Peachy-Keen School of English

According to general comprehension, we read to gain knowledge or for amusement, pleasure or even diversion. In our hectic life do we actually have time to dive deep into the realm of a book ?
Rarely........
Below are some terms which will give you specific expressions of types of "reading"

Types of Reading

Types of Reading

Things one should be careful while writing

Understanding prepositions

If you want to enhance your lexical competence, reading is an essential criterion. It is not necessary that you have to read something with difficult vocabulary but something that is enjoyable and accordance to your interest.
Reading aloud is also very helpful. It will not only clear your pronunciation but also exercise your vocal to overcome fumbles.

I me and myself

Verb must agree with the subject of the sentence in order it to be constructed correctly

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IELTS preparation: where to start – plans, teachers, books

There are many different ways of approaching IELTS. How you go about it will depend very much on the level of your English and the band score you require. However, my experience is that the people who succeed are people who organise their studies well and that means starting in the right place. Here are a few suggestions about how to do that.

Know your level

IELTS is all about getting a score. It really helps to know your approximate level before you start the learning process. That will give you an idea of how long you may need. It is dangerous to generalise as IELTS works differently for different people but….If you are within half a band score, then the process may be quite quick. If you are a full band score or more away, then the process is likely to be much longer and you may need to study in different ways.How can you know your level? My suggestion is to do two separate reading and listening tests. These you can grade yourself and typically the average reading/listening score will be close to your average score for all 4 modules. I suggest you do two tests because you need at least one test to understand the exam structure.The best resource here are the Cambridge exam books.

Make a study programme

Your study programme will depend on you. There is little right or wrong here. You just need to work out what is going to work best for you. Here are some details to think about:all 4 skills together or one at a time? My slight preference is for doing one skill at a time as it allows you to focus more on each skill, but by the time you get to the exam, you need to be doing all 4 at once.exam practice and skills/language learning: unless your score is very, very close to what you need, you are unlikely to improve your score enough just by doing practice test after practice test – this means that you want to allow time for general English learning.How long you study for at a time: this will depend on personal circumstances of course. It can help to study for longer periods as you need to learn to concentrate in English for long periods – part of the problem of test day is that it is very long. But shorter periods of study can be more effective in learning. If you get bored you probably aren’t learning.self-study or a study partner: language is communication and IELTS is a language test.find things you enjoy doing: this applies to people who are studying IELTS long-term in particular. If you learn to hate IELTS, the process becomes much harder. The idea is to find language activities you positively enjoy – that way you are much more likely to learn. In the end, IELTS is easy, it’s the language that is hard and you want to remember to learn the language not just the exam.The one thing I don’t mention here is how long your study programme would/should be. There is too much variation here to give you any sensible advice – it can be weeks, it can be months – sometimes it can even be days! I will say this though be realistic and think about your motivationSome standard advice is that it cantake up to 6 months to improve half a band score. Scary? It helps to be realistic and to understand the problem. One way to deal with it is tothink beyond IELTS and to study English for its own sake – that’s much more fun and, in the end, you are taking IELTS to use English in an English speaking country.

Teachers

The self-access learners – people who learn by themselves. I like that sort of the person and this is where I try and help them. But some things can’t really happen here: I can’t very well help you with your speaking and your writing. To do that, I need to know you. This is why I strongly suggest you contact a teacher who can help you. I also suggest that you do this quite early in the process – you may save yourself a lot of time and money.You may of course just want to know your approximate band score. That is helpful. What I think is much more helpful is knowing how to improve your band score. So here are two questions I suggest you ask your teacher:what are my specific problems? (better grammar isn’t very helpful – you need to know what type of grammar problems you have) (ask for detailed feedback on your writing speaking broken down into the different writing and speaking criteriahow can I practise to get better ? (just doing loads of tests is rarely the answer) (ask for precise exercises).
Selecting a teacher is a personal thing. I believe it helps to find someone you like, particularly if you are looking for long-term help. I’d also look for someone with experience and qualifications. To improve writing and speaking, you often need help with precise skills and technical things that teachers are trained to help with.

IELTS preparation: where to start - plans, teachers, books and sites - Advice on how to get started with IELTS preparation by thinking about study programmes, using teachers, books and websites