Transferable Academic Skills Kit: University Foundation Study (American Edition): 1 (Transferable Academic Skills Kit (American Edition)) - Softcover

Transferable Academic Skills Kit: Combined Course Book Transferable Academic Skills Kit is a flexible learning resource that has been carefully designed to develop the key transferable skills that promote students' success in university and college study. Whether you are a student of an instructor, TASK provides a tried and tested teaching and learning tool suitable for a broad range of academic disciplines. A series of supported exercises relates theory to practice and provides students with the tools to develop a framework of skills that can then be used in a wide range of contexts both inside and outside the academic world. TASK can be followed as a complete program of study, or individual modules can be selected to address specific needs. Created by members of the academic staff at the University of Reading, TASK forms a part of the university's skills provision for home and international students at all levels. The modules are organized as follows: 1: Key Foundation Skills 2: Academic Culture 3: Participating in Seminars 4: Teamworking 5: Problem Solving 6: Critical Thinking 7: Introduction to IT Skills 8: Essay Writing 9: Scientific Writing 10: Research and Referencing 11: Presentations 12: Exam Technique

Jane Brooks wrote the TASK (Transferable Academic Skills Kit) Teacher's Book and has contributed to a number of other modules in the series. She has been working in ELT since 1983. After teaching ESOL for a brief time, she moved into English for Academic Purposes, and has taught this in the UK and Caribbean for the last 23 years. She has also taught linguistics and francophone literature. At present, she is based at the University of Sussex, where she works mostly on pre-sessional courses. She is also researching plagiarism amongst international university students in UK universities.