A completely revised and updated edition of A Course in Language Teaching. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to English language teaching, and is suitable for teachers in a variety of educational settings, including compulsory education. It has been completely revised and updated to include essential new topics for the modern English language teacher, including English as an international language, Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) and using digital materials.

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An indispensable guide enabling business and management students to develop their professional competences in real organizational settings, this new and fully updated edition of Problem Solving in Organizations equips the reader with the necessary toolkit to apply the theory to practical business problems. By encouraging the reader to use the theory and showing them how to do so in a fuzzy, ambiguous and politically charged, real-life organizational context, this book offers a concise introdu...

Radiology Lecture Notes is a succinct yet thorough introduction to the essential imaging techniques used in various clinical situations. This fully revised and updated new edition presents the fundamental core knowledge of film interpretation, specialised radiological investigations, and procedures for imaging specific problems. The book explores common diseases and disorders complemented by good quality radiology images and full-colour illustrations.

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Learn to identify, select, implement, and adapt market-driven business strategies for profitable growth in competitive markets

In Strategic Market Management, David Aaker and Christine Moorman deliver an incisive, practical, and up-to-date guide for identifying, selecting, implementing, and adapting market-driven business strategies in increasingly complex, dynamic, and crowded markets. The authors provide the concepts, frameworks, tools, and best practice case studies required to develop cap...

Ideal for courses in multiple disciplines, the third edition of this award-winning text has been revised and updated with new topics, examples, and guiding questions to introduce each chapter’s sections. Patricia Leavy presents a practical guide to the full range of arts-based research (ABR) genres--narrative inquiry, fiction-based research, poetry, music, dance, theatre, film, and visual art. Each genre-specific chapter is paired with an exemplary research article or online video link (at ...

How do you decide the best course of action for your company to take advantage of new opportunities? You must develop a business case to explore multiple alternatives before making a recommendation to support a particular option. This book shows you how to use a business case to define an opportunity, identify and analyze alternatives, and present your final recommendation to key stakeholders. You'll learn to - Clearly define the opportunity you'll want to address in your business case - Iden...

Become more mindful of the user when building digital products, and learn how to integrate a user-centered approach into your thinking as a web or app developer. This book shows you how the user experience is the responsibility of everyone involved in creating the product and how to redefine development principles when building user-centered digital products.

Es ist spontane Entscheidung. Die Fahrkarte von Moskau nach Berlin kostet nur 96 Rubel, er braucht kein Visum, und außerdem lockt das Abenteuer - kurzerhand packt Wladimir Kaminer seine Sachen und reist im Sommer 1990 nach Deutschland. Berlin erweist sich schnell als ganz besondere Stadt. Hier trifft Wladimir seine zukünftige Frau Olga, ruft die Russendisko ins Leben und bringt sich mit dem russischen Lehrbuch "Deutsches Deutsch zum Selberlernen" eine neue Sprache bei. Mit hintergründigem ...

Einmal durch die Republik, von Nord nach Süd: Christian Krachts namenloser Ich-Erzähler berichtet von seiner Deutschlandreise. Der kleine Bildungsroman Faserland veränderte in Deutschland die Wahrnehmung einer ganzen Generation, von der es vorher hieß, sie habe gar keine Wahrnehmung.

Die Kontroversen, die 1995 sofort nach der Veröffentlichung des Romans Faserland ausbrachen, haben sich gelegt, der Roman ist heute ein Klassiker der deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur, der immer wieder n...