher training, leading to minimal teacher participation in school development initiatives. Teachers also…[Read more]

Learners suffered learning loss in mathematics due to education disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. To address these challenges, the researcher conducted a study aimed to determine the effectiveness of Project MATH-YAGA (Yielding Authentic Results through Games and Activities) in improving the numeracy level of Grade 5 learners of Lual…[Read more]

This chapter aims at analyzing the following questions about Bolsonaro’s 2018 election manifesto: Which are the consequences for the presentation of its content and the candidate’s ethos of presenting an electoral manifesto in form of a power point? What are the functions of the religious text parts for the candidate’s ethos? Which hierarchy of ex…[Read more]

This paper argues in favour of the existence of a modal variant of the Portuguese particle ‘aí’ which Franco (1991) did not yet consider in his seminal work on modal particles in Portuguese.
First, the differences between ‘aí’ as a modal particle and ‘aí’ as a local adverb are discussed. Then follows a description of the restrictions of use of th…[Read more]

This paper assesses the modern and traditional sports of the Soviet Union
shortly before its collapse in 1991. The case study is the Central Asian republic
of Uzbekistan under the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU,
established 1917). Central Asia is a crucial historical case because it was a
Muslim-majority region that Moscow wished…[Read more]