EAL (English As An Additional Language)

Develop listening and speaking skills and acquire the Academic Word List.Inside Listening and Speaking is a five-level academic listening and speaking course that develops students' skills and teaches key academic vocabulary from the Academic Word List.

"Features guided writing models and reading strategies such as predicting, skimming, and scanning"--Back cover.

Ten Steps to Building College Reading Skills covers ten basic reading skills essential for sound reading comprehension. This new edition in the Ten Steps series is suitable for the basic developmental reading course offered at most colleges AND for high school English/Language Arts classes focused on building college readiness.-Description from Publisher Website

The series helps students gain insight into how academic text is organized and how to read effectively. Making Connections Low Intermediate is a reading skills book that introduces students to some basic skills and strategies for academic reading. Students then practice these skills in high-interest thematic units, each of which has multiple readings. The readings are written in an accessible academic discourse style, providing ideal practice for low-intermediate-level students who will eventually need to access authentic academic text.

Written specifically for researchers of all disciplines whose first language is not English, this guide presents easy-to-follow rules and tips, along with authentic examples taken from real emails, referees' reports and cover letters, will show you how to: write effective emails (subject lines, structure, requests, level of formality) review other people's manuscripts  reply effectively and constructively to referees' reports  correspond with editors write letters regarding summer schools, internships, and PhD and postdoc programs write reference letters This new edition contains over 40% new material, including stimulating factoids and discussion points both for self-study and in-class use, as well as suggestions for drafting proposals for research projects and writing research statements.

Useful as a course book or as a self-study guide, this text is essential reading for all international students studying for a British qualification at university. It provides a clear guide to the areas that need to be considered in order to research and produce a well presented and cohesive piece of academic writing. The steps outlined, and the language used, are accessible, and graded to a level that steadily introduces new writing concepts to students studying for a degree in a second or additional language. In particular it covers planning, conducting research, critical thinking, structuring an essay, use of sources and referencing, and feedback and revision.-Description