This book studies the effect of background knowledge on reading comprehension and investigates whether tertiary level English language students should be given reading proficiency tests in their own academic subject areas....

Authoritative and reliable, this A-Z provides jargon-free definitions for even the most technical mathematical terms. With over 3,000 entries ranging from Achilles paradox to zero matrix, it covers all commonly encountered terms and concepts from pure......

Un libro escrito para el profesorado de idiomas que orienta acerca de la manera de preparar una evaluaci?n que incluya todos los niveles en los que debe aprenderse una lengua: desde la adecuada comprension y la habilidad para hacer construcciones gramaticales hasta la capacidad de argumentaci?...

The First World War was the first industrialised war in Europe, and produced horrors undreamt of by the young men who gaily volunteered for a war that was supposed to be over by Christmas....

Each of the 29 reviews in this book provides a state-of-the-art report of research into a different aspect of assessment of first and/or second language ability....

Authoritative and reliable, this is the ideal reference guide for students of mathematics at school or in the first year at university. Many entries have been added for this new edition, expanding coverage in the area of computing, including entries on Linear Algebra, Optimisation, Nonlinear equations, Differential equations, and others....

Esta obra describe de forma clara y concisa los principios basicos de la elaboracion y evaluacion de examenes y pruebas de idiomas....

Authoritative and reliable, this A-Z provides jargon-free definitions for even the most technical mathematical terms....