English for Interacting on Campus

ISBN-13: 9783319287324 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 240 str.

Adrian Wallwork

Opis

This volume covers the day-to-day activities of a non-native English speaking student carrying out research, attending lectures, socializing, and living in a foreign country.

Spis treści

1. Arranging travel and arrival plans

2. Dealing with the admin office

3. Getting information on campus

4. Introducing yourself

5. Visiting a staff member's office

6. Taking part in lectures and discussions

7. Successful social conversations

8. Interacting with different nationalities and attitudes to foreigners

9. Preparing for and setting up a phone call

10. Leaving a telephone message

11. Interviews via conference calls and Skype

12. Dealing with native English speakers

13. Dealing with non-understanding

14. Improving your pronunciation

15. Improving your listening skills by exploiting audiovisual resources

O autorze

Adrian Wallwork is the author of more than 30 ELT and EAP textbooks. He has trained several thousand PhD students and academics from 35 countries to write research papers, prepare presentations, and communicate with editors, referees and fellow researchers.

Blurb

This volume covers the day-to-day activities of a non-native English speaking student carrying out research, attending lectures, socializing, and living in a foreign country.  Whether on a US campus as a foreign student, or in a non-English speaking country where classes are given in English, this book will help students build confidence in interacting with professors and fellow students.