Useful language

Opinions, Preferences:

I think..., In my opinion..., I'd like to..., I'd rather..., I'd prefer..., The way I see it..., As far as I'm concerned..., If it were up to me..., I suppose..., I suspect that..., I'm pretty sure that..., It is fairly certain that..., I'm convinced that..., I honestly feel that, I strongly believe that..., Without a doubt,...,

Disagreeing:

I don't think that..., Don't you think it would be better..., I don't agree, I'd prefer..., Shouldn't we consider..., But what about..., I'm afraid I don't agree..., Frankly, I doubt if..., Let's face it, The truth of the matter is..., The problem with your point of view is that...

Giving Reasons and offering explanations: To start with, The reason why..., That's why..., For this reason..., That's the reason why..., Many people think...., Considering..., Allowing for the fact that..., When you consider that...

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Bibliografía recomendada

2.1. Libros de consulta y ejercicios

·         Longman. Grammar Practice for Upper-Intermediate Students.

·         Murphy, R. English Grammar in Use, C.U.P

·         Swan, M. English Practical Usage, O.U.P (New Edition)

2.2. Para revisar la fonética y mejorar pronunciación

·         English Pronunciation in Use. Ed. CUP

2.4. Para enriquecer el vocabulario

·         English Vocabulary in Use. Advanced. Ed. CUP

·         Test your English Vocabulary in Use. Advanced. Ed. CUP

·         English Idioms in Use. Ed. CUP

·         English Collocations in Use. Ed. CUP

·         Advanced Vocabulary. CUP

·         Vocabulary Builder. Heinemann

2.5. Para leer por placer

Títulos de cualquiera de las siguientes colecciones:

·         Oxford Bookworms, nivel 7

·         Heinemann Guided Readers, upper-intermediate level

·         Longman Structural Readers, 7-8

·         Collins Graded Readers 7-8

·         Macmillan Readers: Advanced.

·         Penguin Readers. Levels 7-8

·         Cambridge English Readers. Levels 7-8

Revistas:

·         “Speak Up”

·         “Time”

2.6. Diccionarios

Bilingües            

• ·         OXFORD STUDENT´S DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH. Oxford University Press,
• ·         POCKET PLUS (con CD-ROM). Longman
• ·         OXFORD STUDY (with CD-ROM). Oxford University Press.

Monolingües    

·        Collins Cobuild English Language Dictionary. Collins

·         LONGMAN DICTIONARY OF CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH (with CD-ROM). Longman.

·         CAMBRIDGE LEARNER´S DICTIONARY (with CD-ROM). Cambridge University Press.

2.7. Cómo mejorar la comprensión oral

Además de todo el material disponible en el laboratorio para este nivel, el siguiente:

• ·         Cambridge Skills for Fluency. Ed. CUP
• ·         Active listening. Level 3: Building skills for understanding. Ed. CUP
• ·         Task Listening. Ed. CUP

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Oral exam topics

• Sleep
• Gender roles
• Feelings
• The Media 
• Music
• Natural disasters

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