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.
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 effectivelyand 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
An essential companion for IELTS writing instructors and students, Developing Writing Skills for IELTS provides IELTS test-takers with the necessary skills to succeed in the two academic writing tasks in IELTS. Adopting an original exemplar-based writing instructional approach, this text offers an in-depth and reader-friendly analysis of the assessment standards of the two academic writing tasks in IELTS. Authentic exemplars written by EFL university students are included to illustrate high (Bands 8–9), average (Bands 6–7), and low (Bands 4–5) performances in IELTS writing. Key Features: • Diagrammatical representation of assessment standards of the two academic writing tasks by experienced IELTS writing examiners and instructors. • 100 writing questions modelled after the IELTS format, designed by the authors, and categorised according to question types and topics that emerge from an analysis of over 400 IELTS writing questions. • Over 100 writing exemplars by EFL university students, accompanied by guided activities and suggested answers. Designed as a classroom text, a resource for workshops and consultations, or a self-study material, Developing Writing Skills for IELTS: A Research-based Approach will support IELTS writing instructors and test-takers with a variety of writing proficiencies.
I was an IELTS examiner and I wrote this book with the current IELTS Task 2 topics for 2020.The goal of this bookThe purpose of IELTS UP is to improve writing skills and give ideas for people who wish to receive a score of 6.0-7.0 or higher for Task 2 of IELTS Academic and General exam. This book strives to reach your desired score by giving you the ideas and vocabulary for current topics. I have many years of experience successfully developing learners for the IELTS exam and many more years as a writing examiner. The layout of this book has been used with countless students with great success. This book can be used in the classroom with a teacher or as a self-study manual.Description of Writing Task 2Task 2 is similar to putting a jigsaw puzzle together. The exam question gives a tiny picture of what you must make. The puzzle pieces are in your mind somewhere, but you only have 40 minutes to find them and put them together. If you have ever built a jigsaw puzzle, you know how essential the corner and edge pieces are.This innovative book, unlike any other, gives you the corner and edge pieces (ideas) that match with all current exam questions. No other book does this! Having good ideas for topics is necessary to achieve 7 or higher on your IELTS writing.This book will:*Give 5 to 10 minutes more to do Task 2.*Give more ideas to write more.*Give you great ideas to make your Task 2 look better.*Give you more vocabulary and grammar.Challenges to overcome for Writing Task 2This book dramatically helps candidates with the two most notable complaints about IELTS Writing.Candidate complaint #1 - "I do not have enough time to write Task 2 well."Solution - This book provides ALL type 2 questions and ideas so you can save time preparing before you start writing.Candidate complaint #2 - "the topic is strange or not well known to me, so it is hard to write a good essay."Solution - By looking at all the question, especially the topics less familiar, you can quickly plan a convincing essay to receive a score of 7 to 8 comfortably.Candidate complaint #3 - It is not easy to use different words to talk about the same topic.Solution - Each topic in this book has synonyms and idioms to improve your vocabulary score.This book has all the connecting words and referencing advice you need to receive a 7 to 8. Connecting words like however and there, and knowing how to refer back to previous ideas is necessary for 7 and higher.Vocabulary - Many books give you lists of words and synonyms. However, then you lose points on your writing test because you have misused words or have the wrong collocation. By looking at how this book uses different words to describe ideas in context, you will have a much better idea when you write your exam.This book guarantees to have all you need to receive 7 or higher for 3 of the 4 categories: Task Achievement, Coherence + Cohesion, and Lexical Resource(vocabulary).Note for teachersYou can format this book from epub to a Word document. There are 47 lessons which can begin with the 'vocabulary questions' included for each topic. These questions will help learners to activate schemata and personalize lexis to improve writing and speaking.For self-study studentsYou can study alone, but more progress will be made if you have a partner or group. You can use the vocabulary questions to improve your understanding of more academic words/collocations that will help you with speaking, listening and reading. The book is not meant to be memorised but rather to give you ideas for you to add your examples. You cannot memorise an essay. You can have more ideas and vocabulary about many different topics so that when it comes time to write, you can do so much more confidently.Each essay style is provided with many examples, vocabulary and vocabulary questions to help you improve your vocabulary
COLLINS ACADEMIC SKILLS SERIES: WRITING gives you the skills and strategies you need to write well-structured essays, reports and case studies and achieve academic success at university.
Are you unsure how to achieve a score of 8+ in the IELTS writing section (general training test mode)?IELTS General Writing gives you a step by step guide for how to plan and write high scoring answers for the IELTS exam.If you're frustrated from taking the IELTS exam and not achieving the score you need, you're not alone.Many people fail to achieve the score they need in the writing section.But the good news is there are simple tips and strategies you can use immediately to improve your score.This book reveals the secrets, techniques and tips of top scorers.In this book, you'll learn how to: - Identify every question type quickly and easily- Use the scoring criteria to your advantage- Plan and structure your answers using a high score method- Increase your score using simple and effective strategies- Manage your time correctlyIELTS General Writing is filled with highly effective tools and strategies you need to increase your writing score.If you need to achieve a score of 8 or above in the IELTS writing section (general training), this book is for you
Cambridge IELTS 10 provides students with an excellent opportunity to familiarise themselves with IELTS and to practise examination techniques using authentic test material prepared by Cambridge English Language Assessment. It contains four complete tests for Academic module candidates, plus extra Reading and Writing modules for General Training module candidates. An introduction to these different modules is included in each book, together with with an explanation of the scoring system used by Cambridge English Language Assessment. A comprehensive section of answers and tapescripts makes the material ideal for students working partly or entirely on their own.
