IELTS Academic Module. Target Band 7.

3rd ed. — 2015. — 92 p.

This excellent self-study book for intense IELTS preparation in a few weeks is designed to help students achieve their best personal score. All the tips, techniques, strategies and advice are focused on maximizing students’ score by increasing their task-solving speed and efficiency, and preventing typical mistakes. 'Target Band 7' is loved by teachers as well as students.

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Table of Contents
What this book is about 5
How to use this book 6
The IELTS Routine 6
The Listening test at a glance 6
The Reading test at a glance 6
The Writing test at a glance 7
The Speaking test at a glance 7
Tips for the Listening Test 8
In general 8
Instructions will keep you safe 9
Divide and conquer! 9
Distractions 10
Listen for specifics 10
Answer as you listen 10
Keep moving forward 10
Know your clues 11
Spelling tasks 11
Typical Listening tasks 12
Eliminate wrong answers 13
Gap-fill strategy 13
Check the grammar 13
Use your time wisely 13
Watch out for traps 14
Copy answers smartly 14
The Answer Sheet 15
Practice, practice, practice! 15
Tips for the Reading Test 16
Test structure 16
Manage your own time 16
Don't read- scan! 16
Make a map 17
Types of tasks 18
Choose your battles 19
Strategy for the Matching task 20
Strategy for the True/False/Not Given task 21
Strategy for the Multiple-choice task 21
Strategy for the Gap fills 21
Practice, practice, practice! 22
Tips for the Writing test 23
First, some general guidelines 23
Tips for Writing Task 1 - Report 24
Types of graph for the report 24
What does a good report look like? 27
"Time stamp" and grammar 28
Single line graph 29
Double line graph 30
Bar graph 31
Pie chart 32
Pie chart sample task 33
Table 34
Table sample task 35
Process 36
Process sample task 37
Plan/Map 38
Plan/Map sample task 39
Practice, practice, practice! 40
Single line graph tasks 40
Double line graph tasks 41
Bar graph tasks 42
Pie chart task 43
Table tasks 44
Process diagram task 45
Plan/Map task 46
Tips for Writing Task 2 - Essay 47
Structure of essay 47
Essay of A(rgument) kind 48
Essay of H(idden Argument) kind 48
Essay of S(ituation) kind 48
Baby Steps through the essay 49
40 minutes? Not enough! 52
Practice, practice, practice! 53
Tips for the Speaking test 55
Keep it simple! 55
Interview 56
Possible questions and answers 56
Speech 58
Discussion 60
Have an opinion! 60
What if...? 63
Leave a good impression 63
Pocket tips 64
Study Plan 67
Practice Test 70
Answers 90

What this book is about
This guide is here to teach you the IELTS test, not the English language. Why?
Even if English is your first language, you can forget about getting a good score in IELTS, unless you
are prepared for it. Three main problems will get in your way: time, tricks and logical traps.
When it comes to IELTS, time is your worst enemy. You need to do things fast. Of course you would get all the answers right if you had the time. But the reality is that there are a lot of questions to be answered, a lot of writing to be done, and very little time to do it.
This guide teaches you HOW TO:
• Listen, hear the right answers and write them down FAST
• Scan through the text and deal with all kinds of questions FAST
• Get your essay written FAST
• Build a speech in your head on any topic FAST
• Know and avoid the traps when you see them
This book might not make your English perfect, but it will certainly help you to get in shape and get your target Band Score!

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