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Geography through English

GEOGRAPHY IN ENGLISH TEXTBOOK

Background and Objectives

To produce a textbook for the study of geography of Great Britain and the United States for secondary school students who are learning geography through the medium of English and for University students in the geography and English department.

The project started in 2002 as an initiative from a group of teachers supported by the British Council through the Innovation scheme. The textbook was published in September 2004 with Charta publishing house.

The Team

The team was made up of four teachers of English and geography in Brasov and Bucharest who are writing under guidance from a UK consultant.

The course consisted of: a student's book and a teacher's book.

Features of the student's book

The teacher's book, on CD format, included: description of the activities, methodological suggestions, key to the activities, tests and a set of photographs as additional material.

For further information please contact Ruxandra Popovici, English language projects manager ruxandra.popovici@britishcouncil.ro.

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