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Understanding IELTS: Reading

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Prepare for success in your IELTS Reading test

The four courses in the British Council’s Understanding IELTS ExpertTrack will give you a complete guide to everything you need to know as you prepare for the IELTS test.

This course focuses on the reading test. You’ll explore the format of the test and the kinds of text you need to read, and develop learning strategies to help you tackle the different task types, from multiple choice to true, false, and not given.

You’ll also look at general reading strategies that will help you cope with the kind of complex texts on unfamiliar topics that you’ll meet in your IELTS studies.

This IELTS preparation course is aimed at anyone who wants to improve their English reading skills in preparation for the IELTS Reading test. It might also be useful for IELTS teachers. There are no formal entry requirements.

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Syllabus

  • The skills you need for IELTS Reading
    • Introducing the IELTS Reading test
    • Getting it right
    • Skimming
    • Scanning
    • IELTS task types - Part 1
    • Review of the week
  • A wider vocabulary
    • Widening your range
    • Vocabulary
    • Paraphrasing
    • IELTS task types - Part 2
    • Review of the week
  • Getting ready for test day
    • Getting ready for your test
    • More Reading test tasks
    • Identifying the writer's view
    • Time management
    • Exam day
    • Round up

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Understanding IELTS: Reading

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Prepare for success in your IELTS Reading test

The four courses in the British Council’s Understanding IELTS ExpertTrack will give you a complete guide to everything you need to know as you prepare for the IELTS test.

This course focuses on the reading test. You’ll explore the format of the test and the kinds of text you need to read, and develop learning strategies to help you tackle the different task types, from multiple choice to true, false, and not given.

You’ll also look at general reading strategies that will help you cope with the kind of complex texts on unfamiliar topics that you’ll meet in your IELTS studies.

This IELTS preparation course is aimed at anyone who wants to improve their English reading skills in preparation for the IELTS Reading test. It might also be useful for IELTS teachers. There are no formal entry requirements.

  • The skills you need for IELTS Reading
    • Introducing the IELTS Reading test
    • Getting it right
    • Skimming
    • Scanning
    • IELTS task types - Part 1
    • Review of the week
  • A wider vocabulary
    • Widening your range
    • Vocabulary
    • Paraphrasing
    • IELTS task types - Part 2
    • Review of the week
  • Getting ready for test day
    • Getting ready for your test
    • More Reading test tasks
    • Identifying the writer's view
    • Time management
    • Exam day
    • Round up

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