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020 _a9781859644461 (Student Book with CDs)
040 _cJCRC
100 _aShort, Jane
245 _aEnglish for Psychology in Higher Education Studies /
_cJane Short ; Terry Phillips (Series Editor).
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aReading, UK :
_bGarnet Education Limited,
_c2010.
300 _a134 p. :
_bill, ;
_c28 cm.
_e+ 2 CDs
440 _aEnglish for Specific Academic Purposes
504 _aIncludes glossary and transcripts.
505 _a"English in Psychology is a skills-based course designed specifically for students of psychology who are about to enter English-medium tertiary level studies. It provides carefully graded practice and progression 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 listening exercises that come from psychology lectures, and all reading texts are taken from the same field of study. There is also a focus throughout on the key psychology vocabulary that students will need.
505 _aListening: how to understand and take effective notes on extended lectures, including how to follow the argument and identify the speaker's point of view.
505 _aSpeaking: how to participate effectively in a variety of realistic situations, from seminars to presentations, including how to develop an argument and use stance markers.
505 _aReading: 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.
505 _aWriting: how to produce coherent and well-structured assignments, including such skills as paraphrasing and the use of appropriate academic phrases.
505 _aVocabulary: 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.
505 _aVocabulary and Skills banks: a reference resource to provide students with revision of the key words and phrases and skills presented in the unit.
505 _aFull transcripts of all listening exercises.
505 _aThe Garnet English for Specific Academic Purposes series covers a range of academic subjects. All titles present the same skills and vocabulary points. Teachers can, therefore, deal with a range of ESAP courses at the same time, knowing that each subject title will focus on the same key skills and follow the same structure" (Book cover).
505 _aTABLE OF CONTENTS
505 _aUnit 1 - WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY? (Listening - Speaking)
505 _aTOPICS
_tDefinition of psychology
_tIntroduction to branches of psychology
505 _aVOCABULARY FOCUS
_tWords from general English with a special meaning in psychology
_tPrefixes and suffixes
505 _aSKILLS FOCUS
505 _aListening:
_tpreparing for a lecture
_tpredicting lecture content from the introduction
_tunderstanding lecture organization
_tchoosing an appropriate form of notes
_tmaking lecture notes
505 _aSpeaking:
_tspeaking from notes
505 _aUnit 2 - BRANCHES OF PSYCHOLOGY (Reading - Writing)
505 _aTOPICS
_tPure and applied science
_tProcess and person approaches
_tDevelopmental/educational, occupational, biological, forensic
505 _aVOCABULARY FOCUS
_tEnglish-English dictionaries: headwords - definitions - parts of speech - phonemes - stress markers - countable/uncountable - transitive/intransitive
505 _aSKILLS FOCUS
505 _aReading:
_tusing research questions to focus on relevant information in a text
_tusing topic sentences to get an overview of the text
505 _aWriting:
_twriting topic sentences
_tsummarizing a text
505 _aUnit 3 - PSYCHOLOGY IN PRACTICE (Listening - Speaking)
505 _aTOPICS
_tProfessional practice: occupational and clinical psychology
_tPhobias
_tMental disorders
505 _aVOCABULARY FOCUS
_tStress patterns in multi-syllable words
_tPrefixes
505 _aSKILLS FOCUS
505 _aListening:
_tpreparing for a lecture
_tpredicting lecture content
_tmaking lecture notes
_tusing different information sources
505 _aSpeaking:
_treporting research findings
_tformulating questions
505 _aUnit 4 - PSYCHOLOGY AND COMPUTERS (Reading - Writing)
505 _aTOPICS
_tUsing computers for research
_tUsing computers to develop cognitive models
_tComputers and diagnosis of mental illness
_tVirtual reality
505 _aVOCABULARY FOCUS
_tComputer jargon
_tAbbreviations and acronyms
_tDiscourse and stance markers
_tVerb and noun suffixes
505 _aSKILLS FOCUS
505 _aReading:
_tidentifying topic development within a paragraph
_tusing the Internet effectively
_tevaluating Internet search results
505 _aWriting:
_treporting research findings
505 _aUnit 5 - DREAMS AND PERSONALITY (Listening – Speaking)
505 _aTOPICS
_tApproaches to dreams
_tFreud
_tJung
_tModels of consciousness and personality
505 _aVOCABULARY FOCUS
_tWords sets: synonyms, antonyms, etc.
_tThe language of trends
_tCommon lecture language
505 _aSKILLS FOCUS
505 _aListening:
_tunderstanding 'signpost language' in lectures
_tusing symbols and abbreviations in note-taking
505 _aSpeaking
_tmaking effective contributions to a seminar
505 _aUnit 6 - VYGOTSKY AND PIAGET: THOUGHT AND LANGUAGE (Reading - Writing)
505 _aTOPICS
_tVygotsky
_tDevelopment of thought and language across cultures
_tPiaget
_tCognitive development and education
505 _aVOCABULARY FOCUS
_tSynonyms, replacement subjects, etc., for sentence-level paraphrasing
505 _aSKILLS FOCUS
505 _aReading:
_treporting findings from other sources: avoiding plagiarism
_tlocating key information in complex sentences
505 _aWriting:
_twriting complex sentences
505 _aUnit 7 - MEMORY (Listening - Speaking)
505 _aTOPICS
_tModels of memory
_tInput - transfer - storage
_tShort-term and long-term memory
_tTheories about forgetting
_tMemory and hypnosis
505 _aVOCABULARY FOCUS
_tCompound nouns
_tFixed phrases from management English
_tFixed phrases from academic English
_tCommon lecture language
505 _aSKILLS FOCUS
505 _aListening:
_tunderstanding speaker emphasis
505 _aSpeaking:
_tasking for clarification
_tresponding to queries and requests for clarification
505 _aUnit 8 - MENTAL DISORDERS: POPULAR MYTHS (Reading - Writing)
505 _aTOPICS
_tCommon myths about mental illness
_tThe media and stereotypes of mental illness
505 _aVOCABULARY FOCUS
_tSynonyms
_tNouns from verbs
_tDefinitions
_tCommon 'direction' verbs in essay titles (discuss, analyze, evaluate, etc.)
505 _aSKILLS FOCUS
505 _aReading:
_tunderstanding dependent clauses with passives
505 _aWriting:
_tparaphrasing
_texpanding notes into complex sentences
_trecognizing different essay types/structures: descriptive, analytical, comparison/evaluation, argument
_twriting essay plans
_twriting essays
505 _aUnit 9 - PERSONALITY (Listening - Speaking)
505 _aTOPICS
_tTrait theory
_tGenetics and personality
_tMeasuring traits
_tLeadership
505 _aVOCABULARY FOCUS
_tFixed phrases from management English
_tFixed phrases from academic English
505 _aSKILLS FOCUS
505 _aListening:
_tusing the Cornell note-taking system
_trecognizing digressions in lectures
505 _aSpeaking:
_tmaking effective contributions to a seminar
_treferring to other people's ideas in a seminar
505 _aUnit 10 - MODERN ADDICTIONS (Reading - Writing)
505 _aTOPICS
_tInternet addiction
_tBody image and eating disorders
_tTypical procedures including industrial action
505 _aVOCABULARY FOCUS
_t'Neutral' and 'marked' words
_tFixed phrases from industrial relations
_tFixed phrases from academic English
505 _aSKILLS FOCUS
505 _aReading:
_trecognizing the writer's stance and level of confidence or tentativeness
_tinferring implicit ideas
505 _aWriting:
_twriting situation-problem-solution-evaluation essays
_tusing direct quotations
_tcompiling a bibliography / reference list
505 _aUnit 11 - PARAPSYCHOLOGY (Listening - Speaking)
505 _aTOPIC
_tParapsychology
_tMind over matter
_tAltered states of mind
505 _aVOCABULARY FOCUS
_tWords/phrases used to link ideas (moreover, as a result, etc.)
_tStress patterns in noun phrases and compounds
_tFixed phrases from academic English
505 _aSKILLS FOCUS
505 _aListening:
_trecognizing the speaker's stance
_twriting up notes in full
505 _aSpeaking:
_tbuilding an argument in a seminar
_tagreeing / disagreeing
505 _aUnit 12 - WITH THE FUTURE IN MIND (Reading - Writing)
505 _aTOPICS
_tVirtual relationships
_tViolence and video games
_tCase study: cyberbullying
505 _aVOCABULARY FOCUS
_tVerbs used to introduce ideas from other sources (X contends/suggests/asserts that ...)
_tLinking words/phrases conveying contrast (whereas), result (consequently), reasons (due to), etc.
_tWords for quantities (a significant minority)
505 _aSKILLS FOCUS
505 _aReading:
_tunderstanding how ideas in a text are linked
505 _aWriting:
_tdeciding whether to use direct quotation or paraphrase
_tincorporating quotations
_twriting research reports
_twriting effective introductions / conclusions
521 _aIntended for students of psychology who are about to eneter English-medium tertiary level studies. Designed for students at the upper intermediate to proficient level (CEF B2 - C2).
650 _aEnglish language
_vForeign speakers
_xProblems and exercises
650 _aPsychology
_vLanguage and terminology
650 _aEnglish language
_vPsychology
_xAudio aid
650 _aB2-C2 (CEFR).
650 _aUpper-intermediate to proficiency.
700 _aPhillips, Terry
_d1949-
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