I would like to thank Scott Windeatt for his advice and guidance in producing this programme.
 

The ideas in teaching summary writing in Ghostwriter College are from the following books or articles:

Edge, J (1983)  Reading to Take Notes and to Summarise: a Classroom Procedure.  Reading in a Foreign Language 1/2: 93-98.
Grabe, W. and Kaplan, R. B. (1996)  Theory and Practice of Writing.  London and New York: Longman.
Johns, A. M. (1988)  Reading for Summarising: An Approach to Text Orientation and Processing.  Reading in a Foreign Language 4/2: 79-90.
Nuttall, C. (1996)  Teaching Reading Skills in a foreign language.  Oxford: Heinemann.
Trzeciak, J. and Mackay, S. E. (1994)  Study Skills for Academic Writing.  Hemel Hempstead: Prentice Hall.
Trzeciak, J. and Mackay, S. E. (1994)  Study Skills for Academic Writing: Teacher’s Book.  Hemel Hempstead: Prentice Hall.
 

The materials used in this programme are from the following sources:

The Boat Race Collection website, http://users.ox.ac.uk/~quarrell/BRcollection/
Cambridge University Boat Club Website, http://lexus.acad.cai.cam.ac.uk/cubc/
The Great University Challenge website, http://www.buckinghamgate.com/events/features/boatrace/boat.html
Longman Dictionary of English Language and Culture, 1992, Essex: Longman.
Newcastle University International Students’ Handbook, 1998.
Oxford-Cambridge Boat Races, 1999 website, http://users.ox.ac.uk/~rowing/varsity.html
Oxford University Boat Club (OUBC) http://users.ox.ac.uk/~rowing/oubc.html
Regatta Online - The Boat Race 1999 website, http://www.regatta.rowing.org.uk/BoatRace
Tan, T.  (1992)  Culture Shock! Britain.  London: Kuperard.
Top of the Pops Magazine, issue 46, December 1998, London: BBC.
 

This programme was inspired by a television series, Ghostwriter, by the BBC with Children's Television Workshop.
 

The programme was designed by Hon Wah LEE
as part of the study of MA in Linguistics for TESOL (1998-99) at University of Newcastle upon Tyne.