New Progress to First Certificate - Student's book [antikvár]

Welcome! This book will help you to prepare progressively for the Cambridge First Certificate in English examination (FCE). The exercises, tasks and activities will help you to learn more English and improve your language skills - they don't just test your knowledge, they help you to make progress. The nature of the exercises, tasks and activities changes gradually through the book until, by the time you reach Unit 20, you'll be answering questions that are just the same as the ones you'll have to answer in the exam itself. The FCE exam consists of five papers: Paper 1: Reading, Paper 2: Writing, Paper 3: Use of EngUsh, Paper 4: Listening and Paper 5: Speaking. To help you to prepare for the exam, the sections in each unit focus on different skills that are needed for the exam: • Some sections focus on the basic skills you need for individual papers in the exam: READING, WRITING, LISTENING and SPEAKING. • Some sections focus on the important language points that you need to revise or learn for the Use of English and Writing papers: GRAMMAR REVIEW, VOCABULARY, WORD STUDY, VERBS AND IDIOMS and PREPOSITIONS. • Some special sections focus on exam techniques for each paper in the exam. There are also plenty of exam hints, tips and advice scattered throughout the book. Each unit is based on a different topic, covering all the topics that are included in the exam syllabus and which may come up in the exam. But, perhaps more important, they are all topics that will interest you and give you plenty to talk about. In class, you'll be doing many exercises, tasks and activities in pairs or small groups. The purpose of this is to make sure that everyone gets plenty of practice in speaking English. Don't be surprised if your teacher decides to leave out some sections - the book is designed to be used selectively in this way. Besides class work, there will also be quite a lot of homework for you to do: • preparing reading passages that you'll be discussing later in class • doing exercises that will be checked later in class • and (of course!) doing written work to improve your writing skills. On pages 170-185, you'll find the grammar reference sections, where the main problem areas of English grammar are explained and clear examples are given. You may need to refer to these sections before attempting the exercises in the grammar review sections. On pages 186-207, there are 62 communication activities, where you and your partner are given different information that you must communicate to each other. There is an 'information gap' between you, and you must react spontaneously to what your partner says - just as in a real-life conversation. Good luck during your exam preparation course - and enjoy using New Progress to First Certificatel