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ETPEDIA™ EXAMS If so, this spiral-bound activities. Especially but does give a source
500 IDEAS FOR PREPARING resource book will be of useful is the list for locating such
interest. The fi fty units of similarities and information, along with
STUDENTS FOR EFL EXAMS
LOUIS ROGERS AND JOHN are organised into differences between detailed summaries of
eight areas, including
paper-based and
ten major ELT exams.
HUGHES WITH VANESSA REIS preparation for writing, computer-based exams The Appendix is packed
ESTEVES PAVILION PUBLISHING speaking, reading and and the guidance on with photocopiable
AND MEDIA LTD listening exams. The constructing your own teaching material,
ISBN 978-1-911028-80-2 format of the ETpedia™ questions. The book including a basic code
series is well-established, does not supply in-depth for giving feedback on
Are you preparing with each unit providing information on areas like writing. Practical and
students for an EFL exam? ten ideas, tips or ‘validity’ and ‘reliability’ accessible.

reviews in brief

BUSINESS VOCABULARY IN USE ENGLISH MEDIUM INSTRUCTION
Intermediate Third Edition Bill Mascull Content and language in policy and practice Ernesto Macaro
CUP ISBN: 978-1-31662997-0 OUP ISBN: 978-0-19-440396-2
The latest edition of this business vocabulary book contains 66, EMI (English Medium Instruction) is defi ned as the use of
two-page units, arranged into areas including fi nance, marketing English to teach academic subjects in countries where the fi rst
and business skills. The left-hand page introduces new vocabulary, language is not English. This fast-growing area in secondary
the right-hand page provides practice exercises. This well- and tertiary education is an elusive concept. The ten chapters
illustrated, 176-page book contains impressive input on trends of this 334-page book in the Oxford Applied Linguistics series
language, power-distance as a dimension of culture, and ethics. successfully explore EMI from various perspectives, including
The excellent ‘Note’ boxes provide useful information on word language policies, the cost-benefi t ratio, and teacher and
choice and collocations, drawing on the Cambridge International student viewpoints. This extensively-researched book is
Corpus. The ‘Over to you’ questions are more suitable for in-class insightful on ‘translanguaging’ (using both English and L1) and
discussion than for self-study. One example of a business celebrity dealing with technical vocabulary. The book includes a useful
has unfortunately dated. The eBook version includes built-in audio lecture-planning template. It is likely to become the standard
clips. Recommended. work on EMI.

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