IELTS Advantage

IELTS Advantage is a series of course books offering step-by-step guidance to achieving a high IELTS score.

IELTS Advantage: Speaking & Listening Skills is a comprehensive resource for achieving 6.5 or higher in the Speaking and Listening modules of the IELTS exam.  Students are guided step-by-step through the different stages of the speaking and listening modules, using lively material covering a wide range of the topics that are likely to occur in the exam.

The step-by-step approach guides students to success using features such as Try it first!, Spotlight on language, Exam skills, Prepare and practise and Pronunciation focus. There are plentiful exam-practice opportunities, and students can compare model speaking tests with their own versions in order to acquire further useful ideas and strategies.

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IELTS Advantage: Speaking & Listening Skills:

• • Shows students how to give the well-structured, detailed replies that examiners are looking for in the speaking module

 

• • Contains numerous audio examples of model speaking test performances on the accompanying CD

 

• • Covers a wide range of the key grammar and vocabulary that students will need to give their best possible performance in the exam

 

• • Advises on strategies for getting the best possible score on the day of the exam

 

• • Explains the formats of the listening module, and how to answer them successfully

 

• • Includes exam practice material covering all parts of the listening module

 

• • Includes audio exam practice material for the listening module

 

Key features:

• • Suitable for classroom study or self-study

 

• • Includes audio CD, audio transcripts and answer key

 

• • Four full-length speaking test role-plays covering topics which commonly appear in the exam

 

• • Frequent exam tips to help students achieve a higher score

 

• • Check-and-challenge sections allow students to revise material and take their skills to the next level

 

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IELTS Advantage: Reading Skills is a fully comprehensive resource for passing the IELTS Academic Reading Test with a grade of 6.5-€“7.0 or higher.  Students who are taking the General IELTS Test can also benefit from the book. This book teaches a range of key strategies for reading more effectively and for understanding texts more easily, such as skimming, scanning and speed-reading techniques , helping students to get a better result in the Reading paper.

Each of the ten units provides a variety of long and short texts that cover major topic areas likely to appear in the exam. Each unit is divided into different sections to help students:

• • Get to know the many question types and how to approach them

 

• • Develop skills to cope with the amount of reading in the test

 

• • Learn strategies which help in making the most of the time in the exam

 

• • Develop vocabulary and collocations, with particular attention paid to synonyms and paraphrases, essential for a good exam result

 

Key features:

• • Suitable for classroom study or self-study

 

• • Includes answer key

 

• • Includes additional sections to help students with core skills needed for IELTS:
    • • Useful websites for hours of IELTS reading practice

     

    • • Problems to avoid when filling in the answer sheet

     

    • • Tips for effective vocabulary skills

     

    • • How to get the most from your dictionary

     

    • • A summary of IELTS tips

     

    • • How this book helps prepare for the other IELTS papers

     

     

 

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IELTS Advantage: Writing Skills is a fully comprehensive resource for passing the writing section of the IELTS exam with a grade of 6.5-7.0 or higher.  Students are guided step-by-step through the different tasks in the writing module, using material developed in the classroom, by authors with many years’ experience in helping hundreds of IELTS candidates achieve a high IELTS score.

• • Shows students how to organise and structure an answer for all types of task 1 and 2 questions

 

• • Contains a model essay in each unit, showing students exactly what is required

 

• • Contains a general interest article in each unit, developing ideas and vocabulary for a common topic in the exam

 

• • Quickly develops students’ fluency and confidence in producing pieces of writing through a focus on academic vocabulary and collocations

 

• • Contains grammar exercises in each unit, showing students how to apply a wide range of grammar items in their IELTS writing

 

Key features:

• • Suitable for classroom study or self-study

 

• • Includes answer key

 

• • Real writing samples from IELTS students, with examiners’ comments, show in detail what is required to achieve a 6.5, for example

 

• • Frequent exam tips help students achieve a higher score

 

• • Check and challenge sections allow students to revise material and take their writing to the next level

 

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