Publisher's Synopsis
This book, together with a companion volume "Read and Listen", is designed for the GCSE and Standard Grade courses in English. It is aimed at able candidates of 14-16 who are expected to continue the study of English beyond this level. The two books cover the four language modes of reading, writing, listening and talking.;This book gives practice in reading, writing and discussion skills, using extracts from fiction, poetry and drama with a leavening of jouralism, oratory and other non-fiction. There is a framework of eight inter-related units all relevant to the general theme of "Ideals".
