IELTS Advantage: Reading Skills
- Coursebook
| Authors: | Jeremy Taylor, Jon Wright |
| Series: | IELTS Advantage |
| Level: | B2-C1 / IELTS 6.5-7.0 |
| Published: | December 2012 |
| Tags: | IELTS |
Key features
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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Component ISBNs
| Coursebook | 9781905085637 |
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Hi there,
This is Lewis Richards, co-author of IELTS Advantage Writing Skills. Just received a copy of your book – it looks fantastic. Will definitely be using it in my school. Good luck with it!