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IELTS
Level: -
Subjects: IELTS Intro
Sunday, April 03, 2011
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Introduction
IELTS International English Language
Testing System
Academic Training Study
Programme
General Training Immigrants, work
experience
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Introduction
In general, the exam becomes harderas it progresses.
2.45 minutes
4 sections = Listening 30-40 min
Academic
Reading
60 min
Academic
Writing
60 min
Speaking 11-14 min
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Listening 4 sections, 40 questions.
30 min
Reading 3 sections, 40 questions
3 long texts
60 min
Writing 2 tasks
60 min
Speaking 3 sections
11-14 min
Academic
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Listening
30 minutes + 10 min (transferring)
4 sections 10 questions each
38-42 questions in total
Played once.
Questions become more challenging.
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Listening 1-2
Section 1-2 Social survival in anEnglish speaking country
1) conversation in a social situation
Ex: 2 friends holiday plans
2) monologue on a general subject
Ex: A short talk on healthy eating
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Listening 3-4
Section 3-4 educational or traningoriented
3) conversation between up to 4 people
Ex: 4 students discuss a topic
4) monologue
Ex: A lecture from an instructor
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Listening
There may be a variety of accents.
(UK, US, Australian, etc.)
Question types:
Multiple choice, short answers,
matching, diagram labelling
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Listening - Troubleshooting
Main Problems: Tape is played only once,
You dont have the opportunity to elicit
the answers from gestures, lips, etc.
The best way is to practice:
bbc.co.uk/radio
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Listening - Tips
Dont panic if missed. Its history, keepmoving.
Make a wild guess, never leaveunanswered.
Be careful with spelling, grammar.
Take notes and mark on the qs paper.Transfer later.
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Academic Reading
60 minutes. 38-42 questions.
3 long reading passages.
(2000-2750 words)
Passages may be from journals, books ornewspapers.
Multiple choice, short answers,completion, matching
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Academic Reading - Tips Time management is vital.
Read the instructions very carefully. T / F , 3 words not 4
Remember, texts become harder.
So, dont spend too much time on one
text. A reasonable guideline:
17 min 20 min 23 min (check your watch)
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Academic Writing
60 minutes.
2 tasks.
1) describing a graph
2) an essay
Instructions tell you the word limit /recommended time for questions.
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Task 1
Diagram a table of some sort
Present information in your ownwords.
At least 150 words. 20 minutesrecommended.
Task 1 is less important in terms ofoverall writing mark, yet we dont write
as we please.
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Task 1-Grading We get a mark from 1-9.
1) Task Fulfillment
(have you answered the question?)
2) Coherence / Cohesion
Coherence : How your writing fits together.
Content / ideas flow logically?
Cohesion : Reader understands what youare saying.
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Task 1 I cried although I was unhappy.
(coherence and vocab error)
I cried because I was unhappy.
3) Vocabulary usage
4) Sentence Structure (Grammar)
*Vocab and s.s. focuses on the use of words.Dont worry too much about grammar becauseIELTS focuses on communication, not
mechanic English.
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Writing Task 1 -Tips
Be careful with figures.
It costs 1000. ? Dollars, euro?
Begin like this:
In this reportIm going to describe 2graphs. The first one is about the
exceptional rise in unemployementlevels, while the second one is aboutthe amount of reported crime due tounemployement in the last 5 years.
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Writing Task 1 - Tips We dont have to make comments, we
can just describe the trends.
We must always have some numerical
data.
Expressions of movements in a line.
(Imp.)
Simply end like this:
This ends my report.
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Bar Charts
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Serie 1
Serie 2Serie 3
* If there are too many bars, group them.
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Pie ChartsSales
1st quarter
2nd quarter
3rd quarter
4th quarter
*Segment Values / usually in %
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Tables
Price Export Import
x y z
x1 y1 z1
x2 y2 z2
x3 y3 z3
x4 y4 z4
*These can be tricky, most of the time we
should choose the most significiantinformation.
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Line Graphs
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4
Title
Title
Serie 1
Serie 2Serie 3
*Describe the movement line / trend.
*If there are too many lines, just describe the
trend.
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Academic Writing - Task 2
A short essay.
Recommended time: 40 min
At least 250 words. lose points if less.
The topic: discussion of a subject of generalinterest.
Maybe: present youropinion, give thesolution to a problem, compare differentideas.
This part is more important in terms of
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Task 2 - Marking
From 1-9. (Combined with Task 1)
1) Arguments / Ideas and Evidence
1. Content of your essay
how good areyour ideas
2. Evidence, very imp.We should bring
in real evidence.
/terrorism is a major problem in thisprovince because 90 people lost their
lives. /
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Task 2-Marking 2) Communication Quality
Conveying your ideas how you areunderstood
3) Vocab / Sentence Structure
Choice of words, expressions, phrasals,
grammar (not too much, again, only 1/3)
5-paragraph essay ( 1intro, 3 body, 1conc.)
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Tips Timing: 20 / 40 is good.
We are writing a formal academic essayfor teachers.
We should formulate and develop ourarguments, opinions with properevidence.
We should persuade the reader.
Dont use numbered paragraphs, write atleast 250 words.
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Tips
Planning: very important.
Clusters, spider diagrams, etc.
Structure: Intro, body, conclusion.
Sample Question:
Do you believe that capitalpunishment should be an option indealing with notorious crimes? Orshould there be alternative
unishments?
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Sample - Task 2
Intro:What cp is. I dont believe in it, alternatives.
Body:
Supports: 1) inhumane2) we may be wrong
3) prisons full
4) alternatives
Conclusion:
Repeat the main idea in the intro.
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Speaking Shortest section. (11-14 min)
3 parts:
Part 1: 4-5 minutes
Introductory your name, city, job, etc.
Part 2: 3-4 miutes
Monologue : pick a card and talk about it for 2
minutes. 1 minute preparation. You can andshould take notes.
Finally, there may be 1-2 brief questions by theexaminer.
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Speaking Part 3: 4-5 minutes
Detailed version of Part 2. More abstract, more creative questions.
Listen carefully. Expexted to give more
complex answers.
Overall, topics are chosen from general,easy subjects.
Open Questions: Why do you like tennis? Not Closed Questions: Do you like tennis?
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Speaking - Marking
4 areas:
Fluency / Coherence Easy, smooth,flowing / how well do you understand?
Lexical Resource words in right place
Grammatical Range richness / only 1 /4
Accuracy and Pronounciation how
clearly you speak