Oxford English for Careers. Nursing 2. Teacher's Resource Book

Nursing teaches pre-work students to communicate accurately, in English, with patients and colleagues.Tony Grice works for the European Unions Leonardo da Vinci programme as an assessor, teaching materials writer, and plain language editor. He has worked on coursebooks for English for Fashion Design, Industrial Design, E-Commerce, and Telecommunications, as well as editing online technical dictionaries and writing for science magazines. His teaching experience includes teaching medical English to nurses in Zimbabwe and Turkey. He is a first-time author with Oxford University Press. Previous EFL publications include Everyday English for Nursing (Bailliere Tindall).

Nursing teaches pre-work students to communicate accurately, in English, with patients and colleagues.

Nursing is ideal for pre-work students, studying at pre-intermediate to intermediate level, who will need to use English in work situations. It is also suitable for qualified nurses thinking of working in English-speaking countries.
Nursing develops the vocabulary, language, and skills that students will need when working in a medical environment. These include talking about the body, describing signs of illness, and conveying instructions to patients and colleagues.

• Authentic and up-to date information in every course, written and checked by industry insiders
• Clear and straightforward structure, with each unit containing a menu of learning outcomes, and an end-of-unit checklist with 'Can do' tick boxes
• Teaches English in context, so students practise the language and skills they need for the job in real work situations
• Real-world profiles from genuine professionals in the 'It's my job' section offer authentic and engaging insights into the industry
• Extra facts, figures, quotations, and specialist terminology included in the top margin of unit pages
• Additional activities and tests in the Teacher's Resource Book make the course suitable for mixed-ability classes
• The Teacher's Resource Book provides specialist background to the industry for every unit, as well as industry tips to support non-expert teachers
• Project work in the Student's Book, additional activities on the Student's Site, and a Key words list of essential vocabulary at the end of every unit provide extra opportunities for revision