Ken Beatty's latest textbook
Anaheim University Graduate School of Education TESOL Professor Dr. Ken Beatty's most recent textbook Learning English for Academic Purposes: Listening and Speaking, has been published by Pearson Canada.
Learning English for Academic Purposes features a cross-curricular approach to teaching students the skills they need to thrive in a real-life academic context, while helping them develop academic vocabulary in a range of disciplines and apply critical thinking skills to a variety of global issues. Written by Canadian authors Dr. Ken Beatty and Julia Williams, this new edition of the successful EAP book for high-intermediate to advanced students is now available in two complementary strands: Listening and Speaking and Reading and Writing. The two books cover eight similar academic themes but from different perspectives. The chapters are built around warm-up and final assignments that have students progress toward greater autonomy, while challenging texts and tasks call for students to reflect critically on the learning content. As well as teaching language skills and emphasizing vocabulary development, LEAP equips students with all the necessary skills and strategies to thrive in the academic world in English.
Dr. Ken Beatty is an expert in the area of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). Dr. Beatty is the author/co-author of more than 100 textbooks for Pearson, Longman, Oxford University Press, Thomson, Heinle & Heinle and Hong Kong Educational Press including English as a Second Language textbooks and readers from the primary through university levels. Although most of these focus on various aspects of English as a Second Language, he also writes and reviews on the topic of CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning). He is involved in electronic media and was Academic Advisor to Hong Kong's Educational Television from 1998 to 2004. Dr. Beatty taught the last 15 years at universities in the UAE, the People's Republic of China and Hong Kong. He holds a PhD in Curriculum Studies from the University of Hong Kong.
The Presidents of Anaheim University and South Korea’s Dongduk Women’s Univeristy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding and are working towards a final agreement that will allow DWU TESOL students to study in AU's online Graduate Diploma in TESOL. Based in Seoul, DWU is South Korea's first private educational institute for women only and is one of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in the country.
Read more: Anaheim to Partner with Korea’s Dongduk Women’s University
Anaheim University will hold a graduation ceremony in Orange County, California on the evening of Saturday, July 21st, 2012. Graduates of all programs (Business Administration, Sustainable Management and TESOL) are invited to attend.
Further details regarding the exact time and location of the graduation ceremony are to be announced.
Renowned Japanese Actress Ayako Wakao (front center) poses with graduates at 2008 graduation ceremony in Tokyo, Japan
Anaheim University Online Green MBA Graduate and Ecocert Japan Managing Director Donald Nordeng spoke at the European Business Council in Japan’s Conference “The End of Business as We Know It”. Donald joined the Ambassador of the EU to Japan and other distinguished speakers at the April 10 Conference at the Hotel Okura Tokyo. The event is sponsored by Chanel, Delta, KLM, Unilever, Accenture, Mercedes Benz and Philips.
Read more: AU Green MBA Grad Speaks at European Business Council Event
Anaheim University will hold a 4-day residential session for its Online Master of Arts (MA in TESOL) degree program in Orange County, California from Saturday, July 21st to Tuesday, July 24th, 2012. The session will be held from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Thursday to Monday and from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm on Tuesday.
In conjunction with the residential session, a graduation ceremony will be held on the evening of Saturday, July 21st for graduates of all programs, allowing graduates of Anaheim University's Business Administration, Sustainable Management and TESOL programs to attend.
Further details regarding the location of residential and graduation facilities are to be announced.
MA TESOL students and faculty at 2011 residential session