...IELTS materials @British LLB 182 HOP Hopkins, Diana Passport to IELTS (New revised syllabus) Phoenix ELT, 1995 LLB 428.43 JAK Jakeman, Vanessa Insight Into IELTS. The Cambridge IELTS Course Cambridge (etc.) : Cambridge University Press, 2000 LLB 428.43 SAH Pejovic, Vladimir IELTS preparation and practice: Reading and writing Oxford : Oxford Univeristy Press, 2006 LLB 428 CAM* IELTS with answer 2: (1b+2c) Cambridge : Cambridge Univerity Press, 2003 Summary: It containes: four complete tests for Academic candidates ENG Exams – IELTS * Catt, Carolyn Language Passport, Preparing students for the IELTS interview New Zealand : Addison Wesley Longman, 1966 ENG Exams – IELTS * IELTS with answer 1: (1b+2c) Cambridge : Cambridge Univerity Press, 2003 Summary: It containes: four complete tests for Academic candidates 428 JAK* Jakeman, Vanessa IELTS Practice Tests Plus London : Longman, 2001 LLB 428 SAH* Sahanaya, Wendy IELTS preparation and practice Oxford : Oxford Univeristy Press, 2006 ENG Exams – IELTS * Deakin, Greg Practice tests for IELTS Melbourne : Indonesia Australia Language Foundation, 1996 LLB 428 SAH Sahanaya, Wendy IELTS. Preparation and Practice. Reading and Writing . Academic Module Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001 LLB 428 SAH Sahanaya, Wendy IELTS Preparation and Practice. Listening and Speaking Oxford University Press Melbourne, 2001 ENG Exams - IELTS CAM* IELTS with answer 3: (1b+2c) Cambridge : Cambridge Univerity Press, 2003 Summary: It containes: four complete...
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...PECK Practice Tests and Hints for IELTS Listening • Reading • Writing • Speaking fully updated for new IELTS Speaking Test format 101 Helpful Hints for IELTS PUBLISHER'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The publishers are grateful for permission to use copyright material. We would like to acknowledge the original sources of text material listed below. Permission has been sought to reproduce all material whose source could be identified. Information that will enable the publishers to rectify any error or omission in subsequent editions will be welcome. The nine Band Score descriptions on page 12 are reproduced from The IELTS Handbook, a joint publication of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, The British Council, and IDP Education Australia: IELTS Australia. The reading passage "Regional Student Survey" on page 97, is adapted from The ELICOS Student Contextualised - Facts & Figures by Ms. CM. Bundesen, with permission of the author. AUTHORS' ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would like to acknowledge the support of the following people: Bruce Bell, HelenkaPiotrowski, Laurent Seibert, Andrew Thomas (Sydney English Language Centre), and Soon-Young Yoon. ABOUT THE AUTHORS Terry Peck and Garry Adams have extensive IELTS coaching experience, both having been involved in implementing and designing IELTS coaching programmes. Terry Peck was an IELTS examiner for a number of years in Sydney, Australia. AVAILABLE BY THE AUTHORS: '101 Helpful Hints for IELTS - Academic Module'...
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...How to prepare for IELTS - Writing Contents Page Details of the writing test Task 1 Bar and line graphs, pie charts & tables Process or flow charts Objects/how something works How to prepare for Task 1 Task 2 Questions How to prepare for Task 2 General tips for writing 2 2 4 7 9 10 13 14 17 19 Make sure you have a copy of the How to prepare for IELTS – FAQs booklet in addition to this booklet. 1 How to prepare for IELTS - Writing Details of the Writing Test Procedure of the test The writing test is the third test you do on the test day. You have 60 minutes for this test. There are two tasks or parts to do. You will be given a card with the two tasks – one task on each side of the card. You can make notes or write your plans on the card but it will not be seen by the examiner. You will also be given an answer booklet. You have to write your essays in the answer booklet. Notes are not acceptable and essays under the word limit will be penalized. How to prepare for IELTS - Writing Length & Timing You have to write at least 150 words. You are advised to spend 20 minutes on this task. Marking The Tasks This task tests your ability to perform one or more of the following functions in English: describe and interpret graphic data describe the stages of a process or procedure describe an object or event or sequence of events explain how something works Task 1 Your performance in Task 1 will be assessed on the criteria below: Task Achievement Being...
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...ACADEMIC MODULE BY GARRY ADAMS & TERRY PECK Practice Tests and Hints for IELTS Listening • Reading • Writing • Speaking fully updated for new IELTS Speaking Test format 101 Helpful Hints for IELTS PUBLISHER'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AUTHORS' ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The publishers are grateful for permission to use copyright material. We would like to acknowledge the original sources of text material listed below. Permission has been sought to reproduce all material whose source could be identified. Information that will enable the publishers to rectify any error or omission in subsequent editions will be welcome. We would like to acknowledge the support of the following people: The nine Band Score descriptions on page 12 are reproduced from The IELTS Handbook, a joint publication of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, The British Council, and IDP Education Australia: IELTS Australia. The reading passage "Regional Student Survey" on page 97, is adapted from The ELICOS Student Contextualised - Facts & Figures by Ms. CM. Bundesen, with permission of the author. Bruce Bell, HelenkaPiotrowski, Laurent Seibert, Andrew Thomas (Sydney English Language Centre), and Soon-Young Yoon. ABOUT THE AUTHORS Terry Peck and Garry Adams have extensive IELTS coaching experience, both having been involved in implementing and designing IELTS coaching programmes. Terry Peck was an IELTS examiner for a number of years in Sydney, Australia. AVAILABLE ...
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...s Vocabulary Preparing Listening Grammar for IELTS IELTS Home Downloads IELTS Speaking Test IELTS Writing Test IELTS Reading Test IELTS Listening Test Writing Task 1 - A Writing Task 1 - G Writing Task 2 IELTS Speaking IELTS Practice Tests IELTS General Tests IELTS Sample Exam IELTS Line Graphs IELTS Tips IELTS Writing Samples Speaking Part 1 Speaking Part 2 & 3 IELTS Writing Task 1 #101 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The chart below gives information about the UK's ageing population in 1985 and makes predictions for 2035. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words. Source: Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency Test Tip In Task 1 of the IELTS Writing modules, you may be asked to interpret and describe data presented in graph form. There are three basic types of graph: pie charts, bar charts and line graphs. Bar charts are useful for comparing the quantities of different categories. Bar charts are constructed such that the lengths of the different bars are proportional to the size of the category they represent. Bar charts usually show the numbers or percentages on the y-axis and the different categories that are being measured along the x-axis. Both axes are labeled to show what they refer to. Sometimes each category along the x-axis can be divided into...
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...IELTS Listening Sentence Completion Tips The purpose of the listening section of the IELTS is to assess the listening abilities of the test takers to listen carefully, understand and answer questions based on what you understood. There are various task types in the listening section of the IELTS. Sentence Complete is one of the crucial and scoring task type of the IELTS listening section is the “Sentence Completion”. In this task, the test takers are given sentences with gaps in it. The candidates are required to listen to the audio recording and complete the given gaps in the sentences. Sentence Completion Tips- IELTS Listening In the IELTS Listening Sentence Completion, the candidates are required to read through the sentences, predict...
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...Admissions Procedures Requirements At MIT, a regular graduate student is one who is registered for a program of advanced study and research leading to a post-baccalaureate degree. A regular graduate student may concurrently hold an appointment as a research assistant, teaching assistant, or instructor. To be admitted as a regular graduate student, an applicant must have earned a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent from a college, university, or technical school of acceptable standing. Students in their final year of undergraduate study may be admitted on the condition that their bachelor’s degrees are awarded before they enroll at MIT. Applicants are evaluated by the individual department in which they intend to register on the basis of their prior performance and professional promise, as evidenced by their academic records, letters of evaluation from individuals familiar with their capabilities, and any other pertinent data they submit. While high academic achievement does not guarantee admission, MIT expects such achievement or other persuasive evidence of professional promise. Specific admission requirements vary by department; please consult the catalogue and department or program website for the requirements of individual departments. In general, most departments require significant work in mathematics and the physical sciences in addition to preparation in a specific field of interest, but some admit students with as little as one year each of college-level mathematics...
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...Admissions Procedures Requirements At MIT, a regular graduate student is one who is registered for a program of advanced study and research leading to a post-baccalaureate degree. A regular graduate student may concurrently hold an appointment as a research assistant, teaching assistant, or instructor. To be admitted as a regular graduate student, an applicant must have earned a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent from a college, university, or technical school of acceptable standing. Students in their final year of undergraduate study may be admitted on the condition that their bachelor’s degrees are awarded before they enroll at MIT. Applicants are evaluated by the individual department in which they intend to register on the basis of their prior performance and professional promise, as evidenced by their academic records, letters of evaluation from individuals familiar with their capabilities, and any other pertinent data they submit. While high academic achievement does not guarantee admission, MIT expects such achievement or other persuasive evidence of professional promise. Specific admission requirements vary by department; please consult the catalogue and department or program website for the requirements of individual departments. In general, most departments require significant work in mathematics and the physical sciences in addition to preparation in a specific field of interest, but some admit students with as little as one year each of college-level mathematics...
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...http://www.ieltstips.com/ielts/ielts_listening_test/listening_test_tips.html There is no substitute for hard work and lots of study as far as the IELTS Test is concerned, so don’t think there are any shortcuts – there aren’t! Regular listening to IELTS-type test materials is absolutely essential. In the test, there are a number of strategies you can use to help to maximize your efficiency during the test. Here are a number of tips on how to approach the IELTS Listening Test. 1. If you can predict the sort of things you are going to listen for during the listening test, you can reduce the amount you need to listen to. At the beginning the IELTS Test there is a 2.5 minute introduction. Use this time to read through the IELTS listening test booklet and try to get a general understanding of what the sections are going to be about – even this simple type of prediction will help you. 2. As you scan through the booklet, look for maps, charts or illustrations – these often give you a good idea of what the topic of a section is going to be about. 3. After each section you are given one minute to check your answers. But how can you check your answers if you can’t listen to the tape again? Use this time to scan and get an idea of what the next set of questions are going to be about. 4. Occasionally, you can get an idea about answers to earlier questions by reading later questions. For example: Question 1: “Where are they going?” Question 10: “What time are they coming...
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...Preface This is a self-study publication with two audio-cassettes for students preparing for the Academic Module of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), which is administered by The British Council, the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES) and by IELTS Australia. The book covers the four modules of the IELTS exam: listening, reading, writing and speaking. Special features of the book are: the reading exercises, the detailed Keys for these exercises, the wide range of exercises to help you prepare for Writing Task 1, and the detailed Key for the Reading Tests. The publication may also be used as a course book, or as a supplement to a course book. So that you may repeat the exercises in this book, we would advise you to avoid marking the text. This new edition incorporates the changes to the speaking module introduced in July 2001. Sam McCarter, Julie Easton and Judith Ash 2003 Contents Page Preface iii Acknowledgements iv Listening Module 1 Introduction 2 Listening Test 1 3 Listening Test 2 9 Listening Test 3 15 Listening Test 4 20 Reading Exercises 25 Introduction 26 1. How to read, or how to read efficiently? 28 2. Learning to read organisation 29 3. More about reading organisation 30 4. A summary of functions 31 5. Recognising paragraph types 32 6. Simultaneous functions 34 7. Reading control 35 8. Spot the...
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...Example Writing Answers for the ieltshelpnow.com Academic Practice Tests Below you will find example writing answers for all the writing questions in the ieltshelpnow.com Academic Practice Tests. Some of these example essays were written by IELTS students and some were written by an IELTS examiner in order to give an example of a good answer. Please refer to the question papers while you are reading these answers so that you understand the question that is being answered. After each of the example answers, an IELTS examiner has written a short commentary analysing the good and bad points of the answer. We hope this will give you an insight into how the writing answers should be written for IELTS Academic module. Academic Writing Practice Test 1 Task 1 In this report I will describe a bar chart that shows the estimated world illiteracy rates by gender and region for the year 2000. First I will look at male illiteracy for the 6 areas shown. The lowest rates were in Developed Countries, Latin America/Caribbean and East Asia/Oceania with rates of 1% (approximately), 10% and 8% (approximately) respectively. The rates for the next three areas were much higher and quite similar to each other. Sub-Saharan Africa, the Arab States and South Asia had rates of approximately 31%, 29% and 34%. Female illiteracy was much higher relatively in each area except Latin America/Caribbean where it was only slightly higher. The lowest rates for female illiteracy were again Developed Countries,...
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...IELTS (International English Language Testing System) is now one of the most popular exams all over the world. According to the data released by the British Council, there are about 200,000 Chinese took the exam in 2012. However, average Chinese did not perform well in this exam. Personally, my performance improved a lot after I learned linguistic course. In my point of view, this exam is closed related to the Semantics study. Therefore, in this paper, I will present the exam in a semantics way. The IELTS exam has four parts---listening, reading, writing and speaking. I will look into them respectively from a semantics perspective. The listening part has much to do with context. Hall E. T. defines the “context” as the information that surrounds an event; it is inextricably bound up with the meaning of the event. Thus, we have high-context and low context. A high-context communication or message means most of the information is already in the person, not in words. A low context communication is the just the opposite, that is, the important information is stated. IELTS is made by the British Council, and Britain is a typical low-context country. Nevertheless, China is a typical high-context country and we Chinese are affected by that culture in the IELTS exam. In Chinese exams, we have questions that need us to infer the content or the relationship between the speaking people or guess the intended meaning behind a word. But in IELTS, they never have questions like these. The answers...
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...HIGHER SCORE TOEFL, TOEIC and IELTS classes for serious students How to Paraphrase Effectively Introduction “Paraphrase” is a verb which means to re-write a phrase or sentence with the same meaning but using different words. Paraphrasing is a very important skill for most English tests, including TOEFL iBT, IELTS and TOEIC Speaking and Writing. In TOEFL iBT, for instance, paraphrasing is an important skill in the reading section, in the listening section and, above all, in the speaking and writing sections of the test. Here is a quick example of paraphrasing using a phrase from the paragraph above: 1. "Paraphrasing is a very important skill for most English tests." 2. "For many tests of English, being skilful at paraphrasing is extremely important." Notice how the paraphrased version (sentence 2) changes some vocabulary (e.g., “extremely” for “very”), changes the word order (e.g., “tests of English” for “English tests”) and changes the grammar (e.g., “being skilful at paraphrasing…” for “Paraphrasing is a very important skill…”) These are the three main ways to paraphrase and by combining all of these methods, you can achieve clear and accurate paraphrased sentences. The next sections will look at these methods in more detail. Paraphrasing Method 1: Use Different Vocabulary with the Same Meaning Most students try to use this method, but actually it can be difficult to use. The reason is that although English has many synonyms such as ‘large’ or ‘big’, it is unusual for...
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...Council IELTS Online Application 01/07/2014 6:27 pm IELTS Application: Summary ONLINE APPLICATION RECEIVED Thank you for submitting your application. You will now receive an acknowledgement email that contains the summary and terms and conditions of your application. Please note: to complete your application, you MUST pay for your test place, and send all supporting documents to your test centre by the stated deadline. If you do not do this by the stated deadline, your application will be cancelled. Print this page » To complete your registration Please make sure that you have uploaded the relevant document you are registered with. If you are paying online than there is no need to visit the bank or courier any document to us. If you are paying through the Bank: Please submit the below mentioned documents to your respective British Council Office within 5 days: 1. IELTS Online Application summary page 2. IELTS registration Fee: Standard Chartered Bank Deposit Slip/Demand Draft in favour of British Council Pakistan Your application will be processed upon receipt and test date will be confirmed, subject to availability What you must have on the test day: • You must bring your original and valid Computerised National Identity Card OR Passport (the one you registered with) along with the venue letter. • Clear photocopy of your ID document (the one you registered with) • Writing instruments IELTS Test Details You have selected the following IELTS test module: IELTS Reference...
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...ai R oad, Thanh Xu an B ac, Thanh Xu an Di st ric t, Han oi – V iet n am T el: 04. 3854 4338, webs it e: www . hanu. edu. vn Foundation Studies Department Room 207 Building C ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IELTS Cấp độ 1 (Tiền IELTS) * Mục tiêu: - Khoá học được thiết kế nhằm mục đích giúp người học: - Nắm được cấu trúc và yêu cầu của bài thi IELTS - Nắm vững ngữ pháp và mở rộng vốn từ vựng tiếng Anh để làm bước đệm vững chắc cho các khóa luyện IELTS sau này - Luyện kỹ năng đặt câu, viết câu, viết đoạn và nắm vững cấu trúc của bài viết luận - Phát triển các kỹ năng đọc và nghe cơ bản - Sử dụng một cách hiệu quả kiến thức ngữ pháp, từ vựng cơ bản và các kỹ năng tiếng trong giao tiếp hàng ngày và trong môi trường học thuật. - Đạt được ≤ 5.0 IELTS. * Đối tượng học viên: Khóa học này phù hợp với những học viên: - Có vốn ngữ pháp và từ vựng ở trình dưới trung cấp - Kỹ năng nghe, nói, đọc và viết ở trình độ dưới trung cấp, chưa đủ để theo các khóa học IELTS - Muốn phát triển vốn ngữ pháp, lượng từ vựng và các kỹ năng để theo học các khóa học luyện thi IELTS. + Giáo viên. Đội ngũ giáo viên giỏi, giàu kinh nghiệm và tận tâm của trường Đại học Hà Nôị. Hầu hết các giáo viên đã tốt nghiệp bằng Thạc sỹ và Tiến sỹ ở các trường đại học danh tiếng ở các nước như Anh, Mỹ, Úc. Với khả năng tiếng Anh tốt đã được trau dồi ở môi trường nói tiếng Anh và phương pháp giảng dạy tiên tiến,...
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