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Language Testing And Evaluation: An Introductory Course

By: Desmond Michael Allison

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Language Testing And Evaluation: An Introductory Course

By: Desmond Michael Allison

The book brings together two related fields — language testing and language programme evaluation — in a way that no single introductory text has done, and seeks to encourage closer relations between the two in both academic curricula and professional practice. It introduces readers not just to basic concepts, but to some of the major social, educational and research concerns and activities that characterise language testing and evaluation.The book can serve either as a basic text for a taught course, or as independent reading in self-study mode. All chapters include suggestions for further reading, and discussions frequently point towards possible explorations in classroom research and practice. A glossary of key concepts and a select annotated bibliography are provided.

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World Scientific Publishing Company

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9813102845

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9789813102842

Keith Douglas, 1920-1944

A Biography

By: Desmond Graham

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Keith Douglas, 1920-1944

A Biography

By: Desmond Graham

Keith Douglas was almost certainly the greatest poet of the Second World War. He was killed in Normandy three days after D-Day. He was only twenty-four. His short life was one of contradictions: the gifted artist and romantic, always in love with the wrong girl also enjoyed soldiering and was quick to volunteer at the beginning of the war. The brave and resourceful tank commander with the Sherwood Rangers in the Western Desert, in the campaign of which his Alemein to Zem Zem is the classic account, was also an outspoken critic of the military establishment and often in trouble with his superiors. There was always another side to Keith Douglas: difficult, even arrogant, he was at the same time, as Desmond Graham, observes in his original preface, 'generous, sensitive to the difficulties of others, remorselessly honest, energetic, and passionately, innocently open.' Douglas made in his brief life some friends who never forgot him, and whose memories of him have contributed much to this book. For this biography, Desmond Graham had access to much private and unpublished material. From that, interviews, Keith Douglas' own poems, letters and drawings emerges a definitive biography. 'An almost unqualified success . . . Mr Graham has used his material with great skill and tact.' Roy Fuller 'It is difficult to imagine a better biography than this being written about Keith Douglas . . . Desmond Graham provides us with an astonishing amount of information.' Stephen Spender 'Extremely well-done . . It is written with authority and it will be standard.' Peter Levi 'Sumptuously evocative' John Carey

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300

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Faber & Faber

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0571287360

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9780571287369

Text in Education and Society

By: Desmond Allison

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Text in Education and Society

By: Desmond Allison

The central place of ?text? as a means of organising language in order to construct what people come to think of as ?knowledge? is a phenomenon affecting all educators, students, and citizens of modern societies. This volume offers various voices and perspectives including those of Ron Carter and Michael Halliday on the role of text in education and society. The chapters on text in education explore some ways in which texts can create bonds or raise barriers between educational knowledge and common-sense knowledge, while the chapters on text in society focus on how personalities and societies are themselves constructed through texts. Learning to unpack texts, and to consider alternatives, is a crucial goal for education and growth, especially so in the context of fast-changing contemporary societies.This book should be of special interest to educators, students of language, and readers interested in the dynamic relationship between text, education and society.

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292

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World Scientific

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9971692228

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9789971692223

Type 1 Diabetes, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

By: Desmond A. Schatz,Michael Haller,Mark Atkinson

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Type 1 Diabetes, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

By: Desmond A. Schatz,Michael Haller,Mark Atkinson

This issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America provides the endocrinologist with essential updates on treatment of type 1 diabetes, with an eye toward future trends and developments. The Guest Editors brought together a remarkable group of notable authors, such as Paul Robertson, President of the National Diabetes Association. Topics covered include epidemiology; economics; contemporary management; inpatient management; update on insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring systems; update on studies aimed at interdicting and preventing type 1 diabetes; advances in the prediction, natural history, and mechanisms leading to type 1 diabetes; complications; hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes; new lessons from animal models; the role of the gut in the genesis of type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases; and an update on transplantation for reversing type 1 diabetes.

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232

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1455700274

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9781455700271

Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic

The Deep State and The Unitary Executive

By: Stephen Skowronek,John A. Dearborn,Desmond King

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Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic

The Deep State and The Unitary Executive

By: Stephen Skowronek,John A. Dearborn,Desmond King

A powerful dissection of one of the fundamental problems in American governance today: the clash between presidents determined to redirect the nation through ever-tighter control of administration and an executive branch still organized to promote shared interests in steady hands, due deliberation, and expertise. President Trump pitted himself repeatedly against the institutions and personnel of the executive branch. In the process, two once-obscure concepts came center stage in an eerie faceoff. On one side was the specter of a "Deep State" conspiracyadministrators threatening to thwart the will of the people and undercut the constitutional authority of the president they elected to lead them. On the other side was a raw personalization of presidential power, one that a theory of "the unitary executive" gussied up and allowed to run roughshod over reason and the rule of law. The Deep State and the unitary executive framed every major contest of the Trump presidency. Like phantom twins, they drew each other out. These conflicts are not new. Stephen Skowronek, John A. Dearborn, and Desmond King trace the tensions between presidential power and the depth of the American state back through the decades and forward through the various settlements arrived at in previous eras. Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic is about the breakdown of settlements and the abiding vulnerabilities of a Constitution that gave scant attention to administrative power. Rather than simply dump on Trump, the authors provide a richly historical perspective on the conflicts that rocked his presidency, and they explain why, if left untamed, the phantom twins will continue to pull the American government apart.

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288

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Oxford University Press

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0197543103

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9780197543108

Politics and Force Levels

The Strategic Missile Program of the Kennedy Administration

By: Desmond Ball

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Politics and Force Levels

The Strategic Missile Program of the Kennedy Administration

By: Desmond Ball

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1980.

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Univ of California Press

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0520319761

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9780520319769

Shaping the Culture of Schooling

The Rise of Outcome-Based Education

By: Cheryl Taylor Desmond

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Shaping the Culture of Schooling

The Rise of Outcome-Based Education

By: Cheryl Taylor Desmond

Focusing on the cultural history of the origins of outcome-based education (OBE), this book investigates the social and economic culture of Johnson City, New York, schools. OBE has often been proclaimed the salvation for ailing American schools and has spread to thousands of school districts throughout the United States. The reform has also been the lightning rod for fierce challenges from community members who oppose OBE's dismantling of the bell-shaped curve and its promotion of secular humanism. The author uncovers the messy business of school change and its deep roots in the values of the local community and economy. Grounding the story historically and theoretically, Desmond analyzes the reshaping of the Johnson City schools from a production mill for blue collar workers to a development center of technologically minded, middle-class, well-educated citizens. She argues that the heart of successful, synergistic school reform lies in the consensus that children have unlimited learning capacity and a long-term moral leadership that is committed to caring, reciprocal relationships of power.

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204

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SUNY Press

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0791429563

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9780791429563

Approaching English Language Research

By: Desmond Allison

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Approaching English Language Research

By: Desmond Allison

This book is designed to help students and other interested readers approach research in English Language studies. Its concerns include project, dissertation and thesis research and writing.

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NUS Press

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9971692589

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9789971692582

Book's by Desmond Michael Allison

Language Testing And Evaluation: An Introductory Course

Language Testing And Evaluation: An Introductory Course

Keith Douglas, 1920-1944

Keith Douglas, 1920-1944

Text in Education and Society

Text in Education and Society

Type 1 Diabetes, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

Type 1 Diabetes, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic

Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic

Politics and Force Levels

Politics and Force Levels

Shaping the Culture of Schooling

Shaping the Culture of Schooling

Approaching English Language Research

Approaching English Language Research

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