The 4 Point series is designed for English language learners whose
primary goal is to succeed in an academic setting. Academic English
learners need skills-based books that focus on reading, listening, and
speaking, as well as the two primary language bases of vocabulary and
grammar. The ultimate goal is to help your students improve these skills
and earn a 4.0 (GPA).
The Introduction to English for Academic Purposes (EAP) level is
designed for students in academic programs who need a more general
introduction to authentic academic content. The discrete skills volumes
are designed for programs and courses that want to more intensively
focus on key strategies and authentic academic content in one skill
area.
Each 4 Point volume covers academic skills while providing
reinforcement and systematic recycling of key vocabulary issues and
further exposure to grammar issues. These volumes focus very heavily on
vocabulary because language learners know that they are way behind their
native-speaker counterparts when it comes to vocabulary. Each book
highlights key vocabulary items, including individual words, compound
words, phrasal verbs, short phrases, idioms, metaphors, collocations and
longer set lexical phrases.
Speaking for Academic Purposes is an introductory textbook containing
English for Academic Purposes content. Each unit includes activities to
strengthen a range of speaking skills, notably: understanding classroom
discourse, using academic language functions, recognizing signal words
and phrases, and synthesizing information. These activities are
presented within the context of one field of academic study
(Architecture, Marketing, Earth Science, U.S. History, Chemistry, and
Fine Arts) per unit.
Unique to this speaking text are six videos showing common student
interactions. Access to the videos is free.
Each unit includes three academic speaking strategies (including one
specific to making presentations) and tasks that involve participating
in group discussions, interacting with native speakers, and making a
presentation. The goal is to provide students with a variety of
strategies/tools to master academic situations in which they need to
participate.
