Part One Situational Dialogues 3
1 Immigration Control and Customs 3
2 Greetings, Introductions and Partings 13
3 Finding the Way 22
4 Using the Telephone 31
5 Inviting a Friend to Dinner 41
6 Shopping 52
7 At the Bank 62
8 At the Post office 73
9 Travelling by Air,Train or Coach 80
10 Accommodation 92
11 At the Library 102
12 At the Restaurant 110
13 Seeing a Doctor 120
14 Sightseeing 131
15 Looking for a Job 141
Part Two Pair Work 153
1 Getting to Know Each Other 153
2 Holiday Survey 155
3 Enquiring About a Course 158
4 Enquiring About Language Classes 162
5 Asking for Clarification 165
6 Talking About Your Home Town 167
7 Finding Out Missing Information 170
8 At a Friend's Home 173
9 Asking for Permission 177
Part Three Debates and Discussions 183
1 Which Family Type Is Better? 183
2 How Are you Going to Study Abroad? 190
3 Life Begins at Forty 196
4 The Effect of TV 201
5 Should Women Return to the Kitchen? 206
6 City Life Versus Country Life 210
7 Should Exams Be Abolished? 215
8 Rescue 221
9 Fire 225
10 Salary Scales 228
Part Four Testing Strategies and Practice Tests for the IELTS Interview and Other Tests of Spoken English 233
1 A Brief Introduction to the IELTS oral Interview 233
2 Strategies for the IELTS oral Interview 234
3 Cue Cards for Practice 242
4 Practice Tests for other Tests of Spoken English 253