The exercises direct the student's attention to certain features of English which are specific to technical writing. The aim is to provide the student with a strategy for reading more diffcult technical texts and to prepare him for making effective use of English in his own writing. | ENGLISH IN FOCUS Series Editors J. P. B. Allen and H. G. Widdowson Advisory Editor Ronald Mackin A series of specialist English materials for students who use English as the medium of instruction for the subject they are studying. ENGLISH IN WORKSHOP PRACTICE Studying a subject in a foreign or second language can create many difficulties. Anyone studying workshop practice in English who feels his command of the language to be inadequate will find this book an invaluable aid. It is the result of a great deal of research into the problems of understanding the English language as it is used to communicate scientific and technical information. There are eight units each with a specially written reading passage followed by exercises which focus on those features of English which are often used in the written language of workshop practice. All the exercises are presented in the context of workshop practice and together with the reading passages give a representative range of the relevant technical vocabulary. The book can be used either for rapid revision or as a complete course over a longer period. For students studying without a teacher there is an edition with a key to the exercises. A recording of the reading texts a nd some of the exercises is also available on a cassette. Cover photograph Of 0 lathe turning a Swarf by Pau Brwfey. I IN FOCUS WORKSHOP PRACTICE Alan Mountford ENGLISH IN FOCUS English in Workshop Practice ENGLISH IN FOCUS Series Editors J. P. B ALLEN and H. G. WIDDOWSON Advisory Editor RONALD MACKIN Physical Science J P. B Allen and H. G. Widdowson Mechanical Engineering E. H. Glendinning Workshop Practice Alan Mountford ENGLISH IN FOCUS English in Workshop Practice ALAN MOUNTFORD OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Oxford University Press Walton Street Oxford 0x2 6dp OXFORD LONDON GLASGOW NEW YORK TORONTO MELBOURNE WELLINGTON KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE JAKARTA HONG KONG TOKYO DELHI BOMBAY CALCUTTA MADRAS KARACHI IBADAN NAIROBI DAK ES SALAAM CAPE TOWN isbn 0 19 .
