STRATEGIES

   READING SESSION LASTS FOR 60mins, consists of 3 passages each passage
   lasts for 700 - 1000 words and these passages are excerpts of Journals and
   academic books(Basic Topics).

   The difficulty in reading session is 1st passage > 2nd > 3rd passage.

   So, Time plays a key role in reading, Spend your Time wisely.
   Follow my Schedule :

                                       1st  Passage : 17 mins
                                       2nd Passage : 20mins
                                       3rd Passage : 23 mins

     Like Listening you won't get extra time to transfer your answers.
   All the work need to be done in 60mins. Transfer your answers after
  completion of each passage.

     Types of Questions:

      Notes / Sentence / Summary Completion (Fill in the blanks type)

      MCQ's

      Label the Paragraphs

      True / False / Not Given

      Yes /No / Not Given

      Matching / Classification.

     #. True : Fact - exactly relevant to your passage
     #. False: Contradicts the information present in Passage
     #. Not Given : Not at all related to the Passage

     *. Yes : its a Claim based on the information present in Passage
     *. No : Contradicts the information
     *. Not Given : Not at all related to the Passage 

       Now its time to think for strategies: Follow my Basic strategies to crack
       advanced reading comprehension :

   1. Reading the Passage :

      a. Skimming
      b. Underline keywords
      c. Get the Gist (Main Idea)

  2. Reading the Questions :

     a. Understand & Simplify the question
     b. Pick some keywords in the question
     c. Scan the keyword in passage
     d. Fit your Answer.

    Now lets see what exactly Skimming and scanning are : 

    Skimming : 

    Consider an example how you read a News paper : Do you read entire Article? well the answer is NO.
    Then what exactly you do is : You will just read the first few lines - which gives an idea of what you are
    going to read i.e., you will get a main idea of the Reading Passage.

   Apply same here : First get the GIST (Passage) of the Passage meanwhile underline some keywords.
   What are Keywords : Keywords are Nouns, Adjectives, main verbs and some adverbs. Don't worry
   while reading you will automatically recognize the keywords.

    Scanning :

     When you simplify the Question you will get some keywords in the question. and Now feel happy for
     getting keywords. SCAN these keywords in the passage and fit your answer.

     70% of your answers will be with keywords.
     15% - you need to read a line before and after the keyword.
     15% - Answer with your GIST.

    What to read first : Passage or Reading ?
    My suggestion is always read the passage first and get the Main Idea of the passage and label each Paragraph in the passage with your understanding.(it will be easy for Labelling the paragraph questions)

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IELTS

 

              IELTS : International English Language Testing  System

          The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) which assesses your English language proficiency. IELTS tests are held in over 900 locations across the world with tests upto  4 times a month

It is of two versions : Academic  : For Further Education

                                   General    :  For Immigration

How it Assess your Language: It assess your language skills in 4 basic elements of a language : LISTENING, READING, WRITING, SPEAKING.

Test Format :

    LISTENING : 4SECTIONS-40QUESTIONS-3O+10=40minutes

 

    READING    : 3PASSAGES-40QUESTIONS-60minutes(20/PASSAGE)

 

    WRITING    : 2TASKS- SUMMARY & ESSAY -20+40=60minutes

 

    SPEAKING  : 3PARTS -  11-14 minutes

 SCORE : 

   Scores in IELTS represented by a Band scale of 0-9. 

   Score validity : 2years.

   Each module is assessed for 0-9 bands, the average of Individual module gives total score.

 

  7 bands is considered as a Healthy Score, with this you  can anticipate some    fundin.

   * A overall band of 6.5  with not less than 6 bands in each module is universally recognized. 

  MORE INFO FOR TEST TAKERS:

    IELTS is conducted by IDP - Australia & British Council - UK.

    And now you are making your mind for which exam to take either IDP or BC.

    Off-course your query will be resolved by your Friends or Seniors and result is IDP or BC. 

    * University of Cambridge ESOL prepares the paper and these two conducts the exam. It is a silly question to ask which exam is easy. still confusing ok!! consider JNTU Prepares the Exam Paper and your College conducts the Examination, then how come you say which college examination is easy.

And now start your Preparation with some Basic warm-up:

  # Be sure with your Grammar (No need to be genius in Grammar)

  

  # Read English News Paper Daily (The HINDU - Editorial Articles)

  # Watch English Movies (Try to comprehend the Accent)

  # Watch English News Channel

  # Practice Speaking in English .

Now its time to prepare for IELTS - Check my Strategies for Each Module.

Its my immense pleasure to help you and just get back to me if you have any doubts.

                                                                                           -KUMAR

     

 

 

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