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Update from an Academic IELTS exam, Malaysia

Update from an Academic IELTS exam, Malaysia

This update from the Academic IELTS exam was brought to us by our friend from Malaysia. Many thanks!

Listening test

Section 1. A university student wanted to get a part time job.
Section 2. A girl called regarding courses at a university.
Section 3. A student’s project presentation regarding newspaper printing.
Section 4. Don’t remember.

Reading test

Passage 1. Regarding robot development.
Passage 2. A research into the chimpanzee culture.
Passage 3. About a scientist who calculated the distance between the Earth and the Sun.

Writing test

Writing Task 1 (a report)

We had a bar chart about the number of students’ application based on the subject area gathered from 3 UK universities.

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

Should children only obey their parents or also their teachers? Discuss.

Speaking test

Interview

Questions about myself, my hometown, the changes in my hometown compared to the years before, what is the use of letters and emails.

Cue Card

Describe a piece of equipment that you think is handy / beneficial to you (not a computer).

Discussion

– What is the importance of equipment or machinery in general?

I guess I did okay in the test but I hate being cut off every now and then just because the tester wants to finish on time.

IELTS Speaking test – the perfect example

I’ve received hundreds of emails after my previous post about the Interview part of the IELTS Speaking test, all asking for more Speaking videos. So guess what – yesterday I spotted this one on YouTube, I watched it 5 times and thought that it’s a good demonstration of what the IELTS Speaking test is really like.

Robbie, the interviewer and creator of a helpful IELTS website, used to be a real IELTS examiner and is following the format of the test very well.

The video is very close to the length of a real Speaking test and includes all the 3 parts: Interview, Cue Card and Discussion.

Enjoy!