书目

Collins Listening for IELTS

内容简介

IfyourlisteningispreventingyoufromgettingthescoreyouneedinIELTS,CollinsListeningforIELTScanhelp.Don'tletoneskillholdyouback.CollinsListeningforIELTShasbeenspeciallycreatedforlearnersofEnglishwhoplantotaketheIELTSexamtodemonstratethattheyhavetherequiredabilitytocommunicateeffectivelyinEnglish,eitheratworkoratuniversity.WhatisIELTS?TheInternationalEnglishLanguageTestingSystem(IELTS)issatbyover1.4millioncandidatesaroundtheworldeveryyear.Itisthemostcommontestusedbyuniversitiesforforeignstudentstoprovetheirlanguagelevel.IELTSisalsoincreasinglyusedforimmigrationpurposes,withAustralia,NewZealandandCanadaallrequiringvisaapplicantswhosefirstlanguageisnotEnglishtosubmitanIELTSgrade.Thesystemtestscandidates’Reading,Writing,ListeningandSpeakinginfourseparatepapers.Usually,studentsmustgainagoodmarkinallfourskillsinordertogainentrytothecourse,job,orcountryoftheirchoice.Forthisreason,candidateswilloftensittheexamnumeroustimestosecurethescorethattheyneed.PoweredbyCOBUILDThe4-billion-wordCollinscorpusistheworld'slargestdatabaseoftheEnglishlanguage.ItisupdatedeverymonthandhasbeenattheheartofCollinsCOBUILDforover20years.

作者简介

JoTomlinsonhasabroadrangeofexperienceteachingacademicEnglishandIELTSinbothprivatecollegeanduniversitysettings,includingonlineassessment.FionaAishhasmanagedandtaughtonvariousexamandacademicEnglishprogrammesatprivatelanguageschoolsanduniversities,andhasbeenpreparingstudentsforIELTSforover10years.JoandFionaareco-ownersofTargetEnglish,anEnglishlanguagetrainingcompanythatspecialisesinpreparingandsupportinguniversitystudentsintheUK.

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