TY - BOOK AU - Rogers,Bruce AU - Kenny,Nick TI - The Complete Guide to IELTS: Student's Book : Band 5.5-7+ SN - 9781285837802 (pbk.) AV - PE1128 .R644 2016 PY - 2016/// CY - United Kingdom PB - National Geographic Learning, Cengage Learning KW - International English Language Testing System KW - English language KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Examinations, questions, etc KW - Band 5.5 -7+ N1 - CEFR: level B2-C1; "The Complete Guide to IELTS deconstructs the IELTS test and works systematically through each paper, covering all the task types, text types and skills. No stone is left unturned; The material can be used in class or by students working on their own; KEY FEATURES; each lesson offers task analysis, sample questions, tips and tactics and skills-building exercises ; Separate vocabulary lessons deal with the common lexical features of the IELTS reading passage types and listening sections ; A Grammar Resource Bank provides a comprehensive grammar reference and practice exercices covering all the grammar needed for the test ; Engaging and motivating National Geographic video lessons increase students' familiarity with the listening task types ; Speaking test videos and worksheets build students' confidence by showing real students completing a full Speaking test interview. ; Full practice tests in the Student's Book and Teacher's Book give authentic test practice. Each section in the Student's Book also starts and ends with a practice test. ; Extensive additional practice of all four papers plus practice material for the General Training papers is provided by the DVD-ROM ; The intensive Revision Guide sensitises students to typical mistakes made by candidates, and provides targeted practice and support to avoid throwing away marks." (Book Cover) ; CONTENTS ; Introduction to the IELTS Test ; Introduction to the Complete Guide to IELTS ; LISTENING MODULE ; About the Listening Test ; Listening Preview Test ; TASK TYPE 1 Sentence Completion ; National Geographic Video 1: Mega Green Museum ; TASK TYPE 2 Note, Form, Table and Flow-chart Completion and Short Answer Questions ; National Geographic Video 2: Songs Under a Big Sky ; VOCABULARY 1 Times, dates and numbers; Phrasal and prepositional verbs; Compound nouns; Wordbuilding; Research data; Common IELTS topic: The natural world ; TASK TYPE 3 Map/Plan/Diagram Labelling ; National Geographic Video 3: Eco-detectives ; TASK TYPE 4 Multiple Choice ; National Geographic Video 4: Picture Perfect ; VOCABULARY 2 Dependent propositions; Recognising and organising synonyms and antonyms; Formal and informal synonyms; Guessing the meaning from context; Wordbuilding; Common IELTS topic: Academic life ; TASK TYPE 5 Multiple Choice (with more than one answer) ; National Geographic Video 5: Kiteboarding; TASK TYPE 6 Matching ; National Geographic Video 6: Solar-powered Water Heater ; VOCABULARY 3 Informal and academic languages; Views and opinions; Synonyms: academic language; Expressing responsibility: verb+preposition; Recognising and identifying paraphrases; Common IELTS topic: Business ; Listening Review Test ; ACADEMIC READING MODULE ; About the Academic Reading Test ; Academic Reading Preview Test ; TASK TYPE 1 Identifying information (True/False/Not Given) ; TASK TYPE 2 Note, Flow-chart Completion and Diagram Labelling ; TASK TYPE 3 Short Answer Questions ; VOCABULARY 4 Collocation; Common IELTS topic: History ; TASK TYPE 4 Matching Headings ; TASK TYPE 5 Matching Information ; TASK TYPE 6 Matching Features ; VOCABULARY 5 Prefixes and suffixes; Synonyms and paraphrases; Antonyms; Dependent prepositions; Wordbuilding; Common IELTS Topic: Industry and technology ; TASK TYPE 7 Multiple Choice (with more than one answer) ; TASK TYPE 8 Sentence Completion ; TASK TYPE 9 Summary Completion (1); VOCABULARY 6 Academic vocabulary; Affixes; Common IELTS topic: Human behaviour ; TASK TYPE 10 Summary Completion (2) ; TASK TYPE 11 Matching Sentence Endings ; TASK TYPE 12 Multiple Choice ; TASK TYPE 13 Identifying the Writer's View and Claims (Yes/No/Not Given) ; VOCABULARY 7 Identifying the writer's view and claims; Collocations: adjectives + noun; Commonly confused words; Synonyms; Antonyms; Common IELTS topic: Agriculture ; Academic Reading Review Test ; TASK 1 Line Graphs ; TASK 1 Bar Charts ; TASK 1 Tables ; TASK 1 Pie Charts and Multiple Charts ; TASK 1 Diagrams ; TASK 1 Maps and Plans ; TASK 2 An Agree/Disagree Essay ; TASK 2 A Discussion/ Opinion Essay ; TASK 2 A Problem/ Solution Essay ; Academic Writing Review Test ; SPEAKING MODULE ; About the Speaking Test; Speaking Preview Test ; PART 1 Introduction and Interview ; PART 2 Individual Long Turn ; PART 3 Two-way Discussion ; Speaking Review Test ; Practice Test (Listening, Academic Reading, Academic Writing, Speaking) ; Grammar Resource Bank ; Writing and Speaking Band Descriptors ; Sample Writing Answers ; Speaking Test Video 1 Worksheet ; Speaking Video Test 2 Worksheet ; Speaking Test Video Scripts N2 - Deconstructs the IELTS test and works systematically through each paper, covering all the task types, text types and skills UR - https://eltngl.com/search/productOverview.do?N=200+4294918395&Ntk=NGL%7CP_EPI&Ntt=cgti%7C20553126706515315364144710811597041781&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&homePage=false ER -