Looking for an academically oriented oral presentation textbook for Intermediate or Advanced ESL/EFL students?
Academically Speaking: An Activity Book for ESL/EFL Students has been created for you. Based on longstanding pedagogical and psycholinguistic principles, it has been authored by a seasoned ESL professional with extensive domestic and international teaching experience.
Complete with an online instructor's site, each student activity included in Academically Speaking is subdivided into previews, goals, exercises, and self-evaluation guidelines.
Instructors will appreciate the versatility of Academically Speaking: An Activity Book for ESL/EFL Students as it can be used as:
- A discussion and presentation book
- A principal text to be used in conjunction with pronunciation software in a lab
- An ancillary text for traditional ESL/EFL phonology students working towards better in-class and professional oral communication skills
Preface v
Acknowledgments vii
Activity 1 Getting to Know One Another & Introducing Ourselves 1
Preview 2
Goals 3
Exercises 4
Outline for Presentation 7
Self-Evaluation Guidelines 9
Activity 2 Oral Reading 11
Preview 12
Goals 13
Exercises 14
Self-Evaluation Guidelines 17
Activity 3 Fortune Cookies: Are They Really Chinese? 19
Preview 20
Goals 21
Exercises 22
Self-Evaluation Guidelines 24
Activity 4 Relax! Take It Easy! 25
Preview 29
Goals 30
Exercises 31
Self-Evaluation Guidelines 34