Gain the confidence you need to excel in English speaking exams and other formal speaking situations! In five short units, experienced EFL teacher Albert Bowkett presents innovative and effective techniques and exercises related to core speaking elements such as pronunciation, picture-related exam tasks, collaborative exam tasks, improvised conversation, presentations, and interviews. What makes this book special is its application of logic and critical thinking skills, as well as organisational and performance techniques. This goes beyond simply 'learning phrases' (intermediate level) and provides the advanced level EFL speaker with proven tools and strategies for passing speaking exams and producing confident, original and dynamic answers in all formal situations. Includes FREE bonus chapter: Unit 1 from ''C1 Vocabulary: 100 Exam Keywords for Advanced English''

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5 complete speaking tests designed for the Cambridge C1 Advanced (CAE) exam. These tests are created with care in the authentic Cambridge style for you to use to practise your speaking skills. Get ready to pass your exam. Key Features An introduction unit with useful advice for the speaking test. Complete speaking frames just like the real exam. Complete visual material including a downloadable colour version. Challenging C1 level topics. By using these 5 complete speaking exams to prepare, you'll be ready for the Cambridge C1 Advanced (CAE) exam. The book is suitable for teachers in the classroom or learners of English as a self-study guide. Breakout English has been providing high-quality exam preparation materials to teachers and learners of English since 2018.

"Cambridge English Empower is a general English course for adult and young adult learners that combines course content from Cambridge University Press with validated assessment from Cambridge English Language Assessment ..."--Publisher description.

A three-level (B1+ to C1) integrated skills course for higher education students at university or on foundation courses. Designed specifically for students preparing for university, this integrated skills course develops language and real academic skills essential for successful university studies across disciplines. With authentic lectures and seminars, language informed by Academic Word Lists and the Cambridge Academic Corpus, the course guarantees relevant and up-to-date English for university studies. The C1 Advanced Class Audio CD and DVD Pack combines the Class Audio CD and DVD discs in a pack. The Audio CD and the DVD include extensive listening and video material with authentic Cambridge University lectures and interviews with university students. This material is linked to the Student's Book.

This book brings together perspectives from researchers and language teachers working in higher education, both in the UK and internationally, on the nature and challenges currently faced in the field of speaking skills pedagogy in second language learning and teaching. The book offers support to the teaching community in the important task of developing speaking skills in our globalised world, by advocating for a closer integration of language learning theory and pedagogical practice. This thought-provoking work explores a wide range of topics, from task-authenticity in the classroom to fluency development, and others such as social media, prosody and transferable skills. The book will help educational practitioners to improve their own teaching strategies in the classroom.

An up-to-date review of the relevant literature on assessing speaking.