Listening is a skill which deserves equal treatment with the other basic skills of speaking, reading, and writing. Second Language Listening combines up-to-date listening theory with case studies of actual pedagogical practice. The authors describe current models of listening theory and exemplify each with a textbook task. They address the role of technology in teaching listening, questioning techniques, and testing. Second Language Listening is designed to be used with both pre-service and in-service teachers who are involved in the teaching of listening or the design of pedagogic materials for listening.

Hepatopogy - A clinical textbook Second Edition

Because hepatology is such a dynamic and exciting area of medicine, regular updates are mandatory in keeping a clinical textbook useful. We are delighted to present this Second Edition of Hepatology - A Clinical Textbook. The First Edition was a major success, with more than 80,000 downloads worldwide. In addition, a Romanian translation was carried out by Camelia Sultana and Simona Ruta shortly after the appearance of the frst edition. We invite qualifed people everywhere to do the same, into any appropriate language!

Upsetting the Balance by Harry Turtledove

While the war seemed rather static in the second book, major events fill Worldwar: Upsetting the Balance from the first scene. Turtledove still follows all of his major characters, depicting the war from many perspectives. But now the personal struggles are more often entwined with higher concerns, giving this volume more depth as well as more suspense. Turtledove also returns to some humorous social commentary, something prevalent in the first book but strangely absent from the second.

Colonization: Second Contact by Harry Turtledove

Harry Turtledove's Colonization: Second Contact opens, two decades have passed since the Lizards invaded Earth during World War II and an entire generation has grown up without knowing a world in which the Lizards have a presence. Rather than being the fearsome enemy, they are now hardly stranger than foreigners and have a strong effect on fashion.

Second Language Writing is a highly accessible and authoritative approach to the theory and practice of teaching writing to students of English as a Foreign/Second Language. While assuming no specialist knowledge, the book systematically sets out the key issues in second language writing instruction to offer both pre- and in-service teachers a guide to L2 writing instruction grounded in current theory and research.