Technical English for Architects, Civil Engineers and Surveying Engineers

The book “Technical English for Architects, Civil engineers and Surveying engineers: A Learner-Centred Approach” has been designed for non-native speakers of English who are studying engineering. It focuses on developing students’ context-based skills in English and their communicative competence by covering a wide range of topics related to specific disciplines of engineering i.e., architecture, civil and surveying engineering. This course aims at increasing students’ vocabulary and familiarizing them with a variety of text types and discourse environments. It involves them in using the language for a variety of purposes and in a variety of contexts and it encourages them to explore ways in which they can approach the different tasks.The book, which is for B level learners and above, contains:- Focused and contextualised reading- Authentic texts- Different types of vocabulary-building activities- Word-families activities- Real life tasks- Writing activities urging students to use the new language- Full glossary of technical terms