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takeielts.britishcouncil You will need to read quickly and efficiently, and manage your time You will be asked to read three different passages and respond to related questions in your IELTS Reading test. The content of the Reading test is different for IELTS Academic and IELTS General Training tests. Details of each version are given below. The IELTS Reading test is designed to assess a wide range of reading skills, including how well you read for the general sense of a passageread for the main ideasread for detailunderstand inferences and implied meaningrecognise a writer’s opinions, attitudes and purposefollow the development of an argument This is the case for whichever version of the IELTS test you are taking. Timing The IELTS Reading test takes 60 minutes. You are not allowed any extra time to transfer your answers, so write them directly on to your answer sheet. You will need to manage your time during the test because you will not be told when to start or finish each section. Three sections Questions Marking
Immigrant earnings ‘a failure’ - Göteborg Daily Refugees and other immigrant groups are finding it hard to establish themselves in the labour market, even after 10 years in Sweden, suggests a report from daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter. The newspaper followed the progress of nearly 15,500 immigrants of working age who received permanent residency in 2004 and are still registered in Sweden. After ten years, those who came here as refugees earned a median wage of only 11,100 kronor per month - less than half the figure for the entire population. Around three out of ten receive welfare benefits from the municipality. Another group who had problems establishing themselves were those who came here to be with relatives. Olof Åslund, professor and director general of the Institute for the Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy, thinks the results for these two groups are problematic: “It’s a failure when so many people have difficulties gaining stable employment and being self-sufficient.
The Washington Monthly takeielts.britishcouncil You will be allowed 1 hour to complete two tasks in the IELTS General Training Writing test. The two parts of this practice Writing test are presented on two separate web pages. Make sure you move swiftly from one page to the next so that your practice is as realistic as possible. If you prefer to work offline, download the test paper. In the actual test you will do your writing in an answer booklet. The total time allowed for the IELTS General Training Writing test is 60 minutes. Time yourself and allow just one hour to complete both parts. Task 2 contributes twice as much as Task 1 to the Writing score. Writing task 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on task 1 write in a personal, semi-formal or formal stylewrite at least 150 words Writing task 2 You should spend about 40 minutes on task 2 give reasons for your answer and include examples from your own knowledge or experiencewrite at least 250 words Instructions to candidates In the actual test you will be given the following instructions: Review
Extreme Photo of the Week Photograph by Mike Schirf “I love the skiing down the best, but I don't love the skinning up,” says 11-year-old Lilliana Libecki, seen here with her dad, Mike, on their recent sailing-skiing expedition to the Antarctic Peninsula in front of Paradise Bay and a colony of Gentoo penguins. It was Lilliana’s very first expedition with her dad, a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, Expeditions Council grantee, and veteran of 50-some remote expeditions. When Mike returned from Antarctica in 2008 with photos of skiing and snowboarding on the continent, Lilli, then five years old, was inspired. “Finally when she was old enough, she started training for this goal in the backcountry and worked so hard to make this dream come true,” Mike says.
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English news and easy articles for students of English Man rescued after being lost in IKEA for 12 days – Luxembourg Wurst ARLON, Belgium — A disoriented shopper was rescued on Thursday after being lost for nearly two weeks in an IKEA store near the Luxembourg border. Late last month, Michael Parrish, 33, entered the premises for a “quick stop” to purchase an inexpensive lamp for his infant son’s bedroom and 100 lime-green napkins requested by his wife, he says. However, after more than an hour of unsuccessfully searching for the cash registers, he knew he was in trouble. “I kept following those stupid arrows on the ground, but as if by design, they only led me in circles,” he told the Wurst. “Each time I passed an employee, I tried explaining in perfectly good English that I was lost and desperately needed an exit, but no one understood me.” “They just kept repeating in these comical Belgian accents, ‘Euh, no, I am so sorry, we have no more in stock,’” he said. “I actually ran smack-dab into that new intern from my company’s accounting department, Sandrine what’s-her-name, from France,” Parrish said.