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A step-by-step guide to French pronunciation that will help you build your confidence and communicate better in French.Aimed at beginners and intermediate students this short course focuses on spoken French, and will help you improve your pronunciation, confidence and fluency. The free booklet will show you how to pronounce each sound and give real-life examples of where these sounds are used. You will recognize why you mispronounce certain words and which sounds you need to focus on. You can practise the French sounds while listening to the French speaker.The booklet contains illustrations of the mouth showing how to make French sounds and memorable cartoons to help you remember pronunciation rules.You will learn the differences between the French and English alphabet, stress and rhythm, the differences between accents within France and the differences between the French spoken in France and Canada.

The tenth edition of the Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary has been revised and updated to include detailed coverage of today’s English in a clear, attractive format.Ideal for upper intermediate and advanced learners of English, this dictionary covers all the words, phrases, and idioms that students need to master in order to speak and write effective English. New to this edition is the inclusion of CEFR levels, helping learners to focus on the words that are most important. Full-sentence definitions and thousands of updated examples taken from the 4.5-billion-word Collins Corpus show learners how the words are used in authentic contexts. The dictionary offers extensive help with grammar through the inclusion of grammar patterns at examples, and includes a comprehensive supplement to help with academic and business grammar.Additional information is provided throughout the dictionary to help learners improve their knowledge of collocation, etymology, and synonymy. Informative and relevant vocabulary panels show how words are used in a range of everyday contexts. In addition, this dictionary offers learners guidance on how to communicate effectively in English. The Language in Use supplement provides a wealth of invaluable information on how to write and speak English for different purposes using the appropriate language, style, and tone. Resources and activities to help learners make the most of the dictionary are available for free online at www.collins.co.uk/eltresources.The Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary provides invaluable and detailed guidance on the English language, and is the complete reference tool for learners of English.

This is a major re-evaluation of the life and legacy of Gertrude Lowthian Bell (1868-1926), the renowned scholar, explorer, writer, archaeologist, and British civil servant. The book examines Gertrude Bell's role in shaping British policy in the Middle East in the first part of the 20th century, her views of the cultures and peoples of the region, and her unusual position as a woman occupying a senior position in the British imperial administration. It focuses particularly on her involvement in Iraq and the part she played in the establishment of the Iraqi monarchy and the Iraqi state.In addition, the book examines her interests in Iraq's ancient past. She was instrumental in drawing up Iraq's first Antiquities Law in 1922 and in the foundation of the Iraq Museum in 1923.Gertrude Bell refused to be constrained by the expectations of the day, and was able to succeed in a man's world of high politics and diplomacy. She remains a controversial figure, however, especially in the context of the founding of the modern state of Iraq. Does she represent a more innocent age when the country was born out of the remnants of the Ottoman Empire, or does she personify the attitudes and decisions that have created today's divided Middle East? The volume's authors bring new insights to these questions.

Collins Social Studies for the Caribbean is a content and activity-led course set in contexts relevant to the Caribbean and suitable for lower-secondary students everywhere. It has been specially developed to help students develop the skills they need for success in social studies.Collins Social Studies for the Caribbean is a content and activity-led course set in contexts relevant to the Caribbean and suitable for lower-secondary students everywhere. It has been specially developed to help students develop the skills they need for success in social studies. The accompanying workbooks for each level provide opportunities for written activities and help students consolidate learning.

A step-by-step guide to Spanish pronunciation that will help you build your confidence and communicate better in Spanish.Aimed at beginners and intermediate students this short course focuses on spoken Spanish, and will help you improve your pronunciation, confidence and fluency. The free booklet will show you how to pronounce each sound and give real-life examples of where these sounds are used. You will recognize why you mispronounce certain words and which sounds you need to focus on. You can practise the Spanish sounds while listening to the Spanish speaker.The booklet contains illustrations of the mouth showing how to make Spanish sounds and memorable cartoons to help you remember pronunciation rules.You will learn the differences between the Spanish and English alphabet, stress and rhythm, the differences between accents within Spain and the differences between the Spanish spoken in Spain and Latin America.

Level: KS2 Subject: English An engaging writing composition activity book to really help boost your child’s progress at every stage of their learning! Including helpful questions and answers, this English book provides reassurance whilst supporting your child’s learning at home.Combining useful English practice with engaging, colourful illustrations, this Writing Skills activity book helps to boost your child’s confidence and develop good learning habits for life. Each fun activity is designed to give your child a real sense of achievement.Included in this book:• a wide variety of engaging activities which provide invaluable practice in writing composition• activities that focus on the technical and creative aspects of writing composition at age 7-9• questions that allow children to practise the important skills learned at school• colourful activities that make learning fun and motivate children to learn at home• helpful tips and answers so that you can support your child’s learning

Big Cat for Little Wandle Fluency has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It consists of a range of chapter books with increasing word counts across 10 fluency levels aimed at children in Year 2 and 3. Each book builds reading confidence, stamina and speed and nurtures a love for reading.Fluency 1 books have a word count of 2880 words with an expected reading rate of 60 words per minute.Grumple the Witch really wants to be good, but she just doesn't know how. Can she learn from her mistakes to become the good witch that she's (almost) always wanted to be?

Big Cat for Little Wandle Fluency has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It consists of a range of chapter books with increasing word counts across 10 fluency levels aimed at children in Year 2 and 3. Each book builds reading confidence, stamina and speed and nurtures a love for reading.Fluency 3 books have a word count of 3840 words with an expected reading rate of 80 words per minute.Bea longs to be the best honeybee in the hive, but makes a mistake and runs away, straight into the path of a deadly robber bee. Will she have the courage to return to the hive and save her family and friends from attack?

Big Cat for Little Wandle Fluency has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It consists of a range of chapter books with increasing word counts across 10 fluency levels aimed at children in Year 2 and 3. Each book builds reading confidence, stamina and speed and nurtures a love for reading.Fluency 4 books have a word count of 4080 words with an expected reading rate of 85 words per minute.Have you ever looked up and wondered how humans first travelled to the moon? Or what the moon smells like? Join Astro to find out answers to questions like this and many more.

Big Cat for Little Wandle Fluency has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It consists of a range of chapter books with increasing word counts across 10 fluency levels aimed at children in Year 2 and 3. Each book builds reading confidence, stamina and speed and nurtures a love for reading.Fluency 5 books have a word count of 4320 words with an expected reading rate of 90 words per minute.When Joseph's sad, he enters an imaginary world, one where he's the prince of a mountain village in Jamaica and everyone wants to be his friend. Will what he learns in the Forest of Fears help him to cope with bullies in the real world?

Big Cat for Little Wandle Fluency has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It consists of a range of chapter books with increasing word counts across 10 fluency levels aimed at children in Year 2 and 3. Each book builds reading confidence, stamina and speed and nurtures a love for reading.Fluency 5 books have a word count of 4320 words with an expected reading rate of 90 words per minute.From the ocean to the air, this book shines a light on animals with a secret superpower – a "sixth sense". Discover how these incredible animals have developed skills to help them navigate their fascinating worlds.

Big Cat for Little Wandle Fluency has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It consists of a range of chapter books with increasing word counts across 10 fluency levels aimed at children in Year 2 and 3. Each book builds reading confidence, stamina and speed and nurtures a love for reading.Fluency 8 books have a word count of 5280 words with an expected reading rate of 110 words per minute.Follow the mythical Pooka to discover all about tricksters in mythology, from Hermes the sprinting baby to Kitsune the sneaky fox. Who knows what mischief they'll get up to next?

The third edition of Collins Cambridge IGCSE™ Malay as a Foreign Language is the only published course that fully covers the Cambridge IGCSE™ Malay as a Foreign Language syllabus (0546), for examination from 2028. With a skills-based communicative approach, this new edition has been updated to support the revised syllabus.This title is endorsed for the Cambridge Pathway to support the full Cambridge IGCSE Malay as a Foreign Language syllabus (0546) for examination from 2028. Skills-based approach: Each unit includes practice in all four skills – reading, writing, speaking and listening – with a variety of appropriately-targeted exercises offering progression within and across units.Syllabus alignment: All topics, grammar and vocabulary are mapped to the syllabus, and clear learning objectives guide students through their language development. The carefully planned, consistent structure allows for reinforcement and progression at every stage.User-friendly design: The clear and vibrant design includes boxed highlights for Language and Writing Tips, Study Skills, Cultural Insights and important Checklists. A grammar reference and a vocabulary bank at the end of the book facilitate effective self-study.Reflection, practice and revision: Integrates ample opportunities for practice, consolidation and revision throughout the course. Regular Checklist sections encourage students to reflect on what they have learned, assess their progress, and identify areas that may need further review, and practice questions prepare students for assessments with confidence.Cultural insights: Each unit includes Cultural insight boxes offering an insight into the culture of Malaysia, linking language to culture to further motivate the student in the study of the language.Expert authors: Written and reviewed by a team of experienced language teachers and experts.Audio resources: Free downloadable audio files available from the Collins website and through the digital subscription enhance listening comprehension and pronunciation practice.The Collins course consists of a Student’s Book, Workbook, Teacher’s Guide and a digital subscription on Collins Hub. (The Teacher’s Guide will not go through the endorsement process for the Cambridge Pathway).

The third edition of Collins Cambridge IGCSE™ Malay as a Foreign Language is the only published course that fully covers the Cambridge IGCSE™ Malay as a Foreign Language syllabus (0546), for examination from 2028. This Workbook supports the Student’s Book with more activities for skills and language practice, for in-class or independent use.This title is endorsed for the Cambridge Pathway for learner support for the Cambridge IGCSE Malay as a Foreign Language syllabus (0546) for examination from 2028. Integrated learning: The Workbook mirrors the structure of the Student's Book, offering students extensive opportunities to actively practise the grammar and vocabulary acquired in class while honing their reading, listening, writing and speaking skills.Grammar and vocabulary reinforcement: Each unit features a diverse range of exercises carefully designed to consolidate and reinforce language learning.Skills development: Engages students in targeted reading, listening, writing, and speaking activities that foster confidence and proficiency. Includes opportunities for consolidation and stretch to support all learners to achieve their best.Extended support: There are extra activities to consolidate learning, and ideas in the Teacher’s Guide for helping less confident learners or extending practice for more confident learners.Flexible use: Designed for versatility, activities are suitable for extension work in class or can be assigned as homework exercises, allowing for personalised learning experiences.The Collins course consists of a Student’s Book, Workbook, Teacher’s Guide and a digital subscription on Collins Hub. (The Teacher’s Guide will not go through the endorsement process for the Cambridge Pathway).

Exam board: AQALevel and subject: A-level BiologyNext exams: June 2027The Collins AQA A-level Biology Lab Book is a write-in workbook covering all the required practicals. It is designed to build practical confidence, support practical endorsement and develop the skills needed to succeed in the written exams. CPAC criteria are mapped to every practical so students and teachers can track progress throughout the AQA Biology courseFaded scaffolding supports students at AS level and builds towards independent planning at A-level, in line with practical endorsement requirementsExam-style questions closely mirror AQA Paper 3 covering practical planning, analysis, evaluation and mathematical skillsEverything students need to prepare and record each practical – from equipment lists and safety notes to space for results tables and graph paper – in one place for easy revisionA QR code links to an editable CPAC tracker that saves teachers time in monitoring and evidencing student progressA glossary supports self-quizzing, and full answers enable self-checking.

The Curse of Caste is the earliest published novel by an African American woman yet to be discovered.

Imposters are third person DPs that are used to refer to the speaker/writer or addressee, such as :(i) Your humble servant finds the time before our next encounter very long.(ii) This reporter thinks that the current developments are extraordinary.(iii) Daddy will be back before too long.(iv) The present author finds the logic of the reply faulty.This volume explores verbal and pronominal agreement with imposters from a cross-linguistic perspective. The central questions for any given language are: (a) How do singular and plural imposters agree with the verb? (b) When a pronoun has an imposter antecedent, what are the phi-features of the pronoun? The volume reveals a remarkable degree of variation in the answers to these questions, but also reveals some underlying generalizations. The contributions describe imposters in Bangla, Spanish, Albanian, Indonesian, Italian, French, Romanian, Mandarin and Icelandic.

Apocalypticism arose in ancient Judaism in the last centuries BCE and played a crucial role in the rise of Christianity. It is not only of historical interest: there has been a growing awareness, especially since the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, of the prevalence of apocalyptic beliefs in the contemporary world. To understand these beliefs, it is necessary to appreciate their complex roots in the ancient world, and the multi-faceted character of the phenomenon of apocalypticism.The Oxford Handbook of Apocalyptic Literature is a thematic and phenomenological exploration of apocalypticism in the Judaic and Christian traditions. Most of the volume is devoted to the apocalyptic literature of antiquity. Essays explore the relationship between apocalypticism and prophecy, wisdom and mysticism; the social function of apocalypticism and its role as resistance literature; apocalyptic rhetoric from both historical and postmodern perspectives; and apocalyptic theology, focusing on phenomena of determinism and dualism and exploring apocalyptic theology's role in ancient Judaism, early Christianity, and Gnosticism.The final chapters of the volume are devoted to the appropriation of apocalypticism in the modern world, reviewing the role of apocalypticism in contemporary Judaism and Christianity, and more broadly in popular culture, addressing the increasingly studied relation between apocalypticism and violence, and discussing the relationship between apocalypticism and trauma, which speaks to the underlying causes of the popularity of apocalyptic beliefs. This volume will further the understanding of a vital religious phenomenon too often dismissed as alien and irrational by secular western society.

These essays are lectures, mostly revised or expanded, given to the Tennyson Society by leading Victorianists, including one of the doyens of Tennyson studies, Jerome H. Buckley (Harvard). In Memoriam and Maud are central texts but many other poems are discussed - lyrics, dramatic monologues, narratives, ballads - and such recurrent topics as loss, the numinous, and distance in space and time. The poems are related to their intellectual context and to other poets from Wordsworth to Edward FitzGerald.

John J. Collins offers readers a model for the scholarly study of all aspects of Judaism, from the Persian period through Late Antiqity, including its influence on early Christianity. The essays are thematically grouped to cover the problem of the Canon in Second Temple Judaism and deal with apocalypticism, the Book of Daniel, the Sibylline Oracles, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Also analyzed is the relationship between Wisdom and the Apocalypticism. This volume brings together over two decades of research by a leading authority in the field of Judaism.This publication has also been published in hardback, please click here for details.

International experts offer fresh insights into: (1) Review of Scholarship and Context; (2) Near Eastern Milieu; (3) Interpretation of Specific Passages; (4) Social Setting; (5) Literary Context, Including Qumran; (6) Reception in Judaism and Christianity; (7) Textual History; and (8) Theology of Daniel.This publication has also been published in hardback, please click here for details.

Made to fill the major gap in the literature on public administration applied in development. This title provides a review of the state-of-the-art which is both historically-grounded and forward-looking, and which will appeal to a broad readership: policy-makers, managers, advisers, scholars and others operating at all levels of government from local community through international levels. The studies offer a practical approach, consistently linking theory with practice and experience, providing a forum for new and exciting ideas.

The production of optically active intermediates and products as pure enantiomers is a topic of ever-increasing importance to the chemical industry. The economic incentives of improved cost efficiency and enhanced biological activity, together with new regulatory pressures have, in the last decade, brought about a dramatic increase in the number and scope of industrial processes. Chirality in Industry provides an overview of the production of optically active compounds on a large scale wholly from an industrial perspective. The volume includes example of each of the available process options, from classical resolution procedures to asymmetric syntheses with traditional chemical catalysts and enzyme-based technologies. An extended opening chapter, which systematically considers these options and relates them to a series of important targets, is followed by a series of more detailed case histories by industrial authors summarizing the processes which underpin the large-scale production of several important optically pure intermediates. While Chirality in Industry should prove of particular interest to chemists who are professionally involved in the production of pure enantiomers on a practical scale, it is hoped that students and researchers involved in a more academic pursuit of optical activity will also benefit from some of the facets of large scale thinking. An economic solution is more likely to be a simple, elegant solution.

Slow sand filtration is credited with being the first drinking water treatment process utilised to improve the quality of water in both modern Europe and the USA. Within the last 10 years, there has been a renaissance of interest in the potential use of enhanced processes of slow sand filtration throughout the world, especially for small and rural communities, and it continues to be the primary treatment process for many major European cities. The book deals with the latest research developments in slow sand and alternative biological filtration processes for drinking water treatment, including advances in the understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of the processes. In addition, progress in the techniques of operation and upgrading of the processes are described, with case studies from around the world. The principal themes of the book are: General overview; Removal of Natural Organic Matter (NOM), Biodegradable Organic Carbon (BOC) and Ozonation by-products; Biofilter media characteristics; Influence of process design variables and modifications; Modelling process performance; Pre-treatment applications; Operational experience and cleaning; and Upgrading treatment processes. The book also has an international perspective with case-studies from around the world.