IELTS General Training Reading Overview answer teachers keys notes

Description Key to Classroom Activity An activity to introduce the General Training Reading paper and familiarise students with its main features 1. The total number of items may vary False. The total number of items is 40. 50 sections minutes True. Time 2.required: There are three sample reading paper handbook 7 1 may contain two or 3. There is only one passage in each section False.page Section Additional three texts or several shorter texts such as advertisements. Section 2 usually materials comprises two texts. Section 3 is the only section where there is just one text. required: 4. Each item is worth 1 mark True. To familiarise students with the General Training Reading paper Aims: Procedure 5. Section 3 is more difficult than section 1 True. The texts are longer and more complex. In fact each section gets increasingly difficult. 1. Hand out a sample reading paper and handbook page 7 to each pair of students. a few minutes to look through them. 6. Give Eachthem section has only one task type False. A variety of task types are used in each section. 2. Collect the sample reading papers and handbooks back in. Put students into new Asksection one student in each pair to describe what reading paper consists of. 7. pairs. The first contains texts about social topics the True. Their partner listens and at the end adds any other information they can remember. 8. The second section contains texts about general topics False. Until April 2009, this will contain texts about trainingto and welfare: survival. From May 3. section Hand out the worksheet. Ask students look at the training 10 statements on the worksheet 2009, this section will focus on workplace survival, per the examples given in on their own and decide whether the statements areas true or false. task types 4 and 5. The third section is general reading. 4. Once they have finished, ask them to compare their answers in pairs and discuss differences. Handaout the reading paper and handbook again so that they can 9. any Texts are taken from wide range of sources: e.g. notices, advertisements, official refer back to it as necessary. documents, timetables etc. True. 5. Go through the statements a penalised group anddiscuss anycare queries. 10. Poor spelling and grammar as are True. Take when writing on the answer sheet. 6. Put students into groups of three or four and direct students back to the reading paper for questions and D). and Ask whole them to discuss the following questions: 11. Scores are given inC) both half bands True. do you read in English? True. This is one of the task types. 12. A) YouHow mayoften be asked to label a diagram B) What kinds of text do you read in English? 13. You must write your answers on the question paper False. You must write your C) What will be easy or difficult in this paper and why? (Difficult things may be answers on the answer sheet. guessing unknown words reading quickly understanding synonyms.) 14. You have extra time at the end of the 60minute test to check your answers False. D) test Will is you all the texts theare same (no you must learn how to skim, The 60read minutes long butin you notway? given extra time at the end to check your scan and read in detail) answers or to transfer them to the answer sheet. E) How can you improve your performance on this paper? (Practise using a wide 15. You can take a dictionary with you False. You can take NO reference material range of texts reading in with time limits reading with different purposes, e.g. toin with you. find the main point of each paragraph, to identify fact and opinion, to look for cohesive devices etc guess the meaning of words from context practise thinking of synonyms and paraphrasing.) 7. Monitor and note any interesting points for later discussion. 8. Hold a whole class discussion covering each of the questions and any other points that came up in the group discussions.

IELTS General Training Reading Overview Students Worksheet

Find out how much you know about IELTS General Training Reading. Look through the following statements and decide whether they are True or False. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. The total number of items may vary. There are three sections. There is only one passage in each section. Each item is worth 1 mark. Section 3 is more difficult than section 1. Each section has only one task type. The first section contains texts about social topics. The second section contains texts about general topics. Texts are taken from a wide range of sources: e.g. notices, advertisements, official documents, timetables etc. Poor spelling and grammar are penalised. Scores are given in both half and whole bands. You may be asked to label a diagram. You must write your answers on the question paper. You have extra time at the end of the 60minute test to check your answers. You can take a dictionary in with you.

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