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Amardeep Kumar
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What is IELTS?
The International English Language Testing System (IELTS®) is a test of English
Language Proficiency. The purpose of the test is to assess the language ability of
candidates who need to study or work in places where English is the primary
language of communication.
The General Training Reading and Writing Modules are not designed to test the
full range of formal language skills required for academic purposes, but
emphasise basic survival skills in a broad social and educational context. General
Training is suitable for candidates who are going to English speaking countries to
complete their secondary education, to undertake work experience or training
programmes not at degree level, or for immigration purposes to Australia,
Canada and New Zealand.
Your main difficulty with this test is being unable to check your
answers or fill in
answers you didn't catch by listening a second time. Here are some tips
to help
you overcome this problem.
Listening Skills
The table below provides a summary of IELTS listening
information about a
public event
3 Education Discussion between Following a 10
and training 2-4 people in an conversation which
academic context involves
e.g. tutorial or negotiation of
seminar meaning. Listening
for specific
information,
attitudes, and
speakers’ opinion
4 Education Monologue in an Following an 10
and training academic context academic
e.g. lecture argument.
Listening for main
ideas, Specific
information,
attitudes and
speakers’ opinion
Task types
Listening for gist Listening only for the general meaning; about where,
Infer underlying Interpreting the same from the WAY something is said and
meaning not just the words literally spoken; understanding the REAL
meaning that lies underneath
Listening for Listening for one particular idea or fact and disregarding
Specific other information
information
Tips
1. Before the test, make sure you 'rehearse' with timed practice tests. This
will enable you to deal with the appropriate kind of questions and note your
answers as you listen. The more you practice, the more confident you will feel.
Use the materials and links on this site and in the CILL.
2. During the test, there are occasional 30 second pauses for you to examine
the questions. Look ahead at the next section, especially the next 3 or 4
questions and keep them in mind as you listen. This will focus your concentration
and enable you to pick out the information you need.
3. Marks are not deducted for a wrong answer, so always have a guess.
With multiple choice questions, mark the most likely alternatives if you are not
sure of the answer. For other types of question, you can make notes on the
paper. Then if necessary, you can make a sensible guess at the end when you
transfer your answers to a separate sheet.
Introduction
You have one hour for the IELTS reading test. You need to read 3 texts of
between 500 and 900 words each and answer around 40 questions, which
vary in type and increase in difficulty. You write your answers on the answer
sheet.
The most common difficulty with the Reading test is time: it's easy to run out of
it! Here are some tips to help your time management.
Tips
Preparation
1. Do several timed practice Reading tests before the real exam. These
'rehearsals' will give you a feel for how long you can take and will develop
your skimming (reading for gist) and scanning (reading for specific
information) skills.
2. In the weeks before the exam, read as much English text as possible, in
3. newspapers, comics, magazines, whatever you enjoy.
4. With newspaper or magazine articles, think of a heading which
summarises the main point of each paragraph. This focuses your
understanding of the content and practises one type of possible reading
exercise.
haven't finished one section after 17-18 minutes, make an intelligent guess
Introduction
The Speaking test involves the candidate and one examiner and lasts around 13-
14 minutes. There are 3 parts to the test.
In the first part, the examiner will ask you to talk about EITHER where you live
OR your studies (or job if working). They will then move on to 2 other
topics, chosen from a range including your interests, family life, popular
activities such as sport, films or shopping; or other universals such as food,
festivals or public transport. You cannot choose these topics, but the examiner
will ask general questions and interact with you to encourage you to speak. The
tone is one of an informal, if slightly one-sided, conversation.
In the second part, the examiner will give you a card with a topic. After reading
the topic, you will have one minute to think about what you are going to say. You
may make notes on paper at this stage. The examiner will tell you when your
preparation time is up, and you must talk on the subject for 1-2 minutes.
They will not interrupt you unless you exceed the allotted time. This is your
chance to demonstrate a range of vocabulary and sentence structures. You will
continue to discuss matters related to the subject in part 3.
General Tips
1. PRACTISE speaking
2. Practice LISTENING
Introduction
Academic Writing Test
You have one hour for the IELTS Writing test. You need to produce two pieces
of writing.
Task 1 is a short report (c.150 words) using data or information given on the
question paper. This information is in graphical form and could be any of the
following: graphs (bar or line), pie charts, tables or process diagrams. 2 different
sources may also be given. You should spend around 20 minutes on task 1.
Task 2 is an essay (c.250 words) on a given topic. There is no choice of topic,
but it generally involves discussing two points of view and giving your own
opinion. You should spend around 40 minutes on task 2, which has more
influence on your final band score than task 1.
About the Author: The author is highly experienced and has been Trained by
British Council on IELTS and by ETS, USA for TOEFL. He has helped scores of
students to achieve 7+ bands in IELTS and high score in TOEFL.
Thank You
Kulpvriksh Team (www.kulpvriksh.com, www.kcpi.in )