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Skills in English Speaking Level 1 (course book)

Skills in English Speaking Level 1 (course book)

by TerryPhillips (Author), Anna Phillips (Author)

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    Board book 1999

    $3.49
Synopsis

Skills in English Speaking Level 1 Course 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. Do you have to speak in English as part of your studies? Then you need Skills in English Speaking. This course builds the skills that help you to speak in English in class and tutorials. At Level 1, you learn how to: * ask about new words; * check sounds in a dictionary; * check pronunciation; * spell words aloud; * say times; * greet; * give personal information; * express likes and dislikes; * request, accept and reject help; * show understanding; * show lack of understanding; * talk about research; * narrate a story; * and keep the conversation going. 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 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 * Language and culture notes available for Arabic, Chinese and Japanese learners Accompanying Teacher's Book, audio, Student Test Pack and Teacher Test Booklet.

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More Information

Format: Board book
 Pages: 60
 Edition: 2nd edition
 Publisher: Garnet Education
Published: 01 Jan 1999
ISBN 10: 1859647715
ISBN 13: 9781859647714

Media Reviews
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 Teesside The series is called Skills in English and take students in four levels from Elementary to Advanced in the four skills, Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. Each of the four skills, at each level, can be either used as stand alone or in conjunction with the other skills books. This is a course made up of 3 parts, Reading, Writing and Speaking, and aims to 'build the skills' of the learner in each area, by working through a series of themes, such as Education, Daily Life, Work and Business, Science and Nature, Culture and Civilisation, Sports and Leisure. The themes that are dealt with are the same in all 3 skills and levels. Although I haven't yet used the books as a complete course, I can imagine doing so. Each book covers its particular skills in detail with plenty of room for practice and with a well-structured approach. I have found them very useful as a teaching resource, using them to focus on either a topic or a particular grammar point. In the Writing part of the course, for example, theme 3 deals with 'Hiring and Firing' and gives some good vocabulary for the topic, as well as introducing the area of flow charts. I have used this very successfully in numerous classes, with students producing a flow chart showing some process at their place of work, for example, the disciplinary process in their company. In short, this is quite a good book for the teacher to dip into, but you wouldn't be able to use it as a stand alone resource. Emma Gledhill-Schmitt for the ELTAF Newsletter, Spring 2007
Author Bio
Terry Phillips has worked in ELT for more than 35 years as a teacher, teaching supervisor, manager and language school owner. As a consultant, he has worked in more than 20 countries in all parts of the world, advising state and private language institutions on all aspects of school management. For the last ten years, he has been a full time freelance writer with his wife Anna, producing more than 160 published books in ELT. Although he and Anna have worked for all the major publishers, all recent works have been for Garnet Education, including the multi-level EAP course, Skills in English. The course was highly commended in The Duke of Edinburgh's English Speaking Union Award for 2004. It is taught in a large number of universities in the UK and around the world. Terry and Anna are currently working on New Skills in English, a fully revised and updated version of the course. Terry is also the series editor of the new English for Specific Academic Purposes series for Garnet Education, which aims to prepare students to entry into a particular faculty for English-medium tertiary education. The series recently won the ESU award. Anna Phillips has worked in ELT for more than 30 years. She has worked as a teacher of both multilingual and monolingual classes, with teenagers and adults, in both the UK and abroad. Anna began writing materials for special courses as a senior teacher working for the British Council in Oman. Later, as Director of Studies and Owner-Manager of the International House school in Oman, she spent much of her time adapting and developing materials, owing to the lack of suitable course books for the needs of the students. During this period Anna was also extensively involved in teacher training, both in-service and also for CELTA and DELTA. She was also an examiner for CELTA and travelled extensively throughout the Gulf region in this role. In 1989 Anna completed her MA (TEFL) from Reading University. Since returning to the UK, Anna has worked with Terry Phillips on a large number of textbooks for a variety of publishers. Most recently, she and Terry have been working on the Skills in English series. Anna's particular interest is making course books more 'user friendly' for teachers who are not native speakers of English, and so she has been very much involved in developing resources for the teachers using the UAE version of Skills in English. Anna is currently working on New Skills in English, a completely revised and extended version of the current series.