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English for Academic Purposes
The Skills in English Course: Level 1 Listening
Course DVD
By Terry Phillips and Anna Phillips
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Category: English for Academic Purposes Level: Pre-intermediate to intermediate CEF: A2 to B1 IELTS: 3.0 to 4.5 Series: The Skills in English Course |
The Skills in English Course is designed to build the skills required for lectures, tutorials, reading research and written assignments in English Level 1 of the course is aimed at students with an IELTS level of 3.0-4.5.
The Skills in English Course Level 1 Listening DVD consists of a series of lectures and helps students to develop the following listening skills introduced by the Course Book:
- understanding signpost language;
- following a narrative;
- recognizing important words;
- predicting what comes next;
- understanding spoken spellings and definitions;
- following instructions;
- identifying names;
- and identifying important words.
The lectures are organized according to thematic content and mirror the organization of the Course Book. More information about The Skills in English Course can be found at skillsinenglish.com.
Contents
Theme 1: Education
Theme 2: Daily Life
Theme 3: Work and Business
Theme 4: Science and Nature
Theme 5: The Physical World
Theme 6: Culture and Civilization
Theme 7: They Made Our World
Theme 8: Art and Literature
Theme 9: Sport and Leisure
Theme 10: Nutrition and Health
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- David Crystal"Extremely well-planned and constructed and very impressive."
- Duke of Edinburgh ESU English Language Award judges"At last a course that truly prepares students for IELTS by developing the necessary skills from the pre-intermediate level."
- Kevin Higgins, Professor of English, Asian University of Science and Technology, Thailand"Skills in English has formed the backbone of our 2008 Intensive English Course and I would recommend it to anyone who is looking for a skills-based course with an academic focus."
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- Tessa Moore, University of Nottingham"We have finally found a textbook which caters for international students at tertiary level."
- Sophia Michael, Intercollege, Cyprus"A very useful addition to the EAP tutor toolkit, which has received positive feedback from students too."
- Lezli Ataker, Nottingham Trent University"Attractively presented, with interesting topics and a number of language tasks which engage the students' interest and enhance the four language skills."
- Buckinghamshire Chilterns University"The topics are very interesting because they reflect today's world and what surrounds our students."
- Daniela Rizzuti, University of Calabria, Italy"Very appropriate for mixed-ability groups having different degrees of confidence in their English abilities."
- Aston University, UK"We are now using this series very successfully."
- Judith Sclare, EFL Unit, University of Glasgow"The Skills in English Listening books fill a big gap in the market."
- Morna Lawson, Academic English Tutor, Glasgow Caledonian University"The single most useful tool you could buy, if you are going to invest in a resource for embedding ESOL into a mainstream Science or other study curriculum, or is you are resourcing a Language Support provision."
- Liverpool Community College"The topics and tasks are appropriate for all learners and the course is preparing them well for future university study."
- Helen Armstrong, University of Teesside
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