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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity of Michigan Press

ISBN-100472033425

ISBN-139780472033423

eBay Product ID (ePID)15038281773

Product Key Features

Number of Pages216 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameAcademic Interactions : Communicating on Campus

SubjectCommunication Studies, English As a Second Language, Student Life & Student Affairs, Higher

Publication Year2018

TypeLanguage Course

AuthorChristine Feak, Theresa N. Rohlck, Susan M. Reinhart

Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines, Education

SeriesMichigan Series in English for Academic and Professional Purposes Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight18.7 Oz

Item Length9.8 in

Item Width8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal428.34

SynopsisThis version of the book matches 9780472033324 except it is not packaged with a DVD. All references to the DVD in the text have been replaced with "videos." Video access sold separately. (Email esladmin@umich.edu for access.) The ability to understand and be understood when communicating with professors and with native speakers is crucial to academic success. Academic Interactions focuses on actual academic speaking events, particularly classroom interactions and office hours, and gives students practice improving the ways that they communicate in a college/university setting. Academic Interactions addresses skills like using names and names of locations correctly on campus, giving directions, understanding instructors and their expectations, interacting during office hours, participating in class and in seminars, and delivering formal and informal presentations. In addition, advice is provided for communicating via email with professors and working in groups with native speakers (including negotiating tasks in groups). The text uses transcripts from MICASE (the Michigan Corpus of Academic Spoken English) to ensure that students learn the vocabulary and communication strategies that will be most effective in their academic pursuits. Units also feature language use issues like ellipsis, hedging, and apologies., This version of the book matches 9780472033324 except it is not packaged with a DVD. All references to the DVD in the text have been replaced with "videos." Video access sold separately on Vitalsource, here: https: //www.vitalsource.com/products/videos-to-accompany-academic-interactions-christine-b-feak-susan-m-v9780472003631?term=9780472003631. The ability to understand and be understood when communicating with professors and with native speakers is crucial to academic success. Academic Interactions focuses on actual academic speaking events, particularly classroom interactions and office hours, and gives students practice improving the ways that they communicate in a college/university setting. Academic Interactions addresses skills like using names and names of locations correctly on campus, giving directions, understanding instructors and their expectations, interacting during office hours, participating in class and in seminars, and delivering formal and informal presentations. In addition, advice is provided for communicating via email with professors and working in groups with native speakers (including negotiating tasks in groups). The text uses transcripts from MICASE (the Michigan Corpus of Academic Spoken English) to ensure that students learn the vocabulary and communication strategies that will be most effective in their academic pursuits. Units also feature language use issues like ellipsis, hedging, and apologies., The ability to understand and be understood when communicating with professors and with native speakers is crucial to academic success. This volume focuses on actual academic speaking events, particularly classroom interactions and office hours, and gives students practice improving the ways that they communicate in a college/university setting., This version of the book matches 9780472033324 except it is not packaged with a DVD. All references to the DVD in the text have been replaced with "videos." Video access sold separately on Vitalsource, here: https://www.vitalsource.com/products/videos-to-accompany-academic-interactions-christine-b-feak-susan-m-v9780472003631?term=9780472003631. The ability to understand and be understood when communicating with professors and with native speakers is crucial to academic success. Academic Interactions focuses on actual academic speaking events, particularly classroom interactions and office hours, and gives students practice improving the ways that they communicate in a college/university setting. Academic Interactions addresses skills like using names and names of locations correctly on campus, giving directions, understanding instructors and their expectations, interacting during office hours, participating in class and in seminars, and delivering formal and informal presentations. In addition, advice is provided for communicating via email with professors and working in groups with native speakers (including negotiating tasks in groups). The text uses transcripts from MICASE (the Michigan Corpus of Academic Spoken English) to ensure that students learn the vocabulary and communication strategies that will be most effective in their academic pursuits. Units also feature language use issues like ellipsis, hedging, and apologies.