Advanced English Communication Skills Lab

Advanced Communication Skills Laboratory Manual

Advanced Communication Skills Laboratory Manual is the sequel to the acclaimed A Manual for English Language Laboratories , and addresses the specific needs of students and teachers in technical and other professional courses. It focuses on reading and writing skills, and integrates these with speaking, listening, and other intra- and inter-personal skills. Besides imparting communication and soft skills, the three-tier evaluation exercises (self-evaluation, peer group evaluation and teacher evaluation) will identify the students' communication skills and help in developing skill sets.

Advanced English Communication Skills Lab

Developing Advanced English Language Competence

This volume presents a systematic approach to developing advanced English language competence at tertiary level. It includes the reflections of experienced language teachers and teacher-researchers in the English Language Competence programme at the University of Vienna and provides examples of good practice, amalgamating teaching expertise and research with aspects of curriculum design and programme management. The book addresses a growing academic and professional interest in understanding advanced language learning and use. To date, research has tended to investigate advanced proficiency from a specific theoretical viewpoint, for example cognition, psycholinguistic processing strategies, or the assumption of a critical period or the age factor. In contrast, this work examines advanced proficiency from a curricular and instructional perspective by providing a profile of advanced-level language development in a specific institutional context. It brings together three areas of language education: curriculum design, pedagogical practice, and research. Within this triangle, advanced English language education is the focus or, conversely, advanced English language education provides the lens through which links between curriculum design, teaching, and research can be established.