Trinity Expertise: Achieving Mastery in the Integrated Skills Examination Level 1 - Tapa blanda

The Trinity Integrated Skills in English examinations provide a structured framework to encourage students to improve their skills of listening and speaking, reading and writing. This course prepares students for Stage 1 of the exams, which involves an Interview, a Controlled Written exam and a set of Portfolio tasks. There are 12 units, each covering one or two of the topic areas for the stage. Each unit contains: * background-building - focusing on possible examination tasks about this topic, plus guidance on the vocabulary, grammar and skills needed to complete the tasks effectively; * vocabulary revision and extension; * listening and speaking practice for the Interview; * reading and writing practice for the Controlled Written exam; * thinking and writing practice for the Portfolio tasks. The course provides motivating and enjoyable activities that lead the students step by step to exam mastery. Key Features * Background building on examination topics * Guidance on the vocabulary, grammar and skills needed to complete the tasks effectively * Vocabulary revision and extension * Listening and Speaking practice for the Interview * Reading and Writing practice for the Controlled Written Exam * Thinking and Writing practice for the Portfolio tasks * Full teaching notes

Terry Phillips has worked in ELT for more than 35 years as a teacher, teaching supervisor, manager and language school owner. As a consultant, he has worked in more than 20 countries in all parts of the world, advising state and private language institutions on all aspects of school management. For the last ten years, he has been a full time freelance writer with his wife Anna, producing more than 160 published books in ELT. Although he and Anna have worked for all the major publishers, all recent works have been for Garnet Education. Terry is the series editor of the English for Specific Academic Purposes series for Garnet Education, which aims to prepare students to entry into a particular faculty for English-medium tertiary education. The series won the ESU award in 2009.