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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.

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.

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.

The fifth edition of the Collins COBUILD Learner’s Dictionary has been revised and updated to include detailed coverage of today’s English in a clear, attractive format.Ideal for intermediate level learners of English, and with full-sentence definitions written in simple, natural English, this dictionary is easy to use and understand. Thousands of updated examples of real English, taken from the 4.5-billion-word Collins Corpus, show learners how the words are used in authentic contexts.This dictionary covers all the essential words, phrases, and idioms that students at this level need to learn and provides help with grammar and usage. Additional information on collocations and synonyms is provided throughout the dictionary to help learners improve their fluency and confidence in using English. 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 Learner’s Dictionary provides invaluable guidance on the English language, and is the complete reference tool for learners of English.

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).

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 Teacher’s Guide supports Student’s Book and Workbook, with teaching notes and support to plan and manage engaging lessons.The Teacher’s Guide is an essential resource for educators to get the most out of the Collins Cambridge IGCSE™ Malay as a Foreign Language course, providing thorough support for teaching with the Student’s Book and Workbook. Comprehensive course overview: Begins with a thorough introduction that outlines the course approach, equipping teachers with strategies to get the best out of the suite of resources. Detailed coverage overview grid helps teachers see at a glance where each syllabus element is covered, and facilitates course planning. Aligned structure: Each unit mirrors the structure of the Student’s Book, facilitating seamless integration with the rest of the suite and ensuring a cohesive teaching experience that enhances student learning. Detailed lesson plans: Unpacks each lesson in the Student’s Book with insightful teaching notes for each activity and full answers and audio scripts. Also includes answers and differentiation guidance for the Workbook. Differentiated instruction strategies: Provides practical advice on working with mixed classes, including differentiated support and activities designed to meet the diverse needs of all learners. Active teaching techniques: Encourages the use of interactive and communicative teaching methods that promote active participation and skill development, ensuring students are engaged and motivated throughout their learning journey. Pick up and teach or personalise: Contains everything you need to effectively teach the course, or download Word versions to customise to your preferences. This edition of the Teacher’s Guide has not been through the endorsement process for the Cambridge Pathway. We are working towards endorsement of the accompanying Student’s Book and Workbook.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 Curse of Caste is the earliest published novel by an African American woman yet to be discovered.

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.

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.

This second volume of Chirality in Industry contains new case histories from a wide range of contributors from industry or with strong industrial connections. While it is intended that the new volume will stand on its own, Volumes I and II taken together present an up-to-date and comprehensive picture of the technologies required to produce optically active compounds on a multi-kilogramme to high tonnage scale as well as illustrating the breadth of application of these technologies; the pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, electronics, food, flavour and fragrance industries are all represented.Chirality in Industry II All new case historiesUnique industrial perspective on chiral technologyEmphasis on scale-up and process developmentComparison of biocatalysis, asymmetric synthesis and classical resolution approachesThe chiral infrastructure is now largely in place and there is no reason why large-scale production should not be possible for even moderately priced single enantiomer products. The successful industrial application of chiral chemistry depends on the integration of a range of supporting technologies and there are many examples in this volume of how widely the industrial practitioner must cast the net to achieve practical production methods. As with Volume I, this new volume is of particular interest to those professionally involved in the scale-up processes for single enantiomers. However, 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 still most likely to be a simple, elegant solution.

An exploration by nine key thinkers of the popularization of elite tastes for mass audiences, High-Pop challenges the project of cultural studies to focus on all-but-ignored forms of mainstream culture.

This reader brings together original and influential recent work in the field of early modern European history. Provides a thought-provoking overview of current thinking on this period.Key themes include evolving early-modern identities; changes in religion and cultural life; the revolution of the mind; roles of women in early-modern societies; the rise of the modern state; and Europe and the new world systemIncorporates new scholarship on Eastern and Central Europe.Includes an article translated into English for the first time.

This reader brings together original and influential recent work in the field of early modern European history. Provides a thought-provoking overview of current thinking on this period.Key themes include evolving early-modern identities; changes in religion and cultural life; the revolution of the mind; roles of women in early-modern societies; the rise of the modern state; and Europe and the new world systemIncorporates new scholarship on Eastern and Central Europe.Includes an article translated into English for the first time.