Synopsis
Transferable Academic Skills Kit TASK is a flexible learning resource that has been carefully designed to develop the key transferable skills that promote students' success in university and college study. Whether you are a student or a teacher, the TASK series provides a tried and tested teaching and learning tool suitable for a broad range of academic disciplines. A series of supported exercises relates theory to practice and provides students with the tools to develop a framework of skills that can then be used in a wide range of contexts both inside and outside the academic world. TASK can be followed as a complete course or individual modules can be selected to address specific needs. Created by members of the academic staff of the International Foundation Programme at the University of Reading, TASK forms a part of the university's skills provision for home and international students at all levels. Key Features - Familiarizes students with the process of preparing to give a presentation - Teaches the specific skills needed for giving a group presentation - Evaluates how to plan the topic, focus and content of a presentation - Teaches the language and delivery skills needed for a competent presentation performance - Explores the use of visual aids - Familiarizes students with presentations software Also available as a boxed set of all twelve modules. Contents: Unit 1: About presentations Unit 2: Group presentations Unit 3: Content Unit 4: Communication Unit 5: Visual aids Unit 6: Slideshow tutorial
À propos de l?auteur
Anthony Manning is Director of the Centre for English and World Languages at the University of Kent. Anthony has authored or co-authored nine course books in the TASK (Transferable Academic Skills Kit) series. He has also written English for Language and Linguistics as part of the ESAP series; a graded reader for Oxford University Press; articles for EL Gazette and is the Editorial Chair for InForm, a new journal for IFP professionals. Before joining the University of Reading, Anthony taught in France, Germany, China and Japan. He was also a lecturer at a Japanese College situated within the University of Durham, and at an International College in Reading. In his spare time Anthony is studying for a Doctorate in Applied Linguistics with a focus on language testing. He has delivered seminar papers at IATEFL, BALEAP and HEA conferences on the subject of English for academic purposes and academic skills development at foundation level. In addition to language testing, Anthony's other research interests include English for specific purposes and English as a global language. Elisabeth Wilding is a Course Tutor for the International Foundation Programme at the University of Reading, where she teaches Academic Skills and International English. She is also a certified IELTS examiner for the speaking and writing modules. Before joining the University of Reading, Elisabeth taught EFL and EAP in the USA, France and Switzerland, as well as French in the USA. Elisabeth co-authored two of the titles in the Garnet Education TASK (Transferable Academic Skills Kit) series: Presentations and Seminars and Tutorials. Jane Brooks wrote the TASK (Transferable Academic Skills Kit) Teacher s Book and has contributed to a number of other modules in the series. She has been working in ELT since 1983. After teaching ESOL for a brief time, she moved into English for Academic Purposes, and has taught this in the UK and Caribbean for the last 23 years. She has also taught linguistics and francophone literature. At present, she is based at the University of Sussex, where she works mostly on pre-sessional courses. She is also researching plagiarism amongst international university students in UK universities.
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