Prepare students for the IELTS exam as well as future academic study. With its focus on academic skills, this updated version of Focus on IELTS equips students for both the IELTS examination, and the tools that they need for academic life.

This provides: detailed information about the IELTS exam ; guided practice for all four skills in each of the ten modules ; language input for speaking and writing ; hints anbd tips to help with special areas of difficulty ; language review at the end of each module, focussing on key academic language ; five self-check progress tests recycling key language and skills in new contexts ; guidance on assessing your writing ; ideas for speaking and writing about the topics in reading and listening texts ; tips on how to improve your performance in all four skills ; and detailed answer key and tapescripts.

"This Student's Book with answers contains separate sections focussing on Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking ; 8 official practice tests from Cambridge English ; DVD-ROM with MP3 files and speaking test videos."--Publisher.

This book helps students integrate key words and phrases in their writing and speaking using the Academic word study sections, and it gives the motivated students lots of extra exam practice.

Unit 1: Life and death; Unit 2: Nature or nurture; Unit 3: Boys and girls; Unit 4: Past and present; Unit 5: Work and play; Unit 6: Home and away; Unit 7: Kill or cure; Unit 8: Bricks and mortar; Unit 9: Words and pcitures; Unit 10: Rain or shine; Unit 11: Sink or swim; Unit 12: Crime and punishment.

A preparation course for the IELTS General Training examination with bridging to IELTS Academic.