Adrian Wallwork Bücher

A course for professionals who need English for work, travel, and socializing.

This book contains one hundred typical mistakes relating to papers, proposals, oral presentations, and correspondence with editors (e.g. journal submissions), reviewers (rebuttal letters), and editing agencies. The book is primarily intended for non-native English speaking researchers. However, it is also useful for editing agencies in order to help new or inexperienced editors spot the kinds of mistakes they need to correct in order to ensure their clients successfully have their papers published. Each section of a paper is covered titles and abstracts; introduction and literature review; methods, results and tables; discussion and conclusions. Teachers of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) will learn which areas of writing and grammar to focus on including readability, word order, sentence length, paragraphing, ambiguity and punctuation. The last section in the book highlights the key areas where presenters make the most mistakes in terms of the use of English. Other books in this English for Writing Research Papers English for Presentations at International Conferences English for Academic Grammar, Usage and Style English for Academic Correspondence English for Academic CVs, Resumes, and Online Profiles English for Academic Writing Exercises English for Academic Grammar Exercises English for Academic Vocabulary Exercises English for Academic A Guide for Teachers

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Focused on enhancing participation in meetings and negotiations, this guide is tailored for non-native English speakers with intermediate proficiency or higher. It addresses the essential social skills needed before and after events, making it an invaluable resource for those working in international business settings.

Good presentation skills are key to a successful career in academia. This guide provides examples taken from real presentations given both by native and non-native academics covering a wide variety of disciplines. The easy-to-follow guidelines and tips will teach you how to: plan, prepare and practice a well-organized, interesting presentation avoid errors in English by using short easy-to-say sentences improve your English pronunciation and intonation gain confidence, and overcome nerves and embarrassment highlight the essential points you want your audience to remember attract and retain audience attention deal with questions from the audience This new edition contains several additional features, including stimulating factoids and discussion points both for self-study and in-class use. New chapters also cover: learning from talks on tednetworking with potential collaborators, professors, fellow researchers interacting successfully with non-native audiences posters EAP teachers will find this book to be a great source of tips for training students, and for preparing both instructive and entertaining lessons

A contemporary, highly practical language course for professional adults.

Packed with hundreds of real-life examples, this book covers areas of English usage that typically cause researchers difficulty. It focuses on specific errors that repeatedly appear in papers written by non-native authors, making it an ideal study guide.

Clearly laid out and with user-friendly targeted exercises, this volume is part of a set covering aspects of English as used in academic papers. Based on errors in thousands of real-life submissions, it covers the most frequently misused points of grammar.

Targeting graduate and postgraduate students, this guide is designed to help non-native English speakers craft effective CVs and profiles for the academic community. It offers practical tips, do's and don'ts, and discussion points suitable for both self-study and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses. Instructors can also utilize the book's resources to enhance their teaching, making it a valuable tool for promoting academic success.

Personality tests are relatively quick and easy to read, and are thus great for improving your English vocabulary and knowledge of idiomatic expressions. These quizzes were designed primarily to enable you to: learn some useful English vocabulary (of the type that is often not taught in a language course) have fun doing something in English that you might equally well have done in your own language This book is NOT intended to be an amateur psychology book or self-help book. Neither the quizzes nor the explanations should be taken any more seriously than you would take a horoscope in a newspaper or magazine. In addition to the personality tests there are: glossaries of key words scores and interpretations vocabulary exercises Easy English! is a series of books to help you learn and revise your English with minimal effort. You can improve your English by reading texts in English that you might well normally read in your own language e.g. jokes, personality tests, lateral thinking games, wordsearches. doing short exercises to improve specific areas grammar and vocabulary, i.e. the areas that tend to lead to the most mistakes - the aim is just to focus on what you really need rather than overwhelming yourself with a mass of rules, many of which may have no practical daily value Other books in the Easy English!series include: Wordsearches: Widen Your Vocabulary in English Test Your Personality: Have Fun and Learn Useful Phrases Word games, Riddles and Logic Tests: Tax Your Brain and Boost Your English Top 50 Grammar Mistakes: How to Avoid Them Top 50 Vocabulary Mistakes: How to Avoid Them