The specific—and varied—ways in which assessment and evaluation can impact learning and teaching have become an important language education research concern, particularly as educators are increasingly called on to implement these processes for improvement, accountability, or curricular development purposes. Useful Assessment and Evaluation in Language Education showcases contemporary research that explores innovative uses of assessment and evaluation in a variety of educational c...

The long-awaited prequel to Koen’s beloved Through a Glass Darkly, Dark Angels is a feast of a novel that sparkles with all the passion, extravagance, danger, and scandal of seventeenth-century England.Alice Verney is a young woman intent on achieving her dreams. Returning to England after a messy scandal forced her to flee to Louis XIV’s France, Alice is anxious to re-establish herself by regaining her former position as a maid of honor to Charle...

A woman searching for answers in her own life finds them - and much more - in the wreckage and haunting stories of the Batavia shipwreck.The powerfully moving historical debut from the winner of the Banjo Prize for Fiction. For all fans of Natasha Lester, Lauren Chater and Tea Cooper.Shortlisted for Best Debut Fiction in the Indie Book Awards 2026Two women. One shipwreck. And four centuries of secrets.Shortly before Christm...

"An immersive and engrossing mystery." --Tania Blanchard, bestselling author"A masterfully crafted dual timeline." --Tea Cooper, USA TODAY bestselling authorTwo women. One shipwreck. And four centuries of secrets.Shortly before Christmas in 2018, Tess McCarthy, after years as a hard-working English teacher who never did anything out of the ordinary, flies to Western Australia's remote Abrolhos Islands. She ...

Let these Six Isolated Futures take you on a thrilling ride through different universes that will have you turning pages faster than the speed of light. All six stories in the series in one volume with a preface from the author.#1: Forced to be FreeA near-future techno thriller novelette.Young and brilliant hacker Sam takes a job at a defence contractor to fight for his freedom in a Europe that is about to be overrun by the Russian Federati...

Bo Jacobs has quit his well-paid job in the Netherlands and emigrated to Dubai to become a private investigator. After successfully completing his first major assignment – tracking down a Dutch oil products trader – he is asked by Paul Walker to investigate whether money laundering is taking place in his real estate agency. Soon after a visit to the Dubai Marina Bo is threatened with a weapon, and two days later an employee of Paul Walker is found murdered on Palm Jumeirah. Together with h...

This is the most up-to-date Indonesian Dictionary on the marketTuttle Concise Indonesian Dictionary has both Indonesian to English and English to Indonesian sections. Its compact size allows for easy transport without limiting the content. This Indonesian dictionary is perfect for Indonesian language students, or business people and tourists traveling to Indonesia. It contains over 20,000 words and expressions, carefully selected to cover all important asp...

WINNER: CMI Management Book of the Year Awards 2015 - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Category (1st edition)Many organizations approach customer-centic marketing and innovating their business strategy in isolation to one another, missing groundbreaking opportunities for advancement. Customer Innovation, second edition, turns this on its head by starting with the customer, innovating around their needs, then building a customer led business...

EU Procedural Law provides a rigorously structured analysis of the system of judicial protection in the European Union and the procedure before the Union Courts (the Court of Justice and the General Court). It examines the various types of proceedings which may be brought before the Union Courts, such as the actions for infringement, annulment, failure to act, and damages, along with special forms of procedure involving, for example, interim relief, appeals, staff cases, and intel...

What we do in life often does come back to us. This is not all that comes our way in life. We can only control what we initiate.In My Egotistical Opinion is a collection of what author Harlen Koen would want to say to his children if he had teenage or older children. This book is for teenagers, young adults, adults, and seniors. Hopefully those who read this book will not have to spend a lifetime to learn what he learned the hard way. It includes talk about sex, narcotics,...

Once upon a time, working from home was rewarding, the way to maintain our work-life balance. But then came Covid; working from home became the norm and, for many, the very thing that gets in the way of a balanced life. All back to the office then? Specialists agree that tomorrow's workplace will be location-independent and even transnational. Location-independent work offers numerous advantages. It answers employees' demand for more autonomy and creates unseen opportunities in the war on ...

Do you feel overwhelmed by the constant stream of emails that come in every day? Do you sometimes miss important emails? Tired of searching for that one important email among the mass of unread messages? Then this ebook is exactly what you need!In this course I will teach you how to set up a system to transform your Gmail inbox from a chaotic mess to an efficient and well-organized system. Through clear steps and practical examples, you will learn how to organize and manage your em...