Focusing On IELTS - Reading And Writing Skills (2011)+Key By Lindeck Jeremy, Greenwood Jannette, Osullivan Kerry

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Lindeck, Jeremy, 1961- Focusing on IELTS: reading and writing skills I Jeremy Lindeck, Jannette Greenwood, Kerry O'Sullivan. 2nd ed. 978 1 4202 3020 8 (pbk.) Subjects: International English Language Testing System. English language-Study and teaching-Foreign speakers. English language-Examinations, questions, etc. Greenwood, Jannette O'Sullivan, Kerry, 1952- 428.0076

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How to use this book v Acknowledgments vii Reading skills and strategies summary Vlll Writing skills and strategies summary IX Unit 1 : Reading 1 Strategies 29 1.1 What is in the Reading Test? 2 Step 1: Skimming 30 1.2 Test-taking tips 3 Step 2: Scanning 32 Be prepared 3 Step 3: Reading intensively 33 Manage your time 3 Skills 40 Guess 3 Identifying question types 40 Write accurately 3 Dealing with vocabulary 41 Know what to expect 4 Recognising text organisation 1.3 Getting to know the test 5 and features 57 Multiple-choice questions 5 Recognising text types 65 Identifying information 9 1.5 Developing an independent study program 85 Identifying writer's views/claims 12 Identifying your needs 85 Matching information 14 Improving your general reading 86 Matching headings 16

Practising for specific sections Matching features 17 of the test 87 Matching sentence endings 19 Practising specific strategies Sentence completion 20 and skills 87 Summary/noteltablelflow-chart 1.6 Practice IELTS Reading Tests 89 completion 21 Practice Academic IELTS Diagram label completion 25 Reading Test 89 Short-answer questions 27 Practice General Training 1.4 The reading strategies and IELTS Reading Test 101 skills you need 29 Reading answer sheet 112