Review

This is the third set of materials in a new six-level course that reaches from level A1 (Starter) to C1 (Advanced) according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEF); the other levels are: Elementary (A2), Pre-intermediate (B1), Intermediate (B1+) and Upper-intermediate (B2). Unfortunately I had already started another set of materials with…

The ‘academic content’ referred to in the title of this dictionary is the vocabulary of high school (and possibly college) courses in the US and Canada. Entries cover more than 2,000 content-area items, as well as general academic vocabulary, like optimal, salutary, and threshold (from the Academic Word List). Content areas include all typical high school subjects, from algebra and earth science to literature and world…

These three books are part of the Oxford University Press series Oxford English for Careers, and are mainly aimed at English courses for non-native doctors and nurses who want to work in the UK, although they may of course be used by medical staff in Switzerland. They assume medical or nursing training and knowledge, and systematically develop…

This is a slim volume that punches above its weight. Working with architects and project managers who increasingly had to hold meetings with clients in English, I was searching for a coursebook that could help me deliver quick results. Clear, concise, and to the point, this one is choc-full of highly relevant functional language presented…

This is Cambridge University Press’s answer to OUP’s Nursing books. The level is given as Intermediate + (B1-B2), but the emphasis on listening and speaking offers students considerable leeway. There is also a lower-level (pre-intermediate) book available. Cambridge English for Nursing aims to improve the communication skills and specialist language knowledge of nurses and thus help…