With exercises, self-assessments, and action plans, this book teaches you how to break the pattern of passivity, become truly motivated, and act confidently based on feeling of competence and self-control. Once you learn to listen effectively and communicate, you will begin to build a bridge to a more effective partnership with your boss

Assesing Young Learners helps teachers to assess children's progress in English, in a way that is appropriate for young learners. Jargon-free and practical, it shows that assessment can be fun and motivating, and integrates assessment into teaching. It helps children to think about their own progress and encourages teachers to reflect on their pupils' learning

The Basic Oxford Picture Dictionary contains 1,200 essential words under 12 topics and addresses the immediate language needs of beginners. Presents 1,200 essential words and phrases. Full-color illustrations present clearly labeled vocabulary words in large, easy-to-read type. Easy exercises on every page give immediate practice with the new vocabulary. It provides a rich, clear visual presentation of the key vocabulary in meaningful contexts. This language is essential for the development of basic communication survival skills

This book offers an approach to developing the complex set of cognitive and motor skills needed if children are to be able to write in the foreign language. The approach is carefully gradual, offering teachers a rich array of activities for developing literacy skills

Creating Your Skills Portfolio is about gaining the critical edge in your job search career or life transition. It offers ways to differentiate yourself from the competition - a key factor in getting what you want. Any career move (employment change, job search or competition for promotion) is a marketing project, and the product is you. A portfolio can make you more visible when you market yourself to employers whether you seek traditional employment, project or temporary work or are starting your own business

This book begins with a series of practical activities to familiarize learners (and teachers too perhaps!) with the way the Internet works. It moves on to activities involving communication via email. The third section offers activities to do with retrieving information from the Internet. Finally, there are activities designed to help learners build their own websites. The activities are clearly described and user-friendly, and will go a long way towards dispelling the misgivings many teachers feel about computers and the Internet as a resource

From choosing the right investor to selecting the typeface, The One-Page Proposal is the one tool you need to propel your business idea to the top of any investor's to-do list. In a world where decisions are made between two rings of a cell phone, this is what a successful business proposal must be. Step by step, the author outlines how to create the perfect attention-grabbing pitch, offering dozens of strategies to help organize your research, focus your message, eliminate unnecessary language, and anticipate potential reservations

This book adds to that familar process an element that is critical in today's business setting, the customer's expectations and requirements. You will find out about the basics of benchmarking and the benefits it delivers

Preventing Job Burnout is a practical hands-on guide that will teach you what burnout is, what causes it, and how to assess the burnout potential of your job. After you apply the lessons and action plans, you will find you are better able to handle the unexpected, approach problems as opportunities, and manage your attitude. Most importantly, you will learn how to prevent job burnout in the future and bring a sustained sense of satisfaction to every aspect of your life

Author offers a fresh perspective, innovative strategies, and practical guidelines for the literacy development of young children in multilingual and multicultural settings. Presenting effective, research-based ways for early childhood and elementary teachers to develop a sound and lasting apprecation for, and love of, literature ammong their students