23/04/03

English students miss out on popular science

By: Phillip Skeldon

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<p>Course books for students of English as a foreign language lack texts on science topics, and only a small number of reading books specially designed for English learners are about science.<BR><BR>In this article, Philip Skeldon argues that, as a result, English students are missing out on a wide range of scientific and technical vocabulary that is essential for the modern world.<BR><BR>He says that, with the current lack of resources, teachers may have to rely on finding their own science-based teaching materials on the web.<BR><BR><a href="http://education.guardian.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4550815,00.html" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/tracking/external/'+this.href);" rel="noopener noreferrer">Link to <em>The Guardian</em> article</A></p>

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Course books for students of English as a foreign language lack texts on science topics, and only a small number of reading books specially designed for English learners are about science.

In this article, Philip Skeldon argues that, as a result, English students are missing out on a wide range of scientific and technical vocabulary that is essential for the modern world.

He says that, with the current lack of resources, teachers may have to rely on finding their own science-based teaching materials on the web.

Link to The Guardian article