In the process of preparing for the IELTS test, some candidates may encounter a very embarrassing situation. No matter how many times the test is taken, the score of IELTS reading remains unchanged. I usually [...]
In the process of preparing for the IELTS test, some candidates may encounter a very embarrassing situation. No matter how many times you take the exam, IELTS reading The score of has remained unchanged. I also did intensive reading, took some IELTS courses, learned a lot of problem solving skills, and did a lot of exercises. But all this seems to have no effect. It seems that there is no light in the darkness.
In this case, the old Roast Duck Xiaobian suggested that we should not practice in silence, but think more about what is wrong with ourselves, and then apply the right medicine to the case. It may get twice the result with half the effort. There are two steps:
First, find a set of topics in the latest Cambridge IELTS books, complete them within the specified time of one hour, and then correct the corresponding reference answers.
The second and most important step is to analyze where the problem occurs. Generally speaking, errors in IELTS reading can be divided into the following four categories: lack of time, inability to find answers, inability to understand vocabulary, and confusion of answers.
- Whether all the questions have not been completed due to lack of time. In this case, you should read more quickly. For specific methods, please refer to the articles written by Xiao《 How to improve reading speed 》。
- If there are some questions that you can't find the answers after reading the original text for several times. In this case, you should be more familiar with some positioning skills. For example, first determine the structure of the article, then determine the content of the paragraph through the topic sentence, and finally determine the position of the sentence according to the keywords. The blindness and uncertainty in finding answers can be reduced by means of narrowing the scope layer by layer.
- Whether some key words are unknown. It is very likely that the word you do not know is the key to this topic. In this case, there is no shortcut, only slowly recite the words. As for what to recite, you can refer to another article《 How many vocabulary does IELTS need? Specific requirements for each score 》
- Whether there are some answers surprises you. In other words, if there is a question, you are sure that your answer is correct, but it is inconsistent with the reference answer given at the back of the book. In this case, everyone should be more familiar with the IELTS reading test routine and try to think about the logic behind the topic. Don't be afraid to think that you are right and the answer is wrong. Generally speaking, this is almost impossible to happen.
I hope that after you find your mistakes, you can do targeted exercises according to the methods provided by the old duck editor. Finally, I wish you all significant progress in the next reading exam and break up with IELTS as soon as possible.
