This user-friendly, compact text presents the most necessary, useful skills and strategies for successful workplace writing. Based on the successful parent text, SUCCESSFUL WRITING AT WORK, Ninth Edition, SUCCESSFUL WRITING AT WORK, Concise Third Edition, maintains a practical approach, an abundance of realistic situations and problems, real-world examples, and detailed guidelines for drafting, editing, and producing professional documents and graphics. The Concise Third Edition features a contemporary, open, and user-friendly design, including a wide trim size to allow for marginal note-taking.
Academic Language for English Language Learners and Struggling Readers: how to help students succeed across content areas
Added by: decabristka | Karma: 68119.34 | ESP, Only for teachers | 29 July 2013
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Many middle school and high school students are recent immigrants or long-term English language learners who struggle with the academic language needed to read content-area textbooks and write papers for their classes. Likewise, many native speakers of English find content-area classes a challenge. Secondary teachers have little time to teach academic reading and writing skills because they must cover a great deal of content in their social studies, science, math, or language arts classes.
Academic Language for English Language Learners and Struggling Readers provides the information busy secondary teachers need to work effectively with English learners and struggling readers.
Career Paths: Mechanics is a new educational resource for professional mechanics who want to improve their English communication in a work environment. Incorporating career-specific vocabulary and contexts, each unit offers step-by-step instruction that immerses students in the four key language components: reading, listening, speaking and writing. Career Paths: Mechanics addresses topics including hand tools, power tools, auto systems, maintenance and body repair.
The audio CDs contain all recorded material in British English.
Books 1-3 of Career Paths: Mechanics are rated for the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages at A1, A2 and B1 respectively.
Thousands of students have successfully improved their writing and design skills using Anderson's TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION: A READER-CENTERED APPROACH. Known for its treatment of the rhetorical situation and coverage of usefulness and persuasion, this edition renews the focus on the reader-centered approach and includes new learning outcomes at the start of each chapter to help students gain more from their reading.
Effective use of standard ICAO phraseology is an essential part of safe radiotelephony communications.
“Airspeak” gives pilots systematic practice in this area. The exercises develop operational fluency in routine and non-routine situations.
Based on authentic simulated recordings, Airspeak gives students systematic practice in the phraseology that they will need for safe radiotelephony communications.
The course provides extensive practice in listening and speaking skills. It includes an MP3 CD with over 6 hours of listening material which can be used in the classroom or for self-study.
