Chris Sowton – International Books

Teaching in Challenging Circumstances

International Books — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:24:22 +0000

This is an essential resource for teachers who work in challenging circumstances, which might include formal education systems in the developing or developed world and informal or non-formal teaching in areas with growing numbers of refugees or displaced people. It draws on academic and professional research to provide practical advice that will help teachers address concerns including teaching large classes, working with limited resources and supporting learners who have experienced interrupted education and who may be suffering from trauma. It offers suggestions for creating a positive learning environment and implementing effective teaching practice and discusses the importance of resilience and wellbeing.

Key features

Clearly and accessibly outlines the key issues, covering topics raised by practitioners in the field.
Each chapter contains key takeaways, relevant case studies and classroom-ready teaching tips.
Includes opportunities for teachers to reflect on their own knowledge and experience and develop their resilience and ability.

Unlock Level 4 Reading, Writing and Critical Thinking Student’s Book with Digital Pack

International Books — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 12:58:54 +0000

Unlock your students’ academic potential with this six-level, academic-light English course created to build the skills and language students need for their studies. Critical thinking is at the heart of the course, fostering the skills and strategies your students need to tackle academic tasks. The course is tailored to your needs and the needs of your students thanks to the extensive market research we have carried out with a global panel of ELT professionals. By listening to the needs of the teacher and student, we have developed a highly robust course.

Key features

Teaches higher- and lower-order critical thinking skills with measurable objectives and self-evaluation.
Authentic videos on a range of academic topics accompanied by a comprehensive video lesson motivate learners.
Research from the Cambridge English Corpus and English Profile to focus on the language areas students find most challenging.

Unlock Levels 1–5 Reading, Writing & Critical Thinking and Listening, Speaking & Critical Thinking Teacher’s Manual and Development Pack

International Books — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 11:42:59 +0000

Unlock Second edition, a paired skills academic-light English course gets your students to think critically.

The Teacher’s Manual and Development Pack conveniently provides answer keys, additional activities, teacher support and professional development in one single book. Your teaching is supported with flexible lesson plans and additional activities for the purposes of both extension and differentiation. Learning Objectives are provided for every lesson to ensure you and your students are clear on what you are achieving. Common Students Errors are highlighted to help you support your students. Teacher development material, developing critical thinking skills in your students, is available in every unit. Peer-to-peer teacher training material is downloadable from eSource.

Key features

Teaches higher- and lower-order critical thinking skills with measurable objectives and self-evaluation.
Authentic videos on a range of academic topics accompanied by a comprehensive video lesson motivate learners.
Research from the Cambridge English Corpus and English Profile to focus on the language areas students find most challenging.

Unlock Level 4 Reading, Writing and Critical Thinking Student’s Book with Digital Pack

International Books — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 14:25:03 +0000

Unlock Reading, Writing & Critical Thinking Student’s Book with Digital Pack Level 4 prepares students for their academic studies by developing their reading, writing, critical thinking, and grammar for writing. QR codes on the pages give easy access to audio of the reading passages. The accompanying video program sets the stage for each unit’s topic with lessons in both the Student’s Book and the Digital Workbook. The Student’s Digital Pack includes an eBook with interactive activities, audio and videos, Digital Workbook for additional practice, and downloadable audio. All content is mobile-friendly and can be accessed on any device.

Key features

Teaches higher- and lower-order critical thinking skills while measuring progress to develop students’ ability to think critically in an academic context.
Informed by up-to-date pedagogical research and our exclusive two billion-word Cambridge English Corpus, the lessons focus on the language areas students find most challenging.
Video lessons featuring contemporary topics and content.

Contemporary Academic Writing Course Book

International Books — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:27:50 +0000

A comprehensive course for students in Higher Education

Contemporary Academic Writing represents a new and interesting approach to writing academic essays, providing staged support and guidance from the sentence level right through to whole text. There is a strong focus on the high-frequency language and grammatical structures which are found in academic writing. The course employs a collaborative approach, whereby students are encouraged to work things out for themselves so as to deepen their understanding, thus enabling them to use this knowledge in real-life situations.

50 Steps to Improving Your Grammar Study Book

International Books — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:17:04 +0000

50 Steps to Improving Your Grammar builds on the success of 50 Steps to Improving Your Academic Writing and takes the reader through a comprehensive sequence of stages designed for the benefit of international students.

The book clearly differentiates the grammatical requirements needed in a variety of contexts, for example in business, study or everyday conversation. The step-by-step guide is packed full of information critical to achieving grammatical accuracy, including:
– building on existing knowledge of grammar
– the most important areas of grammar that help to communicate more effectively in English
– checking understanding of key areas of grammar with clear activities and exercises
– demonstrating that English grammar is not as difficult as people think
– a chapter devoted to academic grammar

50 Steps to Improving Your Grammar is arranged in an order that reflects best practice, beginning with word class and progressing through sentence structure, punctuation and style. The book is designed so that students can either work through the steps in order or can focus on known areas of weakness. Each step should take approximately one hour to complete.

50 Steps to Improving Your Academic Writing Study Book

International Books — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:12:44 +0000

50 Steps to Improving Your Academic Writing addresses the challenges facing every student beginning a program of academic study. This comprehensive guide gives you everything you need to write well-constructed academic essays. It is packed full of information that is critical to attaining better marks, including:

how to apply critical thinking skills
how to strengthen your arguments
how to include paper referencing
how to avoid plagiarism

50 Steps has been developed to mirror best practice in academic essay writing: researching, planning, writing and then proofreading an essay. Multiple entry points allow you either to work through the book in chronological order or to dip in and out depending on your needs.

The book contains a detailed answer key, a full glossary of terms, plus comprehensive reference material that provides study templates and useful hyperlinks, as well as additional examples and information about academic writing.