This book (and the tape that goes with it) provides advice and practice in the skills you need to do your best in IELTS. Like the examination, it is divided into four sections: reading, writing, listening and speaking. In each section you will: • practise what you need to know; • learn what to expect; • get advice on exactly what you need to do in the test; • become familiar with the type of questions you will get.
Why is it that the best and brightest of our children are arriving at college too burned out to profit from the smorgasbord of intellectual delights that they are offered? Why is it that some preschools and kindergartens have a majority of children struggling to master cognitive tasks that are inappropriate for their age? Why is playtime often considered to be time unproductively spent?
What is different about the TOEFL iBT test? • It tests all four language skills that are important for effective communication: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. The emphasis will be on using English to communicate. • It will be delivered via the Internet in secure test centers around the world. Once the new test is introduced in an area, the computer-based and paper-based tests will no longer be offered there. • Some tasks require test takers to combine more than one skill. To succeed academically in Englishspeaking colleges and universities, students need to be able to combine their language skills in the classroom. New integrated questions, or “tasks,” help students build the confi dence needed to communicate in the academic environments they plan to enter. The new integrated tasks will ask test takers to: • read, listen, then speak in response to a question • listen, then speak in response to a question • read, listen, then write in response to a question
