Sixth Global English China Assembly, panel discussion on ‘Communicative language teaching revisited: Stories from the classroom, teacher development, research and scholarship, and beyond’: (L to R) Prof. Lin Pan, Beijing Normal University China, Prof. David Nunan, University of Hong Kong China and Anaheim University US, and David Block, ICREA Research Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra Spain. Photo courtesy 21st Century English Education China Daily

From Pakistan to China for a network of English language teachers - in Beijing

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Overcoming the fear of pain and death

Fear of death has also been drastically reduced in people who have experienced near death experience (NDE). NDE seems to happen when a person is declared clinically dead but after some time returns to life. Quite a number of people during the NDE episode have also reported that their whole life flashes by and almost all their past actions become visible.  

Sufism's ethos can be instrumental in healing societal rifts, fostering a culture of coexistence

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When festivals become tools of hatred not harmony

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