English for Welfare Services

English for Welfare Services is intended for Italian students of social services who are required to use English in their tertiary studies but whose knowledge of the language is limited to what they have learnt in a general school course. The manual aims at providing specific and relevant language work in the field of social welfare, together with some up-to-date information regarding British institutions and services. As the book is primarily designed to improve students’ skills in comprehension and written English, some restrictions have necessarily been imposed. There is no specific comprehension work connected with the reading passages to permit students and teachers the freedom to select and use the texts in the way that most closely meets their specific needs. The grammar section is limited to the main difficulties likely to be encountered in texts of this kind with practice at a pre-intermediate/intermediate level. As a result, some aspects of grammar have been omitted or have not been dealt with in an extensive manner. Priority has been given throughout to the structures and aspects most commonly found in formal written English.