Reading strategies
If you have missed an answer, how can you find the right place the fastest?
Look at the answers in chronological order
(Normally the answers are found in a sequence of the text. When having multiple texts you can look at key words to find the most likely place)
How to practice listening to quick speakers?
Speed up the audio you listen to in your free time
Name 3 words/ types of words that you should never use in an essay.
Personal pronouns
Simple vecabulary
Emotional vocabulary
What should the introduction of your speech include?
Introduction of your topic and the outline of your speech
What you should never do with the answer space?
Leave the answer blank
(always write in something, maybe your guess is correct)
What is the fastest way to understand the gist of each paragraph?
Skimming - reading the first and last sentence
(first sentences introduce the idea discussed and last sentences show the main stance or connection to other ideas)
How can you prepare for a complicated or illegible audio?
Mark key words in the task and look for only those words and their context
(When you simplify a sentence to its key words, you can simplify the task)
What should every paragraph, except the first, start with?
Linking word
What is the similarity between your speech and the essay?
The structure - outlining arguments, starting with a clear argument and using linking words
When writing in words for the reading and listening part, what helps you figure out the type of word you need?
The sentence structure
(Always check the grammar of the sentence and whether your word or phrase fits with the gremmar)
How can your answer be counted as incorrect even if you have found the right word?
If the word is misspelled
(because you are rewriting the word from the text, no spelling mistakes are acceptable)
How can you follow along the task the best while listening?
Connect questions with breaks in the speach (audial paragraphs)
(In a listening task an answer should not take more than two changes of ideas to find)
Which linking words you should never start a sentence with?
What can tank your laguage range score?
If you read from the given texts
What should you do if you don't understand a word in the text?
Interpret the meaning from the context
(in any exam part you can figure out meaning of an unknown word by imagining what word you would put in the spot if it was blank)
How can you tackle a complicated sentence?
Divide the sentence in smaller parts (subject-verb-object), look at only the main words
How to prepare your language comprehention when listening?
Listen to diverse types of audio (accents, formats, age groups, topics)
What does each main body paragraph consists of?
Argument, explanation, example/quote
What are the 3 questions you will need to answer?
How did you choose the sources, How do you understand the quote, general question about the topic
What should you be careful of in the writing task?
Fully completing the task and understanging the issue
(each bulletpoint is connected to a part of the essay - introduction, main body and conclusion)
(if the issue isn't clear, look at words and ideas that repeat and what 3 quotes can you use in the essay)