IELTS Advantage is a series of course books offering step-by-step guidance to achieving a high IELTS score.
IELTS Advantage: Reading Skills is a fully comprehensive resource for passing the IELTS Academic Reading Test with a grade of 6.5–7.0 or higher. Students who are taking the General IELTS Test can also benefit from this book. This book teaches a range of key strategies for reading more effectively and for understanding texts more easily, helping students to get a better result in the Reading paper.
Each of the ten units provides a variety of long and short texts that cover major topic areas likely to appear in the exam. Each unit is divided into different sections to help students:
get to know the many question types and how to approach them
develop skills to cope with the amount of reading in the test
learn strategies which help in making the most of the time in the exam
develop vocabulary and collocations, with particular attention paid to synonyms and paraphrases, essential for a good exam result
Key features:
Suitable for classroom study or self-study
Includes answer key
Includes additional sections to help students with core skills needed for IELTS:
Useful websites for hours of IELTS reading practice
Problems to avoid when filling in the answer sheet
Tips for effective vocabulary skills
How to get the most from your dictionary