This book takes a critical perspective of research on assessing speaking in second and foreign languages. Chapters focus on the complexity brought about by actual interactional competence in speaking tasks and discuss how testing and assessment models and practices can incorporate recent research on the dynamic and situated nature of language

Music Studies and Its Moment of Truth: Leading Change Through America\'s Black Music Roots presents a new framework for racial justice discourse in the context of music studies and education. Centering Black American music, the book issues challenges to both the conventional music studies paradigm and decades-old reform efforts.While Black American music ranks high among America\'s contributions to

This soothing bedtime book features adorable illustrations and a sweet rhyming text that\'s just right for sending little ones off to sleep. Follow several families as they prepare for bedtime. Once the child in each family cleans up toys, takes a bubble bath, brushes teeth, and listens to a story before bedtime, hugs are exchanged to celebrate the love that is shared. And once the little ones are

Escape to our world\'s most remote destinations with photographer David De Vleeschauwer and travel journalist Debbie Pappyn. Immerse yourself in 12 journeys that unfold through fascinating firsthand texts and enthralling photographs. With personal accounts revealing useful travel tips, discover an extraordinary tour of our globe from north to

Eco Colour: Environmentally Sustainable Dyes, by internationally renowned dyer and artist India Flint, draws on her decades of experience and experimentation in natural dyeing techniques to present an expert, highly accessible and achievable handbook of ecologically sustainable plant dye methods using renewable resources, most of which can be found in the average home garden. Eco Colour is regarded

In 1948 the modern mystic Neville Goddard presented this series of lessons in Los Angeles that many have come to regard as the teacher\'s clearest, most penetrating explanation of his methods of mental

\'What a story and what an inspirational human. Ed is a total legend.\' Joe Wicks \'A life-affirming story . . . inspirational\' Tim Peake As seen in the Daily Mail From tragedy to triumph, one step at a time - an inspirational story of triumph over adversity against the odds At just 28 years old, Ed Jackson was told he would never walk again. After a miscalculated dive into a pool, he suffered

Rafe Khatchadorian is getting the Hollywood treatment in a film version of Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life starring Griffin Gluck, Lauren Graham, Rob Riggle and Thomas Barbusca. Rafe Khatchadorian has enough problems at home without throwing his first year of middle school into the

Look At This If You Love Great Art is a must read for anyone with a passion for exceptional art. Featuring 100 of the best artworks ever produced, inside is a collection of insightful summaries on just what it is that makes each one so vital. Art writer Chlo Ashby talks you through the pieces that resonate with her, revealing the fascinating stories behind them and offering her considered take on

The record-breaking bestsellerA man is murdered in the world\'s most famous museum. Around his body is a ring of codes, drawn in blood. He died to protect a secret which Robert Langdon must uncover. It will be a race against time to decipher this final message. Can he get there before the killers

Dead Kennedys routinely top both critic and fan polls as the greatest punk band of their generation. Their debut full-length, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, in particular, is regularly voted among the top albums in the genre. Fresh Fruit offered a perfect hybrid of humor and polemic strapped to a musical chassis that was as tetchy and inventive as Jello Biafra\'s withering broadsides. Those lyrics,

The 700-year history of the novel in English defies straightforward telling. Geographically and culturally boundless, with contributions from Great Britain, Ireland, America, Canada, Australia, India, the Caribbean, and Southern Africa; influenced by great novelists working in other languages; and encompassing a range of genres, the story of the novel in English unfolds like a richly varied landscape

After seeing a superhero movie, Ben Blanchet, a thirteen-year-old boy who has autism, claims that maybe autism is his superpower. This book details a fascinating conversation between Ben and his mom. Ben describes the unique ways he hears, sees, and thinks about the world around him. His amazing narrative of his special gifts will also have you wondering if autism really is a superpower. The commentary

The story of the community of Port William is one of the great works in American literature. This collection, the tenth volume in the series, is the perfect occasion to celebrate Berry\'s huge achievement. It feels as if the entire membership--all the Catletts, Burley Coulter, Elton Penn, the Rowanberrys, Laura Milby, the preacher\'s wife, Kate Helen Branch, Andy\'s dog, Mike--nearly everyone returns

Humorous and heartwarming tales of resilience, self-care, and mental health from the popular webcomic War and Peas Told in rhyming verse and delightful comic illustrations, these stories cover everything from heartache and personal growth to creative burnout and searching for the elusive perfect email signature. While the groundbreaking Webcomic duo War and Peas is famous for their dark style of humor,

From the author of Mr. Malcolm\'s List comes a delightful romantic comedy set in Regency England about a widow who takes high society by storm. Diana Boyle, a wealthy young widow, has no desire to ever marry again. Particularly not to someone who merely wants her for her fortune. So when she discovers that she\'s listed in a directory of rich, single women she is furious, and rightly so. She confronts

It was a sunny, spring morning. Two birds were joyfully flying around the woods and enjoying the beautiful rays of sunshine peeking through the gaps of the tree branches. They had been friends ever since they came into this world. One was called Malcolm and he was a robin. The other was called Judy and she was a sparrow. They also had a friend called Buzzy. Buzzy was a bee. They were all having a lovely

The graphic novel prequel to the Netflix original movie from Zack Snyder, acclaimed director of hit films like Zack Snyder\'s Justice League and Army of the Dead. A sci-fi adventure that takes place on a planet on the brink of an all-out civil war. For fans of Snyder\'s movies and epic space operas. As war is looming on the horizon on the planet Shasu, the leader of the Bloodaxe family is conflicted