The creation of language tests is--and should be--a craft that is accessible and doable not only by a few language test experts, but also by many others who are involved in second/foreign language education, say the authors of this clear and timely book. Fred Davidson and Brian Lynch offer language educators a how-to guide for creating tests that reliably measure exactly what they are intended to measure.
Disney Educational - Bill Nye The Science Guy: Measurement
Telescopes, spectroscopes, microscopes, stethoscopes, radar, thermometers, scales, barometers - not to mention the humble ruler - are all used to compare stuff in our universe. We can measure the smallest atom or the largest galaxy!
Detailed advice for ESL students on expanding their English language vocabulary accompanies a list of approximately 500 need-to-know words with their definitions. The authors offer helpful tips on using a dictionary and thesaurus to expand word power. Practice tests with answer keys will help students measure their word-learning progress and increased fluency in written and spoken English.
This collection of essays reassesses a range of Shakespeare's plays in relation to carnivalesque theory. The plays discussed include: "Henry IV"; "Romeo and Juliet"; "A Midsummer Night's Dream"; "The Merry Wives of Windsor"; "Hamlet"; "Measure For Measure"; "The Winter's Tale"; and "Henry VIII". Contributors re-historicize the carnivalesque in different ways, offering both a developed application, or critique of, Bakhtin's thought.
This companion to Shakespeare’s poems, problem comedies and late plays contains original essays on Troilus and Cressida, Measure for Measure, All’s Well That Ends Well, “Venus and Adonis”, “The Rape of Lucrece”, and “The Sonnets”, as well as Pericles, The Winter’s Tale, Cymbeline, The Tempest, and The Two Noble Kinsmen.
