Respected throughout the world, the highly successful Focus series combines comprehensive exam skills training and enjoyable texts with excellent reference and practice materials.
A stimulating and thorough approach to language learning, combined with focused exam preparation, has made First Certificate Masterclass one of the most successful and popular courses available for Cambridge English: First (FCE). This Student's Book provides: -Preparation and practice for tasks in all papers. -A strong focus on vocabulary development. -Detailed Exam Techniques with Dos and don'ts explaining how to approach exam tasks. -A Writing Guide with examples, notes, and useful language for each type of FCE Writing task. The Online Skills Practice provides extra skills-training exercises and exam practice for each of the 12 units in the Student's Book.
'First Certificate Star Cassettes' contain the material for the listening tasks, including short and long texts to help the student prepare for the first certificate listening paper.
Complete First Certificate is a new course for the 2008 revised FCE exam. Informed by the Cambridge Learner Corpus and providing a complete FCE exam paper specially prepared for publication by Cambridge ESOL, it is the most authentic exam preparation course available. Complete First Certificate combines the very best in contemporary classroom practice with first-hand knowledge of the challenges students face. There are exercises to help students avoid repeating the typical mistakes that real FCE candidates make, as revealed by the Cambridge Learner Corpus. This topic-based course covers every part of the FCE exam in detail, ensuring that students are fully equipped to tackle each part of every paper. In addition, the accompanying free CD-ROM enables students to focus on their own particular areas of difficulty and work at their own pace. There is a Student's Book with answers and CD-ROM edition so students can study on their own or in class. The Teacher's Book offers plenty of time-saving consolidation and extension material, including photocopiable resources such as tests and activities.
Together with Grammar and Vocabulary for CAE and CPE, this book forms part of a series of grammar and vocabulary preparation books for classes taking the Cambridge First Certificate, Advanced and Proficiency exams. Each book provides coverage of the essential structures and vocabulary needed for success in the exams. Each unit contains clear, concise presentation of grammar, with varied and challenging practice exercises, as well as integrated coverage of vocabulary. Genuine learner errors are corrected through the Longman Learner's Corpus.
The syllabus for this exam has changed and this book has now been replaced by 9781107668577 Cambridge English First 1 for revised exam from 2015 Student's Book without answers.
The Teacher's Book is accompanied by a DVD-ROM with tests in both PDF and editable Word format, along with a series of teacher training videos. There is also additional photocopiable material in the Teacher's Book, with a focus on material for the Speaking test.