Book of the week: ‘Instant Academic Skills’ by Sarah Lane

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#42 | December 16, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036

Instant Academic Skills

Instant Academic Skills provides ready-to-teach, photocopiable lessons for busy teachers who want to give their students extra practice in general academic skills. The lessons cover all four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) and can be taught individually or as a learning ‘unit’. Challenging activities develop skills vital to academic success such as identifying key ideas and details, predicting content and efficient note-taking, while lively speaking tasks get learners ready to participate in debates and presentations. The Audio CD includes a variety of native and non-native accents in typical academic scenarios such as lectures, interviews and formal talks.

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  • This title contains skills practice on a wide range of topics which would appeal to students preparing to enter a variety of disciplines. (more…)

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Book of the week: ‘face2face’ by Chris Redston and Gillie Cunningham

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#41 | December 9, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036

Unlike other courses, face2face Second edition is informed by the Cambridge English Corpus and its vocabulary syllabus has been mapped to the English Vocabulary Profile, meaning students learn the language they really need to know at each CEFR level. What’s more, face2face Second edition actually teaches students to listen better by drawing their attention to the elements of spoken English that make it so hard for them to understand. And by giving students time to formulate the ideas and language they want to use before they speak, face2face Second edition helps to build both spoken fluency and accuracy. (more…)

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BUY Compelling Conversations – Get Your Students Talking – In English!

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#41 | December 9, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 "We learn by doing." – English Proverb Do you want more English conversation activities in your ESL classes? Do your…

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