English for the Energy Industries CDs

Peter Levrai has been working in TEFL since 1995. He has worked in Europe and Central Asia and is currently working in China at the University of Nottingham, Ningbo. Since starting to teach corporate clients in Portugal he has become increasingly interested in developing specialized courses for highly specific needs. While working in Azerbaijan this culminated in English for the Energy Industries: Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals, which was published in 2006. Based on authentic technical training material, this course is fully focused on the language needs of trainee technicians in the oil industry. He is currently involved in continuing support, developing and delivering academic literacy workshops to support students in their divisional studies. Fiona McGarry has been working in EFL since 1989 as a teacher, teacher trainer, examiner, editor and materials writer. She is a young learner specialist with particular experience in the Arab World. She is the author of two primary course books and has been a writer, consultant and editor for the Preparatory materials in Garnet Education's revised English for Libya series. She has also been involved in writing ESP and EAP books, including English for the Energy Industries: Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals, Take-off: Technical English for Engineering, Safety First and TASK (Transferable Academic Skills Kit) and English for Islamic Studies with Amna M. Bedri. Fiona has worked in Qatar, Libya, Sudan, UAE, Spain, the USA and the UK and has written and delivered many in-service orientation courses to familiarize teachers with new teaching materials, methodologies and teaching techniques. She is also involved in running CELTA and diploma courses and is an examiner, assessor and moderator for UCLES and Trinity College London.

Contents Unit 1: Giving basic information (CD1, Tracks 1-8) Unit 2: Calculating and measuring (CD1, Tracks 9-16) Unit 3: Describing equipment (CD1, Tracks 17-26) Unit 4: Giving instructions and warnings (CD1, Tracks 27-35) Unit 5: Describing systems (CD1, Tracks 36-44) Unit 6: Talking about safety (CD2, Tracks 1-9) Unit 7: Making comparisons (CD2, Tracks 10-19) Unit 8: Describing processes and procedures (CD2, Tracks 20-29) Unit 9: Giving advice (CD2, Tracks 30-38)