English for Academic Study: Speaking Course Book with Audio CDs 2012 - Hardcover

Joan McCormack

 
9781908614414: English for Academic Study: Speaking Course Book with Audio CDs 2012
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1908614412 ISBN 13: 9781908614414
Publisher: Garnet Pub Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

A university preparation course published in collaboration with the University of Reading.

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About the Author

Joan McCormack is the Director of the Self-Access Centre at the University of Reading, and works as an EAP Lecturer and Course Director. She has worked in Japan, Peru and Spain, and has been involved in the field of EAP for the past 12 years. Her areas of interest include the development of materials for teaching extended academic writing and research skills, as well as fostering the development of learner autonomy in students. Joan is co-author of two of the titles in the English for Academic Study series: Extended Writing and Research Skills and Speaking. Sebastian Watkins co-authored the Speaking title in the English for Academic Study series, published by Garnet Education. Since 2002, he has also taught English for Academic Purposes at the University of Reading to both pre-sessional and in-sessional students. Prior to that, Sebastian spent time working in Spain, Turkey, Hungary and Oman, concentrating on Business English, IELTS preparation and teacher training on UCLES CELTA courses. He received a Masters in TEFL from the University of Reading in 2004. He also directs and teaches on tailor-made short courses in ESP for a range of external sponsors.

Review

"If you spend a few minutes flipping through their pages, you will discover a real treasure for your academic classes. It is definitely worth reading them!" Liliana Burga Yuy for IATEFL Voices, Issue 236, January / February 2014 " ...this is a comprehensive course book that achieves its aims and contextualises new skills. It successfully includes essential useful phrases for academic study and gives students the opportunity to recycle what they have learnt." Jessica Vicary and Katie Mansfield for the ESP SIG Journal, Issue 40, October 2012

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Publisher
Garnet Pub Ltd
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1908614412
ISBN 13 
9781908614414
Binding
Board book
Edition number
2
Number of pages
136