Upgrade: Course Book - Brossura

Richard Harrison

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1859647057 ISBN 13: 9781859647059

Casa editrice: Garnet Education, 1999

Riassunto

Upgrade: Course Book Upgrade is a lower intermediate course designed for young adults, especially those who need to use English-language resources as part of a higher education course. This course book consists of 15 topic-based units and three review units. Each of the main units is split into the following sections: * Introduction - presenting the unit topic and relevant vocabulary through multi-skills work; * Language in focus - concentrating on specific language points (both grammatical and functional); * Skills in focus - listening and speaking skills development and practice; * Skills in focus - reading and writing skills development and practice; * Study tip - giving essential advice on independent learning techniques; * Language review - revising the language of the unit. Key Features * 15 topic-based units plus three review units * Teacher's Book, including tests, transcripts and answers * Extensive skills practice with tasks such as: reading an article and completing a bar chart; writing an e-mail; listening to directions; giving a presentation * Study tips throughout the course to help develop essential study skills and independent learning * Ten-page word list of essential vocabulary covered in each unit * Activity Book containing imaginative extended practice of the language and topics in the Course Book, for use in the class or self-study

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Informazioni sull?autore

Richard Harrison is currently based in Oman working as the Course Coordinator for Academic English at the (English-medium) German University of Technology in Oman. Richard has worked for many years in the Middle East in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE as well as Oman and has written a number of course books for the region. He also worked for the British Council in Moscow for three years as the ESP Consultant for Russia. His main publications with Garnet Education are Upgrade: a First Course in English for Higher Studies and Better Writing. He also co-authored the English for Libya series. Richard is an active member of TESOL Arabia and IATEFL and has presented papers at a number of conferences. His main areas of academic interest are: the teaching of writing; ELT materials development; academic English and language change. Richard was educated in the UK at the University of London, Manchester University and the University of Reading and holds an MA in Applied Linguistics.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Garnet Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1859647057
• ISBN 13: 9781859647059
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 144
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile