Professor Widdowson's aim in this book has been to enquire into the theory underlying the concept of English for Specific Purposes and, by implication, of any language taught where there is a specification of purpose.
The papers in this collection are further enquiries into issues raised by Professor Henry Widdowson in Explorations in Applied Linguistics.
The papers range from descriptive to pedagogic issues and they are concerned with the formulation of a relevant model of language which will serve as a source of reference for a principled approach to language teaching.
There are six sections:
Theory and practice (Chapters 1-3)
Discourse: the use of written language (Chapters 4-7)
Discourse: schema, procedure, and sign (Chapters 8-9)
Teaching techniques in English as a second language.
Series Editors: Russell N.Campbell and William E. Rutherford
Testing in all skill areas is covered. How to write and evaluate tests is clearly explained with numerous examples. An appendix describing the most important commercial proficiency, achievement, and aptitude tests is included. This book includes 9 chapters: introduction, testing language subskills: vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation tests, testing communication skills: reading,writing, listening, speaking tests, evaluating tests.
From astronomy to zoology, the practice of science proceeds from
scientific ways of thinking. These patterns of thought, such as
defining and classifying, hypothesizing and experimenting, form the
building blocks of all scientific endeavor. Understanding how they work
is therefore an essential foundation for everyone involved in
scientific study or teaching, from elementary school students to
classroom teachers and professional scientists.
In this book, Steven Darian examines the language of science in order
to analyze the patterns of thinking that underlie scientific endeavor.
He draws examples from university science textbooks in a variety of
disciplines, since these offer a common, even canonical, language for
scientific expression. Darian identifies and focuses in depth on nine
patterns—defining, classifying, using figurative language, determining
cause and effect, hypothesizing, experimenting, visualizing,
quantifying, and comparing—and shows how they interact in practice. He
also traces how these thought modes developed historically from
Pythagoras through Newton.
MultiTranse provides an effective solution for dealing with different foreign languages. If you need to know the meaning of a foreign text or get your words translated into some language, both quickly and without a dictionary, then MultiTranse is the right choice for you. The program translates words, phrases, as well as texts, containing up to 6000 symbols at a time. The tool uses internet connection to process a given text and provide you with a translation into the selected language. It takes advantage of free Web resources to make the optimal translation.
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