Academic/General Training Module by Adam Smith First Published in 2015
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Tips for IELTS Reading Academic/General Training Module by Adam Smith First Published in 2015 IELTS JOURNAL Target Band 7 + IELTS JOURNAL IELTS JOURNAL 2 Contents What’s in the Academic Reading test? 5 Approaching the IELTS Reading test 6 Finding: Step I (Skimming) 6 Mapping: Pin Dropping 7 What are keywords? 9 Finding: Step II (Scanning) 9 Understanding (Intensive reading) 11 Do reading tests without a time limit 15 IELTS Reading is a vocabulary test 17 Read to improve your vocabulary 18 Learning useful words 19 The Keyword Technique 19 Look for Keywords 20 Finding Similar Words or Phrases 21 Should you read the whole passage? 23 Think but DON’T ‘over-think’ the answer 23 The importance of vocabulary 26 Collecting Vocabulary 33 Difficult Vocabulary 34 Guessing the meanings of new words from the text 35 Guessing is a useful strategy 36 Understanding what writers are doing 39 Academic/General Reading Question Types 40 IELTS JOURNAL 3 Reading: Multiple choice 41 Multiple Choice Questions Activity 44 Identifying information 46 Identifying writer’s views or claims 48 Identifying Information and Writer’s Views 50 Matching information (Which paragraph contains …?) 55 Matching Information Activity 56 Matching headings 59 Matching Headings Activity 61 Top 4 tips for 'paragraph headings' 64 Matching features or classification 65 Matching Features Activity 68 Matching sentence endings 70 Matching Sentence Endings Activity 71 Sentence completion 74 Summary, note, table, flow-chart completion 76 Summary completion (Type A) 77 Summary completion (Type B) 78 Note completion 79 Table completion 80 Flow-chart completion 81 Summary, Note, Table, Flow-chart Completion Activity 82 Diagram label completion 84 Diagram Label Completion Activity 85 IELTS JOURNAL 4 Short-answer questions 87 Reading Advice 92 Always Analyze your Wrong Answers 92 Focused Practice Reading Exercises 93 Sample Academic Reading A: Questions 128 Why Study History? 138 Preparing for the IELTS reading test 147 IELTS READING FULL TESTS 156 Keep in touch! 180 NOTE: THE ANSWER KEY IS PROVIDED IN A SEPARATE FILE FOR EASIER ACCESS. Use this book together with the page @ieltsjournal The instagram page contains lessons that show how to use the ideas from this book. You can keep in touch with the author there and ask your questions. IELTS JOURNAL 5 The IELTS Reading Test What’s in the Academic Reading test? The IELTS academic reading test consists of three reading texts with a total of 2,200 to 2,750 words and 40 questions with a variety of task types. The texts come from magazines, journals, books and newspapers and have been written for a non-specialist audience. At least one text contains detailed logical argument. The texts may include diagrams, graphs or illustrations. There is 1 mark for each correct answer. There is no negative mark. You have 60 minutes to answer 40 questions including time to copy your answers onto the answer sheet. While answering, Candidates are required to transfer their answers to an answer sheet. Candidates must transfer their answers during the time allowed for the test. No extra time is allowed for transfer. Care should be taken when writing answers on the answer sheet as poor spelling and grammar are penalised. Here are some of the problems students have with IELTS Reading: Time is the biggest problem. Many students don't manage to finish the test. The texts are long and contain some difficult vocabulary. Students find "paragraph headings" questions difficult. Students find "true/ false/ not given" questions difficult. Tip: IELTS Reading is really a test of your vocabulary. If your knowledge of English words and phrases is good, you will do well. Note: There are techniques that can help you to work faster and cope with the difficult question types. However, the best way to improve your IELTS Reading score is by doing a lot of reading and vocabulary work. IELTS JOURNAL 6 Approaching the IELTS Reading test Many teachers and books talk about skimming and scanning as key techniques for IELTS reading. But, here we refer to the words 'skimming' and 'scanning' as ‘finding’ in my lessons as they may seem confusing to students. In fact, many students get the wrong answers because they 'skim' too quickly and miss the words that they are looking for. So, forget 'skimming' and 'scanning' and focus on 'finding' and intensive reading as referred to 'understanding' here from now on. 1. Yüklə 0,89 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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