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Colloquial Vietnamese The Complete Course for Beginners

Colloquial Vietnamese The Complete Course for Beginners

Colloquial Vietnamese: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Vietnamese as it is written and spoken today. Combining a clear practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Vietnamese in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Colloquial Vietnamese is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key a grammar summary bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout. Key features include: A clear user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking listening reading and writing skills Jargon-free succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in Vietnam. An overview of the sounds of Vietnamese Balanced comprehensive and rewarding Colloquial Vietnamese is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Vietnamese. Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www. routledge. com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills. | Colloquial Vietnamese The Complete Course for Beginners

GBP 130.00
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The Political Economy of Education Reforms in Vietnam

The Political Economy of Education Reforms in Vietnam

This book drawing on a political economic perspective of education development is a comprehensive account of the question why some education systems flourish while others falter. It provides a state-of-the-art review of the Vietnamese way of education development figuring out the pitfalls challenges and opportunities of neoliberal reform. It also sheds new light on the rise of neoliberal capitalism in contemporary Vietnam as the country intensifies its market-oriented economic transition. Starting from educational development concerns this book differentiates the growth and development concepts in education. While growth with limited development is well reflected in many developing education systems the Vietnamese experience of education development stands to provide readers with unique insights about education in developing economies especially in understanding how a socialist-oriented education system is struggling to thrive in the times of neoliberal capitalism. Authored by scholars specialising in Vietnamese education and politics the chapters address key issues pertaining to the political economy of education reform in Vietnam and the government’s enduring efforts to drive education toward international standards through its costly market-infused education reforms. This book will appeal to postgraduate students educators educational policy-makers and scholars interested in Vietnamese studies Vietnam education reforms education governance education for sustainability internationalisation of education and the politics of education reforms. | The Political Economy of Education Reforms in Vietnam

GBP 130.00
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Discourse Particles in Asian Languages Volume II Southeast Asia

Discourse Particles in Asian Languages Volume II Southeast Asia

This volume is the second in a two-part collection of research on discourse particles focusing exclusively on the languages of Asia from the perspective of formal as well as non-formal semantics and pragmatics. Despite increasing interest in discourse particles most research in the area (particularly within formal semantics and pragmatics) focuses on a restricted set of languages and there has been little consensus on the proper formal treatment of particles. The term discourse particles has been used to cover a broad range of phenomena including such things as sentence-final particles discourse adverbs and other related phenomena. In recent years there has been extensive development of the formal approach to discourse particles which often treats these words as devices for marking information updates. It is vital however to extend this data to non-Western languages like Malay Thai or Vietnamese. These two volumes are the first to give an exclusive focus on particles in non-European languages (in this case Asian languages) from the perspective of formal and non-formal semantics and pragmatics. This second volume includes chapters on Tagalog Kimaragang Dusun (Malaysia) Malay Singlish (Colloquial Singapore English) Thai and Vietnamese. The chapters are informed by recent theoretical work in formal and non-formal semantics and pragmatics relating to the meaning of particles. The collection contributes to our theoretical understanding of the meaning of discourse particles and to empirical knowledge of discourse particles in the languages of Asia. It will be of interest to postgraduate students and scholars of semantics and pragmatics. | Discourse Particles in Asian Languages Volume II Southeast Asia

GBP 130.00
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The Visual Effects Arsenal VFX Solutions for the Independent Filmmaker

The Visual Effects Arsenal VFX Solutions for the Independent Filmmaker

Build your VFX arsenal with quick-access step-by-step instruction on how to create today's hottest digital VFX shots. This essential toolkit provides techniques for creating effects seen in movies such as 300 Spiderman 3 Predator and others with lessons on how-to:* splatter blood or digitally lop someone's arm off* create a scene with actors running from an explosion* create the twin effect (same actor same location 2 performances)* produce space-ship dog fightsOrganized in a 'cookbook' style this allows you to reference a certain effect in the index and immediately access concise instructions to create that effect. Techniques are demonstrated in each of the most popular software tools- After Effects Final Cut Studio Photoshop and Combustion are all covered. Brilliant 4-color presentation provides inspiration and stimulating visual guidance to the lessons presented while the downloadable resources contain project media files enabling you to put concepts learned into immediate practice. | The Visual Effects Arsenal VFX Solutions for the Independent Filmmaker

GBP 140.00
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Focus on Food Photography for Bloggers Focus on the Fundamentals

Focus on Food Photography for Bloggers Focus on the Fundamentals

Sharing your kitchen concoctions on your personal food blog has never been as popular as it is right now but if you've ever had trouble getting your tasty temptations to look like pretty plates on camera you know how difficult it can be to take amazing pictures of food. Matt Armendariz of Mattbites food blog fame shares his experiences and best practices for creating wonderful food photos in Focus On Food Photography for Bloggers. Written specifically for you the blogger Matt discusses the ins and outs of equipment lighting composition propping sparking your inspiration and getting creative all with what you have on hand at home! Learn how to avoid common pitfalls with foods that are notoriously camera shy how to successfully snap your dinner at a restaurant as well as on your kitchen table and how to style your food with what you have in your cupboards. He also includes advice on post-processing posting and protecting your prized images. As well as on his blog Matt's photography has been featured in The Skinny Bitch Cookbook on Martha Stewart Paula Deen's Best Dishes and Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen along with numerous food magazines and newspapers. Let this seasoned blogger give your food photography the boost it needs to really make your readers salivate! | Focus on Food Photography for Bloggers Focus on the Fundamentals

GBP 145.00
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Final Cut Pro Workflows The Independent Studio Handbook

Final Cut Pro Workflows The Independent Studio Handbook

Today's digital production tools empower the small team to produce multimedia projects that formerly required large teams. Orchestrating a production requires more than proficiency with the postproduction tools. Final Cut Pro Workflows: The Independent Studio Handbook offers a cookbook of postproduction workflows that teams can follow to deliver an array of products to their clients. It describes appropriate postproduction workflows team roles and responsibilities and required equipment for some of the most common media productions. Combining the wisdom of traditional roles and responsibilities with an understanding of how FCP facilitates a new flexibility where these roles/responsibilities can be redistributed this book sheds light on workflow processes and responsibilities and includes 7 real-world workflows from a diverse range of projects: Money-Saving Digital Video Archive Long-Form Documentary with Mixed Sources Web-Based Viewing and Ordering System 30-Second Spot for Broadcast Multi-Part TV Series with Multiple Editors DVD Educational Supplement Music Video with Multi-Cam Editing and Multiple OutputsWritten with a unique iconography to better convey key points and applicable to all levels of FCP users Final Cut Pro Workflows: The Independent Studio Handbook is a vital reference tool for every postproduction house. The DVD files are also available at http://www. taylorandfrancis. com/cw/osder-9780240810058/. | Final Cut Pro Workflows The Independent Studio Handbook

GBP 175.00
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The Socioeconomics of Nationalism in China Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

The Socioeconomics of Nationalism in China Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

This book analyzes Chinese nationalism from the perspective of social economics. It posits a conceptual framework in which national status is treated as a luxury while material consumption is considered as a necessity in people’s preferences which implies that popular nationalism tends to increase with economic development. The book extensively uses the tools of game theory and behavioral economics to analyze inter-ethnical and international conflicts in historical and contemporary China. The author’s economic approach to the subject of nationalism brings fresh and critical insights into the Chinese historical events and relations with foreign countries. For example it helps resolve the following puzzles: Why did most Chinese support an ethnic minority the Manchus to be their ruler after the collapse of the Ming dynasty? In the Boxer Rebellion why did the Qing dynasty declare war against more than eight foreign powers when it knew well that any of the countries could defeat China easily? What are the fundamental causes of the 1962 Sino-Indian War and the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War? Who is responsible for the bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade? This book attempts to answer the questions based on the theories of social economics and rational choice which will interest those researching on nationalism China studies international relations history and political economy. | The Socioeconomics of Nationalism in China Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

GBP 130.00
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Discourse Particles in Asian Languages Volume I East Asia

Discourse Particles in Asian Languages Volume I East Asia

This is the first of two volumes of research on discourse particles focusing exclusively on the languages of Asia from the perspective of formal as well as non-formal semantics and pragmatics. Within linguistics there has been a great deal of interest in discourse particles especially within semantics and pragmatics. The term ‘discourse particles’ has been used to cover a broad range of phenomena including such things as ‘sentence-final particles ’ ‘discourse adverbs ’ and other related phenomena. However most research in the area (particularly within formal semantics and pragmatics) focuses on a restricted set of languages and there is little consensus on the proper formal treatment of particles partly due to the limited range of data available. In recent years there has been extensive development of the formal approach to discourse particles which often treats these words as devices for marking information updates. It is also vital to extend this data to non-Western languages like Japanese Korean or Chinese. This edited volume includes chapters on Japanese Mandarin Tagalog Kimaragang Dusun Malay Singlish Thai and Vietnamese. The chapters are informed by recent theoretical work in formal semantics and pragmatics relating to the meaning of particles. The collection contributes to our theoretical understanding of the meaning of discourse particles and to empirical knowledge of discourse particles in the languages of Asia. It will be of interest to postgraduate students and scholars of semantics and pragmatics. | Discourse Particles in Asian Languages Volume I East Asia

GBP 130.00
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