Barron’s Essential Words for the IELTS

Lin Lougheed is the leading authority in ESL test preparation for TOEIC, TOEFL, and IELTS. Dr.Lougheed started his EFL career in 1968 as a Peace Corps volunteer in Turkey. He earned his doctorate at Teachers College, Columbia University and has received two Fulbright awards: a scholar grant in Sri Lanka and a professor grant in Tunisia. As a Foreign Service Officer, he trained teachers and worked with Ministries of Education in Guatemala, Columbia, Haiti, Chile, Sudan, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. For his publishers he has given teaching training seminars in Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, South Korea and Puerto Rico.In 1983, he founded Instructional Design International, Inc. to develop English teaching materials in all media. Lin is a past member of the TESOL Executive Board and has served as the chair of two special interest groups: Teaching English Internationally and Materials Writers. He has written over 40 English-as-a-foreign-language texts and had a daily radio show in China on business English. He is currently a Trustee of Columbia University Teachers College.

Table of Contents: Introduction Vocabulary and the IELTS IELTS Study Contract Self-Study Activities How to Use This Book Unit 1: The Natural World Environmental Impacts of Logging Bird Migration Plant Life in the Taklimakan Desert Unit 2: Leisure Time Peripheral Vision in Sports History of the Circus Uses of Leisure Time Unit 3: Transportation First Headlamps Major Subways of Europe Electric Cars Around the Globe Unit 4: Culture Origins of Writing Hula Dancing in Hawaiian Culture The Art of Mime Unit 5: Health Nurse Migration Aerobic Exercise and Brain Health How Drugs Are Studied Unit 6: Tourism Hiking the Inca Trail What Is Ecotourism? Learning Vacations Unit 7: Business What Makes a Small Business Successful? Brand Loyalty Global Outsourcing Unit 8: Society Social Networking Why Are Women Leaving Science Careers? Wheelchair-Accessibility Issues Unit 9: Education Learning Styles The Homeschool Option Educating the Gifted Unit 10: Technology/Inventions The Development of the Lightbulb The Invention of Variable-Pitch Propellers The Transatlantic Cable Appendix Answer Key Audioscripts