 
Two years ago, in May 2007, "EGEO: an advnaced course for students of Geography" Book One, by Lam Thi Hoa Binh, was published by the University of Education Publishing House. This year, in May 2009, the EGEO 2 was appeared. Congratulations! We hope that our students can find from these two volumes effective manual for studying English specific for Geographers. Preface
Along with the country’s development, English, in recent years, has been becoming indispensable in communication, at work, especially in study and research in colleges and universities. It is easy to find many English centres with various types of training mushrooming everywhere. Therefore, it’s easy enough for us to access to this international language. There is, as a matter of fact, an apparent tendancy to have ESP trained, first and foremost in high schools, universities and vocational training centres. Obviously, English in daily communication is no longer our only training target but English in science and research with its great help in reaching higher and more updated knowledge. On being aware of the importance of teaching and learning ESP, as early as 2001-2002, professor Nguyen Viet Thinh, former-dean of Geography Faculty in Hanoi National University of Education expressed his concern in having an English document written for Students of Geography. However, it took a few years, till 2006, to realize the project, thanks to the sponsor of the Center for Applied Geography, Faculty of Geography of Hanoi National University of Education, and the wholehearted help from Ms. Berit Aasen, Leader of Project HNUE-NIBR (Norway) Building Capacity for Development Research at the Research Center for Applied Geography, Hanoi National University of Education. The first English book for Students of Geography EGEO 1 came into being in 2006, and in 2009 is EGEO2. |
