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If you usually find section 4 of the IELTS Listening test difficult, then read on. Read the full post »
Listening to lectures: a useful resource
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Official IELTS Practice Materials Volume 2 released
Monday, July 12th, 2010Hi
Just to let you know that Volume 2 of the Official IELTS Practice Materials has been released.
The good news is that, like the first volume, this book contains samples of the Listening, Reading and Writing modules. The even better news is that this volume also includes a DVD of candidates taking the Speaking module.
It’s available to order on the official IELTS website now, and will be available from most IELTS test centres soon.
We’ll be picking up our copy this week.
The e-englishteacher.com team.
A tip for IELTS listening section 4
Friday, May 7th, 2010Hi
As you probably know (and may have experienced), the most difficult part of the IELTS listening test is section 4: a four to five minute talk on an academic topic.
What I want to point out is that there’s a feature of this section that can help you follow what the speaker is talking about.
This feature is called ‘signposting‘ and this is how it works. Read the full post »
Have you been following the news on the Icelandic volcano?
Saturday, April 24th, 2010Hi
With all the talk this last week of ash clouds and cancelled flights, I thought I’d have a look around for some related resources that would be useful for your IELTS preparation.
This is best of what I found:
- ‘Volcanoes‘ is a short talk on what volcanoes are, what causes them, and where they can be found (on Earth and on other planets).
- ‘Volcanic ash affects airplanes, weather, sunsets‘ is an article about the effects of volcanic ash clouds.
An example of IELTS-type speaking
Thursday, February 25th, 2010Hi
After listening to some more of the recordings on the website that I recommended in the post ‘Listening to British, American and other accents‘, I realised that some of them are also examples of IELTS-type speaking.
There’s one recording, for example, where the speakers are making comparisons; this is something that you’ll probably be asked to do in your IELTS speaking test.
To give you some practice, here’s a selection of speaking questions from past IELTS tests that have been published. Read the full post »