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Page 1: IELTS Secrets to Success Presentation

Hanoi, Vietnam

9 March, 2014

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• About IELTS

• Vietnamese candidates’ strengths & weaknesses

• Challenges with IELTS

• Difficulties in each skill

• Studying IELTS @ RMIT

• Road to IELTS

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• Began testing English language 25 years ago

• Accepted by over 8,000 organisations

worldwide, including RMIT University Vietnam

• Last year, over 2 million tests were taken

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• Tests your ability to communicate in English

• Not just how many grammar mistakes you

make

• Four skills, each worth 25%

• Overall band score from 1 (non-user)

to 9 (expert user)

• Can get 0.5 bands overall but

not in each skill

Figure 1. Adapted from IELTS 2009.

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• Vietnamese candidates perform stronger than

China, Thailand and South Korea

Source: IELTS 2013.

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• Vietnamese candidates: stronger in receptive

skills (R & L) than productive skills (W & S)

Source: IELTS 2013.

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• IELTS is a language test – to do well you

need good language

• But good language is not enough

• There are many tricks / traps in each skill

which can affect your score

– Many candidates are not aware of these traps

Figure 2. Adapted from Global Trader 2012.

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• Particular things you must do for a high score

– Good English but limited strategies may not result

in a high score

Source: IELTS 2013.

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WRITING

• Many Vietnamese candidates have difficulty because

they do not know some important requirements

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Writing – Task 1

• Different types of writing for different tasks

• Ex.: “describe a process” & “changes in maps”

Figure 3: Reproduced from: ADMC n.d. Figure 4: Reproduced from: Wang 2013.

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• Particular things you need to do in Task 1

Figure 5: Adapted from IELTS 2008.

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Writing – Task 2

Task Response

• Different task types different essay types

• Must address all parts of the task equally with

a clear position throughout

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Figure 6: Adapted from IELTS 2008.

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Writing – Task 2

Coherence & Cohesion

• Clear topic sentences

– Required for 7 or above

• Referencing & substitution

– Required for 6 or above

– Very few students know how to use these

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Figure 7: Adapted from IELTS 2008.

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SPEAKING

• Many Vietnamese candidates have difficulty because

they misunderstand some task requirements

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Speaking

• Many candidates are not familiar with:

– Procedures of the speaking test

– What kinds of questions are asked in each part

– How long responses should be in each part

– How to give logical answers

Figure 8. Reproduced from: English 2012.

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Speaking

• Almost every single Task 2 topic will fall under one of these categories:

• Many candidates have problems organising their Part 2 response

Describe

Person

Place Object

Past Event

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Speaking

• Pronunciation & grammar take a long time to improve

• But there are things you can improve in a

short time:

• Fluency & Coherence

• Lexical Resource (vocabulary)

Figure 9. Reproduced from: Harrow 2009.

Figure 10. Reproduced from: Cole 2008.

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Speaking

Figure 11: Adapted from IELTS 2008.

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LISTENING

• Many Vietnamese candidates have issues in Part 1 & 2, losing easy marks

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Listening

• Different question types – some are unusual – Multiple choice

– Short-answer

– Sentence completion

– Complete the notes/table/summary/flow-chart

– Labelling a diagram

– Classification

• There are tricks for maximizing your score in Parts 1 & 2 – Common tricks by IELTS test writers

– Letters / postcodes / credit card numbers

– How to not get lost on a map

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READING

• Many Vietnamese candidates do not finish in 60 mins.

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• Dealing with time pressure

• Reading too much

– You do not have time to read every word

• Difficult question types

– T / F / NG & Y / N / NG

• Reading skills

– Skimming & scanning

– Annotating & highlighting

– Guessing unknown vocabulary

Figure 12. Reproduced from: McDermott 2014.

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BENEFITS

• Taught exclusively by IELTS experts

– Years of experience teaching IELTS

– Aware of Vietnamese candidates’ difficulties

– Experienced in teaching Academic English

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BENEFITS

• Practice tests with detailed feedback

– Advice on how to improve in all four skills

– Detailed feedback on your writing

• Individual support

– Teachers are available for questions and advice

• Intensive

– Be ready for the

IELTS test in

just two weeks

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• For candidates with good general English

who want to gain insider tips and strategies

• 40 classroom hours – 2 weeks

• All four skills

– Flexible: the specific skills YOU need to work on

– Feedback: from teachers & peers

• Authentic practice tests

– Official IELTS practice materials – real tests!

• Road to IELTS

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• Comprehensive online IELTS course

• Videos, advice, practice tests & feedback

Figure 13. Reproduced from: British Council / Clarity 2013.

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Features

• e-books and videos

• Practice activities to improve your language

• Sample videos with tips from previous candidates

• Teacher tutorials highlighting what to do, and what

not to do, in your test

• Timed practice tests

• Compare your performance with other students

worldwide

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Figure 14. Reproduced from: British Council / Clarity 2013.

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Figure 15. Reproduced from: British Council / Clarity 2013.

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How will Road to IELTS help me? What to do in speaking

• Instant feedback on your performance

• Monitor your personal progress

• Correct answers for practice exercises so you can understand your mistakes

• Hints and tips to help you improve

• Exercises based on real IELTS test tasks to help you develop confidence before your test

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