Developing Skills 1: Course Book

Preparing student for college and university English language programmes.
Intermediate to upper intermediate
CEF Level: B1 to B2 IELTS Level: 5.0 to 6.0
This course will help you improve your competence in English for college or university study to an upper-intermediate level.
In Book 1:
Listening skills include:
following a lecture
using symbols and abbreviations in notes
recognizing signposts and digressions
understanding and noting the main points
Reading skills include:
confirming precise meaning
extracting relevant information from case studies
looking for evidence
narrative descriptions
finding the main information in active and passive sentences
Speaking skills include:
describing similarity and difference
discussing case studies
comparing more than two things
exchanging information
reporting on research
Writing skills include:
concluding opinions
joining sentences
using the passive to describe a process
discursive essays, reviews, instructions, e-mails, ‘how to’ texts

Format: PDF
Size: 54 MB
Date: 2011
Level: B1 to B2 IELTS Level: 5.0 to 6.0