Key Words for IELTS

Collins COBUILD Keywords for IELT5 : Book 3 Advanced is the final book in the Keywords for IELTS series. It covers the words and phrases that will help you to raise the level of your English to achieve the high IELTS score required by some universities for more challenging courses and postgraduate study. Mastering the vocabulary in this book will give you the skills you need to confidently use Academic English in an English-medium university context. Thefirst section of the book consists of word lists organized by subject and topic area. You can use these lists to help you revise sets of vocabulary or when preparing for writing tasks.The words are grouped into academic subject areas, such as Science and History, common topics such as social issues and the environment, as well as according to functions, such as talking about cause and effect or describing trends. The second section of the book contains alphabetically ordered dictionarystyle entries for key words and phrases. The vocabu lary items have been chosen tofully prepare you for the kind of language found in the IELTS exam. The words and phrases regularly appear in the most common IELTS topics, and are clearly labelled by subject area. More formal vocabulary has been included so that you can feel confident using a more sophisticated style in IELTS writing tasks and academ ic essays. Each word is illustrated with exam ples of natural English taken from the Collins corpus and reflects the style of language used in IELTS texts. As well as definitions and examples, entries include additional information about collocations, as well as usage notes to help you put the vocabulary you have learnt into practice.