English for Academic Study - Writing Course Book - Revised - Softcover

Pallant, Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1859644856 ISBN 13: 9781859644850

Publisher: Garnet Education, 2009

Synopsis

English for Academic Study: Writing English for academic study: Writing is an integrated course designed to develop student writing on pre-sessional and pre-departure courses. The Course Book contains step-by-step activities written by EAP professionals at the University of Reading's Centre for Applied Language Studies. The activities are designed for use with authentic reading texts in an accompanying Source Book on the basis of an integrated approach to writing. EAS Writing is founded on an extensive review of recent research into EAP writing methodology, and reflects the most recent developments in language teaching for academic purposes. The 2009 edition of EAS Writing has been fully revised for ease of use. As well as a new format, the Course Book now comes with a book map, unit summaries, and a comprehensive glossary of terms. Each unit has weblinks offering additional information and activities, related to both writing skills and the topics covered in the units. A dedicated website, www.englishforacademicstudy.com, offers further teacher resources. This book can be used in conjunction with the following books in the English for academic study series, also published by Garnet Education: EAS Reading, EAS Extended Writing & Research Skills, EAS Listening, EAS Speaking, EAS Vocabulary and EAS Pronunciation. A separate Source Book contains all the texts featured in the Course Book. Key Features * The course adopts a four-fold approach to reflect the complex demands of academic writing: 1. The process approach; 2. The development of critical thinking in writing; 3. The micro-skills of writing, e.g., effective introductions and conclusions, and effective paragraphing; and 4. The importance of genre An accompanying Teacher's Book is also available.

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About the Author

Anne Pallant authored the Writing volume in Garnet Education's EAS series. Anne has varied experience of teaching English for Academic Purposes. She has been teaching on EAP courses at the Centre for Applied Language Studies since 1994 and is part of the EAP Management team. She was also Director of Studies at a Language School in Italy. Amongst other qualifications, Anne has obtained an MSc in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from Aston University, a P.G.C.E from the University of Bristol and a Certificate in Online Education and Training from the Institute of Education, University of London. Whilst Anne is interested in the teaching of all skills within EAP courses, her current focus is on the teaching of academic writing skills and the development of appropriate materials and methodology. She is especially interested in the teaching of critical thinking skills in academic writing. Anne is also concerned with the teaching of study and research skills to prospective postgraduate students, and developing methods and materials through which the needs of students from different disciplines can be met in one classroom. She is also interested in teaching content-based courses and is presently involved in teaching writing to scientists and social scientists by electronic delivery and 'e-learning' methodology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Garnet Education
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1859644856
• ISBN 13: 9781859644850
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 79