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Career Directions and First
Certificate in English Learning Guide (FCE)
- IELTS
5.5
Rationale
The First Certificate in English (FCE) is one of the exams available from University of Cambridge ESOL examination. Its possession proves one's adequacy in the English language, and its successful completion means that one is able to interact socially efficiently.
Once awarded Cambridge ESOL FCE certificates are valid for life.
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FCE is an exam for people who can use everyday written and spoken English at an upper-intermediate level. It is an ideal exam for people who want to use English for work or study purposes.
Is FCE for you?
Can you...
- understand texts from a wide variety of sources?
- use English to make notes while someone is speaking in English?
- talk to people about a wide variety of topics?
- understand people talking in English on radio or television programmes?
FCE is at Level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) — an internationally recognised benchmark of language ability. The framework uses six levels to describe language ability from A1 to C2. 'Can Do' statements have been used to describe these levels in terms of real skills with language.
For example, at B2 level, typical users can be expected to:
1. understand the main ideas of complex pieces of writing
2. keep up a conversation on a fairly wide range of topics, expressing opinions and presenting arguments
3. produce clear, detailed writing, expressing opinions and explaining the advantages and disadvantages of different points of view.
Your preparation for FCE will give you these kinds of practical language skills.
What does FCE involve?
FCE has five papers:
Reading:
1 hour
You will need to be able to understand information in fiction
and non-fiction books, journals, newspapers and magazines.
Writing:
1 hour 20 minutes
You will have to show you can produce two different pieces
of writing such as a short story, a letter, an article, a
report, a review or an essay.
Use
of English: 45 minutes
Your use of English will be tested by tasks which show how
well you control your grammar and vocabulary.
Listening:
40 minutes
You need to show you can understand the meaning of a range
of spoken material, including news programmes, speeches, stories
and anecdotes and public announcements.
Speaking:
14 minutes
You will take the Speaking test with another candidate or
in a group of three, and you will be tested on your ability
to take part in different types of interaction: with the examiner,
with the other candidates and by yourself.
Supporting you
As with all of Cambridge ESOL's certificates, there is a lot of support to help you prepare for your exam.
Most candidates prefer to take the preparation courses run by language schools and universities.
You can access a variety of support materials from the Resources area of our website. These include a short booklet, Information for Candidates, and sample exam papers, which include sound files for the Listening test materials.
Many publishers have produced a wide choice of books and other aids to help you prepare for taking FCE. Ask your local bookshop for details.
To help you prepare for FCE, we provide teachers with their own website so they can download sample exam papers, handbooks, and other teaching support material.
"Management" (from Old French ménagement "the directing", from Latin manu agere "to lead by the hand") characterises the process of leading and directing all or part of an organisation, often a business, through the deployment and manipulation of resources (human, financial, material, intellectual or intangible). Early twentieth-century management writer Mary Parker Follett defined management as "the art of getting things done through people."
One can also think of management functionally, as the action of measuring a quantity on a regular basis and of adjusting some initial plan, and as the actions taken to reach one's intended goal. This applies even in situations where planning does not take place. From this perspective, there are five management functions: planning, organizing, leading, coordinating and controlling. For others though, this definition, while useful, is far too narrow. The phrase "management is what managers do" is also prevalent, conveying the difficulty with which management is defined, the shifting nature of definitions, and the connection of managerial practices with the existence of a managerial cadre or class.
Management is known by some as "business administration", although this then excludes management in places outside business, e.g. charities and the public sector. University departments that teach management are nonetheless usually called "business schools". The term "management" may also be used as a collective word, describe the managers of an organization, for example of a corporation.
Career Management is defined by Ball (1997) as:
1. Making career choices and decisions – the traditional focus of careers interventions. The changed nature of work means that individuals may now have to revisit this process more frequently than in the past.
2. Managing the organizational career – concerns the career management tasks of individuals within the workplace, such as decision-making, life-stage transitions, dealing with stress etc.
3. Managing 'boundaryless' careers – refers to skills needed by workers whose employment is beyond the boundaries of a single organisation, a workstyle common among, for example, artists and designers.
4. Taking control of one's personal development – as employers take less responsibility, employees need to take control of their own development in order to maintain and enhance their employability.
Now that the job-for-life covenant between employer and employee has been superseded by an insecure and uncertain job market, career management has become a necessary survival skill rather than being an activity pursued by Ivy League alumni or people born with a silver spoon in the mouth. Job security is now based on knowledge, skills and added-value rather than length of service or loyalty to an employer. Career management is nothing more than a small investment of time, money and energy to protect the major source of revenue—one's job.
See also
International English Language Testing System' ( IELTS , pronounced /'aijelts/ ) is a test of English language proficiency. It is jointly managed by University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations, British Council and IDP Education Australia . Candidates may choose either the Academic Module or the General Training Module:
The Academic Module is intended for those who wish to enrol in universities and other institutions of higher education . The General Training Module is intended for those planning to undertake non-academic training or to gain work experience, or for immigration purposes. IELTS is accepted by most Australian, British, Canadian, Irish, New Zealand and South African academic institutions, by an increasing number of academic institutions in the USA, and by various professional organizations. It is also a requirement for migration to Australia and Canada.
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Individual Exams
These five exams are also known as the "Main Suite":
KET (Key English Test): elementary, IELTS 3.0
The test has three sections:
- Reading & Writing - 70 minutes
- Listening - 25 minutes
- Speaking - 8-10 minutes
- Vocabulary Test
- Grammar Test
PET (Preliminary English Test): intermediate, IELTS 4.0
The test has three sections:
- Reading and Writing - 90 minutes
- Listening - 30 minutes
- Speaking - an interview, 10 minutes
- Reading Test
- Writing part 1
- Writing part 3
FCE (First Certificate in English): upper intermediate, IELTS 5.5
The test has five sections:
- Reading - 75 minutes- free practice test! New
- Writing - 2 essays, 90 minutes - free practice test
- Use of English - 90 minutes - free practice test
- Listening - 40 minutes - free listening practice test
- Speaking - interview, normally with another candidate, 15 minute
- Reading test
- Use of English test
- Listening test
- Writing test
CAE (Certificate in Advanced English): advanced, IELTS 6.5
The test has five sections:
- Reading - 75 minutes
- Writing - 2 or 3 tasks , 120 minutes
- English in Use - 6 tasks with 80 questions - 90 minutes - free Use of English tests
- Listening - 45 minutes - Click here for a free listening practice test
- Speaking - interview, normally with another candidate, 15 minutes
- Listening
- English In Use 1
- English in Use 2
- Use of English in Use 4
CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English): very advanced, IELTS 7.5
The test has five sections:
- Reading - 60 minutes
- Composition - 2 tasks, 2 hours
- Use of English - 90 minutes
- Listening - 3 or 4 recordings, 40 minutes
- Interview - normally with another candidate, 15 minutes
- Grammar Test
- Vocabulary Test
- Dictionary Test
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Teaching and Learning Resources
Speaking
In this section of the exam, two candidates are interviewed by two examiners. The test has four parts. In the first one, the candidates are asked personal questions, whereas in part two they are given a pair of photographs to compare and contrast. In part three, the candidates engage in discussion, and in part four, the candidates and the interviewer discuss an issue on a certain topic.
Speech Communication refers to the processes associated with the production and perception of sounds used in spoken language . A number of academic disciplines study speech and speech sounds, including acoustics , psychology , speech pathology , linguistics , and computer science.
In this section of the exam, two candidates are interviewed by two examiners. The test has four parts. In the first one, the candidates are asked personal questions, whereas in part two they are given a pair of photographs to compare and contrast. In part three, the candidates engage in discussion, and in part four, the candidates and the interviewer discuss an issue on a certain topic
See also
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Speaking and listening: 28 popular discussion topics + relevant vocabulary
1. "Prepare for Discussion": complete work-scheme: [1] odd one out [2] texts for dictation [3] dialogues [4] questions [5] crosswords, which targets the vocabulary needed for each of the 28 popular topic areas
2. Ten discussion techniques - giving opinions, asking for clarification, delaying strategies etc
3. Tales of The Unexpected - 122 stand-alone episodes, each running for 25 minutes. These stories with a twist in the ending are well acted, entertaining and can be obtained cheaply on DVD - excellent for listening comprehension and vocabulary development.
4. BBC Radio 4's Listen Again page offers a massive selection of audio files and podcasts on every topic you can think of.
5. Songs by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger to use as a stimulus for discussion and for presentation of topic-based vocabulary, with links to audio CD recordings, songbooks & sheet music.
Ewan MacColl [1915-1989] helped to bring about the British folk song revival of the 1950s, which remained strong until the early 1970s. He proceeded to build on the British tradition of ballads rather than American folk roots (e.g. spirituals, blues, hobo, skiffle) - he was to find a partner with a good knowledge of American ballads. This link provides access to Ewan's own compositions, including the songs from the radio ballads in which he captures the speech rhythms and vocabulary of British people - railway workers, road builders, miners, fishermen, gypsies, teenagers and boxers. The radio ballads were a landmark in radio drama and song composition. They also provide excellent material for language learning at higher levels.
Among Ewan's most famous song compositions are: 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' (written for his wife - Peggy Seeger), 'Dirty Old Town' (written about Salford, Manchester - an industrial suburbia in the north of England) and 'The Manchester Rambler' (written for the Great Trespass - which gave walkers from the city rights of way and access to countryside). Ewan songs are mainly about love and social / political topics. Ewan's first love was the theatre - he helped to found Theatre Workshop with his first wife, Joan Littlewood. He was to have two later marriages and a total of five children. His second wife was Jean Newlove - assistant to dance movement teacher, Rudolph Laban, and mother of Hamish and (the late) Kirsty MacColl.
Peggy Seeger, born in 1935 and still writing and performing her own songs, was married to Ewan MacColl from the late 1950s until his death in 1989. They produced three children: Neill, Calum and Kitty MacColl - two talented musicians and a capable singer. Peggy herself is from a famous musical family. Her mother, Ruth Crawford Seeger, was both a folk music collector and one of the foremost 20th-century female classical composers. Her father, the musicologist Charles Seeger, was also father (by an earlier marriage) to the American folk-singer Pete Seeger.
Peggy is accomplished on several instruments, notably banjo, guitar, Appalachian dulcimer, English concertina and autoharp. Perhaps the best known of her early song compositions is 'Gonna be an engineer'. However, this link also provides access to Peggy's more recent song compositions: more on women's rights, some moving love songs, lyrics on a full range of social issues including anti-war and pro-environment campaigns. The link too provides a full index of Peggy's song titles and access to suppliers of her CD albums and songbook.
Use of English
The Use of English includes four tasks, whose types vary, including multiple choice filling, open gap filling, word formation and key word transformation. This part of the exam lasts for 45 minutes. The error correction task from previous years was removed for the 2008 syllabus.
- English Dictionary
- IPA Fonts (downloadable)
- Online English Language Dictionaries
- Pronouncing Dictionary with Instant Sound
- The Sounds of English - Chart & Tips
- The WordReference Dictionaries
- Thesaurus
Tutorials
Phonology and phonetics - / ð?s ?z h?t / !!!
Phonemic transcription: learn the symbols used in English Pronouncing Dictionaries
Assimilation practice: - Some English consonant sounds, including many alveolar ones, change into (or towards) different phonemes when followed by certain other sounds. Speakers assimilate to avoid awkward sound combinations which would lead to loss of oral fluency with utterances sounding broken up and clumsy. Some native English speakers, including those who have been to top schools, are ignorant of the differences between written and spoken English and attempt to speak as they write. The remedy for this is
Assimilation Practice: - the links below provide learners with two-word phrases within which assimilation occurs.
1. / t / changes to / p / before / m / / b / or / p /
2. / d / changes to / b / before / m / / b / or / p /
3. / n / changes to / m / before / m / / b / or / p /
4. / t / changes to / k / before / k / or /g/
5. / d / changes to / g / before / k / or / g /
6. / n / changes to /?/ before / k / or / g /
7. / s / changes to /?/ before /?/ or / j /
8. / z / changes to /?/ before /?/ or / j /
9. /?/ changes to / s / before / s /
Grammar and vocabulary
English WORD + PARTICLE sequences
1. WATCH YOUR PARTICLES!
2. WORDS "A" only-- - GAP FILL: Paola and her jealous boyfriend [Interactive Version]
3. WORDS "B" to "C" - GAP FILL: King Richard and the youthful Cordelia [Interactive Version]
4. WORDS "D" to "E" - GAP FILL: George the Veterinary Surgeon & Susan the Geologist
5. WORDS "F" to "J" - GAP FILL: Diana, Princess of Wales
6. WORDS "K" to "P" - GAP FILL: Jimmy Miller, playwright and folk singer
7. WORDS "Q" to "S" - GAP FILL: Football Managers, Faith Healers and Psychologists
8. WORDS "T" to "Z" - GAP FILL: Lola's Love for Alicante
9. WORDS "A" to "F" + PARTICLES Reference List
10. WORDS "G" to "Z" + PARTICLES Reference List
"Phrasal and Latinate Verbs In Vocabulary Practice" - worksheets to teach English phrasal verbs within a functional context.
History of Brighton Royal Pavilion: includes practice of phrasal verbs, gerund & infinitive constructions, connectors, reported speech, passive voice [***Interactive]
The language of education: an advanced gap fill exercise [***Interactive]
Humanity's
Worst Invention: an advanced gap fill exercise [***Interactive]
Readings
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1 (of 3) |
Test 2 (of 3) | Test 3 (of 3) |
Writing
The Writing part consists of two parts. One is a mandatory task and the other is chosen from a set of four optional tasks. The first task is usually a transactional letter, which has a stricter format, and the second one's type ranges from discursive compositions to articles, whose format is less stringent. One of the four options includes two questions based on a set of pre-set books. This part of the exam lasts for 90 minutes.
See also
- Introduction
- Penfriend
- Language exchange
- Blog
- Instant messenger
- Chatroom
- Business letter
- Essay
- Discussion group
- Links
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Tutorials
- How to start sentences in your essay
- Writing IELTS Essay
- IELTS exam letter writing (part 1 of 3)
- IELTS exam letter writing (part 2 of 3)
- IELTS exam letter writing (part 3 of 3)
- IELTS How to start sentences in your essay (Part 2 of 2)
- Fixing problems in your essay
Readings
Writing is the representation of language
in a textual medium through the use of signs or symbols. It is distinguished
from
illustration , such as cave
drawing and painting , and the recording of language via a non-textual medium
such as
magnetic
tape audio .
Writing began as a consequence of the burgeoning needs of accounting. Around the 4th millennium BC, the complexity of trade and administration outgrew the power of memory, and writing became a more dependable method of recording and presenting transactions in a permanent form (Robinson, 2003, p. 36)
Illustration of a scribe writing |
- Why write? - a history of writing and the alphabet from the British Library
- TechTact.org - A website for tactful technical writing
Writing - external links
- BBC Skillwise: writing - a community web site, offering general writing tips and practice for learners of English.
- Royal Literacy Fund - help with essay writing for advanced learners hoping to attend UK universities.
Listening
The Listening section consists of a set of questions based on four spoken texts. The texts vary from news announcements to speeches and stories. This section lasts approximately 40 minutes.
See also
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Tutorials
- IELTS LESSON - Passing a message - WWW.IELTSEXAMS.NET
- www.expressteach.com IELTS Academic Listening
- Listening Quizzes
Readings
Active listening is an intent to " listen for meaning", in which the listener checks with the speaker to see that a statement has been correctly heard and understood. The goal of active listening is to improve mutual understanding .
Active Listening International Online Training Program On Intractable Conflict: Conflict Research Consortium, University of Colorado, USA
Empathic listening skills How to listen so others will feel heard, or listening first aid (University of California). Download a one hour seminar on empathic listening and attending skills.
Exercise 4 - Active Listening , Center for Rural Studies, University of Vermont, Montpelier
Active listening: A communication tool
Homepage of the International Listening Association The professional organization whose members are dedicated to learning more about the impact that listening has on all human activity
Guidelines for Active Listening and Reflection
Reading
In the reading section, the candidate is expected to answer a set of questions based on the context of three texts, which are approximately 350-700 words in length each. Types of questions include multiple choice, multiple matching or gap filling. This part of the exam lasts 60 minutes.
See also
Tutorials
Readings
| Test 1 (of 3) | Test 2 (of 3) | Test
3 (of 3) |
Reading comprehension
History of Brighton Royal Pavilion: reading comprehension, including [***Interactive]
Wikipedia online encylopedia: Contents page
www.happymind.co.uk - well written articles (e.g. on philosophy, psychology, health, technology and futurology) suitable for 20s-30s age range. These texts explore the idea of using science to promote happiness and well-being. The aim of www.happymind.co.uk, edited by my niece Katherine Power, is to encourage intelligent debate, rather than promote a specific position. The articles are not written ostensibly to teach English, but contain challenging (though useful!) vocabulary input and themes which should lead naturally to class discussion.
Advanced Reader for learners of English interested in children's education - an autobiographical account by my second cousin, Irene Ellen Power Clifford, of her work in London Primary Schools from 1919 to 1953, her attempts to mitigate the poverty of the 1930s and the disruption of World War II and to promote more modern teaching methods. Irene's account could prove very useful for teachers or teaching assistants with English as a second language, who hope to enlarge their vocabulary prior to a job placement in a British School. Teaching methods may have changed, though there is something in human-beings (and the psychology of managing them!) which remains constant. Individual chapters can be accessed from the list below:
CONTENTS: 'The Growth of a Teacher' 1919-1953, by Irene Ellen Power Clifford | Introduction
1. I begin to teach
2. From pillar to post
3. My first permanent job
4. Changes in education
5. War years
6. Teaching under strange conditions
7. New blood - advent of a new headmistress
8. Social problems and neighbourhood
9. Further changes in 1953
10. Looking both ways
11. Bibliography
12. Synopsis of chapters
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Tutorials
Hunting
Whales
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Nature
Sounds
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Timber
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Tuna
Dolphins
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Volcanoes
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Fight
Pollution
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Readings
Reading is the cognitive process of deriving meaning from written or printed text.
A detail from Madonna des Kanonikus Georg van der Paele by Jan van Eyck . |
It is a means of language acquisition , of communication, and of sharing information and ideas. Effective readers use decoding skills (to translate printed text into the sounds of language), use morpheme , semantics , syntax and context cues to identify the meaning of unknown words, activate prior knowledge ( schemata theory ), use comprehension , and demonstrate fluency during reading. Other types of reading may not be text-based, such as music notation or pictograms. By analogy, in computer science , reading is acquiring of data from some sort of computer storage. Although reading print text is now an important way for the general population to access information, this has not always been the case. With some exceptions , only a small percentage of the population in many countries were considered literate before the Industrial Revolution . |
- Alliteracy
- Dyslexia
- Eye movement in language reading
- Eye movement in music reading
- Fixation
- Great Books
- Haskins Laboratories
- International Reading Association
- Literacy
- Mockingbird
- Phonics
- Photoreading
- Radio Reading Service such as 2RPH
- Readability test
- Reading skills acquisition
- Regression
- Skimming
- Slow reading
- Speed reading
- Subvocalization
- Time Reading Program , a book club sponsored by Time from 1961 - 1966
- Vision span
- Word Guessing
- References
- Haskins Laboratories: the science of the spoken and written word
- Lehrl, S., & Fischer, B. (1990) Measuring of reading rate
- Paper on word recognition at Microsoft typography site
- Sight Words Exercises
- Magazine Publishers Family Literacy Project
- A better way to learn sight words
- Free reading grade level tests and the MWIA, a test to determine dyslexia
- Children of the Code: The History and Science of Learning to Read and Comprehend
- Childrensbookradio: Popular Podcast and Directory of Children's Literature
- International Reading Association
- Reading Rockets: Reading Comprehension and Language Arts Teaching Strategies
- Guide to Effective Instruction in Reading
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Word Power: Enlarge Your Business Vocabulary
Tutorials
Activities
Readings
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Weather or Knot: Choose the Right Words
Tutorials
Activities
Readings
Ain't Is in the Dictionary: Learn Dictionary Smarts
Tutorials
Activities
Readings
Grammar for Grownups: Identify the Tools of the Trade
Tutorials
Activities
Readings
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Apples, Tigers, and Swahili: Tell Who, Whom, or What with Nouns
Tutorials
Activities
Readings
Be Kind to Substitutes: Pronouns Substitute for Nouns
Tutorials
Activities
Readings
Looking for the Action? Then find the Verbs!
Tutorials
Activities
Readings
Words that Describe: Describe with Adjectives and Adverbs
Tutorials
Activities
Readings
The Taming of the Apostrophe: Avoid the Apostrophe Catastrophe
Tutorials
Activities
Readings
Secret Life of a Sentence Revealed: Say No to Blunders and Gaffes
Tutorials
Activities
Readings
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The Pauses That Refresh: Use Commas, Exclamation Marks, Periods, Question Marks
Tutorials
Activities
Readings
Punctuation Potpourri: Use ! . ? , as well as (; : “ - -- ‘)
Tutorials
Activities
Readings
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Getting Your Act Together: Write and Speak Clearly, Correctly, Logically, and Concisely
Tutorials
Activities
Readings
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Take Your Show on the Road: Use Today's Vocabulary, “Grammar for Grownups,” Formatting, and Presentation Techniques
Tutorials
Activities
- Bus Travel
- Directions Around Town (3)
- ESL Programs
- Job Hunting - Quiz 1
- Job Hunting - Quiz 2
- Movies
- Travel and Numbers
Readings
Introduction to Management Workshop
Tutorials
Readings
- Basic Management Skills
- Business Processes
- Effective Manager
- Free Management Library
- Strategy & Management Articles
Essential Texts
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Complete
First Certificate Student's Book with answers with CD-ROM
Guy Brook-Hart Complete First Certificate is a new course for the 2008 revised FCE exam. Informed by the Cambridge Learner Corpus and providing a complete FCE exam paper specially prepared for publication by Cambridge ESOL, it is the most authentic exam preparation course available. Check the availability and buy your books from our Bookshop. |
Recommended Texts
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Cambridge
Grammar for First Certificate With Answers and Audio
CD Louise
Hashemi Cambridge Grammar for First Certificate Second edition provides complete coverage of the grammar needed for the Cambridge FCE exam, and develops listening skills at the same time. It includes the full range of FCE exam tasks from the Reading, Writing, Listening, and Use of English papers, and contains helpful grammar explanations and a grammar glossary. It has been fully updated for the new exam to be introduced from December 2008. Check the availability and buy your books from our Bookshop.
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Management
Fundamentals - Concepts, Applications, Skill Development (with InfoTrac)
Check the availability and buy your books from our Bookshop.
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Management (with InfoTrac) 7th Edition Richard L. Daft - Vanderbilt University 0324317980 864 pages HB 8 1/2 x 11 © 2005 Available Now Check
the availability and buy your books from our Bookshop. |
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Career
Directions ISBN:
0073123145, Check the availability and buy your books from our Bookshop. Articles
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Resources
- Free FCE Study on the Internet
- Cambridge First Certificate, FCE Preparation Materials
- Portal for Learning English
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Free IELTS exam preparation can be difficult to find on the Internet. The IELTS (International English Language Testing System) test provides an evaluation of English for those who wish to study or train in English. It is very similar to the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) required by North American universities and colleges. IELTS is a jointly managed test by the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations, British Council and IDP Education Australia. The test is accepted by many professional organizations in Australia, New Zealand and other countries, including: the New Zealand Immigration Service, the Australian Department of Immigration and other services. If you are interested in studying and / or training in these countries, this is the test best adapted to your qualification needs.
We have gathered together the best of the free IELTS exam preparation materials. Check them out for yourself. (If you find any more sites you think we should add or if you find any bad links then email us at the address listed on the bottom of this page.)
Hunting
Whales
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bottom of the page to hear the story. When you are done, click
the "NEXT" button.
Nature
Sounds
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the "NEXT" button.
Timber
or Trees?
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the "NEXT" button.
Tuna
Dolphins
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Volcanoes
by the Sea
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Fight
Pollution
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Milk
Prices
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5
stories about Nasreddin
330 Reading Exercises
Computer
Virus
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Computers
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Hate
Crimes
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Polics
Find Drugs
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Abortion
Pill
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Assisted
Suicide
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Organ
Donation
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Looking
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Publishing Company Downloads:
Listening part
- http://www.esl-lab.com (very good site)
- http://international.holmesglen.vic.edu.au/IELTS01.htm
- http://www.uefap.co.uk/
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