ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Theauthorsherebyacknowledgethefollowingfortheircontributionstothisbook:

NevilleClarkatDiskEditsPtyLtd.foraudiorecordingandmastering.

DonnaMillenforpermissiontouserecordedextractsfromIELTSonTrackListeningtests.

DerekMurphyforcoverdesignassistance.

SallyCollyns,TanyaDahlenburg,DrAshishDavda,SarahDivine,GeorginaHafteh
PeterHannaandKeithSmith,forvoicerecordings.

IELTSBlog.commembers,butparticularlyDharmen,Diana,Eveline,Hemanth,Hon,Irina,
Juliana,Lili,Nga,Paramjit,Princess,Rae,Raza,Rodney,Shahin,Shyam,Simone,Tina,
Venkatesh,VietforparticipationinthetriallingoftheListeningandReadingtestmaterial.

AlexBravermanforassistancewithproofreadingandgraphicdesign.

iStockPhotoforlicensingoftheimageappearingonthefrontcover
(iStockphoto.com/SimoneBraverman).

AustralianGeographicforpermissiontousethearticleTodamornottodam,originally
publishedonlineathttp://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/on
21January2011.

Othertextswerefreshlywrittentotestparametersdrawingonandintegratinginformation
fromawidevarietyofwrittensources.

Whileeveryefforthasbeenmadetocontactcopyrightholdersithasnotbeenpossibleto
identifyallsourcesofthematerialused.Theauthorsandpublisherwouldinsuchinstances
welcomeinformationfromcopyrightholderstorectifyanyerrorsoromissions.

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