Bridging the gap 1st year proficiency tchrs

The new, revised BRIDGING THE GAP, 1st YEAR PROFICIENCY, as its name suggests, is designed to take the student from FCE level to the necessary standard for the Cambridge Proficiency Examination. It has, therefore, a specific purpose and exists in response to the need for a graded link between the two levels. It comes as a result of exhaustive research and after close consultation with teachers involved in teaching at CPE level. The post-FCE student preparing for CPE not only needs to revise previously-learned grammar and vocabulary, but must also acquire and assimilate more complicated structures and advanced vocabulary. BRIDGING THE GAP meets this demand through its gradual development and clear, comprehensive presentation of theory, allowing the student to put this theory into practice with ease. The wealth of idiomatic expressions and wide range of vocabulary included in this book serve to reflect the changes in the CPE exam itself, with its greater emphasis on the language in use in a modern, communicative context. The ultimate aim of this book is to expand the student's knowledge and control of the language demanded by the new CPE exam and to extend vocabulary and refine the student's usage and command of style and register.
The book concludes with REVISION EXERCISES, followed by CAE practice on Papers 1 & 3 as further practice for students intending to sit the CAE exam, and finally a GRAMMAR REFERENCE intended for constant consultation by students.
Further practice on structures and vocabulary is contained in the accompanying BRIDGING THE GAP PRACTICE BOOK.