Controversies in Medium of Instruction Reform

The book is an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of the case of language in education reform and language policy controversies of Hong Kong over the initial two decades after 1997. It is a scholarly monograph of conscientious educators and researchers who have been active during the education reform, collaborating with different parties on school development and classroom teaching experiments…

Historical Development of English Learning Motivation Research

This book clarifies the fundamental difference between North America-based instrumental motivation and Korea (and East Asia)-specific competitive motivation by which the EFL learners’ excessive competition to be admitted to famous universities and to be hired at a large-scale conglomerate is the main source of L2 motivation. It enables readers to understand that EFL-learning motivation reflec…

Classroom-based Conversation Analytic Research

This book presents an international range of conversation analytic (CA) studies of classroom interaction which all discuss their empirical findings in terms of their theoretical and methodological contribution to the field of second language studies and their potential pedagogical relevance. The volume is thus unique in its focus on the theoretical and practical insights of CA classroom-based r…

Assessing Second Language Reading

This book investigates the issue of cloze-validity as a measure of second language reading comprehension. It starts off by making a distinction between general reading ability and the more specific reading comprehension followed by a thorough review of the related research on L2 reading comprehension and sorting out the confusion in the literature in this categorization. A comprehensive accou…

Analyzing Discourse and Text Complexity for Learning and Collaborating: A Cog…

With the advent and increasing popularity of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) and e-learning technologies, the need of automatic assessment and of teacher/tutor support for the two tightly intertwined activities of comprehension of reading materials and of collaboration among peers has grown significantly. In this context, a polyphonic model of discourse derived from Bakhtin’s…

Refugee Education across the Lifespan

This edited volume demonstrates how an educational linguistics approach to inquiry is well positioned to identify, examine, and theorize the language and literacy dimensions of refugee-background learners’ experiences. Contributions (from junior and senior scholars) explore and interrogate the policies, practices and ideologies of language and literacy in formal and informal educational setti…

Perspectives on Academic Persian

This book focuses on the idea of Academic Persian in the growing competition of many Middle Eastern languages to produce and highlight their academic discourse. Similar to academic English, most West Asian languages including Persian, Turkish, and Arabic are developing new styles and genres to produce academic texts. The book addresses a major question: "What is academic Persian?" Intended f…

Challenges in Language Testing Around the World

This book combines insights from language assessment literacy and critical language testing through critical analyses and research about challenges in language assessment around the world. It investigates problematic practices in language testing which are relevant to language test users such as language program directors, testing centers, and language teachers, as well as teachers-in-training …

Language Learning of Adult Migrants in Europe

This volume focuses on the learning of host-country languages by migrants in Europe. It identifies, clarifies, and offers insights into issues and central questions related to the learning of host-country languages with an emphasis on adolescent and adult language learners in formal and informal settings. The book draws on data collected following the refugee ‘crisis’ in Europe of 2015-16, …

Multimodal Composing in K-16 ESL and EFL Education

This book offers a comprehensive view of multimodal composing and literacies in multilingual contexts for ESL and EFL education in United States of America and globally. It illustrates the current state of multimodal composing and literacies, with an emphasis on English learners' language and literacy development. The book addresses issues concerning multilinguals' multimodal composing and …

New Perspectives on Willingness to Communicate in a Second Language

This edited collection provides a state-of-the art overview of research on willingness to communicate (WTC) in a second and foreign language. In particular, it includes innovative studies seeking to demonstrate the ways in which WTC can be examined within the framework of complex dynamic systems, how the construct is related to self-assessment, reticence and extroversion, and what is signifies …

Holocaust and Conceptions of German(y) by Israeli learners of German (DAF)

The Holocaust is inseparable from the Israeli identities even seven decades following the atrocities during World War II, Israeli daily life is shaped by the horrible crimes committed by the Nazis. This book conceptualizes the intricacies of the Israeli identity in relation to learning German as a foreign language (GFL) in Israel throughout the course of history and the changing conception of G…

Language Learning with Technology

This book is about language learning with technology, offering readers theoretical insights as well as practical case studies with a focus on Asia and Asian students. Although technology is rapidly advancing and most, if not all, students are already using technology in their everyday lives, traditional teaching/learning practices still exist throughout Asia. This book provides examples, writte…

BARRON'S; HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE TOEFL, TEST OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Edition

11

ISBN/ISSN

-

Collation

x,740p.;ill.; 26cm

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-

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420.202 Sha b

Analog Circuit Simulators for Integrated Circuit Designers

Learn how analog circuit simulators work with these easy to use numerical recipes implemented in the popular Python programming environment. This book covers the fundamental aspects of common simulation analysis techniques and algorithms used in professional simulators today in a pedagogical way through simple examples. The book covers not just linear analyses but also nonlinear ones like stead…

Foundations of Blockchain

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of fundamental topics related to blockchain. Throughout, the authors explore different vital issues and specific areas of blockchain. For convenience, the authors present the elementary description, visualize the working procedure of blockchain paradigm, and highlight the areas it can be applied in real life. They explain the blockchain process from a…

Hands-on Signal Analysis with Python

This book provides the tools for analyzing data in Python: different types of filters are introduced and explained, such as FIR-, IIR- and morphological filters, as well as their application to one- and two-dimensional data. The required mathematics are kept to a minimum, and numerous examples and working Python programs are included for a quick start. The goal of the book is to enable also nov…

A Tutorial Introduction to VHDL Programming

This book helps readers create good VHDL descriptions and simulate VHDL designs. It teaches VHDL using selected sample problems, which are solved step by step and with precise explanations, so that readers get a clear idea of what a good VHDL code should look like. The book is divided into eight chapters, covering aspects ranging from the very basics of VHDL syntax and the module concept, to…

A Tutorial Introduction to VHDL Programming

Edition

1

ISBN/ISSN

978-981-13-2309-6

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-

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Python Programming for Data Analysis

This textbook grew out of notes for the ECE143 Programming for Data Analysis class that the author has been teaching at University of California, San Diego, which is a requirement for both graduate and undergraduate degrees in Machine Learning and Data Science. This book is ideal for readers with some Python programming experience. The book covers key language concepts that must be understood t…

Deep Learning Approaches for Spoken and Natural Language Processing

Edition

1

ISBN/ISSN

978-3-030-79778-2

Collation

XII, 165p.:ill

Series Title

Signals and Communication Technology

Call Number

006.35 Dee

Quick Start Guide to Verilog

This textbook provides a starter’s guide to Verilog, to be used in conjunction with a one-semester course in Digital Systems Design, or on its own for readers who only need an introduction to the language. This book is designed to match the way the material is actually taught in the classroom. Topics are presented in a manner which builds foundational knowledge before moving onto advanced top…

Quick Start Guide to VHDL

This textbook provides a starter’s guide to VHDL. This book can be used in conjunction with a one-semester course in Digital Systems Design or on its own for designers who only need an introduction to the language. This book is designed to provide a bottoms-up approach to learning the VHDL language. This design supports a course in which foundational knowledge is covered before moving into ad…

LANGUAGE AND LIFE IN THE U.S.A., FOURTH EDITION VOLUME I, COMMUNICATING IN EN…

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

0-06-041693-9

Collation

XVIII, 427 hal.Ilus.24 cm

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-

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420 Dot l

Learn BETTER ENGLISH: the Easy Way

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-

ISBN/ISSN

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v, 437 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Series Title

-

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420.7 For l

LONGMAN INTRODUCTORY COURSE FOR THE TOEFL TEST: THE PAPER TEST

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

0-13-184719-8

Collation

ix, 432 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

428.0076 Phi l

Longman INTRODUCTORY COURSE FOR THE TOEFL TEST: PREPARATION FOR THE COMPUTER …

Edition

2nd

ISBN/ISSN

0-13-091080-5

Collation

xvi, 550 p. ill. ; 30 cm.

Series Title

-

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428.0076 Phi l

TUTORIAL 5 HARI membangun GUI dengan JAVA Netbeans 6.5

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

978-979-29-1433-7

Collation

xii, 260 hlm.; 23 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

005.133 Tut t

PARALLEL PROGRAMMING in C with MPI and OpenMP

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

007-282256-2

Collation

xiv, 507 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

005.13 Qui p

C++ How to Program, Eight Edition

Edition

8th

ISBN/ISSN

978-0-273-75276-9

Collation

1101 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Series Title

-

Call Number

005.133 Del c