Adrian S. Palmer's Books

Language Testing in Practice

Designing and Developing Useful Language Tests

By: Lyle F. Bachman,Adrian S. Palmer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Language Testing in Practice

Designing and Developing Useful Language Tests

By: Lyle F. Bachman,Adrian S. Palmer

This book relates language testing practice to current views of communicative language teaching and testing. It builds on the theoretical background expounded in Bachman's Fundamental Considerations in Language Testing and examines the design, planning, and organization of tests. The book is divided into three sections which discuss 1) objectives and expectations, the context of language testing, and the abilities to be tested; 2) the process of test development, including blueprints, resources, operationalization, and scoring methods; and 3) ten examples which illustrate the principles discussed in Parts One and Two.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

390

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0194371484

ISBN 13

9780194371483

Claiming Sacred Ground

Pilgrims and Politics at Glastonbury and Sedona

By: Adrian J. Ivakhiv

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Claiming Sacred Ground

Pilgrims and Politics at Glastonbury and Sedona

By: Adrian J. Ivakhiv

Claiming Sacred Ground Pilgrims and Politics at Glastonbury and Sedona Adrian J. Ivakhiv A study of people and politics at two New Age spiritual sites. In this richly textured account, Adrian Ivakhiv focuses on the activities of pilgrim-migrants to Glastonbury, England and Sedona, Arizona. He discusses their efforts to encounter and experience the spirit or energy of the land and to mark out its significance by investing it with sacred meanings. Their endeavors are presented against a broad canvas of cultural and environmental struggles associated with the incorporation of such geographically marginal places into an expanding global cultural economy. Ivakhiv sees these contested and "heterotopic" landscapes as the nexus of a complex web of interestes and longings: from millennial anxieties and nostalgic re-imaginings of history and prehistory; to real-estate power grabs; contending religious visions; and the free play of ideas from science, pseudo-science, and popular culture. Looming over all this is the nonhuman life of these landscapes, an"otherness" that alternately reveals and conceals itself behind a pagenant of beliefs, images, and place-myths. A significant contribution to scholarship on alternative spirituality, sacred space, and the politics of natural landscapes, Claiming Sacred Ground will interest scholars and students of environmental and cultural studies, and the sociology of religious movements and pilgrimage. Non-specialist readers will be stimulated by the cultural, ecological, and spiritual dimensions of extraordinary natural landscapes. Adrian Ivakhiv teaches in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University in Toronto, and is President of the Environmental Studies Association of Canada. April 2001 384 pages, 24 b&w photos, 2 figs., 9 maps, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4, index, append. cloth 0-253-33899-9 $37.40 s / £28.50 Contents I DEPARTURES 1 Power and Desire in Earth's Tangled Web 2 Reimagining Earth 3 Orchestrating Sacred Space II Glastonbury 4 Stage, Props, and Players of Avalon 5 Many Glastonburys: Place-Myths and Contested Spaces III SEDONA 6 Red Rocks to Real Estate 7 New Agers, Vortexes, and the Sacred Landscape IV ARRIVALS 8 Practices of Place: Nature and Heterotopia Beyond the New Age

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

350

Publisher

Indiana University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0253108381

ISBN 13

9780253108388

The Psychology of Culture Shock

By: Colleen A. Ward,Stephen Bochner,Adrian Furnham

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Psychology of Culture Shock

By: Colleen A. Ward,Stephen Bochner,Adrian Furnham

Incorporates over a decade of new research and material on coping with the causes and consequencs that instigate culture shock, this can occur when a person is transported from a familiar to an alien culture.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

386

Publisher

Psychology Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0415162351

ISBN 13

9780415162357

Psychology Culture Shock

By: Colleen Ward,Stephen Bochner,Adrian Furnham

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Psychology Culture Shock

By: Colleen Ward,Stephen Bochner,Adrian Furnham

Crossing cultures can be a stimulating and rewarding adventure. It can also be a stressful and bewildering experience. This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Furnham and Bochner's classic Culture Shock (1986) examines the psychological and social processes involved in intercultural contact, including learning new culture-specific skills, managing stress and coping with an unfamiliar environment, changing cultural identities and enhancing intergroup relations. The book describes the ABCs of intercultural encounters, highlighting Affective, Behavioural and Cognitive components of cross-cultural experience. It incorporates both theoretical and applied perspectives on culture shock and a comprehensive review of empirical research on a variety of cross-cultural travellers, such as tourists, students, business travellers, immigrants and refugees. Minimising the adverse effects of culture shock, facilitating positive psychological outcomes and discussion of selection and training techniques for living and working abroad represent some of the practical issues covered. The Psychology of Culture Shock will prove an essential reference and textbook for courses within psychology, sociology and business training. It will also be a valuable resource for professionals working with culturally diverse populations and acculturating groups such as international students, immigrants or refugees.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

386

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1000158896

ISBN 13

9781000158892

Central Nervous System Cancer Rehabilitation

By: Adrian Cristian

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Central Nervous System Cancer Rehabilitation

By: Adrian Cristian

Offering a well-rounded overview of CNS cancers and best practices for rehabilitation of the cancer patient, Spinal and Brain Cancer Rehabilitation provides succinct, easy-to-digest coverage for practicing and trainee physiatrists, as well as physical and occupational therapists. This concise resource by Dr. Adrian Cristian begins with an introduction to CNS cancers and progresses to rehabilitation practice, associated symptom management, and palliative care. - Covers commonly used medical, surgical, and radiation treatments; the continuum of rehabilitative care; safety considerations; cancer fatigue; depression and anxiety; cognitive impairment; and much more. - Discusses pediatric cancer rehabilitation, cancer pain management, palliative care, and associated symptoms and conditions. - Consolidates today's available information on this timely topic into one convenient resource.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

199

Publisher

Elsevier Health Sciences

Published Date

ISBN 10

032354830X

ISBN 13

9780323548304

Language Assessment in Practice

Developing Language Assessments and Justifying their Use in the Real World

By: Lyle Bachman,Palmer Adrian

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Language Assessment in Practice

Developing Language Assessments and Justifying their Use in the Real World

By: Lyle Bachman,Palmer Adrian

Language Assessment in Practice enables the reader to become competent in the design, development, and use of language assessments. Authors, Lyle Bachman and Adrian Palmer, have developed an Assessment Use Argument (AUA) as a rigorous justification of how language assessment is used. The authors also demonstrate how the AUA guides the process of test development in the real world.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

520

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0194426998

ISBN 13

9780194426992

In Troubled Times

The Port of Liverpool, 1905-1938

By: Adrian Jarvis,International Maritime Economic History Association

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

In Troubled Times

The Port of Liverpool, 1905-1938

By: Adrian Jarvis,International Maritime Economic History Association

This study provides a history of the Port of Liverpool between 1905 and 1938, during its decline. It is particularly interested in the history of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, Liverpool's enormous and sole port authority. Adrian Jarvis contrasts the decision-making process of the Board with the financial history of the docks, in attempt to evaluate the Board successes and failures. The study accounts for and explores the factors which contributed to the decline of Liverpool's shipping industry, with topics ranging from the growth of railways, the advances in shipping technology, the success of commercial liners, to the Great Depression and Great War. The study is complemented with an appendix exploring the efficiency of ports; a bibliography; a note on the sources; an index; and a conclusion that asserts the overall merit of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board when considering the tremendous and often unpredictable challenges the Board faced, such as wartime disruption.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

248

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0973007362

ISBN 13

9780973007367

Human Resource Management at Work

By: Mick Marchington,Adrian Wilkinson,Rory Donnelly,Anastasia Kynighou

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Human Resource Management at Work

By: Mick Marchington,Adrian Wilkinson,Rory Donnelly,Anastasia Kynighou

A leading textbook in its field, Human Resource Management at Work provides a clear introduction to the multiple meanings of HRM (human resource management) and the relationship between strategy and HRM. Covering international and comparative HRM as well as HRM and performance, it is filled with case studies and activities to bring the subject to life while summarizing the major forces shaping HRM and looking at the principal theoretical frameworks. Ideal for business and HR students taking a critical look at HRM theory and practice, this fully updated 6th edition of Human Resource Management at Work combines the latest research with real-world examples. Linking theory with practice, it encourages a critical awareness of HRM through case studies, real-world examples and activities. Now with a closer analysis of the forces shaping HRM at work and the growth of insecure work, it also features new case studies, an updated literature review and a stronger emphasis on international and comparative HRM. Knowledge intensive firms, employee engagement and talent management are discussed in detail as well, as is the role of bodies such as 'Engage for Success' in promoting new methods of working. Online supporting resources include an instructor's manual and lecture slides.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

538

Publisher

Kogan Page Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1843984369

ISBN 13

9781843984368

Dada in the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art

By: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.),Anne Umland,Adrian Sudhalter

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Dada in the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art

By: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.),Anne Umland,Adrian Sudhalter

Presents some seventy works-- books, collages, drawings, films, paintings, photographs, photomontages, prints, readymades, reliefs-- in large-scale reproductions and accompanying them with in-depth essays by an interdepartmental group of the Museum's curators."--Front jacket flap.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

360

Publisher

The Museum of Modern Art

Published Date

ISBN 10

0870706683

ISBN 13

9780870706684

Dictionary of Pseudonyms

13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed.

By: Adrian Room

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Dictionary of Pseudonyms

13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed.

By: Adrian Room

Substantially revised and enlarged, this new edition of the Dictionary of Pseudonyms includes more than 2,000 new entries, bringing the volume's total to approximately 13,000 assumed names, nicknames, stage names, and aliases. The introduction has been entirely rewritten, and many previous entries feature new accompanying details or quoted material. This volume also features a significantly greater number of cross-references than was included in previous editions. Arranged by pseudonym, the entries give the true name, vital dates, country of origin or settlement, and profession. Many entries also include the story behind the person's name change.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

537

Publisher

McFarland

Published Date

ISBN 10

0786457635

ISBN 13

9780786457632

Book's by Adrian S. Palmer

Language Testing in Practice

Language Testing in Practice

Claiming Sacred Ground

Claiming Sacred Ground

The Psychology of Culture Shock

The Psychology of Culture Shock

Psychology Culture Shock

Psychology Culture Shock

Central Nervous System Cancer Rehabilitation

Central Nervous System Cancer Rehabilitation

Language Assessment in Practice

Language Assessment in Practice

In Troubled Times

In Troubled Times

Human Resource Management at Work

Human Resource Management at Work

Dada in the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art

Dada in the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art

Dictionary of Pseudonyms

Dictionary of Pseudonyms

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email