Introducing Course Design in English for Specific Purposes
Introducing Course Design in English for Specific Purposes is an accessible and practical introduction to the theory and practice of developing ESP courses across a range of disciplines. The book covers the development of courses from needs analysis to assessment and evaluation, and also comes with samples of authentic ESP courses provided by leading ESP practitioners from a range of subject and global contexts.
This short ebook is for Business English teachers who need to create and run courses. It looks at how the teachers and the students affect the course and how to adapt any BE course. There are also extra ideas for expanding courses and tips. The 10 minute intro to series is designed to give you a quick practical guide to various aspects of Business English Teaching.
Customs of the World: Using Cultural Intelligence to Adapt, Wherever You Are (The Great Courses)
Taught by an international adviser to leaders of Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, and governments, this eye-opening course reveals how you can actively improve your cultural intelligence in an increasingly globalized world.
This book deals with the pronunciation of English in the United States, and is designed primarily for elementary courses in phonetics. It should also be useful in courses dealing with the improvement or correction of voice and speech. Chapters 21 to 23 should be useful in an advanced course in linguistic geography.
Two principles underlie the presentation of the subject matter. One is that the distinctive sound unit, or phoneme, as discussed in Chapter 1, is basic to our understanding of speech. English, like any other language; rests on basic phonemic patterns, but not all varieties of English use exactly the same pattern.
