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REVIEWS & RESOURCES

BOOK OF THE MONTH

IELTS INTENSIVE intensive course may be right bank of writing tasks offers exam is assessed. Although
Louis Rogers and Nick for them. It contains eight clear guidance on how to the long reading texts seem
Thorner, Delta Publishing; theme-based units covering construct a balanced essay. rather dense and academic,
ISBN: 978-1-9097-8321-8 accessible topics like The graphs and charts are the accompanying tasks
education, communication beautifully presented. Some offer useful preparation.
Do you have students close and work, alongside four original activities place the This 120-page course is
to achieving an Ielts band ‘Test les’ of additional users in the examiners’ packed with useful activities.
score of 5.5–6.5 but who practice material. Several shoes, helping them gain Recommended.
still need test training and features stand out. The insights into how the Ielts
language practice? This

reviews in brief

BREAKTHROUGH PLUS, Students’ Book 2, Miles Craven; WORK ON YOUR VOCABULARY, Advanced C1, Collins;
Macmillan; ISBN: 978-1-3800-0111-5 ISBN: 978-0-0074-9968-7

This is the new re-designed edition of a young adult and This 128-page practice book focuses on high-level vocab-
adult course designed to practise English in everyday ulary and contains over 100 exercises for C1-level students.
situations. The twelve units cover grammar, vocabulary, the The target words and phrases are presented in context and
four language skills and pronunciation. The book’s strength grouped into thirty themes such as British and American
lies in the extensive use of communication activities, with English, education, computers, current affairs and meta-
nearly twenty pages of information-exchange tasks. The new phorical language. Some words are exactly what high-level
‘Life Skills’ sections help students plan short presentations students need to enrich their language, like ‘expertise’ and
using mind-maps. The quirky, colourful cartoon-style ‘narrow-minded’; others are for recognition purposes only,
pictures add to the book’s appeal. The extra exercises on such as ‘to go belly up’. Sometimes, additional information
pronunciation are especially useful. The texts are quite is needed to esh out the ner shades of connotation and
short, and teachers may wish to supplement the book with to indicate which words are best for production. Overall, a
‘extensive reading’ activities. Engaging; worth investigation. useful book for vocabulary expansion.

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