Especially useful on pre‎-sessional courses‎.‎ EL Gazette‎,‎ July 2009 ‎"‎Like other books in the series‎,‎ this course is for students in higher education studies‎.‎ Specialist language is interwoven with study skills common to all university students‎,‎ such as note‎-taking techniques‎.‎ The twelve unit topics are often challenging‎,‎ and include‎:‎ phonology and the International Phonetic Alphabet‎,‎ inductive and deductive approaches to grammar‎,‎ the spread of English and discourse analysis‎.‎ The book aims to help students cope with input texts‎,‎ and focuses on listening‎,‎ through lecture extracts and reading‎.‎ The teaching material itself is engaging and user‎-friendly‎,‎ although at times the lexis is daunting‎.‎ This book will be especially useful on pre‎-sessional courses‎.‎‎"‎ EL Gazette‎,‎ Issue 354‎,‎ July 2009