PTE Academic is accepted by thousands of academic programs worldwide, including prestigious institutions such as Harvard Business School, INSEAD and Yale University. PTE Academic is also accepted by the UK and Australian governments for visa applications. The Expert series provides rigorous exam training for high-achieving students while continuing to develop language awareness and communication skills. This intensive course for the Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE) exam consists of a coursebook. In relation to the Global Scale of English, the scale is 51-67. Please note, if you are wanting a self study book and are not attending a teacher led preparation class we advise you purchase either The Official Guide to the Pearson Test of English Academic or the Pearson Test of English Academic Practice Tests Plus and CD ROM with Key Pack. The PTE Academic EXPERT Student Book for B1 and B2 supports students by giving them: Step-by-step approach to speaking and writing High-level and tasks to prepare students for the exam from the start Strategies for approaching the exam task types Vocabulary sections based on the Academic Collocations and Word lists (ACL and AWL) MyEnglishLabTo support your students with even more exam practice alongside their exam course, use the innovative MyEnglishLab for PTE English Full Exam Practice Test plus a Mock timed test Comprehensive examinformation and training online Interactive practice in all skills areas: Speaking, Writing, Reading, Listening, Vocabulary Grammar Exam tasks that help students understand what they will be tested on Videos of exam overview with friendly tutor, will ensure all students feel confident about what to expect on the day Watch Speaking test interview videos of exam candidates, with commentary and advice

In "The Ultimate Guide to Excelling in PTE: A Step-by-Step Guide to Top Scores," expert author Amanpreet Kaur presents a comprehensive and practical resource for individuals preparing to conquer the PTE exam. This meticulously crafted guide equips test-takers with the essential knowledge, effective strategies, and targeted practice materials needed to achieve outstanding scores. From mastering speaking fluency and pronunciation to sharpening listening comprehension, reading speed, and writing skills, this guide provides expert guidance and ample opportunities for practice. With its step-by-step approach and valuable test-taking tips, Amanpreet Kaur's guide empowers readers to approach the PTE exam with confidence and excel in every section. Whether you're a beginner or seeking to improve your existing skills, this book is an indispensable companion on your journey to PTE success.

This book discusses recent advances in computer and computational sciences from upcoming researchers and leading academics around the globe. It presents high-quality, peer-reviewed papers presented at the International Conference on Computer, Communication and Computational Sciences (IC4S 2019), which was held on 11—12 October 2019 in Bangkok. Covering a broad range of topics, including intelligent hardware and software design, advanced communications, intelligent computing techniques, intelligent image processing, the Web and informatics, it offers readers from the computer industry and academia key insights into how the advances in next-generation computer and communication technologies can be shaped into real-life applications.

During the Progressive Era, reform candidates in New York, Cleveland, and Chicago challenged the status quo--with strikingly different results: brief triumph in New York, sustained success in Cleveland, and utter failure in Chicago. Kenneth Finegold seeks to explain this phenomenon by analyzing the support for reform in these cities, especially the role of an emerging class of urban policy professionals in each campaign. His work offers a new way of looking at urban reform opposition to machine politics. Drawing on original research and quantitative analysis of electoral data, Finegold identifies three distinct patterns of support for reform candidates: traditional reformers drew support from native-stock elites; municipal populists found support among stock immigrant groups and segments of the working class; and progressive candidates won the backing of coalitions made up of traditional reform and municipal populist voters. The success of these reform efforts, Finegold shows, depended on the different ways in which experts were incorporated into city politics. This book demonstrates the significance of expertise as a potential source of change in American politics and policy, and of each city's electoral and administrative organizations as mediating institutions within a national system of urban political economies.

Assessing Academic English for Higher Education Admissions is a state-of-the-art overview of advances in theories and practices relevant to the assessment of academic English skills for higher education admissions purposes. The volume includes a brief introduction followed by four main chapters focusing on critical developments in theories and practices for assessing reading, listening, writing, and speaking, of which the latter two also address the assessment of integrated skills such as reading-writing, listening-speaking, and reading-listening-speaking. Each chapter reviews new task types, scoring approaches, and scoring technologies and their implications in light of the increasing use of technology in academic communication and the growing use of English as a lingua franca worldwide. The volume concludes with recommendations about critical areas of research and development that will help move the field forward. Assessing Academic English for Higher Education Admissions is an ideal resource for researchers and graduate students in language testing and assessment worldwide.

The book provides an overview and descriptive analysis of how selected countries - Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Norway, UK and Turkey- have responded to the massive inflow of refugees, as well as the policy practices they have developed concerning refugee students’ integration into higher education. Seeking to encourage sustainable policy responses and national frameworks, this report highlights these selected countries’ procedures to ensure access to higher education and also approaches to recognize foreign qualifications. It also examines particular challenges in the case of each country. The report limits its scope exclusively to refugee students, excluding practices developed for refugee academics/university staff. The book offers a contribution to the existing literature on educational policy for refugees and encourages higher education institutions to remember their central role as a driving force for social development and integration.