1、IELTS READING,Lecturer: Shannon Email: ,The reading module takes 60 minutes40 questions based on 3 reading passages (sections) with a total of 2,000 to 2,750 wordsIdeally, a vocabulary of 6000-8000 words is needed,Lesson one An Overview of IELTS Reading,Text Materials,Text taken from famous magazine
2、s, journals, books and newspapersSources of passage: Guardian （卫报） National Geographic （国家地理杂志） New Scientist （新科学家） Economist （经济学人） Financial Times （金融时报）,Band Score Boundary (A),Six Question Types of IELTS,雅思阅读,判断题 (true/false/not given）,归纳题(summary),选择题(multiple-choice),填空题(blank filling),简答题 (s
3、hort answer),配对题(matching),段落配对题,细节内容配对题（Matching with contents),Multiple Choice (选择题）,True/False/Not Given (判断题）,Notice: True/False/Not Given 不要写成 Yes/No/Not Given True:选项与文章的意思相同False：选项与文章意思不符Not Given：文章没有提到的信息,Summary-use the word from the passage,Summary-Choose the word from the list,Attention
4、,题目要求字数很重要原词填空寻找定位词;找到summary在文章中定位,Blank filling-Completion of tables,NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS,Blank filling-the completion of sentences,Blank-filling (diagram),Short Answers （简答题）,Short Answers,Instruction One or two word & No more than three wordsA figure,Traditional Steps of Reading,Step 1. Read
5、 the passage thoroughlyStep 2. Read the questions Step 3. Find out the answersStep 4. Check the answer,What does IELTS reading focus on?,Now, We must Change!,Then, how to approach IELTS reading?,Survey （浏览）,get a big picture of passageYou may know: Whats the text about? Whats features of the paragra
6、ph?,Signs of a heart attack,$180,$,$34,$,$4600,$,$,$,$,$670,$,$,$,$,Skim（略读）,to know the main idea of each paragraphWhere is the topic sentence? At or near the beginning 70% At or near the end 20% Implied 10%,Scan （扫读） locating the answer and scan for specific information Skip（略读） -ignoring the unnecessary information Notice: Practicing a lot before following the first 2 steps within 3-5 minutes or so.,
