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Get Ahead in FCE Get Ahead in FCE is essential preparation material for the revised Cambridge FCE examination. The course provides in-depth coverage of the four essential exam skills - reading, writing, listening and speaking - as well as grammar and vocabulary exercises to help students develop the required level of English. Each thematically based unit contains: * a lead-in section with speaking activities * the three parts of Paper 1: Reading * additional classroom activities for each reading text * a variety of vocabulary exercises, including practice on easily confused words * FCE-specific speaking activities to help students increase their fluency and accuracy * FCE-specific writing tasks with additional exercises and writing tips * FCE-specific listening, plus listening support * a mini Use of English test at the end of each unit Get Ahead in FCE will enable you to use English with confidence in real-life situations, focusing your language learning on the skills you will actually need to communicate - and to pass the FCE exam. Key Features * Ideal exam preparation for the Cambridge FCE (2008 format) * Learner training component for development of study techniques * Extensive coverage of vocabulary, set phrases, idioms and phrasal verbs * Reading and listening texts in a variety of genres, topics and styles * Pronunciation development * Mapped to the Common European Framework * Full teaching notes * Audio CDs See accompanying Student's Book and Practice Book.

English for Mechanical Engineering in Higher Education Studies The Garnet Education English for Specific Academic Purposes series won the Duke of Edinburgh English Speaking Union English Language Book Award in 2009. English for Mechanical Engineering is a skills-based course designed specifically for students of mechanical engineering who are about to enter English-medium tertiary level studies. It provides carefully graded practice and progression in the key academic skills that all students need, such as listening to lectures and speaking in seminars. It also equips students with the specialist mechanical engineering language they need to participate successfully within a mechanical engineering faculty. Extensive listening exercises come from mechanical engineering lectures, and all reading texts are taken from the same field of study. There is also a focus throughout on the key mechanical engineering vocabulary that students will need. The Teacher's Book includes: * Comprehensive teaching notes on all exercises to help teachers prepare effective lessons * Complete answer keys to all exercises * Full transcripts of listening exercises *Facsimiles of Course Book pages at the appropriate point in each unit *Photocopiable resource pages and ideas for additional activities The Garnet English for Specific Academic Purposes series covers a range of academic subjects. All titles present the same skills and vocabulary points. Teachers can therefore deal with a range of ESAP courses at the same time, knowing that each subject title will focus on the same key skills and follow the same structure. Key Features * Systematic approach to developing academic skills through relevant content. * Focus on receptive skills (reading and listening) to activate productive skills (writing and speaking) in subject area. * Eight-page units combine language and academic skills teaching. * Vocabulary and academic skills bank in each unit for reference and revision. * Audio CDs for further self-study or homework. * Ideal coursework for EAP teachers.

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Developing Skills 1: Workbook This course will help you improve your competence in English for college or university study to an upper-intermediate level. In Book 1: Listening skills include: * following a lecture * using symbols and abbreviations in notes * recognizing signposts and digressions * understanding and noting the main points Reading skills include: * confirming precise meaning * extracting relevant information from case studies * looking for evidence * narrative descriptions * finding the main information in active and passive sentences Speaking skills include: * describing similarity and difference * discussing case studies * comparing more than two things * exchanging information * reporting on research Writing skills include: * concluding opinions * joining sentences * using the passive to describe a process * discursive essays, reviews, instructions, e-mails, 'how to' texts Starting Skills Books 1 and 2 with Building Skills Books 1 and 2 and Developing Skills Books 1 and 2 form a six-level course for higher education studies in English which will take you from Starter to Upper Intermediate. Accompanying Course Book and Teacher's Book also available.

Do you need English in your studies? Then you need Progressive Skills: Writing Level 3.Learn how to write: Argument essays (write thesis statements) Description essays (describe graphics) Discussion essays (recognize the thesis) For and against essays (compare with adjectives and nouns) research reports (write topic sentences)Topics include: Remembering and forgetting: Rehearsal and prompts Friends and family: Decisions in families Managing to be successful: For and against Natural cycles: Energy and the oceans Customs: origins and effects: Culturalchange

Skills in English Reading Level 3 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 3, you learn how to: * confirm precise meaning; * find the main point of an article; * understand negative prefixes; * recognise information; * find the main information in: an active sentence, a passive sentence, a complex sentence with participles; * a complex sentence with embedded that / which / who clauses; * look for evidence in a text; * understand internal definitions; * research on the Internet using search engines and indexes / FAQs; * use hyperlinks; * understand the writer's attitude; * make inferences about background knowledge; * and understand tables and figures. 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 700 words * Listening texts a maximum of 1,000 words * Speaking tasks between five and ten paragraphs, with short essay-type writing assignments * Test booklets containing theme tests, a revision test after five units, plus an end-of-course test * Teacher's Book containing full answer keys and methodology notes Accompanying Teacher's Book, Student Test Pack and Teacher Test Booklet also available.

Skills in English Speaking Level 3 Teacher's Book The Garnet Education Skills in English series was highly commended in the Duke of Edinburgh English Speaking Union English Language Book Award in 2004. This course is part of the Skills in English series from Garnet Education. It is designed to help students cope with speaking tasks in English in tutorial groups and contributions to lectures. At Level 3, students learn how to: * state sources; * talk about importance and relevance; * indicate partial comprehension; * use the definite article with proper nouns; * compare more than two things; * give bad news; * describe a device; * talk about events before the time of a story; * present problems and solutions; * give an opinion; * make a suggestion; * be a chairperson; * and give a short talk. In addition, students acquire key vocabulary in the following thematic areas: * Education * Daily Life * Work and Business * Science and Nature * The Physical World * Culture and Civilization * They Made Our World * Art and Literature * Sports and Leisure * Nutrition and Health. Key features of the Teacher's Book are: * a facsimile of the related Course Book page, for ease of reference; * an introduction to the approach taken in the course; * lesson-by-lesson notes; * a full answer key, including model answers where appropriate; * language and culture notes, where these will assist the teacher in understanding learning difficulties or confusions of the target students; * methodology notes, where the value of an exercise, or the way to conduct it, may not be self-evident; * and a full transcript of the listening material. 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, Reading and Writing. See the Skills in English website at skillsinenglish.com for additional materials and help. Key Features * Reading texts a maximum of 700 words * Listening texts a maximum of 1,000 words * Speaking tasks between five and ten paragraphs, with short essay-type writing assignments * Test booklets containing theme tests, a revision test after five units, plus an end-of-course test * Teacher's Book containing full answer key, methodology notes and transcript of listening material Accompanying Course Book, audio, Student Test Pack and Teacher Test Booklet also available.

English for Medicine in Higher Education Studies The Garnet Education English for Specific Academic Purposes series won the Duke of Edinburgh English Speaking Union English Language Book Award in 2009. English for Medicine is a skills-based course designed specifically for students of medicine who are about to enter English-medium tertiary level studies. It provides carefully graded practice and progression in the key academic skills that all students need, such as listening to lectures and speaking in seminars. It also equips students with the specialist medical language they need to participate successfully within a medical faculty. Extensive listening exercises come from medical lectures, and all reading texts are taken from the same field of study. There is also a focus throughout on the key medical vocabulary that students will need. The Teacher's Book includes: * Comprehensive teaching notes on all exercises to help teachers prepare effective lessons * Complete answer keys to all exercises * Full transcripts of listening exercises *Facsimiles of Course Book pages at the appropriate point in each unit *Photocopiable resource pages and ideas for additional activities The Garnet English for Specific Academic Purposes series covers a range of academic subjects. All titles present the same skills and vocabulary points. Teachers can therefore deal with a range of ESAP courses at the same time, knowing that each subject title will focus on the same key skills and follow the same structure. Key Features * Systematic approach to developing academic skills through relevant content. * Focus on receptive skills (reading and listening) to activate productive skills (writing and speaking) in subject area. * Eight-page units combine language and academic skills teaching. * Vocabulary and academic skills bank in each unit for reference and revision. * Audio CDs for further self-study or homework. * Ideal coursework for EAP teachers.

Access EAP: Foundations Written by the authors of the highly successful EAP Essentials, the first part of this two-level course teaches academic language and competence to pre-intermediate and intermediate learners. Access EAP: Foundations is based on real student life and prepares students for the tasks that they will face while doing an English-medium higher education degree. Each unit follows the progress of three students in their first year at university as they have discussions, listen to lectures, read texts, work on assignments and make choices about how to study. Students will develop the language they need to meet the expectations of their lecturers, comparing ideas, explaining cause-effect relationships, interpreting data, writing assignments and e-mails and joining in discussions. The book has ten units, each divided into five lessons. The first lesson usually introduces an aspect of university life. Listening, reading, speaking and writing tasks are linked together around each theme, while other tasks develop the ability to think critically and to study effectively. Key words that are useful for academic study are listed by the texts in which they are presented, and regular tasks help understanding, support learning and practise using these key words. Students will learn the important language and grammar patterns needed for understanding and producing academic texts. They will also discover essential aspects of academic style, such as moving from general to specific information and from what is familiar to what is new. Key Features * Functional syllabus linked to a series of academic themes * Integrated tasks and language practice * Focuses on key language and skills in a specific academic context * Improves students' ability to tackle and succeed in IELTS and other gateway examinations *'Simulated authentic' texts targeted to present specific functions and vocabulary * Written by EAP trainers from Heriot-Watt University An accompanying Teacher's Book is also available.

Progressive Skills: Listening & Speaking Level 1 Do you need English in your studies? Then you need Progressive Skills: Listening and Speaking Level 1 Listening skills include: * waiting for definitions * recognizing time signposts * hearing important words * predicting the next word from context * understanding location Speaking skills include: * organizing a talk * choosing the tense * taking turns * giving a scientific explanation * introducing a talk Topics include: Education: Freshers' week, Systems of education Psychology and sociology: Concepts, Human behaviour Work and business: How to be a good employee, Summer jobs Science and nature: The scientific method, Daigrams and explanations The physical world: Geographical location, Location and physical features Did you know? Progressive Skills books are also available in combined, four-skill editions, with added Portfolio materials: Progressive Skills in English Level 1, Progressive Skills in English Level 2, Progressive Skills in English Level 3 and Progressive Skills in English Level 4.

Fast Track to Reading: Accelerated Learning for EFL and ESOL Learners Fast Track to Reading is an accelerated reading programme designed for adult learners of English who are not readily able to read the Roman alphabet. It can be used for students who cannot read at all and for students who cannot cope with reading at speed. It is designed for adult learners of English who already have a concept of reading: those who can read and write in a linear phonetic language such as Arabic or Farsi, and those who are conversant with pictographic languages such as Mandarin or Cantonese. However, it can also be used with students who have yet to gain a concept of reading. Fast Track to Reading can be used before starting a course where reading is an integral element, or as a reading element in parallel with a simple starter-level course. In mixed ability classes where only some students are unfamiliar with the English alphabet, the programme can be used for self-study outside class. Key Features * Designed to facilitate decoding of Roman script * For students who are learning to read in English and for students who cannot cope with reading at speed * Accelerates learning in a programmed manner * Can be used in parallel with a simple starter level English course * Contains global reading to enhance relevance and motivation * Audio CD for further self-study or homework * Comprehensive teaching notes Contents include: * short vowels and consonants, * two letter representing one sound, * long vowels, * consonant clusters, * vowel + consonant + vowel, * the names of the letters, * long vowels and their relation to consonants, * alternative vowel sounds for the same spelling, * silent letters Fast Track to Reading - Arabic Notes pdf file See accompanying Course Book.

English for Academic Study: Speaking This fully updated 2012 edition of English for Academic Study: Speaking will help you develop the speaking and presentation skills you need to participate effectively in academic seminars and discussions. The units are based on the following topics: * Being a successful student * Learning online * Changing roles in the family * A healthy lifestyle * The influence of the media * The world of work * Protecting the environment * Science and the paranormal * Studying in a new environment Each unit includes discussions and presentations that relate to the topic of the unit. The written and listening texts will give you different perspectives on the topic and provide evidence to support your ideas - one of the essential features of academic life. There is also a learner diary at the end of each unit to help you think about the process of learning and the strategies you are developing. The Course Book includes unit summaries to give you a quick overview of what you have covered, and a comprehensive glossary of terms. Each unit also has weblinks offering additional information and activities, relating to both speaking skills and the topics covered in the units. Visit the dedicated English for Academic Study website at www.englishforacademicstudy.com for even more resources. This book can be used in conjunction with the following books in the English for Academic Study (EAS) series, also published by Garnet Education: EAS: Reading, EAS: Writing, EAS: Extended Writing & Research Skills, EAS: Listening, EAS: Vocabulary and EAS: Pronunciation.

Starting Skills in English Reading and Writing Part A Teacher's Book Starting Skills in English is specially designed for false beginners and remedial learners. It is divided into two parts, A and B. Students can enter the course at A or B level. Each part provides at least 150 hours' tuition. The whole course, therefore, provides at least 300 hours' tuition. There are three books in each part: Listening and Speaking, Reading and Writing, Vocabulary and Grammar. It is assumed that most users of the course will teach the books in this order, although it is not essential. The majority of the material in the third book, Vocabulary and Grammar, could be set as self-study. Starting Skills in English Reading and Writing: In Part A students learn how to read and write 200 key words in isolation and context from the following knowledge areas: * Education * Daily Life * Work and Business * Science and Nature * The Physical World * Culture and Civilization * Technology * Art and Literature * Sports and Leisure * Nutrition and Health Students will also learn to: * find examples; * identify key parts of speech; * identify pronoun referents; * identify topic changes; * interpret figures; * join sentences with and; * make irregular plurals; * make simple noun phrases; * mark text while reading; * prepare to read; * read encyclopedia entries; * read for an established need; * recognise job suffixes: er, or, ist, ant; * recognise past forms; * recognise vowels and consonants; * scan for capital letters, question marks and full stops; * scan for numbers; * scan for specific phrases; * scan for proper nouns; * understand captions; * use articles; * use capital letters and full stops; * use countable and uncountable nouns; * use s for plural or 3rd person singular; * use some key spelling rules; * use There is/are vs It is/They are; * use subject and object pronouns; and * use want with nouns and infinitives. This material is aimed at students with an IELTS level of 2.0. The exit level of this course is equivalent to an approximate TOEFL score of 250. Starting Skills in English Part B Reading and Writing is also available. There are linked courses in Listening and Speaking and Vocabulary and Grammar. See the Skills in English website at skillsinenglish.com for additional materials and help. Key Features * Reading texts a maximum of 250 words * Writing tasks are short paragraphs * Teacher's Book containing a full answer key, language and culture notes and methodology notes * Allows beginners immediate access to study of academic English skills * Available as three books - Listening and Speaking, Reading and Writing, Vocabulary and Grammar - at two levels * Language and culture notes available for Arabic, Chinese and Japanese learners * Ideal for false beginners, i.e., students who have now acheived their full potential in English at school Accompanying Course Book, Student Test Pack and Teacher Test Booklet also available.

Test Master Multi-ROM (included in Teacher's Book pack) Carol Barrett The Test Master Multi-ROM contains the material from the Test Book in electronic format, plus the Test Book audio material. * Can be used on a computer or downloaded and photocopied * Can be altered by the teacher

Starting Skills 2: Teacher's Book A new course in the Starting Skills in English series, combining all skills from Part B into one volume. Now with extra material in the form of a Workbook. Have you studied English at school? Do you need to improve your competence in English? Then you need Starting Skills. This course will help you improve your competence in the basic skills of English for college or university study. In Starting Skills Book 2 you will learn 200 key words from ten knowledge areas. You will also learn to: * define and describe objects * identify key factual information * predict information in a talk * talk about charts and graphs * discuss key facts in the past * identify key parts of speech * read factual information and encyclopedia entries * write accurately using basic sentence patterns * use key spelling rules Starting Skills Books 1 and 2 with Building Skills 1 and 2 and Developing Skills 1 and 2 form a five-level course for higher education studies in English which will take you from Starter to Advanced. Accompanying Course Book and Workbook also available.

Q Skills for Success encourages students to think critically and succeed academically.Q''s question-centred approach provides a unique critical thinking framework for each unit. This develops key cognitive skills such as analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating - as well as developing the language skills essential for academic success.Learning outcomes are clearly stated at the start and end of the units, with competency self-evaluations and vocabulary check lists featuring the Academic Word List. This enables teachers to define learning outcomes effectively to accreditation bodies.

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