Bøger udgivet af University of Michigan Press ELT

The ability to read effectively--to work with a text, understand its meaning, and talk and write about it with and for others--is a critical aspect of academic and workplace success. However, many adults who are learning English as a second or additional language do not have the skills needed to be successful and may drop out of college and university programs before they reach their goal. Bringing together a rich collection of topics and authors, this edited volume provides theory, research, and instructional approaches to help adult education ESL practitioners work effectively with adult learners and prepare them to be successful with reading in academic and workplace settings. After reading this book, adult ESL practitioners will be able to Prepare adults learning English to apply appropriate reading strategies to a variety of academic and professional contexts and purposes Use instructional strategies, including digital technology, to help struggling and developing readers close gaps in skills and conceptual knowledge Improve reading comprehension through robust vocabulary instruction Enhance reading skills and comprehension through writing instruction that balances sentence-level, discourse, and interactive processes and practices Inspire students to become lifelong readers who engage in extensive reading outside of school and professional contexts

A high level of communicative skills are essential and expected for health care workers. Take Care is designed to give readers the strategies and tools to build, maintain, and repair communication within interactions that take place in health care settings. It is designed for students who are enrolled in health care training as well as nurses or health care workers who are already on the job but may want to improve their English. This text is designed to provide readers with a firm grasp of verbal and non-verbal communication strategies for more successful interactions. It will also help readers develop strategic competence by asking them to practice formulaic phrases needed to get things done. Carefully selected situations will also help readers to understand some of the social situations health care workers need to prepare for, such as apologizing, expressing condolences, or giving advice. Take Care breaks each unit into the following sections to teach readers new skills: Listening for LanguageDialogueVocabularyCommunication StrategyPronunciationDialogue ReviewRole PlaysEnd-of-Unit DiscussionCulture PointThis revised edition is updated to include information about pandemics, vaccines, and other medical developments. Audio files for the listening activities are available online.

In this new edition, Reader's Choice continues its legacy of teaching skills for academic success. The new edition of the classic textbook teaches readers that the most important skill is selecting the best reading strategies for solving everyday reading challenges. The exercises and readings in Reader's Choice help students become independent, efficient readers.Reader's Choice provides 9 units that teach progressively more complex reading strategies. These units are accompanied by skills-focused activities as well as full reading passages. Units include readings and materials from respected news sites, commonly used items like transit maps, excerpts from well-known literary works such as Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery," and much more. Together, these readings provide engaging, real world examples that allow students to strengthen the reading skills vital to academic and career success. In Reader's Choice, 6th Edition, students will: - Learn key critical reading skills for prose, charts, graphs, and data, such as analyzing context clues, using prefixes and suffixes, and more- Develop contextual reading skills through real life scenarios and practice exercises - Engage with high-interest examples from popular news sources, contemporary literature, and scientific studies - Complete interactive online quizzes and exercises to supplement and measure student learning Reader's Choice, 6th Edition is accompanied by a companion website featuring student resources and by a set of teaching materials supporting classroom use. ​CEFR Levels: B1, B2, C1, C2

Thriving as a Graduate Writer offers a comprehensive guide to the multifaceted challenges of writing in graduate school. It shows readers how to think about academic writing, how to manage an academic text, and how to establish an effective writing practice. Graduate students from all disciplines will find concrete strategies and motivation for the enterprise of academic writing. Intended for both multilingual writers and those for whom English is a first language, Thriving as a Graduate Writer offers essential writing support in quick, easily digestible chunks. Readers of Thriving as a Graduate Writer will: - Learn how to establish an effective writing practice - ​Discover how to position themselves as competent and engaged writers - Learn how to structure their writing, craft effective sentences, and create movement with a text - Develop processes for draft revisions - Create individual writing strategies that will last throughout their careers

In its second edition, Breaking New Ground for SLIFE builds on its model for supporting students who are new to English and may have experienced a disruption in their schooling. The practices presented in this book emerge from the belief that education for students with limited or interrupted formal education, also known as SLIFE, should not be remedial but should build on the students' prior learning experiences and existing areas of knowledge. This second edition has been significantly updated, informed by recent research in the field, feedback from teachers, and new scholarly treatments of the topic. Breaking New Ground for SLIFE, second edition, explores the MALP approach, highlights how technology can be incorporated into classroom activities, and includes actual MALP projects implemented by MALP-trained teachers of both young and adolescent learners. In addition, the authors provide a newly revised MALP Teacher Planning Checklist.By reading Breaking New Ground for SLIFE, educators will: - Further develop their understanding of the needs of students with limited or interrupted formal education (SLIFE) - ​Learn about the Mutually Adaptive Learning Paradigm (MALP) and how to integrate it into their classrooms - Discover and learn about the MALP instructional approach and how to use it to develop a project-based curriculum using examples from teachers in the field