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English for Academic Purposes
Skills in English: Listening Level 1
Course Book
By Terry Phillips and Anna Phillips
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Duke of Edinburgh English-Speaking Union English Language Award - 2004
Category: English for Academic Purposes Level: Pre-intermediate to intermediate CEF: A2 to B1 IELTS: 3.0 to 4.5 Series: Skills in English |
Do you have to listen to lectures in English as part of your studies?
Then you need Skills in English Listening.
This course builds the skills that help you survive in the lecture room.
At Level 1, you learn how to:
- understand spoken definitions;
- understand spoken times;
- understand spoken spellings;
- understand signpost language;
- identify names;
- identify dates;
- identify important words;
- follow instructions;
- follow a narrative;
- predict content;
- predict the next word;
- and recognise important words.
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 Speaking, Reading 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
- All lectures and radio programmes available on DVD
- Language and culture notes available for Arabic, Chinese and Japanese learners
Contents
Book Map
Introduction
Theme 1: Education, Student Life
Theme 2: Daily Life, Schedules
Theme 3: Work and Business, Work Starts Now!
Theme 4: Science and Nature, So You Want to Be a Scientist?
Theme 5: The Physical World, Where Is Your Country?
Theme 6: Culture and Civilization, Congratulations!
Theme 7: They Made Our World, Who? What? When?
Theme 8: Art and Literature, There Was Once a Poor Man ...
Theme 9: Sports and Leisure, Classifying Sports
Theme 10: Nutrition and Health, Nutrients and Food Groups
Word Lists
Tapescript
"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 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 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 Teesside
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