Matheson, Robin <br/><br/>
English for Agribusiness and Agriculture in Higher Education Studies /  
Robin Matheson ; Terry Phillips (Series Editor). 
 - 1st ed.  
 - Reading, UK :  Garnet Education Limited,  2014. 
 - 135 p. :  ill. ;  28 cm.   + 2 CDs 
 - English for Specific Academic Purposes .
<br/><br/> Includes a glossary and transcripts.  
<br/><br/>"English for Agribusiness and Agriculture is a skills-based course designed specifically for students of agribusiness or agriculture studies who are about to enter English-medium tertiary level studies. It provides carefully graded practice and progressions in the key academic skills that all students need, such as listening to lectures and speaking in seminars. It also equips students with the specialist management language they need to participate successfully within an agribusiness and agriculture faculty. Extensive listening exercises come from agribusiness and agriculture lectures, and all reading texts are taken from the same field of study. There is also a focus throughout on the key agribusiness and agriculture vocabulary that students will need. Listening: how to understand and take effective notes on extended lectures, including how to follow the argument and identify the speaker's point of view. Speaking: how to participate effectively in a variety of realistic situations, from seminars to presentations, including how to develop an argument and use stance markers. Reading: how to understand a wide range of texts, from academic textbooks to Internet articles, including how to analyze complex sentences and identify such things as the writer's stance. Writing: how to produce coherent and well-structured assignments, including such skills as paraphrasing and the use of the appropriate academic phrases. Vocabulary: a wide range of activities to develop students' knowledge and use of key vocabulary, both in the field of management and of academic study in general. Vocabulary and Skills banks: a reference source to provide students with revision of the key words and phrases and skills presented in each unit. Full transcripts of all listening exercises" (Book Cover).  TABLE OF CONTENTS UNIT 1 - Agriculture and business (Listening - Speaking)<br/>  Topics: Defining agribusiness - Ethics - The origins of agribusiness<br/>  Vocabulary focus: Words from general English with special meaning in agribusiness and agriculture - Prefixes and suffixes<br/>  SKILLS FOCUS<br/>  Listening: preparing for a lecture - predicting lecture content from the introduction - understanding lecture organization - choosing an appropriate form of notes - making lecture notes<br/>  Speaking: speaking from notes UNIT 2 - Foundations of modern agriculture (Reading - Writing)<br/>  Topics: Agricultural advances through the ages - Key agriculturalists<br/>  Vocabulary focus: English-English dictionaries: headwords, definitions, parts of speech, phonemes, stress markers, countable/uncountable, transitive/intransitive<br/>  SKILLS FOCUS<br/>  Reading: using research questions to focus on relevant information in a text - using topic sentences to get an overview of the text<br/>  Writing: writing topic sentences - summarizing a text UNIT 3 - Soil, land and the environment (Listening - Speaking)<br/>  Topics: Food security, self-sufficiency and land use - Soil quality - Organic farming methods<br/>  Vocabulary focus: Stress patterns in multi-syllable words - Prefixes<br/>  SKILLS FOCUS<br/>  Listening: preparing for a lecture - predicting lecture content - making lecture notes - using different information sources<br/>  Speaking: reporting research findings - formulating questions UNIT 4 - Technology and agribusiness (Reading - Writing)<br/>  Topics: Technological change: positive and negative consequences - Using IT for research<br/>  Vocabulary focus: Computer jargon - Abbreviations and acronyms - Discourse and stance markers - Verb and noun suffixes<br/>  SKILLS FOCUS<br/>  Reading: identifying topic development within a paragraph - using the Internet effectively - evaluating Internet search results<br/>  Writing: reporting research findings UNIT 5 - Agribusiness marketing (Listening - Speaking)<br/>  Topics: Definitions of marketing - Types of market - Market research<br/>  Vocabulary focus: Words sets: synonyms, antonyms, etc. - The language of trends - Common lecture language<br/>  SKILLS FOCUS<br/>  Listening: understanding 'signpost language' in lectures - using symbols and abbreviations in note-taking<br/>  Speaking: making effective contributions to a seminar UNIT 6 - Products and strategies (Reading - Writing)<br/>  Topics: Product life cycles - The marketing mix<br/>  Vocabulary focus: Synonyms, replacement subjects, etc., for sentence-level paraphrasing<br/>  SKILLS FOCUS<br/>  Reading: reporting findings from other sources: avoiding plagiarism - locating key information in complex sentences<br/>  Writing: writing complex sentences UNIT 7 - The effective production manager (Listening - Speaking)<br/>  Topics: Job description - The qualities needed by a production manager - The importance of scheduling<br/>  Vocabulary focus: Compound nouns - Fixed phrases from management English - Fixed phrases from academic English - Common lecture language<br/>  SKILLS FOCUS<br/>  Listening: understanding speaker emphasis<br/>  Speaking: asking for clarification - responding to queries and requests for clarification UNIT 8 - Rural economies and financial management Reading - Writing)<br/>  Topics: Agribusiness in the 'free market' - Concepts in agri-economics - Adaptive management techniques<br/>  Vocabulary focus: Synonyms - Nouns from verbs - Definitions - Common 'direction' verbs in essay titles (discuss, analyze, evaluate, etc.)<br/>  SKILLS FOCUS<br/>  Reading: understanding dependent clauses with passives<br/>  Writing: paraphrasing - expanding notes into complex sentences - recognizing different essay types/structures: descriptive, analytical, comparison/evaluation, argument - writing essay plans - writing essays UNIT 9 - Managing financial accounts (Listening - Speaking)<br/>  Topics: Documentation: profit and loss accounts and balance sheets - Management accountancy methods - Cash flow statements<br/>  Vocabulary focus: Fixed phrases from management English - Fixed phrases from academic English<br/>  SKILLS FOCUS<br/>  Listening: using the Cornell note-taking system - recognizing digressions in lectures<br/>  Speaking: making effective contributions to a seminar - referring to other people's ideas in a seminar UNIT 10 - Food safety (Reading - Writing)<br/>  Topics: Food hygiene - Food safety regulations - Case study: a proactive approach to food safety<br/>  Vocabulary focus: 'Neutral' and 'marked' words - Fixed phrases from industrial relations - Fixed phrases from academic English<br/>  SKILLS FOCUS<br/>  Reading: recognizing the writer's stance and level of confidence or tentativeness - inferring implicit ideas<br/>  Writing: writing situation-problem-solution-evaluation essays - using direct quotations - compiling a bibliography/reference list UNIT 11 - The future of farming (Listening - Speaking)<br/>  Topics: EU agricultural policy - Agribusiness strategy in the 21st century - The impact of environmental issues<br/>  Vocabulary focus: Words/phrases used to link ideas (moreover, as a result, etc.) - Stress patterns in noun phrases and compounds - Fixed phrases from academic English<br/>  SKILLS FOCUS<br/>  Listening: recognizing the speaker's stance - writing up notes in full<br/>  Speaking: building an argument in a seminar - agreeing/disagreeing UNIT 12 - The good agribusiness (Reading - Writing)<br/>  Topics: Company performance: SWOT analysis - Managing change - Case study: responding to external factors<br/>  Vocabulary focus: Verbs used to introduce ideas from other sources (X contends/suggests/asserts that ...) - Linking words/phrases conveying contrast (whereas), result (consequently), reasons (due to), etc. - Words for quantities (a significant minority)<br/>  SKILLS FOCUS<br/>  Reading: understanding how ideas in a text are linked<br/>  Writing: deciding whether to use direct quotation or paraphrase - incorporating quotations - writing research reports - writing effective introductions/conclusions 
<br/><br/> Intended for students of agribusiness or agriculture who are about to enter English-medium tertiary level studies. Designed for students of upper-intermediate to proficient level (CEF B2-C2). 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781859644508 (Student Book with CDs) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Foreign speakers.--Studying and teaching<br/>English language --Problems and exercises. --Foreign speakers <br/>English language--Language and terminology.--Agribusiness and agrilculture<br/>B2-C2 (CEFR).<br/>Upper-intermediate to proficiency.