ADRIAN VALLANCE D ARCY

Developing Skills 1: Course Book This course will help you improve your competence in English for college or university study to an upper-intermediate level. In Book 1: Listening skills include: * following a lecture * using symbols and abbreviations in notes * recognizing signposts and digressions * understanding and noting the main points Reading skills include: * confirming precise meaning * extracting relevant information from case studies * looking for evidence * narrative descriptions * finding the main information in active and passive sentences Speaking skills include: * describing similarity and difference * discussing case studies * comparing more than two things * exchanging information * reporting on research Writing skills include: * concluding opinions * joining sentences * using the passive to describe a process * discursive essays, reviews, instructions, e-mails, 'how to' texts Starting Skills Books 1 and 2 with Building Skills Books 1 and 2 and Developing Skills Books 1 and 2 form a six-level course for higher education studies in English which will take you from Starter to Upper Intermediate. Accompanying Workbook and Teacher's Book also available.

Pre-reading tasks introduce students to the unit topic *Comprehension tasks check general and detailed understanding *Includes step-by-step teacher's notes and answer key