There are still 10 days left to take the IELTS test. How to prepare for the exam? At present, 0 is ready, hurry!

Xiao Jia is here, I must give you a whole long IELTS preparation guide! It took me almost 1 week to write this long article. I hope I can help you to take fewer detours and unnecessary pits in the process of preparing for IELTS, and successfully kill the goose that lays the golden egg.

Dry the report card first, and then say the method:

Briefly introduce my personal situation: the college entrance examination was originally intended to take Tongji, but emmmmm failed. After discussing with my parents, I said that I would study in the United States. I was supposed to take the TOEFL. Later, my friend said that IELTS was a little easier than TOEFL and asked if the school supported IELTS scores. It is really no problem to ask!

As a result, I took the IELTS test, and my English foundation was OK. I got more than 120 in the college entrance examination, but I forgot how much. I thought IELTS could be taken at will!

I didn't expect IELTS to be so simple. . . It took two exams to score.

I got 6 points in the first exam.

This road has also stepped on many pits. Today, I will share with you the preparation methods of IELTS four subjects. I hope it's useful to you, and there are some pit avoidance guides, which must be read! ! !

First, the writing part.

The hardest thing to write comes first

IELTS writing is divided into task 1 (small composition) and task 2 (big composition).

I made a list of the abilities of the two compositions and the questions I often took in the exam and put them in the following:

Learning ability often tests topics or related fields.

Task 1 describes and summarizes the information on the chart, without expressing your own opinions. This paper mainly examines the candidates' ability to describe and analyze data. Economy, entertainment, transportation, environmental protection, education, advertising, science and technology, etc.

Task 2 discusses the arguments in the topic dialectically, puts forward sub-arguments and arguments, and demonstrates them to examine the ability of candidates to express their views accurately and clearly. Education, sports and entertainment, media advertising, language, youth growth, national government, the elderly, technology and tradition, money, change, environment and so on.

Timing writing, simulating the real exam atmosphere

The official requirement is to complete a small composition of about 150-200 words within 20 minutes, and the score accounts for one-third of the total writing score. Generally speaking, a big composition needs to write at least 250 words in 40 minutes, and the score accounts for two-thirds of the writing score.

Judging from the length of the article, the total length of writing and the proportion of scores, the suggested time arrangement is the most reasonable. Students should set a one-hour countdown in the preparation stage every day, try to plan the time according to the official advice, and finish two compositions on time.

Composition questions are divided into seven categories:

1. Line chart

2. Bar chart

3. Circular grid statistical chart

Step 4: table

5. Chart

6. Map title (map)

7. Mixed charts and difficult charts

Line chart: write a paragraph in the theme part, marking every point, including inflection point, pole, small trend, etc. Try to be as detailed as possible and finally summarize the general trend.

The topic part of the pie chart problem begins with the description of which parts the pie chart is composed of, and then it can be described and compared according to the proportion of each part (similar category).

When you get histogram problems, the first step is to classify them and see if there is any time lapse. If time has passed, you can convert the histogram into a line chart and write it out in chronological order; If there is no time, write all the elements in this classification standard according to the same classification standard, and these elements are also described in descending order of value.

Table chart should look at the header first, and then make horizontal comparison and vertical comparison (compare the trend with time, and at the same time compare the characteristic points or extreme values).

The above is a single picture topic. When you meet a small composition with pictures, you should be careful that there are not enough words, use long sentences and describe it completely.

The basic expression of a mixed graph (two graphs together may be two graphs of the same type or two graphs of different types) is the same as that of a single graph, but the most characteristic points and trends should be grasped, otherwise there will be too much information and insufficient time. Remember to compare the relationship between the two pictures or reasonable reasons at the end.

Many roast ducks will find the flowchart difficult, but the steps in the flowchart are actually very clear. Summarize some steps into the same stage (refer to the flow chart of a weather forecast in Jane Yazhen's title), string each process with conjunctions, and finally summarize the process as a whole.

Map themes and historical changes are similar to flowcharts, with emphasis on the use of directional words and words (reconstruction, modification, expansion, stretching, etc. ) to describe the architectural transformation.

For example, IELTS 16 in Cambridge has such a map title of historical changes, which describes the changes before and after an airport renovation. Then be sure to determine a description direction and use some words to describe the changes of facilities ~

Writing small compositions is relatively less difficult. What needs to be improved is the ability to quickly obtain effective information, discover the changing rules of data, and quickly compare and summarize. In grammar and vocabulary, because the focus of the essay is to summarize information and summarize trends, the register should be professional and academic, the sentence introduction should be accurate, and complex sentences can be used as embellishments; The focus of vocabulary is to embody diversity.

When preparing for the exam, you should consciously accumulate synonyms of some key words, such as verbs indicating trends (increase, decrease, increase, etc. ), adverbs indicating degree (significant, stable, slight), nouns (fluctuating, gentle, etc. You only need to recite three or four meanings, and you can reflect your level by using common words well.

There are three common questions in the masterpiece:

1. Discuss two viewpoints and give your own opinion.

2. To what extent do you agree or disagree …

3. How to solve the problem?

The big composition examines whether students can use appropriate tone and register (including vocabulary, grammar, etc. ) to discuss problems and express your views accurately through demonstrations.

My personal experience is that the ideal state of a big composition is to use advanced sentence patterns and diverse vocabulary that you can understand thoroughly and skillfully as the highlight of the article on the basis of clear arguments and no low-level mistakes, and avoid using too routine templates;

When enumerating arguments, you should give your own personal examples, which can make your article stand out from the same set of template articles and leave a deep impression on the marking teacher. Views don't have to be too deep, and personal experiences can be trivial, but they should be justified and cause the marking teacher to scream.

In addition, share some key points of IELTS writing:

1. Pay attention to details and standardize writing.

Don't write too big or too small. Try not to connect words, so as not to confuse the writing of letters such as L, R, N and M, and bring difficulties to the marking teacher.

IELTS requires candidates to complete formal academic articles in academic English, so candidates should use formal style. Besides trying to avoid using too colloquial words and writing styles, we should also try to reduce the use of ellipsis and abbreviations.

Don't copy the original sentence in the title.

According to the IELTS scoring standard, if you copy the exam questions, it is not counted, which means that candidates may be deducted for missing words, and will also be deducted for missing the first paragraph, which is really not worth the candle. If you want to repeat the question accurately, you must learn to rationalize and rewrite the original sentence before using it.

3. Don't copy the template mechanically.

Be familiar with the framework of all kinds of short articles before the exam, remember and understand what the functions of each structure of the article are. Then get familiar with the commonly used templates in each part. It is best to learn more from each part, choose the template that suits you according to your own expressive ability, and form your own personalized template by combining your most impressive and skilled sentence patterns and structures.

4. The summary paragraph is essential.

Whether you finish task 1 or task 2, you should try to finish the final summary, so as to avoid the problems of unclear structure and weak persuasiveness caused by poor language ability to the greatest extent, that is, to make up for insurmountable difficulties in content with form.

Try to check your composition after you finish it.

What is the secret of improving 0.5 points in 3 minutes? This is a written check. Taking one's own article as an error correction of NMET or CET-4 and CET-6 composition, focusing on the spelling, subject-predicate agreement, conjunctions, tense voice, collocation, irregular changes of verbs, etc., can improve the score of the writing part in the shortest time.

Second, the oral part.

IELTS speaking is divided into three parts.

1 part is the warm-up of the whole exam. The examiner will conduct a preliminary survey of the candidates in the form of daily chat, which is in the form of question and answer, and the content is also more casual. The main questions are where the candidates come from, hobbies, family members and so on.

The theme of the second part is divided into four categories: people, places, events and objects. Mainly composed of simple questions related to the topic, it is a two-minute self-report, and candidates have a short preparation time before answering.

Part 3 is an extension of part 2. It is necessary to have an in-depth discussion on this topic. Candidates should express their views and make more in-depth arguments. Examiners can put forward their own opinions or rebuttals in the form of part 1, which is a question and answer.

In the IELTS speaking test, examiners score according to four criteria: fluency and coherence, vocabulary range, grammar range and accuracy, and pronunciation.

Next, let me analyze what this ideological standard represents and related precautions ~

In the oral test, the examiner will score according to four criteria: fluency and coherence, vocabulary range, grammar range and accuracy, and pronunciation.

And what we have to do is to break through these four standards one by one according to ourselves!

Fluency and coherence

In terms of fluency and coherence, IELTS speaking mainly examines the following three aspects: first, it can express in detail, including the ability to logically organize opinions and give appropriate semantic instructions; The second is to express opinions, defend opinions and discuss topics; Third, there is no unnatural pause or lexical repetition in expression.

1. conforms to English logic and uses semantic instructions.

IELTS is essentially an applied test, and its ultimate goal is to help candidates communicate in an English environment. Therefore, being able to express clearly and logically is the ultimate standard of IELTS speaking.

So, what does logical expression mean?

First of all, we should organize our own ideas according to the logical habits of westerners. Westerners' way of thinking is relatively direct, which can basically be summarized by "total score", that is, to state opinions directly, then provide arguments for discussion, and finally summarize opinions.

Secondly, we should learn semantic deixis, including the expression of words, phrases and sentence patterns. Such expressions include comparison (such as similarity and contrast); Respond to ideas (such as I agree/disagree with this); Examples (for example, a good example is …) and so on.