Online Conference Motivation tips for IELTS preparation. Sam McCarter

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1 WELCOME!

2 Online Conference 2014 Motivation tips for IELTS preparation Sam McCarter

3 Abstract summary The aim of this presentation is to help teachers and students get more from the practice exercises they do in class. The presentation will also cover tips to motivate students to review their work and to do additional exam practice on their own. 3

4 Awareness Organization Language - Grammar and vocabulary Skills use vs. knowing Relationships and links Stages Frames/ templates Purpose Perspectives Personal vs. abstraction Transfer of language and skills Making the IELTS exam relevant 4

5 Organization 1 Awareness of information sequences Past/ Present/ Future Problem/ Solution Cause/ Effect/ Solution Action/Purpose General/ Specific Opinion/ proof/ Conclusion 5

6 Organization 2 Types of passages Exposition/ Argumentation/ Historical biographical Text features Time relationships Problem and solution Cause and effect Classification Comparison and contrast Argument 6

7 Organization 3 Description- processes/ sequencing Narrative Instruction Definition Explanation Exemplification Generalization and specificity Drawing conclusions Rhetorical organisation (Weir, C et al The relationship between academic reading construct as measured by IELTS and the reading experiences of students in their first year of study at a British university. IELTS Research Reports 9: 109.) 7

8 Reorganization Language Ideas Structures Perspectives Speed 8

9 Noticing and prediction Noticing -Generic vocabulary -Collocations -Structures -Skills cause/effect/ problem/ solution Prediction Reading Listening Writing 9

10 Links/ relationships 1 Information sequences Collocations/ Colligations -play an important role in -have an impact on Word association- individual Phrase association Drawing lines between boxes Paraphrase Visual /word/ phrase Chains Function chains: cause effect/ reason/ purpose/ example/conclusion/ general truths/ claims 10

11 Links/ relationships 2 Connections/ Links/ Associations Simple and familiar Technology and growth Technology and health Technology and freedom Technology and games Technology and design 11

12 Links/ relationships 3 Connections/ Links/ Associations Simple and familiar Technology and transport Technology and food Technology and education Technology and sport Technology and cars 12

13 Links/ relationships 4 Perspectives personal local international 13

14 Frames and stages Reading Writing -Task 1 and Task 2 Speaking -Part2 Prompts -Part 3 Types of questions Compare Writing Task 2 Listening 14

15 Questioning mechanisms Writing Types Effects Process Technology Time Comparisons 1 What types of technology are there? Organise the different types of technology into groups. 2 What is the impact of/ are the effects of technology?/ What is the impact of/ are the effects of technology on...? (Reasons/ examples?) 3 Does technology have an impact/ effect on...? How? 4 What do you think the effect of technology will be in the future? Why? 5 Do you think the advantages of technology outweigh the disadvantages? Why? How? 6 What is the difference between the use of technology in your country and in Western countries? 7 How has technology changed people s lives? 8 Is using technology more popular among the young than the elderly? 15

16 Using the students Pair/ group work Students asking the questions - Task 1 graph/ map/ process etc - Task 2 organization, prediction of content, question type - Supplying questions, texts etc 16

17 Transfer Generic nature of language and skills Noticing Academic wordlists Question types Noticing Time management Speed 17

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