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Academic and Professional English : Skills for Effective Communication / by Rajesh Kumar, Karthika Sathyanathan.
Springer Nature - Springer Education (R0) eBooks 2025 English International Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kumar, Rajesh.
- Series:
- Education Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education.
- Language and languages--Study and teaching.
- Language and languages.
- Language Teaching and Learning.
- Local Subjects:
- Education.
- Language Teaching and Learning.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (314 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2025.
- Summary:
- This book offers a comprehensive and structured approach to mastering English language proficiency, tailored to academic, professional, and applied communication contexts. Organized into four key sections, it begins with Impactful Speaking, which provides foundational insights into phonetics, pronunciation, discourse markers, and practical speaking scenarios such as presentations and group discussions. Structural Nuances deepens grammatical understanding through detailed analysis of sentence construction, verb usage, and syntactic accuracy. In Effective Writing, readers refine their ability to produce clear, persuasive, and professionally relevant texts, ranging from reflective essays to formal reports. The final section, Pragmatic Considerations, integrates core language skills—speaking, listening, reading, and writing—while emphasizing vocabulary development, test preparedness, and communicative confidence. With practical exercises, real-world applications, and expert insights, this volume serves as an essential resource for students, educators, and professionals seeking to improve their English fluency, enhance academic performance, and succeed in global communication contexts.
- Contents:
- Part I. Impactful Speaking
- Chapter 1. Language Foundations: Theory and Phonetics
- Chapter 2. Pronunciation: Stress, Syllables and Aspiration
- Chapter 3. Vocabulary, Phrasal Verbs and Modals
- Chapter 4. Spoken English
- Chapter 5. Practical Communication
- Chapter 6. Presentations, Discussions and Language Tests
- Part II. Structural Naunces
- Chapter 7. Parts of Speech
- Chapter 8. Adjectives, Adverbs and Tenses
- Chapter 9. Modal Verbs
- Chapter 10. Tenses and Agreement
- Chapter 11. Questions and Embedded Clauses
- Chapter 12. Sentence Structure: Clauses and Complements
- Chapter 13. Sentence Structure: Passives, Conditionals, and Quantifiers
- Part III. Pragmatic Considerations
- Chapter 14. Core communication
- Chapter 15. Reading Comprehension and Test Preparation
- Chapter 16. Listening and Proficiency Tests
- Chapter 17. Vocabulary Development.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 981-9532-64-7
- 9789819532643
- OCLC:
- 1572198902
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