Understand and be understood in English with the best-selling English Pronunciation in Use. This book, with over four hours of free downloadable audio, includes 60 units of explanations, examples, practice exercises and answers for intermediate level (B1-B2) learners of English. You will become confident with all areas of English pronunciation, including individual sounds, word stress, connected speech and intonation, and can practise with simple 'listen and repeat' activities, modelled with ...

Electronics plays a central role in our everyday lives. It is at the heart of almost all of today's essential technology, from mobile phones to computers and from cars to power stations. As such, all engineers, scientists and technologists need to have a fundamental understanding of this exciting subject, and for many this will just be the beginning.

Now in its sixth edition, Electronics: A Systems Approach provides an outstanding introduction to this fast-moving and important field. Comprehe...

Focused on the needs of the new classroom researcher and those studying education on Masters-level courses, this is a thorough and thoughtful guide to the research process, covering qualitative, quantitative and mixed research methods.

We live in a complex and dynamic world. Understanding how to monitor, manage and conserve species and habitats - the goal of applied ecology - is of ever-increasing importance. Applied Ecology shows students how an understanding of ecological theory can be used to address the most important issues facing ecologists today.

Its explicitly problem-solving approach reflects the reality of using ecological tools and approaches in applied contexts, while also highlighting the key ecological theorie...

Comprehensive and accessible, Tim Newburn’s bestselling Criminology provides an introduction to the fundamental themes, concepts, theories, methods and events that underpin the subject and form the basis for all undergraduate degree courses and modules in Criminology and Criminal Justice. This third edition includes:A new chapter on politics, reflecting the ever increasing coverage of political influence and decision making on criminology coursesNew and updated crime data and analysis of tr...

Depuis Ferdinand de Saussure, la linguistique s'est engagée sur la voie du formalisme, décrivant son objet (la langue) comme une structure coupée des réalités sociales. La sociolinguistique englobant la linguistique est une nouvelle approche qui, partant des réalités sociales, des communautés, des groupes, en étudie l'aspect linguistique.

Goede taal- en studievaardigheden zijn onmisbaar voor het volgen van een hbo-studie, maar niet alle studenten beheersen deze vaardigheden. Zij zijn niet voldoende taalvaardig, hebben moeite met zelfstandig opdrachten uitvoeren, plannen of het verwerken van teksten. Snelle start in het hbo biedt studenten een unieke combinatie van essentiële taal- en studievaardigheden en is daarmee een uitstekende basis voor een succesvolle hbo-studie.

In het boek komen motivatie, plannen en leesstrategieë...

Er zijn in Nederland circa 7000 jongeren die niet thuis kunnen of mogen wonen. Bij veel van hen is sprake van gedragsproblematiek en verstoring van hun ontwikkeling zoals gewelddadig en/of crimineel gedrag, verslaving, prostitutie en van problemen binnen het gezin, op school en in de buurt.

Om de ontwikkeling van de jongeren met de meest ernstige problemen te verbeteren en de maatschappij te beschermen worden ze behandeld in gesloten instellingen (Justitiële Jeugdinrichtingen en Jeugdzorgpl...

This thoroughly updated and extended eighth edition of the long-running bestseller Research Methods in Education covers the whole range of methods employed by educational research at all stages. Its five main parts cover: the context of educational research; research design; methodologies for educational research; methods of data collection; and data analysis and reporting. It continues to be the go-to text for students, academics and researchers who are undertaking, understanding and using e...