Progressive Skills in English

Book excerpt: Progressive Skills in English 1: Course Book Do you need English in your studies? Then you need the Progressive Skills in English Course. The course builds the skills required for lectures, tutorials, reading research and written assignments in English. Now with fantastic, extensive online resources at www.skillsinenglish.com Listening skills include: waiting for definitions recognizing time signposts predicting the next word from context understanding location Speaking skills include: organizing a talk choosing the tense taking turns checking sounds in a dictionary giving a scientific explanation introducing a talk Reading skills include: preparing to read recognizing advice dealing with new words finding and using topic sentences transferring information to a table Writing skills include: organizing information into paragraphs gathering and recording information using chronological markers referring to tables and figures writing about a photograph Go to www.skillsinenglish.com for fantastic, free student resources to practise, and improve on your skills. Resources include practice activities for: vocabulary, grammar, reading, listening and speaking. Did you know? Progressive Skills is also available in separate Listening & Speaking, Reading and Writing courses. Accompanying Progressive Skills in English 1 Workbook and Teacher's Book also available.