Cambridge Advanced English - Student's Book [antikvár]

Welcome!Each of the 24 units in Cambridge Advanced English is based on a different topic and is designed to help you to develop all your skills in English. You'll find exercises and activities in each unit that concentrate on different skills, helping you to revise and consolidate what you already know and to develop and extend your knowledge further.The odd-numbered units are 'Theme units' and they contain:informative Reading texts from a variety of authentic sources, with tasks, exercises and activities to improve your reading skills. You can prepare many of these in advance at homeListening exercises with tasks and activities to help you improve your listening skillsEffective Writing exercises to help you develop useful techniques you can use in your writingrealistic Creative Writing tasks to give you an opportunity to express yourself in writingThe even-numbered units are 'Language units' and they contain:shorter Reading texts or Listening exerciseswork on Grammar revision: the 'problem areas' of English grammar are dealt with in a thought-provoking and interesting wayWord-study exercises to help you to develop your vocabulary skillsFunctions sections to help you to practise the functional language needed in different situations or work on PronunciationEvery unit contains: exercises on vocabulary connected with the topic of the unit opportunities for discussionwork on idiomatic expressions and phrasal verbsintegrated activities where, for example, a listening task leads on to discussion, which in turn leads on to a reading task, which may then lead on to a writing taskActivities shown with this symbol m are Communication activities, where you and your partner(s) are given different information that you have to communicate to each other. These are printed at the end of the book but in random order so that you can't see each other's information.LhJ indicates that there is recorded material on the cassettes.m indicates that you should use a fluorescent highlighter to highlight useful words or expressions you come across in a text or exercise.Enjoy using Cambridge Advanced English!