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1. READING IELTS

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3. Course Outline Week 1: IELTS, TOEFL, Duolingo Week 2: Reading Week 3: Speaking Week 4: Listening + Writing Week 5: EXAM PRACTICE

4. Today, we are practicing … IELTS READING

5. Write in the Chat TRUE OR FALSE T= True F= False

6. There are four sections to the Reading paper; each section has 13 questions. Answer: False, 3 sections. Sections 1 and 2 have 13 questions and section 3 has 14 questions.

7. 2) You need to understand the whole passage before doing any of the questions. Answer: False. For many tasks you can use skimming and scanning techniques.

8. 3) The answers do not have to be spelled correctly. Answer: False. They do.

9. 4) The passages gradually get harder. Answer: True

10. 5) You get extra time to transfer answers onto the answer sheet. Answer: False. You should write your answers directly onto the answer sheet.

11. IELTS READING TIPS

12. 1. Skim vs. Scan

13. Skimming is reading FAST in order to get a general IDEA. Scanning is reading rapidly in order to find specific FACTS.

14. Skimming Secrets The first sentence in every paragraph is usually important and gives the main idea of the paragraph. You need to ignore words you don’t know when skimming .

15. Scan the text and answer the questions What happened? Where did it happen? Where exactly? How many people died?

16. Questions There was a disaster. What kind? A fire in a theatre. 2. In what city and country did it happen? Cairo, Egypt. How many people died? 32 people

17. This language is Esperanto

18. 2. Identify key words A key word will help you identify the concept associated with the text. Identify key words and underline or highlight them .

19. Nouns Concepts

20. 3. Read all the questions first Before you begin answering, have a quick look at all the questions first. Make sure you understand them. Predict. Think of synonyms.

21. 11. Filming liars has shown that they do not display _______ behavior. Who is they? = liars Synonym for display? = show, etc. adj.

22. 3 Tips Skim and scan Identify key words Read all the questions first (predict)

23. Before W e Read

24. In the chat! Write 1 lie you have told, why and did they believe you? 1. ) Lie: __________________ Why:__________________

25. My lie to my mom Lie: I have never had a motorbike crash. Why : Because I don’t want to scare my mom.

26. Read the title below What do you think the text will be about? a) Why people lie. b) The signs of lying c) Lying is ok Answer: b) The signs of lying THE TRUTH ABOUT LYING

27. Next: we read the ________ first. questions

28. Match the heading to the paragraph

29. FYI (For your information)

30. The test uses Roman Numerals i = 1 ii = 2 iii = 3

31. What are these equal to? v – vi – iv – x – 5 6 4 10

32. Now read the passage and answer Questions 1-6. Match the heading to the paragraph List of Headings i - Some of the things liars really do ii - When do we begin to lie? iii - How wrong is it to lie? iv - Exposing some false beliefs v - Which form of communication best exposes a lie? vi - Do only humans lie? vii - Dealing with known liars viii - A public test of our ability to spot a lie Paragraph A: Paragraph B: Paragraph C: Paragraph D: Paragraph E: Paragraph F: viii vii vi v iv iii ii i

33. Feedback List of Headings i Some of the things liars really do ii When do we begin to lie? iii How wrong is it to lie? iv Exposing some false beliefs v Which form of communication best exposes a lie? vi Do only humans lie? vii Dealing with known liars viii A public test of our ability to spot a lie Paragraph A: Paragraph B: Paragraph C: Paragraph D: Paragraph E: Paragraph F: viii vi v iv ii i

34. Matching Features

35. Look at the statements and the list of experiments. MATCH. List of Experiments the gorilla B. the experiment C . the TV experiment with children experiment 8. Those involved knew they were being filmed. 7. Someone who was innocent was blamed for something. 9. Some objects were damaged. 10. Some instructions were ignored.

36. Feedback List of Experiments the gorilla B. the experiment C . the TV experiment with children experiment 8. Those involved knew they were being filmed. 7. Someone who was innocent was blamed for something. 9. Some objects were damaged. 10. Some instructions were ignored. 7. Someone who was innocent was blamed for something. 8. Those involved knew they were being filmed. 9 Some objects were damaged. 10. Some instructions were ignored.

37. Sentence Completion

38. Questions 11-13 Complete the sentences below. Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer. Questions 11 . Filming liars has shown that they do not display ________ behaviour . 12 . Liars tend to avoid talking about their own _____ 13 . Signs of lying are exposed in people's __________ rather than their movements. nervous words feelings

39. Questions? Comments?

40. True False Not Given

41. TRUE – The statement a grees with the views of the writer FALSE – The statement disagrees with the views of the writer NOT GIVEN – The writer not mention this (we don’t know the writer’s view)

42. Tip 1: Spend time analyzing the statement. Think of synonyms work = employment changing = altering

43. Tip 2: Don’t match key words. Match meaning!

44. Practice

45. Yes – No – Not Given Passage: Half way through the 9th century, Ethiopia started drinking coffee TRUE – FALSE – NOT GIVEN Statement: Ethiopia has enjoyed drinking coffee since the beginning of the 9 th century.

46. FALSE Half way through the 9 th century means 850’s while at the beginning means at the start = Year 801

47. Tip 3: The meaning of false is that the statement contradicts the information in the passage. This means the statement gives one meaning and the passage another meaning - FALSE

48. Tip 4: NOT GIVEN means the whole meaning of the statement is not in the text. Some key words might be found but not the WHOLE meaning of the statement.

49. 4 TIPS Analyze statement. Match MEANING not key words. False statements contradict the passage. NOT GIVEN means the statement is not in the text.

50. PRACTICE

51. 1. What do you know ? 2. What do you want to know?

52. Read then check with partner underline sentence in passage that confirms your answer

53. Underline key words

54. Questions?

55. What skills did we practice today? Match headings Sentence completion Skim vs scan YES NO NOT GIVEN

56. How can we improve? Practice Practice Practice

57. controversy ancient slave To drag To lubricate Incredible feat friction A ramp To surpass To debunk Trial & error Long public debate; prolonged disagreement on an issue Very old A person who is forced to work; owned by another To pull (something) with force & difficulty To apply a substance to something for smooth movement An Amazing accomplishment R esistance from one surface or an object when moving over another A slope or incline to allow entry into a building To exceed; to be better than To expose; uncover the falseness of a belief the process of trying various methods of until you find the most successful.

58. IELTS CHECKLIST

59. Thank you!