IELTS test in Zimbabwe, India and the UK – June 2013 (Academic Module)

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IELTS test in Zimbabwe, India and the UK – June 2013 (Academic Module)
Posted: 04 Jul 2013 03:30 AM PDT

Our friends who took the IELTS test in Zimbabwe, India and the UK (thanks B, M and H!) remembered the following about their exam:

Listening test:

• Section 1. A conversation at an art gallery.
• Section 2. A conversation between students and a lecturer about a field trip.
• Section 3. Don’t remember.
• Section 4. Don’t remember.

Reading test:

• Passage 1. About Mintzberg’s work and books he had written.
• Passage 2. About spiders and how their build their webs.
• Passage 3. About psychology.

Writing test
Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a bar chart showing the expenditure of companies on advertisement in the UK between 2005-2010 through various channels.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Tourism brings benefits to a country but it also may have harmful effects. How can a country ensure that tourism benefits its development?

Speaking test:
Interview

• - What is your full name?
• - Can I see your ID?
• - Where are you from?
• - Do you work or study?
• - Do you live in a house or an apartment?
• - What’s your favorite place in the house? Why?
• - Do you think you will leave home soon?
• - Have you ever bought anything after seeing an advert?
• - Why do you think companies advertise themselves?
• - What has a greater effect: TV ads or newspaper and magazine ads?

Cue Card

Talk about a historical event that interests you. Please say

• - What is the event? - How did you know about it?
• - When and where did it take place?

Discussion

• - Why do you think people study history?
• - Do you like history?
• - How can teachers improve the way they teach history?
• - What do you think future historians will study about us?