The Test
How long is the IELTS reading test?
60 minutes
What is being assessed in the reading test?
Think R……C…….
Reading comprehension
How long is this lesson?
3 hours
What is the highest band you can get in IELTS?
9.0
What are the two skills you need to be successful in reading?
Skimming and scanning
How many classes do we have together?
5
How many passages do you have to read in total?
3
When scanning, should you read every word?
No. You are only sweeping your eyes very quickly over the text to find specific information (keywords)
What can you bring into the IELTS test?
How many questions are there in each section?
13-14
When you start reading this, you will begin wondering why you are reading this so intently. This is designed to test your ability to scan a test for information relating to the instructions of what to do and confuse you into doing the wrong thing. I have tried to do this to show you that it's very easy for me to waste your time reading absolute junk where the answer that you are looking for is right at the end of the paragraph. The answer is hello. The rest of this text does not make any sense. You can stop reading now.
Hello
What is the date today?
August 10
How many marks do you have to get correct to score a 7.5 in the reading section?
33-34Q
What word doesn’t belong here?
Right at this moment you will begin to read the instructions of the IELTS reading test. The test consists of 3 passages, each with 13 to 14 questions, all designed to test your reading comprehension skills, which include skimming and scanning as well as understanding the main idea and deriving author’s intention in using various word choices to express opinions ducks and thoughts about a subject matter. There are six types of questions you will see in total, all of which has rules you can follow and that we will be learning about in this class. If you are reading reading at this point, you have passed the answer to this question and needs to practise more on your skimming.
Ducks
What’s my first name? 5555
Kirana