"Focus on Academic Skills for IELTS" is the ideal companion to Focus on IELTS Coursebook, providing further thematically-linked practice for each unit. It can also be used on its own for self-study or as a short intensive IELTS course. Detailed information about the exam; Guided practice for all four skills in each of the ten modules; Language input for Speaking and Writing; Hints and tips to help with special areas of difficulty; Language review at the end of each module, focussing on key academic language; Five self-check Progress tests recycling key language and skills in new contexts; Guidance on assessing your writing; Ideas for speaking and writing about the topics in reading and listening texts; Tips on how to improve your performance in all four skills; Detailed Answer Key and tapescripts.