adult learners working in technical jobs in an international context. in-work learners who are technicians, engineers, supervisors, or team leaders. people who need to communicate with co-workers (frequently also non-native users of English) about very practical technical subjects - installations, working practices, processes, problems, etc. people who need to communicate by e-mail, make telephone calls, and read and understand manuals written in English.
Advanced Matters is aimed at advanced level learners and provides approximately 90-120 hours of classroom material. It contains 10 core units plus the Language Bank and Writing Bank of optional exercises and activities.
Tech Talk is a course in practical communication for the international workplace. It equips learners for tasks like describing a problem, giving instructions, explaining functionality or offering help in areas ranging from maintenance to customer service, from manufacturing to technical support.
Focuses on the functional language needed to succeed in the job. Grammar, vocabulary, and skills are all contextualized in real work situations. An aspirational approach includes It's my job profiles of real professionals, and specialist facts, figures, and quotations on every page. Writing bank or Reading bank gives practice in working with specialist texts. Contemporary, easy-to-navigate design with an In this unit learning menu and an end-of-unit Checklist with CEF Can-do tick boxes. Revision and extension with Projects and Webquests, a student's website with consolidation exercises from the unit, and a handy Key words list at the end of every unit with the essential vocabulary.
