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HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
How to Use This Book
Collins Skills for the TOE1C* Test: Listening and Reading and its companion edition, Speaking and Writing, offer a comprehensive guide to the TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication). If you use this series to prepare for the test, you will be able to improve your score on the TOE1C test and demonstrate your skills in using English in a business setting. No matter the level of your English, Collins Skills for the TOEIC Test provides you with all the tools you need to succeed on the test. Here’s a glimpse of the learning tools included in this book.
» Skill-specific Challenges and Solutions sections, These sections offer strategies and suggestions to help you learn how to overcome the most common challenges in each section of the test.
» Quick Guide question overviews, Each lesson provides a brief summary of a specific part of the test in an easy-to-read chart. This allows you to quickly understand what is important to know in order to answer the questions correctly,
» Walk Through samples. Clear, visual and/or audio examples show you the types of questions, passages, and answer options you can expect to find on the test. Knowing what to expect is an important part of preparing for the test.
» Get If Right presentations. These presentations give an overview of the most important steps, skills, and language needed for doing well on each part of the test. They include useful vocabulary and expressions that are needed when answering the questions and provide tips and tasks for noticing and understanding the important elements of each question type.
» progressive Practice. For each part of the test, these carefully designed activities gradually prepare you to take the actual TOEIC test. This step-by-step practice builds the knowledge and skills you need for a good score and encourages independent learning while working up to TOEIC testing levels.
• Get Ready activities require you to listen or read for certain pieces of information, practice structured activities, and notice why answers are correct or incorrect
• Get Set activities allow you to respond to TOEIC-style test questions more independently but still offer additional support and models to help you as you go.
• Go for the TOEỈC* Test activities put you in an authentic test situation and allow you to practice what you have learned in a simulated test environment.
» Answer Analysis presentations. Answer analyses offered throughout the book teach you how to eliminate incorrect answer options and select the best answers for various question types.
» Skill-specific Practice Test sections. At the end of each section, you’ll be able* to put your skills for the test to use by taking a timed practice test. These practice tests will help you identify your weaknesses so you can know what areas to focus on before the real test.
» Quick Tips. Throughout the book, you’ll see Quick Tips, which offer best-practice strategies and useful advice on how to approach certain activity types and perform better on the test.
» Dictionary definitions. Collins CORƯILD Advanced Dictionary definitions are provided throughout the book to help you understand words and build your knowledge of vocabulary that may be found on the TOEIC test and in business settings where English is the language of communication.
» Answer Key and Audio Scripts. Found at the back of this book, these tools will help you check your answers and improve your listening comprehension as you prepare for the TOEIC test.