IELTS test in the UK – June 2013 (Academic Module)

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IELTS test in the UK – June 2013 (Academic Module)
Posted: 17 Jul 2013 03:30 AM PDT

Our friends C and R shared the information below after their recent IELTS exam in the UK:

Listening test

• Section 1. Filling an application to join a new cinema club.
• Section 2. A presentation of a new farms concept and directions to visit these farms.
• Section 3. A discussion between a teacher and two students about a school research trip (biology).
• Section 4. A lecture about amber.

Reading test

• Passage 1. A text about music therapy and its effect on the brain.
• Passage 2. How to protect a particular species of Orangutans.
• Passage 3. About the importance of business research and publication in a “business journal” for university.

Writing test
Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a bar chart showing different activities on the Internet by users in 2007 and 2009.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Competition versus cooperation and group work for students. Do the disadvantages outweigh the advantages? Discuss and include your own opinion.

Speaking test
Interview

• - What is your full name?
• - Can I see your ID?
• - Where are you from?
• - Do you work or study?
• - What is your favorite room in the house?
• - Do you often use your phone/mobile?
• - When do you switch it off?
• - Would you like to change it?
• - What do you prefer to do on weekends?
• - Do you write (type or by hand) as part of your daily life?
• - Is writing important in life?
• - Do you like to write?
• - Would you like to write a book?
• - Tell me about a present that you liked a lot.
• - Did you ever get a present that you didn’t like at all?

Cue Card

Talk about a place where you have studied or worked in the past. Please say

• - What was it?
• - Did you like being there?
• - How did you feel after leaving it?

Discussion

• - What features are important at a work place?
• - Do you think that we work too much?
• - What is important for you in your work?