Tech Talk Elementary (Teacher's Book)

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A course for adult learners in the technical, industrial, and scientific sectors, who need English for everyday workplace communication.

Who is Tech Talk for?
Tech Talk is a course for people who need both general English and English for technical jobs. It is suitable for technicians, engineers, and scientists working in a wide variety of technical fields, for example, light and heavy engineering, construction, IT (information technology), materials engineering, chemical engineering, and pharmaceuticals. Typical users might be engaged in production, planning, maintenance, purchasing, testing, laboratory work, project work, and quality issues.

The course

The main emphasis throughout Tech Talk is on developing speaking and listening skills. Another important skill area is reading and understanding technical documentation and emails.

Tech Talk Elementary is designed for groups of elementary level learners and it can be used in two ways.

• From start to finish_It takes approximately 65-70 hours to complete the course from beginning to end. It assumes users have at least a false-beginner level at the start, and the book progresses fairly speedily. New language is introduced systematically and recycled at regular intervals, so using the book from start to finish will provide learners with a sense of progression and ensure regular review.
• As a dip-in resource_Each unit and each section of the course is free-standing, so sections can be selected and used out of sequence according to the needs of particular students. Using the book in this way will enable teachers to cater to very particular student needs and interests.

Tech Talk Elementary can also be used as a revision course. Learners who had a little English at school, or who have already taken a basic general English course, will find the technical contexts and vocabulary add a new practical dimension to their English.

The approach

Tech Talk Elementary has been designed to meet the needs of both learners and teachers. Whilst it includes technical language at an elementary language level, it also assumes that English teachers may have little specialist knowledge or direct experience of science and technology. Several elements in particular have shaped its approach.

Making meanings clear
New vocabulary is introduced in context and extensive use is made of illustrations to promote understanding.
Employing authentic content
Many real products and processes have been included to promote technical credibility.
Drawing on the students’ creativity
The students are encouraged to contribute their own ideas in many activities, and thus contribute to the course content.
Fostering a positive learning atmosphere
The focus in the course is on activities and games which involve a lot of student-to-student interaction, facilitating thorough practice and developing a positive group dynamic.

The syllabus
Our goal is to provide learners with the language they need for early practical communication. Teachers familiar with other elementary level English courses will find the Tech Talk Elementary syllabus covers many similar basic language points. However, the technical nature of the course means there are some key differences.
1 The language of instructions receives particular emphasis, to better prepare learners for understanding and explaining work tasks, and also for reading instructional materials such as manuals.
2 Similarly, the language of numbers and measurement receives substantial attention and practice.
3 Technical communication tasks have driven the syllabus, and consequently some linguistic forms that might have been left until a later stage in a general or business English course have been covered early. A good example is the dropping of the -s in adjectival expressions of quantity, e.g .four metres, but a four-metre ladder.
4 The same thing applies to technical vocabulary, and the course includes many words that would not normally be included in an elementary level general English course. For example, verbs such as raise, rotate, and loosen, and adjectives such as rusty, chipped, and bent have been included. Similarly you will find separable phrasal verbs such as turn it on and lift it up.
The needs of the technical learner have influenced the syllabus design in other key ways too.
• Whilst learners using Tech Talk Elementary will need English primarily to operate in the workplace, we expect their needs to extend beyond just these contexts. The syllabus also includes what might best be termed ‘survival’ language, such as basic language for travelling, buying food, and asking for help.
• We expect that many learners will need to communicate with non-native speakers as well as native speakers of English. To prepare students for this, the recordings contain a variety of non-native and native speaker accents.
• Tech Talk Elementary focusses on language that is acceptable in both British and American English so that learners have the flexibility to cope with different varieties of English. When new items of vocabulary are introduced which differ in British and American, they are glossed on the page they first appear. There is also a British-American glossary on page 115 of the Student’s Book.

Course components
Tech Talk Elementary consists of the following components.
Student’s Book This is the core book that students will need for class work. See below for information on its structure and features.
Teacher’s Book This provides a range of suggestions for exploiting the course materials effectively. It acts as a guide through the exercises and offers optional ideas for extending activities. It provides extra guidance for teachers who are new to teaching technical English, and some ideas that we hope will be stimulating for experienced technical English teachers too.


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