Reading and Writing. Intermediate. Student's Book for the Cambridge English Skills Certificate (CELS)

Author: [UK] Baxter (Baxter/S.) / [UK] Woodbridge (Woodbridge/T.)
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: Student Book / Intermediate (Reading and Writing) – a textbook specifically designed for the Cambridge English Skills Certificate, the Student Book includes:
- Independent Reading and Writing sections;
- Each section includes intermediate test information and suggestions, preparation exercises, and test practice exercises;
- Covers all texts and exercise types for the intermediate level of CELS;
- The Teacher Book contains an introduction to the CELS test, teaching points, answers to the Student Book exercises, and reproducible test practice exercises for each skill;
- The Teacher Book covers information on the four skills of CELS.
The University of Cambridge is a world-renowned higher education institution. The Cambridge ESOL (English as a Foreign Language) Examination Center is a prestigious language proficiency assessment organization, directly affiliated with the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), the largest educational assessment body in the UK. The Cambridge ESOL examination program is widely recognized by tens of thousands of educational institutions and employers worldwide, with its English as a Foreign Language examinations widely accepted as valid proof for academic advancement, employment, and other purposes. Since its inception in 1913, it has developed a series of examinations and services, including the Business English Certificate (BEC), the Business Language Testing Service (BULATS), the Main Suite Examinations (MSE), Young Learners English (YL), and the Certificate for English Language Teaching to Adults. Currently, it has examination centers in over 130 countries, with over 1.5 million candidates taking Cambridge ESOL examinations each year.
Cambridge ESOL is supported by continuous research. The members of the ESOL department are experts and researchers with extensive knowledge in applied linguistics and teaching practice. They are responsible for designing examinations and courses, providing relevant materials, organizing training programs, and conducting ongoing research on all aspects of the examinations to ensure their continuous improvement, raising the standards of teaching and examination techniques. As a result, the ESOL examinations and courses are highly scientific, authoritative, and stable, enjoying a high reputation internationally.
The Cambridge English Skills Certificate (CELS) examination system was designed by the Cambridge ESOL Examination Center after thorough and comprehensive research into the English learning needs of over 100 non-English-speaking countries worldwide. It is a complete, independent English certificate examination system for non-native speakers aged 16 and above. It consists of four separate skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and was officially launched globally in May 2002.
CELS differs from other Cambridge ESOL certificate examination systems in its unique design. It takes into account the diverse practical needs of candidates, separating the four skills of English (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) into independent teaching modules and assessment methods, ultimately awarding certificates in each skill to qualified candidates. The purpose of CELS is to provide candidates with greater flexibility, allowing them to choose skills where they have a higher advantage or can better leverage their potential, or to select skills that are relevant to their careers and work to take the exam and obtain the certificate. This design caters to multiple needs, enabling candidates to focus on learning and taking exams in English skills that are most useful to them or in exam levels that match their actual abilities.
With China's increasing internationalization, people in daily work and life are increasingly needing to selectively highlight their English listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. CELS is designed to meet this demand, enabling professionals in different fields to enhance their job capabilities and achieve career advancement and salary increases through CELS certification. I believe the CELS English Skills Certificate program will have even broader development opportunities in China's English training market.
Currently, the CELS Cambridge English Skills Certificate course has been introduced and published by Economic Science Press, adding a new Cambridge ESOL examination training textbook to the rapidly growing English teaching and training market. I hope this textbook will help a wide range of English learners improve their individual English skills, obtain the CELS Cambridge English Skills Certificate, and gain widespread popularity among English teaching institutions and learners.