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IELTS-Blog::IELTS test in the UK and Saudi Arabia – April 2014 (Academic Module)

IELTS test in the UK and Saudi Arabia – April 2014 (Academic Module)

Posted: 05 May 2014 03:30 AM PDT

IELTS test takers C and A from the UK and Saudi Arabia shared the following exam update:

Listening test

Section 1. A phone conversation between a jobs seeker and an employment agency.
Questions: filling in blanks.

Section 2. An induction given by a teacher to new students, including description of different subjects and where they are located.
Questions: match a subject with the correct room number.

Section 3. Don't remember.

Section 4. A research presentation about the importance of salt in Sweden.
Questions: filling in blanks.

Reading test

Passage 1. About the history of public transport.

Passage 2. On how contagious yawning and empathy can be.

Passage 3. About the use of misleading words in Science and how they affect the knowledge of ordinary people.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a graph comparing the percentage of men and women employed in different occupational areas.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Celebrities are usually famous for glamor and wealth rather than their achievements. Some say taking them as an example can be dangerous for young people. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Speaking test

Interview

- What is your full name?
- Can I see your ID?
- Where are you from?
- Do you work or study?
- What do you do for living?
- Describe your hometown.
- Did you have any pets in your life? Why?
- What wild animal do you like? Why?
- Do you think a teacher should encourage students to ask questions?
- Do you think the Internet is a good source of information?

Cue Card 1

Talk about a subject that people usually ask you about. Please say

- What is it?
- Why do you think they ask about it?
- How do you feel about these questions?

Cue Card 2

Talk about something you have read. Please say

- What is it?
- When did you read it?
- Who is the writer?
- Did it affect you in any way? How?

Discussion 2

- What do you think about reading in general?
- Did it change compared to the past?
- Do young people still like reading nowadays in your opinion? Why?