Upgrade: Course Book - Softcover

Richard Harrison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1859647057 ISBN 13: 9781859647059

Publisher: Garnet Education, 1999

Synopsis

Upgrade is a lower intermediate course designed for young adults, especially those who need to use English-language resources as part of a higher education course. This course book consists of 15 topic-based units and three review units. Each of the main units is split into the following sections: - Introduction - presenting the unit topic and relevant vocabulary through multi-skills work; - Language in focus - concentrating on specific language points (both grammatical and functional); - Skills in focus - listening and speaking skills development and practice; - Skills in focus - reading and writing skills development and practice; - Study tip - giving essential advice on independent learning techniques; - Language review - revising the language of the unit. Key Features - 15 topic-based units plus three review units - Teacher's Book, including tests, transcripts and answers - Extensive skills practice with tasks such as: reading an article and completing a bar chart; writing an e-mail; listening to directions; giving a presentation - Study tips throughout the course to help develop essential study skills and independent learning - Ten-page word list of essential vocabulary covered in each unit - Activity Book containing imaginative extended practice of the language and topics in the Course Book, for use in the class or self-study. Contents Unit 1: Campus Unit 2: Time Unit 3: At home Unit 4: Around the world Unit 5: In class Unit 6: World cities Unit 7: The world of computers Unit 8: Work Unit 9: Free time Unit 10: My way Unit 11: International English Unit 12: Summer vacation Unit 13: How to study Unit 14: Famous names Unit 15: What's next?

About this title

About the Author

Richard Harrison is currently based in Oman working as the Course Coordinator for Academic English at the (English-medium) German University of Technology in Oman. Richard has worked for many years in the Middle East in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE as well as Oman and has written a number of course books for the region. He also worked for the British Council in Moscow for three years as the ESP Consultant for Russia. His main publications with Garnet Education are Upgrade: a First Course in English for Higher Studies and Better Writing. He also co-authored the English for Libya series. Richard is an active member of TESOL Arabia and IATEFL and has presented papers at a number of conferences. His main areas of academic interest are: the teaching of writing; ELT materials development; academic English and language change. Richard was educated in the UK at the University of London, Manchester University and the University of Reading and holds an MA in Applied Linguistics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Garnet Education
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1859647057
• ISBN 13: 9781859647059
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144