IELTS Reading: Time management is the key
In this post, you will learn how best to manage your time in all three sections of the IELTS Reading test.
IELTS Reading: Retaking the test
In this post, Sieon Lau talks through the process of retaking the IELTS test and three useful suggestions on how to prepare for your re-sit.
IELTS Reading: Three things you must know about multiple choice
Think multiple choice is easy? Think again. Sahar Azzam talks about three important facts you need to remember when answering multiple choice questions in the IELTS Reading test.
IELTS Reading: Seven FAQs
You may have read one of our posts about nine commonly-asked questions for the Listening module. In this post, I am going to discuss some frequently asked questions raised by candidates about the Reading module.
IELTS Reading: How important is culture?
Will your culture affect your performance in IELTS Reading? Back in 1978, researchers at the University of Illinois conducted an experiment in which they asked subjects from India and the US to read two passages: one about an Indian wedding and the other about an American wedding. They then tested their reading comprehension. They found that ‘Subjects read the native passage more rapidly, recalled a larger amount of information from the native passage, produced more culturally appropriate elaborations of the native passage, and produced more culturally based distortions of the foreign passage.’ In other words, they found that your culture does affect reading performance and the way you interpret a … Read more