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Clear, accessible and jargon-free, BBC Spanish Grammar is the ideal
complement to any Spanish language course. With its emphasis on
clear and concise explanation, it provides a handy and
authoritative reference guide for learners at home or in the
classroom. Well respected and recommended by language tutors, the
BBC Grammar range is suitable for adult learners from beginner
level to GCSE and beyond.This new edition has been revised and
updated to include the euro.
Research on history education and historical thinking is becoming
increasingly relevant internationally. The need for a renewal of
history education is not only justified by the epistemology of
history itself, but also by the demand for a methodological change
in education in general, making students active protagonists in the
construction of their learning and based on the development of
competencies. Further study on the potential use of gamification
within social studies and humanities education is required to
understand its benefits and challenges. Cases on Historical
Thinking and Gamification in Social Studies and Humanities
Education proposes and analyzes gamification as a pedagogical
innovation that can enable the renewal of the teaching and learning
process of history, facilitating the active learning of historical
thinking concepts while influencing students' conceptions of
history as a discipline and as a school subject. Covering key
topics such as historical thinking, social sciences, video games,
and mobile learning, this reference work is ideal for historians,
policymakers, researchers, scholars, academicians, practitioners,
instructors, and students.
This book presents the latest research in various areas of
cross-linguistic influence (CLI), providing educators with insights
into how previously learned languages influence the learning of an
additional language at different levels, such as
phonetics/phonology, morphosyntax, vocabulary, pragmatics, writing
style and learning context. While the majority of the chapters have
English as the target language, one investigates the acquisition of
French. The L1s of the learners include Arabic, Basque, Catalan,
Chinese, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Galician, Georgian, German,
Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Spanish and Swedish. Each chapter ends
with a reflection on possible pedagogical implications of the
findings and offers recommendations on how to make the most of
cross-linguistic influence in the classroom.
Ali's donkey strays into the arena during a very important chariot
race - and wins the race! The parallel text will help you to follow
Ali's exciting adventure in Spanish and English! Includes parallel
text, speech bubbles, guidance for readers and a quiz to check
understanding.
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Red Rock/La roca roja (Paperback)
Stephen Rabley; Illustrated by Bob Moulder; Translated by Rosa Maria Martin
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Lara is thrilled to join her father on the set of his latest
adventure film. But then something terrible happens. Lara has to
act fast to save her father. The parallel text will help you to
follow Lara's own very real adventure - in Spanish and English!
Includes parallel text, speech bubbles, guidance for readers and a
quiz to check understanding.
Magnus dreams of going to sea with the Viking explorers. A big
adventure awaits him. He carries a secret for one day, far in the
future... The parallel text will help you follow Magnus to the 'new
world' in English - and Spanish!
Anna is always imagining things and her brother Paul teases her
about it. But one day a stranger turns their world upside down. Who
- or what - is he? The parallel text will help you to find out - in
English and Spanish!
Tina wants to make friends with the new girl next door but she gets
off to a bad start. Then, when things start to disappear, Tina gets
the blame. But who is the real thief? Find out by reading this
attractive story in Spanish and English. Includes parallel text,
speech bubbles, guidance for readers and a quiz to check
understanding.
Jenny wants to take her new puppy, Toto, to the circus but Toto
isn't willing to sit still and watch the show. Suddenly there's a
whooosh and the circus cannon goes off... Where's Toto now?! Find
out in this exciting story - in Spanish and English. Includes
parallel text, speech bubbles, guidance for readers and a quiz to
check understanding.
Tom and Sophie discover a watch that sends them through time, now
they must work out how to return from Ancient Egypt. In this dual
language text, line-by-line translation makes it easy for readers
to check their understanding. A quiz at the end of the story
recycles some of the language and can be used as a spur to further
activities.
The fully automated estimation of the 6 degrees of freedom camera
motion and the imaged 3D scenario using as the only input the
pictures taken by the camera has been a long term aim in the
computer vision community. The associated line of research has been
known as Structure from Motion (SfM). An intense research effort
during the latest decades has produced spectacular advances; the
topic has reached a consistent state of maturity and most of its
aspects are well known nowadays. 3D vision has immediate
applications in many and diverse fields like robotics, videogames
and augmented reality; and technological transfer is starting to be
a reality. This book describes one of the first systems for sparse
point-based 3D reconstruction and egomotion estimation from an
image sequence; able to run in real-time at video frame rate and
assuming quite weak prior knowledge about camera calibration,
motion or scene. Its chapters unify the current perspectives of the
robotics and computer vision communities on the 3D vision topic: As
usual in robotics sensing, the explicit estimation and propagation
of the uncertainty hold a central role in the sequential video
processing and is shown to boost the efficiency and performance of
the 3D estimation. On the other hand, some of the most relevant
topics discussed in SfM by the computer vision scientists are
addressed under this probabilistic filtering scheme; namely
projective models, spurious rejection, model selection and
self-calibration.
Danny's Mum runs an orangutan reserve threatened by loggers. Danny
saves the day with his timely blog. In this dual language text,
line-by-line translation makes it easy for readers to check their
understanding. A quiz at the end of the story recycles some of the
language and can be used as a spur to further activities.
A primary Spanish course that fosters active communication through
the teaching of everyday vocabulary and structures that children
can immediately use to talk about their own lives. - Introduces
children to Spanish using songs, activities and reinforcement
exercises - Develops speaking and listening skills through the use
of simple audio texts with visuals - Presents clear lesson
objectives and displays new words in attractive Word Boxes -
Includes Grammar Boxes which take children through new grammar
points they ha ve learned - Provides a variety of stimulating
activities, using co-operative learning - Easy to use by both
specialist and non-specialist teachers. - Ensure affective use of
the series with free teacher's notes available at
www.hoddereducation.co.uk/chispas-teachers
With the recent and enormous increase in the amount of available
data sets of all kinds, applying effective and efficient techniques
for analyzing and extracting information from that data has become
a crucial task. Intelligent Data Analysis for Real-Life
Applications: Theory and Practice investigates the application of
Intelligent Data Analysis (IDA) to these data sets through the
design and development of algorithms and techniques to extract
knowledge from databases. This pivotal reference explores practical
applications of IDA, and it is essential for academic and research
libraries as well as students, researchers, and educators in data
analysis, application development, and database management.
The plays of Maria Martinez Sierra were popular in Spain, South
America and in translation on Broadway and London's West End in the
first half of the 20th century but they were thought to be written
by her husband, the celebrated director and playwright Gregorio
Martinez Sierra. After his death, the authorship of his work was
revealed to be that of Maria, making her one of the most important
playwrights of her time. This edited collection features three
plays by Maria Martinez Sierra, translated by Helen and Harley
Granville-Barker, along with an introduction by Patricia O'Connor,
University of Cincinnati, US, which examines Maria's extraordinary
life and work, and the battle for her authorship to be recognized
in both the Spanish-speaking and anglophone world. This volume
focuses on plays centred on strong women; and each is translated by
the eminent man of theatre Harley Granville-Barker and his wife,
Helen, whose own story holds stark parallels to Maria's in terms of
authorship. The collection is edited by playwright Richard Nelson
and Professor Colin Chambers, who contribute an essay on the
translation work of the Granville-Barkers. The plays are: The
Kingdom of God (1928); The Romantic Young Lady (1920) and Take Two
From One (1931). Maria Martinez Sierra: A Great Playwright Hidden
in Plain Sight recognizes Maria de la O Lejarraga Garcia, to use
her birth name, as one of the most important female playwrights,
not just in Spain, but globally, in the first half of the 20th
century.
Breathing Earth: The Polyphonic Lyric of Robert Bringhurst examines
the innovative poems for multiple voices composed by the Canadian
poet by drawing on the main insights of biosemiotics, ecophilosophy
and material ecocriticism. In seeking to emulate the polyphonic
texture of reality, Bringhurst's ecopoetry directs readers'
attention to vibrant matter and to the entanglements of (non)human
and (in)animate actants in a world that is a semiotic-material
unity. In light of the current climate crisis, his polyphonic poems
are a timely, wise reminder of the need to rethink the way humanity
relates to the more-than-human world and to restore a deep
ecological bond with breathing earth.
Synthesis and design of new nanocatalysts is an important area of
research that aims to introduce multiple types of useful
applications in a greener market. The necessity of nanostructuring
the active sites has emerged as the key point in a successful
design of the catalysts. The book covers the progress in this
research area done in the last ten years. It includes the
classification of catalysts and structure of active sites at the
nanoscale. The book covers examples to present the concept,
evolution of nanocatalysts from the perspective of chemistry of
materials and their applications.
Portuguese is the second most spoken Romance language in the world,
and due to recent interest in comparative syntax, the literature on
its syntax has increased exponentially, resulting in exciting
discoveries of a range of aspects that have hitherto been
overlooked. This book provides a theoretically grounded overview of
the major syntactic properties of Portuguese, focusing on the
differences between European and Brazilian Portuguese. It shows
from a theoretical point of view how different syntactic properties
are interconnected by comparing and contrasting the variances
between pronominal and agreement systems, null subjects, null
complements, and word order. It also highlights how small
differences in the specification of syntactic properties may yield
quite different dialects. It introduces key theoretical points
without technical jargon, making the content accessible to
specialist and non-specialists alike. It is essential reading for
both academic researchers and students of Portuguese language,
comparative syntax, Romance linguistics, and theoretical syntax.
Winner of the Community Development Society's 2014 Current Research
Award! 21st Century Philanthropy and Community fills a gap in the
literature on philanthropic organizations and how they intertwine
with community development. Drawing first on the history of
philanthropic funding, Maria Martinez-Cosio and Mirle Bussell look
at developments in the last twenty years in detail, focussing on
five key case studies from across America. The authors use their
own first hand experiences and research to forge a new path for
academic research in an area where it has been lacking. With the
current economic climate forcing shrewd spending, foundations need
all the guidance they can find on how to appropriately channel
their funds in the best way. But how can these sorts of community
projects be analyzed for effectiveness? Is there a quantitative
rather than qualitative element which can be studied to give real
feedback to those investing in projects? Arguing against a
one-size-fits-all model, the authors illustrate the importance of
context and relationships in the success of these projects.
Winner of the Community Development Society's 2014 Current Research
Award! 21st Century Philanthropy and Community fills a gap in the
literature on philanthropic organizations and how they intertwine
with community development. Drawing first on the history of
philanthropic funding, Maria Martinez-Cosio and Mirle Bussell look
at developments in the last twenty years in detail, focussing on
five key case studies from across America. The authors use their
own first hand experiences and research to forge a new path for
academic research in an area where it has been lacking. With the
current economic climate forcing shrewd spending, foundations need
all the guidance they can find on how to appropriately channel
their funds in the best way. But how can these sorts of community
projects be analyzed for effectiveness? Is there a quantitative
rather than qualitative element which can be studied to give real
feedback to those investing in projects? Arguing against a
one-size-fits-all model, the authors illustrate the importance of
context and relationships in the success of these projects.
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