Reading Section

 

   It is an important thing that English teachers should introduce the reading section for students. The reason behind the low marks students get in the reading section may not be due to a lack of knowledge, but rather due to making simple mistakes and not having sufficient knowledge of tips and tricks related to strategies for answering questions in the reading section in IELTS. Therefore, this section will include the most important steps that will help students obtain the highest scores in the reading section of IELTS. The IELTS Reading section is designed to test a wide range of reading skills. The reading section in IELTS consists of 40 questions distributed among three texts/long passages, from descriptive and factual to rhetorical and analytical. These texts are taken from books, magazines, and newspapers, and have been selected for a non-specialist audience but are suitable for people enrolled in university courses or seeking professional registration. The duration of the reading section in IELTS is 60 minutes.

     In general, the passages get longer and more difficult (hence the first passage being the easiest) and each passage has several reading tasks that it attempts to test, with thirteen or fourteen questions for you to answer. These skills may include reading for content, reading for main ideas, reading for details, speed reading, understanding a logical argument, and recognizing writers' opinions, positions, and purpose. There are many different types of questions all designed to test different reading skills. It is important to familiarize yourself with each of the different types of questions. Sentence completion, Summary, note, table, flow, chart completion Short-answer questions, Multiple choice, Matching sentence endings, True, false.

 Teachers should provide their students with these strategies to achieve the highest scores on the (reading section) of the IELTS test:

1. Help your students Develop their skills in each type of reading section question

There are about 14 different types of questions and there needs to be a strategy to approach each one. Some question types have answers that come in order and others do not. Knowing this information will help them not only save time but also identify incorrect answers.

2. Till your students Do not try to understand every word in the reading section.

The Reading section of the IELTS test is not intended to measure their ability to read entire texts and know every word in them, but mainly to test their ability to understand what they have read. If they encounter words that they don't understand in the IELTS Reading section, there are two things they can do: look at the words and sentences around them for clues to their meaning, or they can move on and ignore them.

3. Till your student’s to Read the questions first

Many IELTS Reading test takers start reading the passage right away, and this is the wrong thing they should not do. Rather, they should always go to the questions first. Read the first question, underline the keywords that will help them find the answer in the text, and only then start reading the passage. Then repeat the same process for the second question.

4. explain to them the difference between Skimming and scanning

-Skim reading means getting the basic idea of what the text is about. Students can do this by looking at the section title,

subheadings (if any), and the first and last sentences of each paragraph.

-Scanning means searching the text very quickly for a specific piece of information. This may be something like a name or date, or it may be an idea, statement, or someone's opinion. Students can also search for keywords or words with similar meanings.

(Note that skimming and scanning do not require reading the text word for word, but rather reading the text in two to three minutes - no more).

5. keywords

-They are the most important words that express the main ideas.

-The words in the questions are not the same as the words in the text. So your students need to rephrase the questions in their heads. In other words, think of different ways to say the same thing, and they can do this by thinking of synonyms or words with similar meanings.

6. With practice comes mastery

Remember that teachers should use the Reading section practice tests to students for two purposes: Develop their skills, and test them under test conditions to check their score and see if they have made progress.

There are 3 steps teachers should provide to increase students' preparation for the (Reading section) of the IELTS test:

1. Improve student's reading speed

-There is only one way to do this, the more they read the better and faster they will become at reading.

-It is a good idea to read texts and articles that are very similar to IELTS test texts in terms of length and complexity. You can show the following sources to your students:

Helpful website for reading

1 Helpful website for reading

2 Helpful website for reading

3 Helpful website for reading

2. Develop your student’s vocabulary

Learning vocabulary isn't just about learning the meaning of a word, it's about learning when they can use a word and when they can't use it.

To develop their vocabulary, they have to do three things: reading, observing, and reviewing.

3. Grammar

Question types such as summary completion and sentence completion require that the sentence be grammatically correct when the answer is given. This means that grammar rules can help them determine the correct answer. They can develop their knowledge of English grammar through extensive reading, listening to conversations, reviewing grammar, and applying it through writing.

     Finally, we have an app that teachers can show to their students to help improve their reading skills quickly. It is a complete plan that includes learning through novels, films, and books. First, he tests your English level, then gives you a plan that suits you. You can choose how many days you want to learn it, 3 days a week? 5 days? Or the whole week? It's up to you. It's a fun way to learn. Students should choose the method they prefer and get started, and with practice, they become proficient in the language.

References :

-R, N. (2017, August 1). IDP IELTS KSA. IDP IELTS Saudi Arabia.  https://ielts.idp.com/saudiarabia/ prepare/academic-reading/en-gb

-Council , B. (2023, May 5). Academic reading - section 1 practice test. Academic Reading - Section 1 Practice Test | Take IELTS. https://takeielts.britishcouncil.org/take-ielts/prepare/free- ielts-practice-tests/reading-academic/section-1