連雅思主考官都讚嘆的雅思口說高分祕笈(附1CD)

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Chapter 1 About the IELTS Test  關於雅思考試
Chapter 2 About the IELTS Speaking Test  關於雅思口說測驗
Chapter 3 About the IELTS Speaking Test Scores  關於雅思口說測驗給分
Chapter 4 How to Prepare  如何準備
Chapter 5 Fluency and Coherence  流暢度及連貫性
Chapter 6 Lexical Resource  詞彙使用量
Chapter 7 Grammatical Range and Accuracy  文法廣度及準確度
Chapter 8 Pronunciation  發音

︳雅思口說Part 1 題型︱
Chapter 9 Closed Questions  封閉性問題
Chapter 10 Open Questions  開放式問題
Chapter 11 Questions about Frequency  關於頻率的問題
Chapter 12 Questions about the Past, Present and Future  關於過去、現在及未來的問題

︳雅思口說Part 2 題型︱
Chapter 13 Describing People and Places  描述人及地點
Chapter 14 Describing Experiences and Events  描述經驗及事件
Chapter15 Describing Actions  描述行為

︳雅思口說Part 3 題型︱
Chapter 16 Other Topics  其他主題
Chapter 17 Giving your Opinion  給予你的看法
Chapter 18 Giving reasons  給予原因
Chapter 19 Talking about Differences  談論差異
Chapter 20 Making Predictions  做出預測
 

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　　About this book

　　This book has been designed to help you to improve your speaking skills for the IELTS Speaking test. As such, it covers strategies for answering the different types of questions, useful vocabulary and phrases, grammar, and exercises for improving your awareness and accuracy in pronunciation. There are also plenty of exercises and examples to help you to maximise your performance and achieve your target score.

　　In the first section of the book, you will learn about the IELTS Speaking Test. In the second, third and fourth sections of the book, you will learn more about answering questions in the different parts of the speaking test. Finally, there are additional questions for you to try in the Practice Questions section at the end.

　　I hope that by reading through this book, you will gain a better understanding of the requirements of the test, increase your confidence and achieve your target score.

　　Acknowledgements

　　Thanks to my amazing wife, especially for putting up with my moments of angst during the writing of this book, as well as to my wonderful daughter, who teaches me so much about language acquisition every day. Also, thanks to the IELTS students at Oak Tree who helped me with testing and feedback on some chapters. Finally, a big thank-you to Eileen at Oak Tree Education for her able assistance with the preparation of the book.

　　Test Security

　　The IELTS Speaking test is a secure and reliable test of English, trusted by universities and immigration agencies around the world. As such, the questions in this book represent examples of the kinds of questions you may be asked. In order to maintain the security of the test, no confidential information was used in the preparation of this book. Information regarding scoring and test questions is widely available in the public domain. While questions used in this book are designed to illustrate the types of questions asked in the test, any reproduction of actual test questions is entirely coincidental and unintended by either of the authors.

　　For more information about scores, test formats or booking an IELTS test, see: www.ielts.org