IELTS - General Module (Book - 4) E-Book

Jyoti Malhotra

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• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

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Ideas with probable questions that help score high in General Module

Leseprobe

IELTS TECH GENERAL MODULE

(Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening Essentials)

Jyoti Malhotra(B.A Hons. M.A., NET-1, E-Commerce)

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Dedication

I, with due respect and profound privilege, serene dignity and folded hands dedicate my small piece of research program to my devoted and dedicated parents, Mrs. Kiran Malhotra and Mr. Pradeep Malhotra for their wholesome support and their dignified ambience which they offered me to sail the boat of my life on the path of hardwork and determination. I am really very thankful to both of them for blooming my life with their humble ambience.

Acknowledgement

There is a big vote bank of thanks in my whole projection of this project to my worthy parents, Mrs. & Mr. Deep Birla, My Guide, Mr. Parminder Singh Bhogal, Caring Brothers & Sisters - Mrs. & Mr. Rohit Gandhi, Mrs. & Mr. Aman Malhotra and Mrs. & Mr. Sandeep Malhotra.

My heartiest thanks to my life partner, Mr. Deepak Malhotra (husband) and the little steps of my Angel, Ditya Malhotra (daughter).

I am really grateful to be a part of the V & S Publishers who support my research analysis with their expert team of publishing. I am really very thankful to Mr. Sahil Gupta (Director) and Mr. Binay Srivastava for their wholesome cooperation to convert my research program to a complete masterpiece.

Regards

Jyoti Malhotra

Publisher’s Note

V&S Publishers has recently ventured into the field of Academic Books with the launch of the Gen XSeries. ‘Gen X’ stands for ‘Excellence in Generation ‘X’. The series comprises books for aspirants of various competitive examinations. Hence, following the success of our previous books in this series, we decided to launch a series of IELTS or the International English Language Testing System books under this series. The subject has been divided into five main parts which has been grouped into five books by the author, such as: IELTS Tech-Academic Module, IELTS Tech-Writing Essentials, IELTS Tech-Vocal Cosmetics, IELTS Tech- General Module and IELTS Tech- Speaking Essentials for the students, who aspire to study, work or settle abroad.

The books in this exclusive Series are written especially for the Indian students who wish to appear in the IELTS exams. Most of the foreign books available in the market on this subject have been written keeping in view the foreign readers and at times, may appear Greek to the students from India, primarily because of issues related to accent, grammatical aspects, spellings, etc. Therefore, the need for these books was felt by V&S Publishers and the author’s extensive research on this subject was carefully moulded to present it in the form of five perfect books on IELTS, specifically for Indian students.

Each book contains Skills, Strategies and Guidelines written in a simple manner along with a CD that accompanies the book which is also one of the unique features of this Series. The CDs are interactive and illustrative and presented in a manner that even an average student can grasp the contents and master the language easily and quickly. So, V&S Publishers hopes that through these books, we can offer the IELTS aspirants--A Smarter Way to Learn Technical English nationwide.

Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgement

Publisher’s Note

Preface

Reading Module

Chapter-1 Reading Strategies & Skills

Chapter-2 Reading Practice Test

Reading Practice Test 1

Reading Practice Test 2

Reading Practice Test 3

Writing Module

Chapter-3 Writing Strategies & Skills

Chapter- 4 Writing Practice Test

Writing Practice Test-1

Writing Practice Test-2

Writing Practice Test-3

Speaking Module

Chapter- 5 Speaking Strategies, Skills & Guidelines

Chapter- 6 Part- I Interview session

Chapter- 7 Part- II Cue Cards

Chapter- 8 Part- III Follow up Queries

Listening Module

Chapter- 9 Listening Strategies, Pointers & Tips

Chapter- 10 Listening Practice Test

Listening Practice Test 1

Listening Practice Test 2

Listening Practice Test 3

Preface

IELTS- TECH - A complete Toolkit for learning, practising and knowing about IELTS. As the world is growing smarter, the ways of its learning and getting education also gets smarter day by day. IELTS-TECH (A TECHNICAL TOOLKIT OFLEARNING INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE TESTING SYSTEM) is also acting as a smarter way to learn IELTS via Presentations on its strategies. This toolkit completelyb clarifies four sections.

Reading:

This refers to the IELTS aspirants’ development in reading, “ understanding and responding to a wide range of spoken, written and visual English texts. It involves learners’ developing understandings of how texts are organised and how language varies according to the situation, social and cultural contexts, purpose and audience.

Writing:

It refers to the IELTS aspirants’ development in writing a range of texts for interpersonal, informational and aesthetic purposes. It involves developing writing skills including task response, Coherence, Lexical Resource and Grammar skills

Speaking:

This refers the IELTS aspirants’ development in using spoken Standard English for communication for social and school-based learning. It involves developing learners’ control over Standard English phonology, word and sentence stress, rhythm and intonation and the information conveyed by these systems.

Listening:

It refers to the IELTS aspirants’ development in understanding spoken Standard English. It focusses on the ability to actively listen for a purpose and involves learners being able to select and apply strategies to make meaning in a wide range of contexts.

IELTS TECH SERVES THE YOUNG ASPIRANTS WITH ITS TOOLKIT OF FIVE BOOKS

BOOK 1 : IELTS -Tech : It includes Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening along with its strategies to crack with the practice sessions.

BOOK 1 : IELTS -Tech : It includes Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening along with its strategies to crack with the practice sessions.

BOOK 2 : WRITING ESSENTIALS : It will serve the Academic and General candidates with writing topics. This book covers the wide range of Graphical Representation, General letters and few Academic and General topics of writing.

B0OOK 3 : VOCAL COSMETICS AND SPEECH THERAPY FOR IELTS: This book will enhance the speaking skills of the candidate. Students will come to know the technical aspect in IELTS related to speaking techniques like Word Stress, Intonation, Rhythm, Coherence, Lexical Resource, Fluency, etc.

BOOK 4 : GENERAL MODULE FOR IELTS This book will help the general candidate who are appearing for IELTS. It covers Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening skills with strategies and practice sessions.

BOOK 5 : SPEAKING ESSENTIALS : This will serve both the Academic and General candidates regarding interview sessions between interviewer and interviewee. It covers PART-1 Personal Interaction, PART-2 Cue -Cards, PART-3 Follow up Session.

SPECIAL ATTRACTION IN IELTS - TECH

AWARENESS SESSIONS : These powerpoint smart sessions will help the students to build their ideology towards simple topics like Education, Media, Music, Technology, Tourism, Culture, Science, Computers, Health, etc. These awareness sessions is an endeavour to raise the standards of vocabulary and terminology of the aspirants. This will enhance the lexical resource for Writing and Speaking skills. These awareness sessions not only serves Vocabulary Usage but also provides Traditional and Contemporary Outlook, Quotations and Proverbial Matter, Author Sayings, Volley of Idioms and Phrases related to it... etc. This smart CD will be provided with the Writing Essentials and Speaking Essentials.

SMART CD OF POWERPOINT PRESENTATION : IELTS- TECH is a smart tech product which help the aspirants to understand the technicalities of the IELTS exams with visual aids. This product is the package of strategies to crack the four modules of IELTS, i. e., Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening with its Do’s and Don’ts.

COMPACT DISK OF LISTENING SESSIONS : For enhancing the listening part of the candidate, listening activities are provided in the CD for their practice.

ABSTRACT

READING MODULE

The IELTS Reading Test has three sections which require 60 minutes to complete the test. For this, it is essentialfor the IELTS candidates to know the skimming & scanning technique to improve their band score in the reading test. This chapter completely discusses the exact format, strategies and techniques to solve the IELTS Reading Test, Marking Scheme and Question Types.

Chapter 1 : Reading strategies and skills

The Test Format

The IELTS General Training Reading Test has 3 sections. You have 60 minutes to complete the test. There is NO extra time at the end of the test to transfer your answers to the answer paper (you get 10 extra minutes in the listening test only); your answers must be on the answer paper at the end of the 60 minutes. The test has 40 questions based on a series of texts. The total length of all the texts put together should be between 2000 and 2750 words. As in all the different parts of IELTS, the IELTS General Training Reading Test gets progressively harder through the paper. Possible formats of texts could be: notices, advertisements, newspapers, instruction manuals, leaflets, timetables, books and magazines.

Section 1

Section 1 will normally have 2 or maybe 3 ‘texts’ with 13 or maybe 14 questions to answer in 2 or 3 sets of differing formats. We will look at the types of questions that you will meet later. Section 1 tests the candidate on ‘social survival’ in an English speaking country. The questions usually involve the candidate finding and providing factual information from a variety of texts. Texts in section 1 are relatively short and there may be a number of ‘mini texts’ to look through, eg: a series of advertisements on similar subjects.

Section 2

Section 2 again usually has 2 texts with 13 or maybe 14 questions to answer. Section 2 concentrates on the context of training and welfare in an English speaking country. The texts here are more complicated using more intricate language and structure.

Section 3

Section 3 has 1 text with 13 or maybe 14 questions to answer. Section 3 tests candidates’ ability to deal with longer pieces of writing. The reading passage will again involve more complex language than the 2 previous sections.

Marking

There are 40 questions in the IELTS General Training Reading Test and 1 mark is awarded for each correct answer. There are no half marks. Your final marks out of 40 is then converted to a band from 1 - 9 using a converting table and this band is then averaged with the other 3 parts of the test to give your final IELTS band.

The IELTS General Training Reading Test Marks, Bands and Results - Rough Guide Converter

Score

Band

1 - 2

1

3 - 5

2

6 - 11

3

12 - 17

4

18 - 25

5

26 - 33

6

34 - 37

7

38 - 39

8

40

9

Question Types

Below is a list of the types of questions that you could meet in the IELTS General Training Reading Test.

Multiple Choice Questions

Short Answer Questions

Completion Questions: Completing Sentences

Completing Notes

Completing a Summary (no word bank)

Completing a Summary (with word bank)

Completing a Diagram

Completing a Flow Chart

Completing a Table

Matching a Bank of Headings to Identify Paragraphs or Parts of Text

Matching a Bank of Writers’ Views/Claims/Information with the Writer

Identification of Information in the Text: Yes/No/Not Given Questions

True/False/Not Given Questions

Matching Lists/Phrases

Classification Questions

Some Tips for the IELTS General Training Reading Test

1. Don’t spend too long on a single question as that will lose you time for answering questions that could be easier for you. Sometimes, leaving a question and coming back later can help you answer it too. Leave any questions that you have spent too long on, and come back at the end of the test if you have time. Sometimes, if the question has a yes/no/not given answer, the answer you are looking for does not exist as it could be a not given one. Be aware so you don’t waste time looking for something that isn’t there.

2. Read the questions and instructions so that you don’t make a silly mistake. For example, people often will mix the yes/no answers with the true/false answers and write yes as an answer instead of ‘true’ or vice versa. Strictly speaking, you are wrong although you have understood the question and answer.

3. If the question asks for one answer, then give one answer. Giving two is wrong as it asks for one and you will be marked wrong. The type of question where this could happen would be: Give one example of... Writing two examples, to show you really understand, is wrong.

4. If the question asks for no more than 3 words, use no more than 3 words. Writing 4 words or more is wrong. You won’t be asked to do it in 3 words or less, unless it is possible. Therefore, don’t worry; it can always be done.

5. One area that students don’t like is that, in the Reading Test, good grammar and spellings are important. The grammar part is not as important as you can’t make many grammar errors in 3 words (the maximum you use in the reading test) but, if you spell something wrong, it will be marked as wrong. People think, quite rightly in my opinion, that the reading should test whether you understand what you read and not how you spell something. But these are the rules. So, be careful about your spellings too!

6. One constant discussion we have had with students is whether to read the questions first and then read the passage, or read the passage first and then the questions. From our experience with our students, my conclusion is that there is no correct answer for this. It depends on a number of variables.an depend on the types of questions and how difficult the questions are. It can depend on how good and fast a reader you are. It can also depend on the length of the text and how much time you have. Let’s look at these variables.

Various Variables

1. If the question type is difficult and asking something which is hard to answer, then reading the text first can help. Just a quick read through using a technique called skimming can give you the knowledge of the text that will help you find the answers more easily.

2. If you are a good, fast reader, then you can read the text quickly, getting good knowledge of the contents without using too much of your precious time. This can help you answer the questions better

3. If the texts are short, then it doesn’t take long to quickly read through them. On the other hand, if the texts are short, it is easier to find the answers so you may not have to waste time reading the texts to find the answers quickly, especially if the time is short.

4. If the time is short, then it doesn’t matter how complex or long the texts are. Youneed to get some answers on the answer sheet as quickly as possible. So, you can see that there is not one answer to the problem of whether to read the texts or questions first.

5. Time management is an important thing to be aware of. You have a number of texts to read and 40 questions to answer in 1 hour. If you spend too long on one part, you may find that you have not enough time to finish all the questions and some of those questions could be ones that you could answer quite easily. As I said above, don’t spend too long on a difficult answer, but also keep an eye on the clock. It’s a good idea to have your watch or a small clock on your desk so you know exactly how long you have left in the test at any given time. In addition to this, keep a control on how long you spend on each section.

Remember the IELTS General Training Reading Test gets more difficult as it goes on, so you will probably need more time for the questions at the end than for those at the beginning. Maybe a guideline could be:

17 minutes on section 1.

20 minutes on section 2.

23 minutes on section 3.

Reading Techniques - Skimming and Scanning

Skimming and scanning are the two main techniques that people use to read and answer the IELTS Reading Tests. It’s not a question of using one or the other, but you will need both methods in doing the test. Let’s have a look at the two techniques in turn.

Skimming

Skimming is reading fast to get the ‘gist’ or the general idea of the text. There are different techniques of doing skimming.

1. You can run your eyes over the text getting the general meaning, not stopping at words that you don’t understand as this will slow you down. The important thing with skimming is speed.

2. Another way to skim is to just read the first and last paragraphs of a text and the summaries as well.

3. You could also just read the title, subtitles and illustrations if there are any. For IELTS the first way - reading it all quickly to get the general meaning, but of course it depends on your reading speed. If you are a slow reader in English, you really need to practise to improve.You can practise with any English texts, but, nearer the exam, you should do your practice on the IELTS Practice Tests.

Scanning

This is another very important technique for the IELTS Reading Tests. This is the technique that you use when you are reading a telephone book or a dictionary. You are not starting at the top and reading every line back and forth as you would read a novel.

You are moving your eyes around the text, back and across and up and down. You are searching for some specific information: a word or name. This is an important technique in IELTS reading as you are often searching for some specific information. You read the question and then you search for the key words or ideas associated with the question.

Chapter 2 : Reading Practice Test

READING PRACTICE TEST 1

SECTION - 1

Questions 1 - 9

CAUSTON HEALTH CENTRE PATIENT INFORMATION LEAFLET

A.Appointments

Please telephone 826969 (8.30am - 5.00pm: Mon - Fri). We suggest that you try to see the same doctor whenever possible because it is helpful for both you and your doctor to know each other well. We try hard to keep our appointments running on time, and ask you to be punctual to help us achieve this; if you cannot keep an appointment, please phone and let us know as soon as possible, so that it can be used for someone else. Please try to avoid evening appointments if possible. Each appointment is for one person only. Please ask for a longer appointment if you need some more time.

B.Weekends and Nights

Please telephone 823307 and a recorded message will give you the number of the doctor from the Centre on duty. Please remember this is in addition to our normal working day. Urgent calls only please. A Saturday morning emergency surgery is available between 9.30am and 10.00am. Please telephone for home visits before 10.00am at weekends.

C.Centre Nurses

Ms. Reena, Ms. Anita and Ms. Alley are available daily by appointment to help you with dressings, ear syringing, children’s immunisations, removal of stitches and blood tests. They will also advise on foreign travel, and can administer various injections and blood pressure checks. For any over 75s unable to attend the clinic, Ms. Alley will make a home visit. AII three Centre Nurses are available during normal working hours to carry out health checks on patients who have been on doctors’ lists for 3 years.

D.New Patients

Within 3 months of registering with the Centre, new patients on regular medication are invited to attend a health check with their doctor. Other patients can arrange to be seen by one of the Centre Nurses.

E.Services Not Covered

Some services are not covered by the Centre e.g. private certificates, insurance, driving and sports medicals, passport signatures, school medicals and prescriptions for foreign travel. There are recommended fees for these set by the National Medical Association. Please ask at reception.

F.Receptionists

Our receptionists provide your primary point of contact-they are all very experienced and have a lot of basic information at their fingertips. They will be able to answer many of your initial queries and also act as a link with the rest of the team. They may request brief details of your symptoms or illnesses which enables the doctors to assess the degree of urgency.

G.Change of Address

Please remember to let us know if you decide to relocate. It is also useful for us to have a record of your telephone number.

Questions 10-14

BENTLEY HOSPITAL CATERING SERVICE

TO ALL PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY MEMBERS OF THE STAFF

Important Information

Meal Breaks (minimum company guidelines)

Hours worked

Break to be taken

0-4 hrs

nil

4-6 hrs

15 mins

6-8 hrs

30 mins

8-12 hrs

60 mins (taken as 2 x 30 mins)

12-24 hrs

75 mins (taken as 2 x 30 mins + 1 x 15 mins)

Your section staffing board will show the times when these breaks are to be taken.

Please note

It is your responsibility to check that the total break time shown on the staffing sheets accurately reflects the breaks that you take. Any discrepancies should be raised with your Staff Coordinator immediately.

Special Requirements - Food Handlers

Food handlers are those concerned with preparing and serving unwrapped food.

Food handlers should report any instance of sickness, diarrhoea and/or stomach upset experienced either while at work or during a holiday to a member of the Personnel Management team. Any infections of ear, nose, throat, mouth, chest or skin should also be reported to a member of the Personnel Management team.

Food handlers need to have an annual dental examination by the company dentist. Alternatively, a current certificate of dental fitness may be produced from their own dentist. This applies to all permanent staff who handle food.

Questions 1-4

Reading Passage 1 has seven sections, A-G.

Which paragraph contains the following information?

Write the correct letter, A-G in boxes 1-4 on your answer sheet.

1. What to do if you need help outside normal working hours?

2. Who to speak to first for general information?

3. What happens when you register with the Centre?

4. What to do if you need to cancel a doctor’s appointment?

Questions 5-9

Do the following statements agree with the information given in the Reading Passage 1? In boxes, 5-9 on your answer sheet, write:

True if the statement agrees with the informationFalse if the statement contradicts with the informationNot Given if there is no information on this

5. You must always see the same doctor if you visit the Centre.

6. If you want a repeat prescription, you must make an appointment.

7. Helen Stranger is the Head Nurse.

8. It is possible that receptionists will ask you to explain your problem.

9. You should give the Health Centre your new contact details, if you move house.

Questions 10-14

Complete each sentence with the correct ending, A-J, below.

Write the correct letter, A-J, in boxes, 10-14 on your answer sheet.

10. Temporary employees only working 3 hours should

11. Employees who work 11 hours should

12. To find out when to have their breaks, employees should

13. Employees working with food must

14. Food handlers who have been ill

A. talk to a staff coordinator.

B. have two thirty-minute breaks.

C. not take any breaks for meals.

D. pay for any meals they have.

E. get a single one-hour break.

F. look at the section staffing board.

G. lose pay for their break times.

H. tell a member of the Personnel Management team.

I. have an annual dental examination.

J. consult their doctor.

SECTION- 2

Questions 15-21

HAMPTON COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS

There are seven types of scholarships offered by the Hampton College to enroll international students to assist with the costs of their courses. With the exception of applications for scholarship category E, all newly-enrolled international students are automatically considered for these scholarships. The scholarship is awarded in the student’s first year as a credit to the second semester course fees. In all subsequent years, the scholarship is awarded as a credit to the first semester course fees. The scholarships are awarded once a year unless otherwise stated.

The scholarship categories are:

A. One scholarship of $2000 for the most outstanding students entering the Foundation Studies Program from each of the following countries: Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. An additional six scholarships are available for students from other countries. These scholarships are offered on two dates to students in the March and June intakes of the program. Scholarships are awarded on the basis of first semester results.

B. Three scholarships providing 25% of the course fees for the duration of the course to the 3 most outstanding State Certificate of Education (SCE) students entering a Diploma or Certificate program. Scholarships are awarded on the basis of the previous year’s SCE results