This document provides an overview of materials for preparing for the IELTS Academic exam. It describes two types of preparation materials: type 1 focuses on a paper-by-paper approach for fast exam preparation, while type 2 aims to teach English skills and IELTS preparation at a slower pace. It also lists examples of test taking tips and describes the format, time, and task types of the IELTS test. Finally, it discusses the features and skills needed for the IELTS Academic Reading portion, including that passages are authentic, discipline-related texts that demonstrate various writing techniques.

1. Preparing students for IELTS Academic
Module
Cambridge University Press
2012

2. What materials provide step-by-step preparation
unlike Past Papers?
There are two types of materials:
• Type 1 – paper by paper approach for fast and
focused exam preparation
• Type 2 – aimed at learning Academic English
together with IELTS preparation at a slower
pace

3. Examples of test tips
Listening: The answers will come in question order on the
recording.
Reading: Underlining the main idea in each paragraph will help
guide you to the information you need to find.
Reading: Even if you believe the answer is NOT TRUE according to
your knowledge and experience, you must find the evidence in
the passage.
Writing: When you write your introduction, avoid copying whole
phrases from the question Using appropriate linkers is
important but don’t start every sentence with one
Speaking: If you give very short answers, you will lose scores. Aim
to give 2-4 sentences for each answer.

4. Description of the IELTS Test: Format, Time, Task types
20 four-page units
10 two-page exam folders
10 two-page writing folders
Revision after every 4 units
Grammar folder
CD-ROM (packed inside) with additional practice and tests
What is there in “Objective IELTS” Intermediate / Advanced
Student’s Book?

5. IELTS Academic Reading Passages
• The passages used in the test are designed to present the candidate with materials
similar to those which they might need to read on a university course.
• The passages may be written in a variety of styles, for example narrative, descriptive,
discursive or argumentative.
• They are not simplified

6. Features of IELTS passages
• authentic
• discipline-related
• international but neutral
• demonstrate a number of writer techniques
• well written: argument, embedded clauses, formal language and
structures, discourse markers

7. Some general reading skills IELTS candidates need:
Ability to skim the passage to get an overview
of its contents
This helps them to
- see how the passage develops (its structure)
- locate the specific information they require

8. Sources
Top assignment help online.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IELTS