The essential guide to English studies.

9780826488183

The essential guide to English studies.

Childs, Peter.

Continuum Publishing Group

2008

158 pages

$100.00

Hardcover

PE1065

Drawing on 20 years of experience studying and teaching English, Childs (English, U. of Gloucestershire, UK) offers a text for all students starting on or considering a higher education course in English in the UK. Coverage includes an overview of studying at the higher education level, and of studying English, specifically, at this level; the importance of English in society and culture; career possibilities for those with an English degree; the essential study skills for a successful university experience--reading, researching, writing, note-taking, lectures and revision; and the various approaches to assessment and the ways students can handle them.

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