BY LAXMI OVERSEAS CONSULTANCY / ON 28 Sep, 2019

4 Things to know about IELTS reading if you have just started the preparation

Many IELTS takers in Ahmedabad don’t know how to start preparation of IELTS reading as there is no syllabus of it. When you are new to this you need to know few things about reading. Let us take you through few of them.

Never read the entire passage

The IELTS Academic Reading section has three passages and they become increasingly more difficult as they go. That means, that the first one will be a bit easier than the second and that the last one will be more difficult than the second one. This means that if you spend too much time on the first passage (a mistake many candidates make their first time), you will probably run out of time before you get to the third and final passage. So, you don’t have to read each passage from beginning to end. By now you’re probably asking, how do I answer the questions if I don’t read the whole passage? That’s where our IELTS trainers at Laxmi Overseas Consultancy comes into picture. Come for free demo to understand the effective reading strategy.

So is it possible to get IELTS Academic Reading questions without reading the entire passage?

Yes! You can answer the questions without reading the passage from top to bottom because as you know, you will not have enough time to do this with all three passages. So, instead of doing that, you can apply certain skills and strategies that will help you. Everyone talks about skimming and scanning. Practically but it doesn’t work. So you need skills to strategically answer the IELTS Academic Reading questions. IELTS trainers at Laxmi Overseas Consultancy are ready to share those strategies with you.

Ok, I am unable to finish IELTS reading on time

This issue is related more specifically to questions within a particular section rather than the whole reading section. If you come across a certain question that you are struggling with and is taking time to answer (such as the matching headings question), you can leave it, continue with the rest of the question, and then at the end, come back to it. An important tip to remember is that you don’t want to waste too much time on a tricky question and then lose time to answer the rest. At Laxmi Overseas Consultancy we initially focus on accuracy means number of correct answers then we focus on speed of reading so you can finish reading on time with maximum correct answers.

Lots of unknown words. I don’t know the meanings.

Having a wide range of vocabulary will help you in the IELTS Academic Reading section. It is recommended that you read at least one academic article a day when preparing for the test. As you read, pay attention to new words – how they are used, as well as the words that surround them. Also you need help of Google when you come across difficult words. This will help you understand how vocabulary and grammar work to give meaning to a sentence. As you read, use critical thinking skills to connect information, infer meaning and bring different ideas together to create meaning. It is the fact that without having vocabulary you will not be able to score more in IELTS. At Laxmi Overseas Consultancy we prepare you for general as well as topic specific vocabulary so that you can use them in IELTS speaking as well.

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