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This photocopiable resource book and audio CD of speaking activities is designed to encourage engaging and natural discussion among intermediate-level students. The book consists of 26 topic-based units, each filled with a variety of stimulating activities. All the activities are free-standing, and comprehensive teacher's notes give a clear indication of the preparation required, as well as keys to the activities, complete audioscripts and suggestions for discussion-based writing tasks. The audio recordings include listening material from the book in a wide range of native-speaker accents.

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This course contains 20 short, manageable 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.

Focuses on the real mistakes students make in the PET exam and shows how to avoid them. This invaluable little book highlights the real mistakes that students make in the exam – and shows how to avoid them. Based on analysis of thousands of exam scripts, each unit targets a key problem area. Clear explanations and exercises help students to use the language accurately. Regular tests offer students a further opportunity to check and consolidate what they have learnt.
• Highlights common mistakes that learners really make
• Based on analysis of thousands of exam scripts
• Short, snappy explanations focus on key problem areas
• Includes exam-style exercises

New Edition for the December 2008 exam. The expert series delivers the rigorous exam training and thorough language development that will have your high-achieving students scoring top marks every time. * Assure your students of exam success with the integrated exam tips and strategies as well as regular review sections * Build your students writing and speaking skills with the thorough, step-by-step skills development activities * Encourage self study using the the interactive exam practice at www.iTests.com * Exam style tasks throughout the course with integrated tips and strategies familiarise students with the exam format

The Teacher’s Book provides full teaching notes, answer keys, tapescripts, extra activity ideas and background information