IELTS

IELTS Preparation

Смирнова Анна Георгиевна

Poll

What do you find the most difficult to do

• Listening

• Reading

• Writing

• Speaking

Open Ended

What topic of texts / audio recordings don't you like doing the most (you find them difficult to complete

Listening Feedback

• ​mind the number the words you have

• ​mind the forms

• usually we don't need a possesive case​

• ​sometime the article is important (THE school office, AN annual fee)

• ​try to omit abbraviations ( ❌ - ID card; ✅ - identification card)

​water instead of bottle(d) water

​term paper topic

​Reading Feedback

​mind the there are 2 types of tasks

​NO / YES / NOT STATED

​TRUE / FALSE / NOT GIVEN

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​Sometimes you will be asked to use the Greek format of letters: vii, v, xi

​Writing

​count words

​for Task 1 (at least 150) - no ideas, no 'we can see', no assumptions

​for Task 2 (at least 250) - structure, formal, when summarize - get all your points in the sentences.

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​Better don't:

• ​use too short or too long (L. Tolsloy-style sentences)

• ​be precise

• ​linkers

• ​use contractions

• repeat the same constructions

Open Ended

To begin, the amount of waiting-hours in small cities between 1985 and 2015 is increased in three times.

Open Ended

For example, in metropolises such as Moscow, London and New York people often use public transport in order to get to their destinations and they use taxis, busses that contaminate our environment with fossil fuels severely.

Open Ended

It is noteworthy that there was a rapid growth in the percentage of job proposals in Bulgarian urban areas from 2003 to 2008. What is more, in 2008 this line reached its peak. What cannot be said about intermediate and rural areas in the same region.

Open Ended

On the other hand, we now thoughtlessly rely so much to the computers and forget about possible consequences. Hence, many professions now are being replaced by technology. It is terrifying that there will be schools without teachers.

​Speaking

​Part 1: short, precise, yet with an advanced vocabulary

​Part 2: 2 minutes, linking words, structured

​Part 3: the main mistake: you have used all your active vocabulary previously, do not evaluate the question

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​Common mistakes:

• ​lexis

• ​pronounciation

• ​task achievement

• ​unnatural