Teach Yourself Speed Reading

Tina Konstant "Teach Yourself Speed Reading"
McGraw-Hill; 2 edition (October 16, 2003) | ISBN:0071426655 | 192 Pages | PDF | 14 Mb

Speed-reading is about reading--and being able to recall--more written information in less time. Following a unique five-step system, this practical guide teaches readers the basics of speed-reading in less than an hour. It includes tools and information on a variety of reading and memory techniques that allow readers to start using and practicing the techniques as they read--and therefore finish this book in a fraction of the time they would have taken previously.

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Progress to Proficiency Student's Book: New Edition

IELTS Practice Tests audio book

IELTS Practice Tests

10 Listening Tests
10 General Reading Tests
10 Academic Reading Tests
10 General Writing Tests
10 Academic WritingTests
10 Speaking Tests

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IELTS Preparation and Practice: Reading

IELTS Preparation and Practice: Reading

is designed to meet the needs of students preparing to take the IELTS (International English Language Testing System). Each component in the series reflects the format of the IELTS and offers a complete guide to developing the skills required for each module. The series provides comprehensive preparation for and practice of the complete range of skills tested in the IELTS. The contributing authors have extensive experience in teaching English and are accredited IELTS examiners. Now with Practice Tests with annotated key.


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IELTS Practice Tests with Answer Key

IELTS Practice Tests with Answer Key

IELTS Practice Tests covers all four Modules of the IELTS exam:
- Six complete practice tests cover a wide range of typical IELTS topic areas.
- Task guides and Step-by-step guides in Tests 1 and 2 explain how best to approach each task type
- General Training section provides additional Reading and Writing Modules for two tests.

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IELTS Foundation Study Skills

IELTS Foundation Study Skills
Author: Rachael Roberts, Gakonga etc.
Publisher: Macmillan
Publication Date: 2005
Description: IELTS Foundation Study Skills is aimed at students in the IELTS band 4-5.5. The Listening section provides exercises to improve general listening skills as well as actual IELTS questions. The Writing questions have model answers and notes for the student giving advice on how to construct and improve their answers. Full length Reading texts and exercises practice the skills needed to find answers quickly and accurately. The Speaking questions are designed to help prepare for topics that occur in the exam.

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How to Read Faster and Recall More

Gordon Ray Wainwright “How to Read Faster and Recall More"
How to Books; 3Rev Ed edition (April 30, 2007) | ISBN:1845281624 | PDF | 120 pages | 4,5 Mb

In today's information-laden and time-constrained world we are required to digest an increasing amount of written and printed material. Most people, in their capacity as student, job seeker, employee or leisure reader, want to be able to deal with their daily reading faster and also recall it effectively. This book gives you the means to do just that by: finding the techniques for improvement that work best for you; providing methods for increasing retention and recall; promoting flexibility - the key to reading efficiently; offering techniques for developing skim-reading; and, highlighting problem areas and suggesting ways of addressing them. The book contains exercises to facilitate your development and assesses your results throughout, ensuring that you come away reading faster and recalling more.

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Guide to IELTS

A Guide to IELTS

Language: English and Arabic
Coursebook for preparing for the International English Language Test System for Arabic readers.


Chapter 1 - About the test:The academic reading test
The academic writing test
The academic speaking test
The academic listening test
The general training reading lest
The general training writing test
How the 1ELTS is graded
Important hints

Chapter 2 - Hints about the reading test: General hints
How to approach the different types of questions ?
Techniques toinerease your speed

Chapter 3- Hints about the writing test:
General hints
Task 1
Task 2
The structure of an essay
Writing the essay
Writing topics for the IELTS
Useful vocabulary list

Chapter 4 - Hints about the listening test:
General hints
Types of Questions
Competing the answer sheet

Chapter 5 - Hints about the speaking test:
General hints How to be fluent ?
Different techniques
Breathing
Speakinig topics for the IELTS

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English L2 Reading: Getting to the Bottom

Barbara M. Birch “English L2 Reading: Getting to the Bottom"
Lawrence Erlbaum 2002-06-01 ISBN: 0805838996 PDF 216 pages 9,7 Mb

This book is a comprehensive, myth-debunking examination of how L1 features (orthographic system, phonology, morphology) can influence English L2 reading at the "bottom" of the reading process. It provides a thorough but very accessible linguistic/psycholinguistic examination of the lowest levels of the reading process. It is both theoretical and practical.

Although the methodologies and approaches taken in most ESL/EFL texts about reading are top-down (cognition driven), and pay scant attention to the bottom of the reading process, those detailed in this book are language driven. The goal is to balance or supplement (not replace) top-down approaches and methodologies with effective low-level options for teaching English reading. Core linguistic and psycholinguistic concepts are presented within the context of their application to teaching.

English L2 Reading: Getting to the Bottom clearly explains the strategies that readers of other languages develop in response to their own writing systems (Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Hebrew, other alphabets, or transparent Roman alphabetic systems) contrasted with an explanation of the strategies that English readers develop in response to the opaque orthography of English, and explicates how other low-level processing strategies for L1 morphology and word formation may aid or hinder processing in English L2 reading acquisition.

A complete, balanced reading ideology should be big enough to embrace all reading theories and practices. In particular, it should be able to accommodate those researchers and teachers who find that attention to the details of language can also help students learn to read better. Many ESL/EFL teachers are interested in supplementing their successful whole-language methods with bottom-up reading strategies, but aren't sure how to do it. This book fills that gap.

Intended for ESL/EFL reading researchers, teacher trainers and teachers, and as a text for MATESOL students, most chapters contain practical suggestions that teachers can incorporate into whole language methods to teach beginning or intermediate ESL/EFL reading (letters, pronunciation, "smart" phonics, morphemes, and vocabulary acquisition) in a more balanced way. Pre-reading discussion and study questions are provided to stimulate interest and enhance comprehension. End-of-chapter exercises help readers apply the concepts.


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Critical Reasoning & Reading Comprehension GMAT Preparation Guide

Manhattan GMAT Prep, "Critical Reasoning & Reading Comprehension GMAT Preparation Guide"
MG Prep, Inc. (October 30, 2005) | ISBN: 097480696X | 107 pages | PDF | 10,8 Mb

Critical Reasoning & Reading Comprehension (1 of the 7 books in Manhattan GMAT’s Preparation Guide series) illustrates how to deconstruct arguments and reading passages using innovative diagramming techniques designed to build speed and improve accuracy. Students learn the underlying structures of arguments and passages in order to facilitate quick reading and precise analysis. The book offers a unique balance between two competing emphases: test-taking strategies and in-depth content understanding. Practice problem-sets build specific foundational skills in each topic and include the most advanced content that many other prep books ignore. As the average GMAT score required to gain admission to top b-schools continues to rise, this guide provides test-takers with the depth and volume of advanced material essential for succeeding on the GMAT’s computer adaptive format. Book also includes online access to 3 full length Simulated Practice GMAT Exams at Manhattan GMATs website.

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Achieve IELTS: English for International Education - Student's Book + Class Audio CDs

Level: Intermediate to Upper Intermediate
Developed and tested at UK and European universities and language schools by experienced IELTS teachers and examiners, Achieve IELTS recognises students' real aims and ambitions by preparing them for examination success and student life in international education.
Achieve IELTS takes students from IELTS band 4.5 to 6.
Achieve IELTS provides:
a student-centred communicative approach to learning
clear, useful advice on approaching the test from an experienced examiner
motivating and contemporary topic-based units that cover the core skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking
carefully graded development of test skills, building to full test practice activities, texts and instructions that closely follow the test format
a strong grammar syllabus which revises key structures needed by students at this level
graded writing practice with model answers and example students answers (including examiner's comments), including the latest changes to the IELTS writing test
an integrated Workbook with further practice in test questions, a study skills syllabus and practice in the IELTS general English module
preparation for study after IELTS to help students deal with social life in an academic environment
Achieve IELTS Student's Book includes a full audioscript of the listening exercises.

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