English for Environmental Science Course Book + Cds - Rilegato

Lee, Richard

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ISBN 10: 1859644449 ISBN 13: 9781859644447

Casa editrice: Garnet Pub Ltd, 2009

Riassunto

A faculty-specific series for students in higher education.

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Recensione

English for Environmental Science is the most recent title in the ESAP series which at present consists of eight titles in which Garnet Education have done their best to bring out a specific focus to EAP, hence the amended acronym/abbreviation: ESAP: English for Specific Academic Purposes. The titles of the other books in the series are: English for Management Studies, English for Medicine, English for Banking, English for Business Studies, English for Law, English for Language and Linguistics and English for Tourism and Hospitality. This book focuses on practice of relevant academic skills with emphasis on listening (supported by speaking) in odd-numbered units and reading (supported by writing) in even-numbered units. The 12 units deal with subjects and themes that are an integral part of environmental science, such as: What is environmental science? (Unit 1), What do environmental scientists do? (Unit 2), The atmosphere (Unit 3), Computers in environmental science (Unit 4), Energy resources (Unit 5), Soil as a resource (Unit 6), Recycling waste (Unit 7), Ecosystems (Unit 8), Preserving biodiversity (Unit 9), Pollution (Unit 10), Agriculture (Unit 11) and Sustainability (Unit 12). Each unit also has a specific vocabulary focus, and occasional emphasis on phonology. The listening passage for each unit is included on one of the two CDs which are attached to the inside back cover of the Student's Book. Unit 3 (The atmosphere) starts with a vocabulary lead-in, and a set of questions serving the purpose of a pre-listening discussion. The pictures on the opposite page further contextualize the exercises in the warm-up activities. The listening section of the unit exploits a full range of listening activities, including preparing for a lecture, predicting lecture content, making notes, and answering wh- questions and true or false questions. In the Extending skill section, learners' attention is drawn to phonology (identifying main stress in multi-syllable words) as well as being expected to do some mini-research related to the topic of the lecture. In the same unit there is also an extension lecture whose topic complements that of the first lecture. There are relevant exercises to go with this lecture, too. The second lecture is accompanied with a full-colour visual which aids the comprehension. The unit culminates with very useful 'banks': a vocabulary bank (focusing on stress in multi-syllable words) and a skills bank (focusing on getting information from other people and reporting information to other people). Unit 3 in the Teacher's Book provides a carefully written and graded set of instructions to an ESAP teacher who is also informed on the lesson aims. In the Teacher's Book, there are three types of notes that offer assistance to teachers: subject, methodology and language notes. The unit contains specimen answers to all the exercises as well as transcripts of the relevant lecture excerpts used as listening passages. The units exploiting reading passages follow a similar conceptual framework which is exceptionally logical and user-friendly. English for Environmental Science successfully bridges a gap in the area of ESAP where there has always been a need for a specific publication. The book offers a cutting-edge state-of-the-art resource to students and teachers dealing with environmental science. It can be used on pre-sessional or foundation courses for international students who have chosen this particular specialism. The learners will find the content of the book highly interesting and exceptionally useful, while EAP teachers will appreciate the value of the excellent teacher's book which offers invaluable advice, guidance and support. --Mark Krzanowski for the ESP SIG Journal, Issue 35, March 2010

L'autore

Richard Lee has worked in English language teaching for almost 20 years as a teacher and materials writer in Spain, the UAE and the UK. He has also been involved in setting up language schools in Brazil. His academic interests include the teaching of English for specific academic purposes and the applications of technology in language learning. He currently works as an EAP tutor and materials writer at the University of Nottingham. Terry Phillips has worked in ELT for more than 35 years as a teacher, teaching supervisor, manager and language school owner. As a consultant, he has worked in more than 20 countries in all parts of the world, advising state and private language institutions on all aspects of school management. For the last ten years, he has been a full time freelance writer with his wife Anna, producing more than 160 published books in ELT. Although he and Anna have worked for all the major publishers, all recent works have been for Garnet Education, including the multi-level EAP course, Skills in English. The course was highly commended in The Duke of Edinburgh s English Speaking Union Award for 2004. It is taught in a large number of universities in the UK and around the world. Terry and Anna are currently working on New Skills in English, a fully revised and updated version of the course. Terry is also the series editor of the new English for Specific Academic Purposes series for Garnet Education, which aims to prepare students to entry into a particular faculty for English-medium tertiary education. The series recently won the ESU award.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Garnet Pub Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1859644449
• ISBN 13: 9781859644447
• Rilegatura: Cartonato
• Numero di pagine: 130
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile