This book is prepared for students of science and of different branches of engineering and related disciplines who need to re-activate their English language skills. Using authentic materials and figures selected from scientific texts, students will improve their reading, writing, and speaking skills and students’ knowledge in a context relevant to their experience entering the workplace. This book does not aim to teach the subject of science or engineering. In addition to covering linguistic features specific to scientific and technical purposes, this book also presents review and practice activities in common problem areas of general English usage. It contains summaries of the theories for some language usages and exercises prepared for the students to work outside of the class.
In the area of Writing and Speaking skills, the book presents Writing and presentation accommodating for academic purposes. Writing activities will begin with activities to produce good sentences or grammatical accuracy, and then it is followed by activities to produce good paragraphs. As the ability to write good paragraphs is achieved, students are encouraged to develop good oral presentations. The presentation intends for the students to stimulate their public speaking skills.
The other skill, reading, is designed not only to enlarge students’ vocabulary size but also to comprehend text through how texts are organised. In addition to authentic reading materials that are selected to help students recognise general terms, reading materials are taken from academic textbooks to make students acknowledge specific terms.
Students’ feedback has been incorporated into the textbook; the book contributors gratefully acknowledge that the book is useful for successful teaching and self-study purposes. Since the book is designed as both a textbook and a workbook, it is suitable for classroom use and for self-study. The textbook has 6 unit that cover sufficient material for a one-semester language class of about 14 sessions.