To get the job you want you need a CV that really does the job. This practical, bestselling book will show you exactly how to present your skills, identify your achievements and communicate these successfully. You will learn to focus on your strengths and find out which skills to highlight for which kind of job. The author suggests different styles and uses for a CV, showing how to get the most from your most powerful marketing tool, whatever your background or current situation. And you will find invaluable advice on what to do once you've got an interview.
Это первый учебник по страноведению США, созданный совместно русским и американским авторами. Учебник рассчитан на студентов, владеющих навыками чтения, письма на уровне 2-3 лет обучения в языковом вузе.
The basic approach to presenting the material in this book is based on a conception of language and culture as two components of one complex whole which are developing a parallel and which are inextricably linked with one another.
Grammaticalization is a well-attested process of linguistic change in which a lexical item becomes a function word, which may be further reduced to a clitic or affix. Proponents of the universality of grammaticalization have usually argued that it is unidirectional and have thus found it a useful tool in linguistic reconstruction. In this book
This collection is an enterprise of discovery and critical inquiry into the legacy of one of late modernity's greatest public intellectuals, Edward Said. Noted contributors, including Bill Ashcroft, John Docker, Lisa Lowe, Hsu-ming Teo and Patrick Wolfe, address an array of intellectual, political and cultural issues in their engagement with Said's oeuvre. Exciting new scholarship highlights the ways in which humanities in the twenty-first century can engage with Said's legacy, which includes his imbrications of culture and imperialism,...
This book provides an accessible introduction to this emerging and socially critical branch of the language professions. The focus is on the development of a professional framework in which public service professionals, including managers, can learn to work together with their new colleagues to deliver a professional service to those seeking access across linguistic and cultural barriers.
