1、.1IELTS READINGLecturer: ShannonEmail: .2nThe reading module takes 60 minutes 40 questions based on 3 reading passages (sections) with a total of 2,000 to 2,750 wordsIdeally, a vocabulary of 6000-8000 wordsis needed.3Lesson one An Overview of IELTS ReadingIntroduction to IELTS Reading1Question types
2、2Four basic steps ofReading3.4Text MaterialsnText taken from famous magazines, journals, books and newspapersSources of passage: Guardian （卫报）（卫报） National Geographic （国家地理杂志）（国家地理杂志） New Scientist （新科学家）（新科学家） Economist （经济学人）（经济学人） Financial Times （金融时报）（金融时报）.5.6Band Score Boundary (A)Number of c
3、orrect answerBand scoreNumber of correct answerBand score13-15426-276.516-174.528-30718-20531-327.521-225.533-35823-25636-388.5.7 Six Question Types of IELTS雅思阅读雅思阅读判断题(true/false/not given）归纳题(summary)选择题(multiple-choice)填空题(blank filling)简答题 (short answer)配对题(matching).8段落配对题.9细节内容配对题（细节内容配对题（Matc
4、hing with contents).10Multiple Choice (选择题）.11True/False/Not Given ( (判断题）判断题）.12nNotice: 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.13SummaryUse the word from The passageChoose the word fromthe list.14Summary-use the word from the passage .15Summa
5、ry-Choose the word from the list.16Attentionn 题目要求字数很重要n 原词填空n 寻找定位词;找到summary在文章中定位.17Blank filling-Completion of tablesnNO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.18Blank filling-the completion of sentences.19Blank-filling (diagram).20Short Answers （简答题）（简答题）.21Short AnswersInstructionOne or two word & No more than
6、 three wordsA figure.22Traditional Steps of ReadingnStep 1. Read the passage thoroughly nStep 2. Read the questions nStep 3. Find out the answersnStep 4. Check the answer.23What does IELTS reading focus on?20002750 words40 questions with 60 minutesStudents have to know the location of answer in each
7、 paragraph.24Now, We mustChange!.25Then, how to approach IELTS reading? 4”s” skillsSurveySkimScanSkip.26Survey （浏览）get a big picture of passageYou may know:Whats the text about?Whats features of the paragraph?.27Signs of a heart attack.28$180$34$4600$670$.29Skim（略读）（略读）nto know the main idea of each
8、 paragraphnWhere is the topic sentence?At or near the beginning 70%At or near the end 20%Implied 10%.30Scan （扫读）（扫读）locating the answer and scan forspecific informationSkip（略读）（略读）-ignoring the unnecessary informationNotice: Practicing a lot before following the first 2 steps within 3-5 minutes or so.31
