ESP textbooks writing HANDBOOK

Natalia MorgounElena Kozharskaya

Lomonosov Moscow State University

To createTextbookFor a group of people with similar interests

ESP

Theoretical stageHow it will lookCo-authorsConsult your bossDefine the main target groupDefine the levelContentsGrammarDeskreview

How it will look

How it will look

Theoretical stageHow it will lookCo-authorsConsult your bossDefine the main target groupDefine the levelContentsGrammarDeskreview

Theoretical stageHow it will lookCo-authorsConsult your bossDefine the main target groupDefine the levelContentsGrammarDeskreview

Target group

Age: schoolchildren, students, adultsKnowledge and interestsThe purpose of the process

Theoretical stageHow it will lookCo-authorsConsult your bossDefine the main target groupDefine the levelContentsGrammarDeskreview

Theoretical stageHow it will lookCo-authorsConsult your bossDefine the main target groupDefine the levelContentsGrammarDeskreview

ESP and Lexical content

English for biologists

leaf, fur, cell, fat, flower

essential important, degree, compare, research

species, pollen, breeding, gland, spawn, compound

platelet, septum, xylem, medulla

Grammar Arguments for and againstLocationLet`s make it simple

Theoretical stageHow it will lookCo-authorsConsult your bossDefine the main target groupDefine the levelContentsGrammarDeskreview

DeskreviewLook through the books.Make list of topics.Mind the target!

Exam part Task type Format Task focus

Reading Multiple choiceGapped textMultiple matching questions

Writing Summarizing written textWriting essay

Use of English Guided clozeOpen clozeWord formationSentence transformation

Listening Multiple matchingsentence completion multiple choice

Speaking Personal introductionDescribing imagediscussion

Technical and practical advice

AnswersTest your bookDon`t forget Catchy title List of contents Introductory notes (your goal and main ideas, target

group, how it works) Glossary List of sourcesFind an interested and responsible

person to review your bookRead the galley (first printed version)

carefully

Thank you!

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