Page 8 - Complete IELTS 4_SB (Cambridge)

Introduction

• a Language reference section which clearly explains
all the areas of grammar covered in the book and
which will help you in the IELTS exam.
Who this book is for • a complete IELTS practice test
Complete IELTS Bands 4-5 is a short course of 50-60 • ten photocopiable word lists (one for each unit)
classroom hours for students who wish to take the containing vocabulary found in the units. Each
Academic module of the International English Language vocabulary item in the word list is accompanied
Testing System (IELTS). It teaches you the reading, writing, by a definition from the Cambridge Learner's
listening and speaking skills that you need for the exam. It Dictionary ( CLD).
covers all the exam question types, as well as key grammar • complete recording scripts for all the listening
and vocabulary which, from research into the Cambridge material
Learner Corpus, are known to be useful to candidates doing • a CD-ROM which provides you with many interactive
the test. If you are not planning to take the exam in the near exercises, including further listening practice
future, the book teaches you the skills and language you exclusive to the CD-ROM. All these extra exercises
need to reach an intermediate level of English (Common are linked to the topics in the Student's Book.
European Framework (CEF) level Bl).
Also available are:
What the book contains • two audio CDs containing listening material for the
In the Student's Book there are: ten units of the Student's Book plus the Listening Test
• ten units for classroom study, each containing: in the IELTS practice test. The listening material is
indicated by different-coloured icons in the Student's
• sections on each of the four papers in the IELTS Book as follows: {) CDl, {) CD2.
exam. The units provide language input and skills • a Teacher's Book containing:
practice to help you to deal successfully with the •
tasks in each section. step-by-step guidance for handling all the
• a range of enjoyable and stimulating speaking activities in the Student's Book
activities designed to enable you to perform to the • a large number of suggestions for alternative
best of your ability in each part of the test and to treatments of activities in the Student's Book and
increase your fluency and your ability to express suggestions for extension activities
yourself. • advice on the test and task types for teachers to
• a step-by-step approach to doing IELTS Writing tasks. pass on to students
• key grammar exercises relevant to the exam. When • extra photocopiable materials for each unit of the
you are doing grammar exercises, you will sometimes Student's Book, to practise and extend language
see this symbol: (i). These exercises are based on • complete answer keys, including sample answers
research from the Cambridge Learner Corpus and to Writing tasks
they deal with the areas which cause problems for • complete recording scripts for all the listening
students in the exam. material
• vocabulary related to IELTS topics and spelling • five photocopiable progress tests, one for every
exercises. When you see this symbol (i)_by an two units of the book
exercise, the exercise focuses on words which IELTS • a topic-based word list of words/phrases and
candidates often confuse or use wrongly in the exam. their definitions taken from each unit.
• a unit review. These contain exercises which revise • a Workbook containing:
the grammar and vocabulary that you have studied in • ten units for homework and self-study. Each unit
each unit. contains full exam practice in one part of
• Speaking and Writing reference sections which explain the IELTS Reading and Listening papers.
the tasks you will have to do in the Speaking and • further practice of the grammar and vocabulary
Writing papers. They give you examples, together with taught in the Student's Book
additional exercises and advice on how best to approach • an audio CD containing all the listening material
these two IELTS papers.
for the Workbook.

0 Introduction