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English for Academic Purposes
Skills in English: Reading Level 1
Course Book with Reading Resources Booklet
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: Skills in English |
Skills in English Reading Level 1 Course Book and Reading Resources Booklet
The Garnet Education Skills in English series was highly commended in the Duke of Edinburgh English Speaking Union English Language Book Award in 2004.
Do you have to read texts in English as part of your studies?
Then you need Skills in English Reading.
This course builds the skills that help you do reading research in English.
At Level 1, you learn how to:
- predict content;
- deal with new words;
- follow instructions;
- recognise dates and periods;
- locate information within a text;
- identify the topic sentences;
- skim the topic sentences for the main points;
- understand chronological markers;
- understand simple discourse markers;
- understand pronoun reference;
- understand simple lexical cohesion;
- transfer information from a text to a chart;
- read actively.
As well as preparing students for entry into English-medium study, the Skills in English Course is ideal for students who wish to improve their scores in skills-based examinations for university entry requirements, such as the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). Rather than focusing on exam preparation, Skills in English teaches the necessary skills as part of a systematic programme of language development.
Skills in English courses are also available in Listening, Speaking and Writing. See the Skills in English website at skillsinenglish.com for additional materials and help.
Key Features
- Reading texts a maximum of 250 words
- Listening texts a maximum of 400 words
- Speaking tasks of one paragraph, with writing assignments between one and five paragraphs
- Test booklets containing theme tests, a revision test after five units, plus an end-of-course test
- Teacher's Book containing full answer keys, methodology notes and transcript of listening material
Accompanying Teacher's Book, Student Test Pack and Teacher Test Booklet also available.
Contents
Book Map
Introduction
Theme 1: Education, Student Life
Theme 2: Daily Life, Making the Most of It
Theme 3: Work and Business, Are You Young and Energetic?
Theme 4: Science and Nature, Why Is It So Hot?
Theme 5: The Physical World, Big Country, Small Country
Theme 6: Culture and Civilization, Fireworks, Horses and Bulls
Theme 7: They Made Our World, A Brief History of Space Travel
Theme 8: Art and Literature, Romeo and Macbeth
Theme 9: Sports and Leisure, Can You Play Four Army Groups?
Theme 10: Nutrition and Health, Eat, Drink and Be Healthy
Word Lists:
Thematic
Alphabetical
"The common-core knowledge in this series is the next big step for ELT to take in the 21st century."
- 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."
- Gabriel Roberts, University of Wales in Cardiff"I would thoroughly recommend this series to any centre running academic English courses."
- 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 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 if 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 TeessideContains full colour photos, tables and illustrations
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