English for Engineers and Technologists: A Skills Approach: Combined Edition (Volumes 1 + 2) (Sangam ELT Series): v. 1 & 2

by Rod Ellis

The new combined edition looks at the relevance of content and clear communication. Current information from the fields concerned has been incorporated and a learner-centered approach is used. Themes of world relevance have been used to divide the chapters into sections. Subjects such as natural and human resources and their exploitation, energy and mass communication, developments in the fields of computers and technology such as BPOs, artificial intelligence, rainwater harvesting, solar and wind energy, nuclear power, e-learning, Internet culture, etc. have been used in this new edition. Wherever necessary, fresh exercises have been added; so also elements such as email, phrasal verbs, modals etc. have been worked into the units. Altogether the book is fresh and new because of these changes and has a new large format with generously laid out photographs and pictures.

242 pages, Paperback

Published December 6, 2006

About the author

Professor Rod Ellis is Professor in the Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He has worked in Zambia, the UK, Japan, and the U.S.A for extended periods. He has published a number of books on second language acquisition and teacher education. He has also published EFL/ESL textbooks. His main interest lies in the application of second language theory and research to language teaching.

He is co-author of Analysing Learner Language, and author of Second Language Acquisition, SLA Research and Language Teaching, The Study of Language Acquisition, which won the English Speaking Union's Duke of Edinburgh Book Competition, Understanding Second Language Acquisition, which won the BAAL Book Prize, and Task-based Language Learning and Teaching, all published by Oxford University Press.