LEAP Learning English for Academic Purposes Advanced Listening and Speaking Student's Book

Published 2012.

Learning the skills necessary to thrive in an English academic world! Learning English for Academic Purposes features a cross-curricular approach to teaching students the skills they need to thrive in a real-life academic context, while helping them develop academic vocabulary in a range of disciplines and apply critical thinking skills to a variety of global issues.

Written by renowned Canadian authors Julia Williams and Dr. Ken Beatty, this new edition of the successful EAP book for high-intermediate to advanced students is now available in two complementary strands: Listening and Speaking and Reading and Writing. The two books cover eight similar academic themes but from different perspectives.

The chapters are built around warm-up and final assignments that have students progress toward greater autonomy, while challenging texts and tasks call for students to reflect critically on the learning content.

As well as teaching language skills and emphasizing vocabulary development, LEAP equips students with all the necessary skills and strategies to thrive in the academic world in English.

Features: High international academic content Interesting and thought-provoking themes and texts are connected to various disciplines to prepare students to study in English in Canada or abroad.

Strong focus on critical thinking All tasks and activities throughout the books elicit critical thinking from students on academic topics to help them develop as independent learners.

Academic vocabulary development Key words and vocabulary from the Academic Word List are highlighted in two Vocabulary Build activities in every chapter, giving students ample opportunity to expand their vocabulary.

Reading and Writing features: Interesting and academic reading activities Three authentic reading texts per chapter from a variety of mostly Canadian textbooks, journals, magazines and web reports prepare students for the text length and genres they will encounter in academic courses.

Varied and challenging activities Focus on Reading sections provide explanations of reading skills and strategies as well as well-structured and challenging activities and exercises to help students improve their comprehension of university-level texts.

Linear and guided writing tasks Warm-up and final assignments integrate a process approach to writing, as well as a genre approach, to guide students in writing various types of essays. Focus on Writing activities develop more specific writing skills, which students reinvest in the assignments.

Listening and Speaking features: Wide range of audios Authentic texts, such as interviews and documentaries, as well as semi-authentic lectures and student conversations, present different viewpoints to compel students to think critically while developing their comprehension of academic content.

Varied and challenging activities listening and speaking activities provide students with opportunities to practise skills and strategies to improve their ability to exchange on academic topics and to give presentations.

Transferable analysis skills focus on Listening activities teach students to analyze and make inferences about information presented graphically while listening to academic content from various disciplines.

Get more online! The Companion Website Plus, available with both LEAP: Listening and Speaking, and LEAP: Reading and Writing, not only gives students extra practice opportunities; it allows teachers to track students? progress without having to grade the extra work.

Through an easy-to-use online platform, students can access hours of extra activities to practise reading and listening skills, as well as vocabulary and grammar. All activities are automatically graded, which gives students instant feedback and thus the opportunity to focus on areas that require more practice.

Teachers can track students? progress through the user-friendly grade book, which displays grades for each activity as well as average grades both per chapter and overall. All grades are easily exported in standard formats, allowing teachers to use them as they see fit.