Exam Prepper
- Niamaat
- Jan 10, 2024
- 5 min read
Updated: Jan 12, 2024
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Pre Trial Needs Analysis Survey
Part 1
1. Which exam are you preparing to take: TOEFL iBT, IELTS Academic, IELTS General Training or something else? Please specify.
2. Why are you planning to take this exam?
3. Have you taken this exam or a similar exam before? If your answer is "yes" specify which exam you took, when you took it, your score in each section and your overall score.
5. What is the minimum score in each section that you need?
Part 2
6. What date will you take your exam?
7. Will you take your exam at a test center or at your home or office? Will your test be with pencil and paper or will it be with a computer?
8. If you are given material to work with, how much time do you realistically have on a daily basis to work on preparation?
9. What are your primary expectations from having one on one private English lessons online?
10. What do you feel your specific weaknesses are regarding English?
Trial
There are two things that are being tested for: (1) your command of English, and (2) your skills at taking the test. If your current level of English is strong enough, then to prepare for the exam will only require lots of test=taking practice as well as develoing strategies that work for you. If your current level is not high enough to get the minmum scores that you require, then I will recommend that you work on increasing your English level before you master the necessary exam taking skills and strategites.
Thank you for completing the Pre=Trial Needs Analysis Survey, during this trial I want to gather more information to assess your actual English level to see if you just need exam practice or if you need to work on improving your level of English in order to get the IELTS Band Score(s) required.
Assessment Test
Oral Comprehension and Speaking
Please call me "Nia" What's your name.
I am from the USA, but now I live in Mexico. Where are you from and where do you live now?
I have lots of questions, but you might have lots of question, too! Please ask me whatever you want.
What are some things that you enjoy doing?
What are some tihings that you enjoy talking about?
What industry do you work in? Do you need vocabulary specific to your industry?
Please share with me some of the things that you liked about your previous English courses.
What things did you dislike about your previous English learning experiences.
In what ways do you currentlly use English?
What are your short term and long=term English language goals?
Reading Comprehension and Writing
Instructions: Please respond to each prompt in writing using complete sentences. Please do not use any external resources. I need to see your English --your comprehension of prompts and your written expression.
Think of someone that you know well (not yourself!). Now describe that person’s typical daily routine. Be detailed. Write 50 to 150 words.
What did you do earlier today? (or What did you do yesterday?) Please be detailed. Write 50 to 150 words.
What’s happening? Describe activities which are in progress right now. Be detailed. Write 50 to 150 words.
What is your motivation for wanting to improve your English at this time? Be detailed. Write 50 to 150 words.
What are some very specific things you currently find challenging with English? Be detailed. Write 50 to 150 words.
How much time, on a daily can you carve out to work on improving your English? 15 minutes? 30 minutes?
Listening Comprehension and Writing
Please watch this video and answer questions 1 through 9. There are 3 people in this video. The woman’s name is Rachel. The man at the table is Chandler. The man who enters the scene later is Joey. Please donot use a transcript, closed captions, or subtitles.
Respond to questions after watching the video. Use complete sentences to respond. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=221F55VPp2M
1. What was Chandler doing at the table at the beginning of the video?
2. What was Rachel working on at the beginning of the video?
3. Did Rachel really want to go out to a musical with her friends?
4. What did Joey buy as a birthday gift for his girlfriend?
5. Where did Joey buy the birthday gift?
6. Why did Joey think that the gift was appropriate.
7. What did Chandler volunteer to do?
8. What did Joey ask Chandler to do?
9. How long did Joey date his previous girlfriend?
IELTS Academic and IELTS General Training are have the same Listening and Speaking sections, They differ in the Reading and Writing sections.
This is an overview of the test you will take. Notice the order of the sections, the amount of time to finish each section, the number of tasks and the types of tasks.
Listening
30 minutes
40 questions and 4 listenings (you hear them only once!)
Listening Types
two monologues and two conversations
Reading
60 minutes
40 questions and 3 texts
Task Types
yes/no/not given OR true/false/not given
matching aheading
sentence compltion
matching phrases/summary completion
interoreting/using diagram (flow chart, graps, maps, diagramm etc)
Writing
60 minutes
Two writing tasks
Types of tasks
Summarize a visual 150 words
Essay 2150 words
Speaking
11 minutes
One on one with facilatator.
Three parts.
Speaking Tasks
(from https://ielts.org/take-a-test/test-types/ielts-academic-test#Speaking January 11, 2024)
In Part 1 you will be asked about yourself and about familiar topics, such as home and family, studies or interests.
In Part 2 you are shown a card asking you to talk about a particular topic. After a minute to prepare, you must speak for up to two minutes and then answer general questions on the topic.
In Part 3 further questions will be asked about the topic in more detail.
Post Trial Class Message
Assessment Test Results
Oral Comprehension and Speaking
Reading Comprehension and Writing
Listening Comprehension and Writing
Based on what you told me about your available time for preparation I will assign homework assignmentswith specific due dates. Assignments will only be accepted on the due dates based,
____ From my point of view it is likely that your level is strong enough to get the scores that you need on the exam, if you take the time to prepare.
____ From my point of view it is likely that your level is not strong enough to get the scores that you need on the exam, therefore I recommend working on improving both your receptive skills (listening and reading comprehension) and productve skills (writing and speaking).
If you decide to subscribe to have lessons with me...
All of our lessons will be via Skype. It is best to use a laptop or desktop computer. .
Please continue to take care of your own scheduling re-scheduling and canceling as you see fit.
I do not do any rescheduling, scheduling or canceling of classes on behalf of any students.
My availability can be seen on the platform calendar.
Normally, I prepare for future classes in advance by putting class material in the Skype chat area. Do not respond to that. It is not a message for you to respond to. :)
You may use Skype or the messaging system on the platform to send me messages between lessons.
Resources
IELTS Buddy https://www.ieltsbuddy.com/
IELTS Up https://ielts-up.com/
IELTS Liz https://ieltsliz.com/
"Fastrack| IELTS (Asiya) https://www.youtube.com/@FasTrackIELTS
Description of Bands and Comparison of Band Scores to CEFT LevelsS https://takeielts.britishcouncil.org/teach-ielts/test-information/ielts-scores-explained
Hint as to how the Writing Saection is Judged https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/ielts-web-static/production/Guides/ielts-writing-key-assessment-criteria.pdf
Writing Band Score Descriptors https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/ielts-web-static/production/Guides/ielts-writing-band-descriptors.pdf
Writing Band Score Descriptors
Hint as to how the Speaking Section is Judged
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