Writing: A2 (Collins English for Life: Skills) - Softcover

Campbell-Howes, Kirsten

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007497768 ISBN 13: 9780007497768

Verlag: Collins, 2013

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Are you comfortable writing English in the classroom but nervous about writing in the real world? To write confidently in English you need to practise different styles of written English. Collins Writing helps you recognize different styles and choose the right language to get your message across. The twenty units focus on a wide variety of texts so that you can feel just as comfortable writing a postcard or using social media online. Learn to write as fluently as you speak, use the right tone, and use persuasive language to get the response you need. Featured writing styles include: online reviews tweets instant messaging thank you letters emails job applications

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About the Collins English for Life (B1+) series:
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Develop key writing skills and become more confident when writing in English.

If you want to get better at writing in English you need to practise writing different kinds of texts. Collins Writing (A2) presents 20 styles of writing for everyday situations, to help you choose the right style of writing and the right words and phrases.

Improve your writing for:
· text messages · postcards · making plans · invitations · advertisements · job applications · social networking sites e.g. Facebook and Twitter ·

Collins Writing (A2) is part of the English for Life series. It is suitable for self-study and classroom use, and can help towards Cambridge ESOL KET exam preparation. Suitable for pre-intermediate learners of English (CEF level A2).

· Twenty units with a clear design in full colour
· Authentic and adapted texts in a wide variety of styles
· Appendices contain detailed advice targeting specific writing skills, such as sentence structure and punctuation
· Mini-dictionary with definitions of the most difficult words in each unit, taken from the Collins COBUILD dictionary
· Answer key

The English for Life series uses authentic material from the Collins Corpus. The 4.5-billion-word Collins Corpus is the world’s largest database of the English language and is updated every month.

Also available in the Collins English for Life series:

For Pre-Intermediate (A2) learners:
Reading · Listening · Speaking

For Intermediate (B1+) learners:
Reading · Writing · Listening · Speaking

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• Verlag: Collins
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0007497768
• ISBN 13: 9780007497768
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128