In today’s article, you’ll get the definitions for the words used when talking about what happens on the exam, as well as words teachers use when preparing you with special strategies.
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IELTS Exam
Sections– Parts of Listening Exam. There are 4.
Passages– Articles in Reading Exam. There are 3.
Tasks– Prompts for Writing Exam. There are 2.
Parts– Sections of Speaking Exam. There are 3.
IELTS Strategies
Skimming– Reading parts of the passage to get the gist, or main idea
Scanning– Looking for specific words, like names or numbers, in a passage
Key words– Important words in the question that match words in the passage or section
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Parallel expressions– Words/phrases that have similar meanings
Distractors– An IELTS trick. Words in the question, passage or section that lead you to the wrong answer, distracting you from the correct answer.
IELTS Scores
Band descriptors– The chart examiners use to assign speaking and writing scores. There are detailed descriptions of each band, 1-9, for each category. There are public ones you can access: Speaking, Writing Task 1, and Writing Task 2.
Overall trend– A sentence in your Academic Task 1 essay which states a summary of the most important changes or characteristics of the graph(s)
Stress– Words you say which are longer and louder, because these are the ‘information words’
Intonation– Your voice going up and down
Tone– How formal or informal communication seems
Coherence– Logic; making sense; ease of understanding
Cohesion– Organization using linking words and transition phrases
Lexical range– Amount of vocabulary one has; variety of expression
Fluency– Able to communicate without difficulty
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