Top the IELTS

Opening the Gates to Top QS-Ranked Universities

Top the IELTS is an IELTS book like no other. It recognizes an essential key to the problem: students who struggle with the IELTS have problems mastering English. Hence, while other IELTS books teach strategies with long wordy explanations that hardly make sense to the average student, Top the IELTS focuses on teaching students in the most intuitive way possible: examples.

Each unit is systematically broken down to make it simple for any student to Top the IELTS. First, "Simple Steps" are condensed at the outset for easy reference. Next begins "Elaboration with Examples" — a section where the "Simple Steps" are put into practice. As an added bonus, actual student work is included in the elaboration section to reveal the common mistakes made by IELTS-takers. The unit concludes with the "IELTS Trainer" which allows students a chance to directly put the strategies to practice rather than just throwing students into the deep end by providing a full set of IELTS practice tests.

Contents:

• The Academic Reading Section:

  • 1. Speed Reading
  • 2. Scanning and Matching
  • 3. Two-Layer Processing
  • 4. Thinking in Synonyms
  • 5. True, False or Not Given

• Academic Reading Practice Examinations:

  • Practice Examination 1
  • Practice Examination 2
  • Practice Examination 3
  • Practice Examination 4
  • Practice Examination 5

• The Academic Writing Section:

  • 1(a). Drawing a Blueprint
  • 1(b). Introductions
  • 1(c). Connecting Paragraphs
  • 1(d). Concise Conclusions
  • 2. Tone: Formal Writing
  • 3(a). Data Analysis Skills: Analytic Vocabulary
  • 3(b). Data Analysis Skills: Generating Insights
  • 4(a). Argumentative Skills: Forming a Viewpoint
  • 4(b). Argumentative Skills: Countering Arguments

• Academic Writing Practice Examinations:

  • Practice Examination 1 (Model Essays for Practice Examination 1)
  • Practice Examination 2 (Model Essays for Practice Examination 2)
  • Practice Examination 3 (Model Essays for Practice Examination 3)
  • Practice Examination 4 (Model Essays for Practice Examination 4)
  • Practice Examination 5 (Model Essays for Practice Examination 5)

Readership: Students who intend to take the IELTS test, students who intend to improve their English language capabilities.