Barry O’Sullivan Libros

The revision of the Cambridge ESOL Business English certificates is thoroughly explored, providing valuable insights into the test revision process. This book delves into the updates and changes made to the certificates, highlighting their significance in the context of business communication. It serves as a comprehensive guide for educators and learners aiming to understand the nuances of the revised tests and improve their preparation strategies.

Focusing on language testing theory and practice, this book features diverse chapters that engage and provoke thought. It compiles contributions from both established and emerging authors, offering innovative perspectives and questioning traditional beliefs in the field. Researchers and students will find the content both stimulating and substantial, making it a valuable resource for those interested in advancing their understanding of language assessment.

Focusing on the evolution of validity, this book offers a historical perspective on its development in the UK and the US. It delves into both theoretical concepts and practical validation methods, emphasizing the various arguments essential for ensuring quality documentation. Through its comprehensive analysis, it addresses the complexities surrounding the notion of validity in research and assessment.

Validity: Theoretical Development and Integrated Arguments provides a historical overview of validity, targeting developments in both the UK and the US. It explores theoretical notions of validity as well as pragmatic validation practices and expands the arguments that need to be attended to document quality.

The book uncovers a previously overlooked group affected by the Catholic Church's child sex abuse scandals: non-offending priests. Through interviews with fellow clergy, Revd Dr Barry O'Sullivan, a serving priest and counselor, reveals the significant psychological impact these scandals have had on priests, who are often seen as secondary victims. This study, initially part of his doctoral research, highlights the broader implications for professionals in various fields facing similar crises, emphasizing the need for recognition and support for these individuals.

Traces New Zealand's overseas army from Egypt in January 1940 to northern Italy in April 1945, by way of Thermopylae, El Alamein, Cassino and the South Pacific islands. Like their fathers in the Great War, the 'Kiwis' responded to Britain's peril in extraordinary numbers - 12 percent of the Dominion's entire population served overseas. Led by a much-wounded and much-decorated general, they endured, and learned from, costly defeats in Greece and North Africa, to become one of the most reliable and mobile divisions in the Allied armies.--Cover