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The Routledge Handbook of Language Testing

This second edition of The Routledge Handbook of Language Testing provides an updated and comprehensive account of the area of language testing and assessment. The volume brings together 35 authoritative articles divided into ten sections written by 51 leading specialists from around the world. There are five entirely new chapters covering the four skills: reading writing listening and speaking as well as a new entry on corpus linguistics and language testing. The remaining 30 chapters have been revised often extensively or entirely rewritten with new authorship teams at the helm reflecting new generations of expertise in the field. With a dedicated section on technology in language testing reflecting current trends in the field the Handbook also includes an extended epilogue written by Harding and Fulcher contemplating what has changed between the first and second editions and charting a trajectory for the field of language testing and assessment. Providing a basis for discussion project work and the design of both language tests themselves and related validation research this Handbook represents an invaluable resource for students researchers and practitioners working in language testing and assessment and the wider field of language education.

GBP 205.00

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Home Studio Setup Everything You Need to Know from Equipment to Acoustics

Whether you have a ton of equipment or just the basic gear this book offers details on all you need to know about getting great sound from a project studio. In three parts Harris walks you through acoustics equipment and recording techniques. Including the basics of acoustic treatment and techniques to solve problems specific to your room Home Studio Setup offers explanations and information on equipment how to record and how to create a great mix. In no time this valuable resource will have you recording and producing great music in your very own studio. | Home Studio Setup Everything You Need to Know from Equipment to Acoustics

GBP 180.00

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Sex-Offender Therapy A How-To Workbook for Therapists Treating Sexually Aggressive Adults Adolescents and Children

Groundbreaking information for treating sex offenders Sexual abuse sexual addiction and sexual offending have become a significant clinical problem. Successfully treating these disorders is the first step toward preventing future victims. Sex-Offender Therapy is a practical workbook for clinicians who deal with sexually aggressive adults adolescents and children. This invaluable professional resource focuses on how to treat patients male and female impaired by sexual addiction sexual disorders sex offending and other sexual misconduct behaviors. Designed as an accessible step-by-step guide Sex-Offender Therapy features case studies work exercises and clinical suggestions that help to walk the reader through a sexual disorders program. With a wealth of therapeutic interventions as well as information on polygraph testing and the FDA-approved plethysmograph this unique text breaks new ground. Additionally this detailed volume not only presents clinical definitions of all the sexual disorders but goes beyond patient features and evaluation to look at useable concrete methods for lasting treatment. Topics discussed in Sex-Offender Therapy include: problems stress and boundary setting transference and countertransference sexual recovery therapy and its techniques acknowledgement and responsibility the stand-up presentation and victim empathy cycles of offending using the four phases as a relapse prevention format working with the difficult offender trauma in adult adolescent and child offenders the cost of offending antisocial disordered patients triggers clinical interviewing and report writing adult and juvenile psychosexual evaluations polygraph testing treatment of sexually aggressive youths defense behaviors group therapy and many more! Informative practical and user-fr | Sex-Offender Therapy A How-To Workbook for Therapists Treating Sexually Aggressive Adults Adolescents and Children

GBP 180.00

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Nineteenth-Century Interiors

This four-volume collection of primary source materials documents the histories of domestic interiors across the long nineteenth-century. As the domestic space was a highly important aspect of nineteenth century life the volumes explore the ways in which people created and interacted with interiors. The primary sources reflect aspects of cultural history social history material culture as well as the all-important architecture and interior design. The volumes explore working-class and middle-class homes the different styles of decoration and design the layouts of the nineteenth-century home and the practical aspects of decorating and furnishing a home. Accompanied by extensive editorial commentary this collection will be of great interest to students and scholars of art history. | Nineteenth-Century Interiors

GBP 396.00

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The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Individual Differences

The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Individual Differences provides a thorough in-depth discussion of the theory research and pedagogy pertaining to the role individual difference (ID) factors play in second language acquisition (SLA). It goes beyond the traditional repertoire and includes 32 chapters covering a full spectrum of topics on learners’ cognitive conative affective and demographic/sociocultural variation. The volume examines IDs from two perspectives: one is how each ID variable is associated with learning behaviors processes and outcomes; the other is how each domain of SLA such as vocabulary or reading is affected by clusters of ID variables. The volume also includes a section on the common methods used in ID research including data elicitation instruments such as surveys interviews and psychometric testing as well as methods of data analysis such as structural equation modeling. The book is a must-read for any second language researcher or applied linguist interested in investigating the effects of IDs on language learning and for any educator interested in taking account of learners’ individual differences to maximize the effects of second language instruction.

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The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics

The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics 2e provides an updated overview of a dynamic and rapidly growing area with a widely applied methodology. Over a decade on from the first edition of the Handbook this collection of 47 chapters from experts in key areas offers a comprehensive introduction to both the development and use of corpora as well as their ever-evolving applications to other areas such as digital humanities sociolinguistics stylistics translation studies materials design language teaching and teacher development media discourse discourse analysis forensic linguistics second language acquisition and testing. The new edition updates all core chapters and includes new chapters on corpus linguistics and statistics digital humanities translation phonetics and phonology second language acquisition social media and theoretical perspectives. Chapters provide annotated further reading lists and step-by-step guides as well as detailed overviews across a wide range of themes. The Handbook also includes a wealth of case studies that draw on some of the many new corpora and corpus tools that have emerged in the last decade. Organised across four themes moving from the basic start-up topics such as corpus building and design to analysis application and reflection this second edition remains a crucial point of reference for advanced undergraduates postgraduates and scholars in applied linguistics.

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Principles of Management for the Hospitality Industry

It is vital for hospitality management students to understand key management concepts as part of the complex and intimate nature of the services industry. Principles of Management for the Hospitality Industry is designed specifically for hospitality students who need to be able to use management tools and techniques to become successful hospitality managers. By placing you at the heart of an imaginary workplace this book offers the opportunity to work through all of the items of discussion for each topic. The chapter begins with a scenario to prompt an exploration of a given topic and concludes with the outcome of this scenario to reinforce the lessons learnt throughout the chapter. Highly practical in approach this is an up-to-date and skilful integration of all core areas of management. It is packed with tools and techniques to aid learning and understanding enabling you to: improve your professional management vocabulary with definitions in each chapter and a complete glossary of terms visualize key concepts with over one hundred explanatory diagrams gain confidence by testing your understanding on the accompanying website practical applications of theory are illustrated in international case studies throughout the book discussion questions prompt an exploration of key concepts. This title also has a companion website for lecturers which includes an Instructors' manual PowerPoint slides and quizzes to aid teaching and learning.

GBP 180.00

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Audio Power Amplifier Design

This is the essential book reference for amplifier designers. Douglas Self covers all the design issues of noise distortion power supply rejection protection reliability and layout. He describes advanced forms of compensation that give dramatically lower distortion. This edition is much expanded and packed with new information. It is a must-have for audio power amplifier professionals and audiophiles amateur constructors and anyone with intellectual curiosity about the struggle towards technical excellence. New to the sixth edition: The characteristics of the audio signal The principles of distortion Feedback intermodulation distortion Non-switching output stages VAS distortion explained Push-pull VAS configurations Output-inclusive compensation In addition five amplifier design examples that illustrate important design principles are examined and measured in detail. These can be straightforwardly adapted to specific requirements. This new edition also includes a wealth of material on the XD crossover-displacement principle (invented by the author and in use by Cambridge Audio) four-stage amplifier architectures error correction current-mirrors power transistors with internal sensing diodes amplifier bridging input-stage-common-mode distortion amplifier stability output stages with gain inrush current suppression DC servo design thermal protection cooling fan control advanced line input stages testing and safety infrared remote control signal activation 12V trigger control the history of solid-state amplifiers and much more. Simple procedures for heatsinking and power supply design are given. | Audio Power Amplifier Design

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Applied Photographic Optics

Selected by the American Library Association's 'Choice' magazine as best technical book the first edition of this book soon established itself as the standard reference work on all aspects of photographic lenses and associated optical systems. This is unsurprising as Sidney Ray provides a complete comprehensive reference source for anyone wanting information on photographic lenses from the student to the practitioner or specialist working with visual and digital media worldwide. This third edition has been fully revised and expanded to include the rapid progress in the last decade in optical technology and advances in relevant electronic and digital forms of imaging. Every chapter has been revised and expanded using new figures and photographs as appropriate as well as extended bibliographies. New chapters include details of filters measurements from images and the optical systems of digital cameras. Details of electronic and digital imaging have been integrated throughout. More information is given on topics such as aspherics diffractive optics ED glasses image stabilization optical technology video projection and new types of lenses. A selection of the contents includes chapters on: optical theory aberrations auto focus lens testing depth of field development of photographic lenses general properties of lenses wide-angle lenses telephoto lenses video lenses viewfinder systems camera movements projection systems and 3-D systems. | Applied Photographic Optics

GBP 200.00

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How to Overcome Premature Ejaculation

How to Overcome Premature Ejaculation discusses male sexual response and the cause of its disorders and provides advice on leading a more normal sex life. Based on the same therapeutic methods that have proven clinically effective for 90% of men suffering from premature ejaculation (PE) this straightforward volume describes a rapid practical self-help program that can be used by single men or couples in the privacy of their home. Dr Kaplan first explains the nature of PE and its causes and then describes her effective treatment techniques. She also discusses the errors and resistances that can arise and provides suggestions on how to overcome them.

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The Routledge International Handbook of Harmful Cultural Practices

This handbook looks at cross-cultural work on harmful cultural practices considered gendered forms of abuse of women. These include female genital mutilation (FGM) virginity testing hymenoplasty and genital cosmetic surgery. Bringing together comparative perspectives intersectionality and interdisciplinarity it uses feminist methodology and mixed methods with ethnography of central importance to provide holistic grounded theorizing within a framework of transformative research. Taking female genital mutilation a topical contested practice and making it a heuristic reference for related procedures makes the case for global action based on understanding the complexity of harmful cultural practices that are contextually differentiated and experienced in intersectional ways. But because this phenomenon is enshrouded in matters of sensitivity and prejudice narratives of suffering are muted and even suppressed are dismissed as indigenous ritual or become ammunition for racist organizing. Such conflicted and often opaque debates obstruct clear vision of the scale of both problem and solution. Divided into six parts: • Discourses and Epistemological Fault Lines• FGM and Related Patriarchal Inscriptions • Gender and Genitalia • Female Bodies and Body Politics: Economics Law Medicine Public Health and Human Rights • Placing Engagement Innovation Impact Care • Words and Texts to Shatter Silence Comprised of 24 newly written chapters from experts around the world this book will be of interest to scholars and students of nursing social work and allied health more broadly as well as sociology gender studies and postcolonial studies. | The Routledge International Handbook of Harmful Cultural Practices

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How to Make Animated Films Tony White's Complete Masterclass on the Traditional Principals of Animation

Become Tony White's personal animation student. Experience many of the teaching techniques of the golden era of Disney and Warner Brothers studios and beyond. all from the comfort of your own home or studio. Tony White's Animation Master Class is uniquely designed to cover the core principles of animated movement comprehensively. How to Make Animated Films offers secrets and unique approaches only a Master Animator could share. Includes hands-on Tutorials demonstrations and final sample animations. . Whether you want to become a qualified animator of 2D 3D Flash or any other form of animation Tony White's foundations bring you closer to that goal. The downloadable resources are invaluable in that readers are not only taught principles and concepts in the book they are able to see them demonstrated in action in the movies. | How to Make Animated Films Tony White's Complete Masterclass on the Traditional Principals of Animation

GBP 180.00

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The Routledge Companion to Australian Literature

In recent years Australian literature has experienced a revival of interest both domestically and internationally. The increasing prominence of work by writers like Christos Tsiolkas heightened through television and film adaptation as well as the award of major international prizes to writers like Richard Flanagan and the development of new high-profile prizes like the Stella Prize have all reinvigorated interest in Australian literature both at home and abroad. This Companion emerges as a part of that reinvigoration considering anew the history and development of Australian literature and its key themes as well as tracing the transition of the field through those critical debates. It considers works of Australian literature on their own terms as well as positioning them in their critical and historical context and their ethical and interactive position in the public and private spheres. With an emphasis on literature’s responsibilities this book claims Australian literary studies as a field uniquely positioned to expose the ways in which literature engages with produces and is produced by its context provoking a critical re-evaluation of the concept of the relationship between national literatures cultures and histories and the social function of literary texts. | The Routledge Companion to Australian Literature

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The Routledge International Handbook of Human-Animal Interactions and Anthrozoology

This diverse global and interdisciplinary volume explores the existing research practice and ethical issues pertinent to the field of human-animal interactions (HAIs) interventions and anthrozoology focusing on the perceived physical and mental health benefits to humans and the challenges derived from these relationships. The book begins by exploring the basic theoretical principles of anthrozoology and HAI such as the evolution and history of the field the importance of language the economic costs and current perspectives to physical and mental wellbeing the origins of domestication of animals anthropomorphism and how animals fit into human societies. Chapters then move onto practice covering topics such as how animals help childhood and adulthood development pet ownership disability the roles of pets for people with psychiatric disorders the links between animal and domestic abuse and then more widely into the therapeutic roles of animals animal-assisted therapies interactions outside the home working animals animals in popular culture and animals in research for leisure and food. Including chapters on a wide range of animals from domesticated pets to wildlife this collection examines the benefits yet also reveals the complexity and often dark side of human-animal relations. Interweaving accessible commentaries with revealing chapters throughout the text this collection would be of great interest to students and practitioners in the fields of mental health psychology veterinary medicine zoology biology social work history and sociology. | The Routledge International Handbook of Human-Animal Interactions and Anthrozoology

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The Routledge Handbook of Emotions in the Ancient Near East

This in-depth exploration of emotions in the ancient Near East illuminates the rich and complex worlds of feelings encompassed within the literary and material remains of this remarkable region home to many of the world’s earliest cities and empires and lays critical foundations for future study. Thirty-four chapters by leading international scholars including philologists art historians and archaeologists examine the ways in which emotions were conceived experienced and expressed by the peoples of the ancient Near East with particular attention to Mesopotamia Anatolia and the kingdom of Ugarit from the Late Uruk through to the Neo-Babylonian Period (ca. 3300–539 BCE). The volume is divided into two parts: the first addressing theoretical and methodological issues through thematic analyses and the second encompassing corpus-based approaches to specific emotions. Part I addresses emotions and history defining the terms materialization and material remains kings and the state and engaging the gods. Part II explores happiness and joy; fear terror and awe; sadness grief and depression; contempt disgust and shame; anger and hate; envy and jealousy; love affection and admiration; and pity empathy and compassion. Numerous sub-themes threading through the volume explore such topics as emotional expression and suppression in relation to social status gender the body and particular social and spatial conditions or material contexts. The Routledge Handbook of Emotions in the Ancient Near East is an invaluable and accessible resource for Near Eastern studies and adjacent fields including Classical Biblical and medieval studies and a must-read for scholars students and others interested in the history and cross-cultural study of emotions.

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The Routledge Handbook of Digital Literacies in Early Childhood

As fast-evolving technologies transform everyday communication and literacy practices many young children find themselves immersed in multiple digital media from birth. Such rapid technological change has consequences for the development of early literacy and the ways in which parents and educators are able to equip today’s young citizens for a digital future. This seminal Handbook fulfils an urgent need to consider how digital technologies are impacting the lives and learning of young children; and how childhood experiences of using digital resources can serve as the foundation for present and future development. Considering children aged 0–8 years chapters explore the diversity of young children’s literacy skills practices and expertise across digital tools technologies and media in varied contexts settings and countries. The Handbook explores six significant areas: Part I presents an overview of research into young children’s digital literacy practices touching on a range of theoretical methodological and ethical approaches. Part II considers young children’s reading writing and meaning-making when using digital media at home and in the wider community. Part III offers an overview of key challenges for early childhood education presented by digital literacy and discusses political positioning and curricula. Part IV focuses on the multimodal and multi-sensory textual landscape of contemporary literary practices and how children learn to read and write with and across media. Part V considers how digital technologies both influence and are influenced by children’s online and offline social relationships. Part VI draws together themes from across the Handbook to propose an agenda for future research into digital literacies in early childhood. A timely resource identifying and exploring pedagogies designed to bolster young children’s digital and multimodal literacy practices this key text will be of interest to early childhood educators researchers and policy-makers. | The Routledge Handbook of Digital Literacies in Early Childhood

GBP 200.00

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The Routledge Handbook of US Foreign Policy in the Indo-Pacific

This handbook provides a comprehensive survey of US foreign policy throughout the Indo-Pacific. Home to around 60 percent of the world’s population; most of the world’s largest and fastest-growing economies; around half of the world’s states with full nuclear capabilities; and a complicated web of unresolved tensions disputes and conflicts the Indo-Pacific is arguably the most diverse dynamic and contested region on Earth. US strategy there has evolved over centuries with its physical presence going broadly unchallenged since at least the middle of the last century. However the rapid development and expanding influence of China – alongside the growth of India Indonesia Vietnam the Philippines and others – as well as political and economic crises and disruptions within the United States itself mean that in recent times the US has come to occupy a newly uncertain position and perceive a range of highly unfamiliar challenges. To explore how the US has managed and continues to manage its regional history and how it approaches the modern-day landscape of an Indo-Pacific only recently normalised within international political discourse the book contains 33 newly commissioned chapters from leading experts in the field. It does so partly with help from the more traditional realms of International Relations theory as well as more critical realms. It also unpacks US policy and strategy as it pertains to regional governments states and multilateral institutions as well as to pressing issues including inter-state security human rights trade artificial intelligence and cyber strategy. It does so in four parts: History of the US in the Indo-Pacific Theorising US Policy and Presence in the Indo-Pacific The US and Indo-Pacific States and Institutions The US and Indo-Pacific Issues The book is designed to be of interest to students and scholars of the US in the Indo-/Asia Pacific; the international relations of the Indo-/Asia Pacific; and US foreign policy. | The Routledge Handbook of US Foreign Policy in the Indo-Pacific

GBP 190.00

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The Routledge Handbook of Language Testing

Home Studio Setup Everything You Need to Know from Equipment to Acoustics

Sex-Offender Therapy A How-To Workbook for Therapists Treating Sexually Aggressive Adults Adolescents and Children

Nineteenth-Century Interiors

The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Individual Differences

The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics

Principles of Management for the Hospitality Industry

Audio Power Amplifier Design

Applied Photographic Optics

How to Overcome Premature Ejaculation

The Routledge International Handbook of Harmful Cultural Practices

How to Make Animated Films Tony White's Complete Masterclass on the Traditional Principals of Animation

The Routledge Companion to Australian Literature

The Routledge International Handbook of Human-Animal Interactions and Anthrozoology

The Routledge Handbook of Emotions in the Ancient Near East

The Routledge Handbook of Digital Literacies in Early Childhood

The Routledge Handbook of US Foreign Policy in the Indo-Pacific

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