To improve your speaking skills you need to learn how to get your message across in the right way and make sure people understand what you say. With Collins Speaking (A2) you will learn what to say and how to say it, by practising the right words, phrases and pronunciation.
Includes practice on
meeting new people buying and ordering things speaking on the phone apologizing asking for and giving opinions making a complaint agreeing and disagreeing
Twenty units with a clear design in full colour.
Recordings of both native and nonnative speakers of English, covering a wide variety of accents from around the world.
Appendices contain detailed advice targeting specific speaking skills.
Minidictionary with definitions of the most difficult words in each unit, taken from the Collins COBUILD dictionary.
Answer key
Collins Speaking (A2) is part of the English for Life series. It is suitable for selfstudy and classroom use, and can help towards Cambridge ESOL KET preparation. Suitable for preintermediate learners of English (CEF level A2).
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