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Carsat Crisis, The

Synopsis
A video-based course in the English of science and technology. It portrays the language scientists and engineers use in their professional and social lives by means of a drama about the technological and human problems that have to be tackled when a complex manufacturing unit operating in space suddenly shuts down.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video; 2 videocassettes. VHS. col. 13 x 14 min. episodes
Year of production
1990
Availability
REFERENCE ONLY
Documentation
Accompanying notes by C St J Yates and John Tully (London: BBC English by Radio and Television, 1988), xiii, 106p, ISBN 0 946675 46 5.
Subjects
English language and literature
Keywords
English language teaching; language skills

Credits

Contributor
Pauline Robinson

Distributor

Name

Learning on Screen - the British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council

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Notes
The Learning on Screen distribution library is currently only available in part. Please contact us with any individual queries. The two series of InterUniversity History Film Consortium films which make extensive use of archive footage been digitised for free, online viewing by UK HE institutions - see Learning on Screen InterUniversity History Film Consortium Films (qv).
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