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Textbooks for exam preparation

Key English Test (KET)

* Look Ahead (Longman)
* Practice Material (CUP)

Preliminary English Test (PET)

* PET Practice Tests (OUP)
* PET Preparation & Practice - Revised (OUP)
* Cambridge Practice Tests for PET 1 (CUP)
* Cambridge Preliminary Test 2 (CUP)

First Certificate in English (FCE)

* New Progress to First Certificate (CUP)
* First Certificate Avenues Revised Edition (CUP)
* Cambridge Practice Tests for First Certificate 1 (CUP)
* Cambridge Practice Tests for First Certificate 2 (CUP)
* First Certificate Passkey (Macmillan Heinemann ELT)
* First Certificate Language Practice (Macmillan Heinemann ELT)
* New First Certificate Masterclass (OUP)
* New Success at First Certificate (OUP)
* First Certificate Knockout (OUP)
* Countdown to First Certificate (OUP)
* First Certificate Practice Tests (OUP)
* Fowler First Certificate Course (Pearson Education)
* Think Ahead to First Certificate - New edition (Pearson Education)
* Focus on First Certificate - Revised Edition (Pearson Education)
* First Certificate Gold (Pearson Education)
* Practice Tests for FCE (Pearson Education)
* Objective First Certificate (CUP) Self-study Edition

Certificate in Advanced English (CAE)

* Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English 4 (CUP)
* The Cambridge CAE Course (CUP)
* CAE Practice Tests 1, 2, 3 (CUP)
* Advanced Masterclass - new edition (OUP)
* Advanced Listening and Speaking - new edition 1999 (OUP)
* Advanced Writing, with English in Use - new edition 1999 (OUP)
* Focus on Advanced English CAE - new edition 1999 (Pearson Ed.)
* CAE Advantage (Pearson Education)
* Longman Practice Exams for the CAE (Pearson Education)
* Objective CAE (CUP) Self-study Edition

Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE)

* New Proficiency PassKey - for the revised CPE (Macmillan Heinemann ELT)
* New Proficiency Testbuilder - for the revised CPE (Macmillan Heinemann ELT)
* Objective Proficiency - for the revised CPE (CUP)
* Objective Proficiency (CUP) Self-study Edition
* New Progress to Proficiency - for the revised CPE (CUP)

Business English Certificate Preliminary and Vantage

* Cambridge Practice Tests for BEC 1 (CUP)
* Getting Ahead / BEC 1 (CUP)
* Business Venture 1 & 2 / BEC 1 (OUP)
* Business Basics / BEC 1 (OUP)
* New International Business English / BEC 2 (CUP)
* Cambridge Practice Tests for BEC 2 (CUP)
* Business Objectives / BEC 2 (OUP)
* Business Opportunities / BEC 2 (OUP)
* The Macmillan Business English Programme (Macmillan)
* Pass Cambridge BEC Preliminary (Summertown Publishing)
* Pass Cambridge BEC Vantage (Summertown Publishing)
* Cambridge BEC Preliminary - Self-study edition (CUP)
* Cambridge BEC Vantage - Self-study edition (CUP)
* Further Ahead / BEC Preliminary (CUP)
* Working in English / BEC Preliminary (CUP)
* English for Business Communication / BEC Preliminary (CUP)
* Further Ahead / BEC Vantage (CUP)
* New International Business English / BEC Vantage (CUP)
* English for Business Communication / BEC Vantage (CUP)
* English for Business Studies / BEC Vantage (CUP)
(Titles in italics reflect the last revision of the exams.)

Business English Certificate Higher

International Business English (CUP)
Handbook of Commercial Correspondence (OUP)
Writing for Business (OUP)
We're in Business (Longman)
Telephoning (Longman)
Socialising (Longman)
Company to Company (CUP)
Advanced Business Contacts (Pearson Education)
The Macmillan Business English Programme (Macmillan)
Pass Cambridge BEC Higher (Summertown Publishing)
Cambridge BEC Higher - Self-study edition (CUP)
English for Business Studies / BEC Higher (CUP)
(Titles in italics reflect the last revision of the exams.)

Young Learners Tests

* Cambridge Young Learners Tests (CUP)
  - Starters 1, 2, 3
  - Movers 1, 2, 3
  - Flyers 1, 2, 3

IELTS

* IELTS Specimen Materials
* Cambridge Practice Tests for IELTS 1 (CUP)
* Insight into IELTS (CUP)
* IELTS Preparation and Practice (OUP)
* The New Prepare for IELTS: Academic Modules
* The New Prepare for IELTS: General Training Modules

Set texts (FCE,CPE)

(You can use these titles for preparation for Composition part at FCE, resp. CPE exams )

March and June 2008

First Certificate in English (FCE)

*Arthur C Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Penguin Readers or any edition)
*Richard Prescott, Officially Dead (Macmillan Education)
Jules Verne, Round the World in Eighty Days (Penguin or any edition)
Charles Dickens, Great Expectations (Macmillan or any edition)
Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera (Penguin or any edition)

*Set also in 2007

From December 2008, when the updated FCE exam is introduced, there will be two set texts with one text specific question on each.

December 2008 - December 2009

Charles Dickens, Great Expectations (Macmillan or any edition)
Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera (Penguin or any edition)

Certificate in Advanced English (CAE)

From December 2008, when the updated CAE exam is introduced, questions on two set texts will be included on the writing paper with one text specific question on each.

December 2008 - December 2009

Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim
John Grisham, The Pelican Brief

Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE)

2008

*Michelle Magorian, Goodnight Mister Tom
*Tobias Hill, The Cryptographer
Tracy Chevalier, Girl with a Pearl Earring

*Set also in 2007

Other materials recommended for all types of exams

* Longman Exams dictionary with CD ROM (Pearson Longman, 2006)

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