concepts · 7
- 01
Formal And Informal Registers
Match register to task, understanding that over-formality in Speaking costs marks just as informality in Writing does.
- 02
Speaking Naturalness
Acquire the small connective phrases that make spoken English sound unrehearsed, and buy thinking time without silence.
- 03
Safe Idiomatic Language
Use the ordinary phrasal language Band 7 calls less common lexical items, while avoiding the decorative proverbs candidates mistake for idiom.
- 04
The Avoid List
Identify the memorised phrases examiners discount, and replace each with content that carries meaning.
- 05
Precision Under Pressure
Separate the word pairs Band 6.5 candidates confuse under time pressure, closing the last common source of lexical inaccuracy.
- 06
Course Review: Everything You Now Control
Everything from the course in one place. Find your weakest area and decide what to revise before the exam.
- 07
Review: Sounding Like Yourself
All the words from this chapter. Test yourself, then write the same idea twice: once for Speaking, once for an essay.