Ielts Graduation

The Class CDs contains all the listening material for the course and provides listening practice for the IELTS exam.

IELTS Graduation is a comprehensive course for students preparing to take the IELTS academic test. Aimed at the IELTS band 5.5 - 7.5, this topic-based book contains a wide range of activities to train students in all the required skills to help improve their IELTS score. It provides clear and practical information on all parts of the IELTS examination, as well as teaching them the skills required to do well. IELTS Graduation is written by practising teachers who are currently teaching in the classroom. Key Features: 10 topic-based units: Regular Pronunciation development sections help build students' confidence in speaking and listening; Exam information boxes provide students with detailed advice on what to expect from each section of the exam; Strategy boxes and Tip boxes offer suggestions for how to tackle the various IELTS tasks; Study Skills sections at the end of each unit contain advice on studying independently; Extensive writing practice, with model answers for all the writing questions, accompanied by useful comments; Regular dictionary focus boxes encourage students to broaden their vocabulary range; Additional photocopiable class tasks and extra study tasks in the Teacher's Book; Sample answers for the writing exam in the Teacher's Book.

This book uses an in-depth, phenomenological interview approach to explain the generational characteristics of today’s Chinese university youths and the critical dispositions they believe indispensable in acquiring English as an academic language in and outside school settings. By presenting the authentic voices of the recruited participants, the book clarifies how English for academic purposes (EAP), as an emerging global phenomenon and a research-informed practice, enables and empowers them for conscious self-transformation and critical awareness development through language study. The book also explores issues arising in the fields of general English language teaching as well as traditional and critical EAP, and discusses university English language learners’ learning needs and rights. The book further promotes a dynamic and transformative University EAP pedagogy of particularity, practicality, and possibility moving from the oppression of language education to its liberation, and the increasing critical consciousness among the present and future university youths in a time of great social changes.

This volume draws together the viewpoints and research findings of leading scholars and informed local practitioner-researchers throughout Asia-Pacific about the issues and challenges of English as a medium of instruction (EMI) at higher education institutions in that region. Specifically, it addresses four key themes: Macro-level EMI policy and practice; institutional implications for pedagogy; stakeholder perceptions of EMI; and challenges of interpersonal interaction in EMI contexts. The book is among the first to critically examine the emerging global phenomenon of English as a medium of instruction, and the first title to exclusively explore Asia-Pacific tertiary contexts. It will be of particular interest to policy-makers in international education and tertiary educators seeking blueprints for practice, as well as scholars and postgraduate students of English as a lingua franca, English for academic purposes, academic language and learning, and language education in Asia-Pacific.