Objective Proficiency contains twenty short units providing a wide range of challenging topics and offering lively yet systematic preparation for the Proficiency exam. Ten lessons focus on the Paper 3 summary task, building up appropriate skills gradually. Authentic language examples taken from the Cambridge International Corpus illustrate a wide range of real English usage.
The course is written by experienced examiners who have an in-depth knowledge of the Proficiency exam, and contains material informed by the Cambridge Learner Corpus which shows typical mistakes and areas of difficulty for candidates at Proficiency level.
Benati provides clarity about the characteristics and notion of language proficiency in the field of second language acquisition. He looks at four areas of research paradigmatically related to the role of proficiency: theorizing and measuring second language proficiency; the dimensions of L2 proficiency; factors contributing to the attainment of L2 proficiency; and attaining L2 proficiency in the classroom.
Advanced Learners addresses the needs of very advanced learners who wish to improve their proficiency further. It defines the distinctive learning style of advanced learners and challenges them both by introducing new activities and by engaging them in familiar activities at a higher level of proficiency.Trainee teachers with ideas to help extend and diversify their everyday classroom practice.
A revised and updated edition of this highly successful course for the revised Proficiency exam. Using authentic sources throughout for receptive skills work, the course gives examples of all the CPE exam tasks, together with hints and training.
Software for students preparing for Proficiency English exam. It allows the learner to memorize about twenty thousand words and expressions. The material is presented in the form of questions and answers containing definitions, usage samples, and synonyms. Vocabulary section is divided into theme units. The level is equivalent for that used by a well educated British or American person. INTERFACE LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, POLISH.