Developing Skills 2: Course Book This course will help you improve your competence in English for college or university study to an upper-intermediate level. In Book 2: Listening skills include: * features of a lecture * distinguishing between facts and opinions * guessing spelling * understanding a speaker"s argument Reading skills include: * finding information in a sentence * understanding the writer"s attitude * understanding statistics, graphs and charts * understanding technical descriptions * identifying the main point Speaking skills include: * using question tags * telling stories * talking about inability and possibility * expressing preferences and making suggestions Writing skills include: * using demonstratives * describing graphs and charts * joining sentences * writing an assignment Starting Skills Books 1 and 2 with Building Skills Books 1 and 2 and Developing Skills Books 1 and 2 form a six-level course for higher education studies in English which will take you from Starter to Upper Intermediate. Accompanying Workbook and Teacher"s Book also available.