AI:AI11:IVIU: I)IJI~I)()SI:S: A Sli()BT n,ITI:I,ISI\fI: 1:()lJl~SI: I:()I~ to 6.5 Malcolm Mann & Steve Taylore-Knowles I=()B A(:AI11:IVIU: I'IJI~I'()SI:S: A Sli()BT n\ITI:I\ISI\fI: (:()IJI~SI: Malcolm Mann & Steve Taylore-Knowles eI) 1- -• ,•• -lr \ ~ ~ ei) CONTENTS Introduction iv Overview ofthe IELTS Exam vii PlacementTest and Results Guidance xii TOPIC The Arts Societies Futures Environments Sciences The Media Languages LISTENING READING sentence completion multiple choice Exam Practice: sentence completion / summary completion Exam Practice: multiple choice / sentence completion (social needs; dialogue) multiple choice short-answer questions Exa m Practice: mu ltiple choice / sentence completion Exam Practice: short-answer questions / multiple choice (social needs; monologue) choosing headings matching 38 Exam Practice: choosing headings / multiple choice Exam Practice: matching / short-answer questions (educational context; dialogue) mu ltiple choice (multiple answers) notes/table completion 48 Exam Practice: multiple choice (multiple answers) / choosing headings Exa m Practice: table completion / matching (educationa l context; monologue) notes/summary completion sentence/summary completion Exam Practice: notes completion / summary completion / multiple choice (multiple answers) Exam Practice: sentence completion / summary completion / short-answer questions (educational context; dialogue) information in text / writer's views diagramlflow chart completion Exam Practice: information in text / summary completion Exam Practice: diagram completion / sentence completion (educational context; monologue) diagramlflow chart completion classification Exam Practice: flow chart completion / information in text Exam Practice: classification / flow chart completion (educational context; dialogue) 18 28 58 68 78 multiple choice (multiple answers) classification and matching ii Histories 88 Grammar Reference 98 Speaking Reference 108 Writing Guide and Writing Planners 112 Exam Practice: matching / flow chart completion Exam Practice: mu ltiple choice (multiple answers) / classification (educational context; monologue) SPEAKING providing information Exam Practice: Part expressing and justifying opinions PRONUNCIATION stress changes 1: verbs/ nouns WRITING understand ing and interpreting data Exam Practice: description presenting and justifying an opin ion describing a process or object Exam Practice: Part expressing a preference silent letters comparing and contrasting opin ions, evidence and implications si lent letters discourse repair and fluency Exam Practice: Part using participles using countable and uncountable nouns / articles organising and selecting data using verbs + -ing/ infinitives using relative clauses Exam Practice: description phrasal stress Exam Practice: Pa rt Exam Practice: Part Exam Practice: description talking about the future Exam Practice: essay Exam Practice: Part summarising and explaining conceding and contrasting using modals Exam Practice: Part comparing and contrasti ng using the passive Exam Practice: essay words with the same spelling but different pronunciation narrating talking about the present talking about the past phrasal stress Exam Practice: Part specu lating GRAMMAR proViding solutions to a problem using conditionals using causatives Exam Practice: essay tense revision 1: using simple tenses stress changes 2: verbs / adjectives comparing data stress changes 3: other evaluating and challenging tense revision 3: using continuous tenses Exam Practice: essay making complex sentences Exam Practice: description tense revision 2: using perfect tenses iii Introduction Welcome to fELTS for Academic Purposes: a short intensive course! We've written this course to help you prepare for the Academic version of the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) exam The course can be used in two main ways: if you're studying in a classroom with a teacher, or if you're studying on your own at home Main aims The main aim of this course is to help you get as high an Overall Band Score as possible The Overall Band Score is the number (from to 9) that you get on your Test Results Form after the exam To achieve this, our aims are to: help you develop the skills you need to improve your listening, reading, writing and speaking give you information and advice about the IELTS exam give you practice with IELTS exam tasks develop your grammar and vocabulary Student's Book The Student's Book has eight units, which increase in difficulty as the book progresses Each unit focuses on a different topic These are topics that often appear in the IELTS exam Each unit starts with a section developing reading skills Then we focus on listening skills Then speaking skills Then writing skills The unit finishes with an Exam Practice section, where you can practise the skills you've developed in the unit by doing IELTS exam tasks In the skills section s of each unit, the IELTS Skill Spot provides useful advice on key language and exam skills and the Wordbank focuses on useful vocabulary In the speaking and writing sections, the Grammarbank focuses on grammar that's useful for speaking and writing In the Exam Practice sections, the IELTS Skill Spot provides tips on what to - and what not to - in the exam Students and classes work at different speeds, and have particular needs, but we think each unit of the Student's Book should take approximately five hours to complete Before Unit 1, there's a Placement Test This is designed to give you a general idea of your level Take the test, and look at your results It will show you where you're doing well, and which aspects of the exam you need to focus on more iv Don't forget to use the reference sections at t he back of the Student's Book These include: Grammar Reference, whic h you should refer to before you th e Grammarbank sections in the main unit and in the Bandscore Booster present !~~~~~ i -l " Grammar,Section l , p 98 ~ Grammamank: Talkmg about the G,"mm,,,.5fo[...]... Student's Book and the corresponding work in the Bandscore Booster You may want to consider taking more time to prepare for the exam Score: 8-10: between 8 and 10 in either section Band Score: If your aim is: You need to: 5.0 for that module if you took the IELlS exam today Overa ll Band Score of 6.0 or above Our advice: Pay particu lar attention to the work in the relevant sections of thi s Student's Book. .. Pay particular attention to the work in the Speaking and Writing sections of this Student's Book and the correspond ing work in the Bondscore Booster With hard work, there is a good chance you can make the necessary improvement during this course Score: 13- 15 Band Score: 5.5 for that modu le if you took the IELTS exam today If your aim is: 6.0 or above You need to: improve your performance a little... or Writing Pay particular attention to the work in the Speaking and Writing sections of this Student's Book and the corresponding work in the Bandscore Booster With work, you should make the necessary improvement during this course Score: >16 Band Score: 6.0 or above for that module if you took the IELTS exam today If your aim is: 6.0 or above You need to: maintain your performance or improve it a little... Writing Pay particu lar attention to the work in the Speaking and Writing sections of this Student's Book and the corresponding work in the Bandscore Booster You should maintain or improve your performance during this course TOTAL SCORE Score: