Joan Maclean Bücher

Study Speaking is for intermediate level and above students who need to speak English in connection with their academic work. It is intended primarily for use on language programmes preparing learners of English for study at university or college. The course is designed to improve students' speaking skills by: activating and extending their linguistic competence increasing their confidence in using spoken English developing their ability to analyse and evaluate spoken performance sharpening their strategic competence in face- to-face interaction. Study Speaking is part of a the Study Skills series.

This title includes the following features: It focuses on the particular ways English is used for communication in medical science.; It helps students develop techniques of reading, and provides them with a guide for their own writing.; A Teacher's Book contains all the material in the Student's Book together with teaching instructions and a key to the exercises.; The reading texts and some of the exercises are also available on cassette.