English for Science and Technology engages students in authentic popular science readings. As is typical for popular science, no science background on the part of the students or the teacher is needed.
 
The goal of this book is to promote learners’ vocabulary acquisition and to develop their reading comprehension and reading speed. New vocabulary learning strategies that focus on learning vocabulary in context together with supporting exercises on essential reading and vocabulary skills help even low intermediate learners to become confident readers.
 
High-interest topics in the fields of science and technology make reading meaningful and rewarding. Each unit consists of two chapters with related readings, a shorter one in the first and a longer one in the second chapter.
 
The self-monitoring chart allows learners to evaluate their progress in terms of vocabulary acquisition and reading speed. This feedback has a positive influence on learners’ motivation, a key factor in successful language learning.
 
An extensive English-Chinese glossary at the end of the book facilitates comprehension of the readings. Together with the vocabulary learning strategies, this allows even learners with a low English proficiency to successfully master the readings – an essential factor in multilevel classes as they are usually found in ESP classrooms.
 
The separate answer key available with the book allows the book to be used for self-study as well.

Beate Luo

Dr. Beate Luo graduated from Georg August University of Göttingen, Germany. Currently, she is an associate professor at the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature of Feng Chia University, Taiwan, where she teaches English and Spanish. She specialized in teaching English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and language learning strategies.