IELTS Advantage – Reading Writing Skills – by Jeremy Taylor , Jon Wright,by Richard Brown , Lewis Richards – Mantesh

1. IELTS Advantage – Reading Skills
Publisher: Delta Publishing
2012
Language: English
ISBN-10: 190508563X
ISBN-13: 978-1905085637
PDF
139 Pages
69.5 MB

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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2.
IELTS Advantage: Writing Skills

Publisher: Delta Publishing
2011
Richard Brown, Lewis Richards
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1905085621
ISBN-13: 978-1905085620
250 Pages
PDF
71.3 MB

“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. “IELTS Advantage: Writing Skills”: 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; and, 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 from the authors’ experience as IELTS examiners help students achieve a higher score; and, check and challenge sections allow students to revise material and take their writing to the next level. “IELTS Advantage” is a series of course books offering step-by-step guidance to achieving a high IELTS score