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Skills for First Certificate
Malcolm Mann, Steve Taylore-Knowles
B2
Upper Intermediate
The Skills for First Certificate series provides thorough and comprehensive training in language and exam skills for students preparing for the first Certificate in English exam.
Each of the four components - Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking, and Use of English - has 16 thematic units covering the different parts of each paper. This allows the different papers to be practised independently but always following the same thematic line.
A comprehensive and easy-to-use Teacher's Book for each component provides extra photocopiable practice material. Updated for the 2008 exam
Key Features of Reading
4 complete Paper 1 Reading practice exams
Pairwork exercises for discussing reasons for answers and deducting successful approaches
A homework section in each unit
Key Features of Use of English
A systematic approach to word formation
Grammar focus providing essential First Certificate grammar practice
A phrasal verb reference section
12 complete Paper 3 Use of English practice exams
Key Features of Writing
Composition development, guiding students through the production of a specific piece of writing
Model compositions, achievable by First Certificate students
Key Features of Listening and Speaking
Recorded interviews with real First Certificate candidates to develop speaking skills
