Collins Easy Learning Grammar & Punctuation (in colour)Collins Easy Learning Grammar is an accessible guide to English grammar and punctuation. With clear, concise explanations on everything from adverbs to word order, and from apostrophes to semicolons, this book is indispensable for understanding correct usage. Collins Easy Learning Grammar is a uniquely helpful guide to all areas of English grammar and punctuation, providing clear guidance through the intricacies of the English language.
This text presents an accessible and concise overview of the most current theories and approaches of second language learning. It provides an up-to-date introduction to the key concepts and issues, as well as a brief history of this area of research. Written for students coming to the study of linguistics for the first time, the book covers a wide range of approaches, including linguistic, cognitive, and social.
Digital Imagery and Informational Graphics in e-learning: Maximizing Visual Technologies
E-learning has evolved with numerous IT-enabled affordances, including many that involve digital imagery and informational graphics. Not only are traditional images like drawings, blueprints, and photos widely used in e-learning, but also many new graphics have become useful learning aids.
This volume of the popular Pfeiffer Annuals series offers unique activities, articles, and an instrument from experts and practitioners in the field of managerial training. It addresses the design, delivery, and evaluation of interventions that can be used to improve the performance of managers across all sorts of disciplines. This year’s Annual puts the spotlight on communications and offers value information on such topics as negotiation, leadership, situational training, informal learning, trust, and distance learning.
The Internet gives us access to a wealth of information in languages we don't understand. The investigation of automated or semi-automated approaches to translation has become a thriving research field with enormous commercial potential. This volume investigates how machine learning techniques can improve statistical machine translation, currently at the forefront of research in the field.