Some notes for IELTS.
| Listening | Reading | Writing | Speaking | Vocabulary | Resources |
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| IELTS Cambridge Test Books | IELTS Cambridge Test Books | https://ielts-simon.com/ | http://ielts-yasi.englishlab.net/ | IELTS Cambridge Test Books | https://www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/free-ielts-preparation-lessons |
| https://markteacher.com/ | Academic Word List Exercises | The Economist | |||
| The Academic Word List from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary | BBC 6 minute learning English, BBC NEWs, 60-Second Science | ||||
| Word of the Day | https://www.jimuenglish.com/ (listening podcast online) |
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Podcast_notes / Journal_notes
Note Style:
Bold: The word I didn't know/understand;
Bold + Italic: useful words/collections;
Underline: the words/sentence I couldn't recognize from the audio.
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Listening_notes
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Speaking_notes
Notes of Oxford online English for IELTS Speaking
Notes of Simon videos
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Test_notes
Notes of Reading and Listening parts of IELTS Cambridge Test Books
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Writing_notes
Notes of Task1 and Task2 from Simon videos and ebooks
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Vocabulary_notes
Note Style:
No. Word
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Brief explanation
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Full Definitions
Synonyms
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Collections
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Examples
Sources:
Software:
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Writing_notes
ielts-simon.com (Writing task1 and task2)
2019-09-10 -- 2019-09-30 (Actually, I didn't practice ....)
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Listening
Daily: 21:00 -- 22:00
Daily: Listen 23:00 -- 23:30 and review 08:30 -- 09:00
Weekly: Listen 22:00 -- 22:30 and review 08:30 -- 09:00
Once every two days: Listen 22:00 -- 22:30 and review 08:30 -- 09:00
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Speaking
Daily: 18:30 -- 19:00
Reading article from The Economist (PDF and md files)
Daily: 08:00 -- 08:30
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Vocabulary
Merriam-Webster's Vocabulary Builder
Daily: 08:30 -- 09:00
Any useful or unknown word from Podcast and Reading
Daily: 08:30 -- 09:00
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Reading
The Economist (Leaders, China and Graphic detail)
Daily: 13:00 -- 13:30
Review notes
Daily: 13:30 -- 14:00
2019-10-01 -- 2019-10-15 (Actually, I didn't practice ....)
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Listening
Cambridge IELTS
Daily: 09:00 -- 10:00
Daily: 20:30 -- 21:00
Tool: https://www.v2ex.com/t/573167
Weekly: Listen 22:00 -- 22:30 and review 08:30 -- 09:00
Once every two days: Listen 22:00 -- 22:30 and review 08:30 -- 09:00
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Speaking
https://ieltsbro.com/: one topic per day
Daily: 18:30 -- 19:30
Reading article from The Economist (PDF and md files)
Daily: 08:00 -- 08:30
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Vocabulary
Any useful or unknown word from Podcast and Reading
Daily: 08:30 -- 09:00
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Reading
The Economist (Leaders, China and Graphic detail)
Daily: 13:00 -- 13:30
Review notes
Daily: 13:30 -- 14:00
Cambridge IELTS
Daily: 14:00 -- 15:30
Focus on each kind using Cambridge IELTS 5 - 10
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Writing (origin)
Daily: 19:30 - 20:30
Task1
Simon's IELTS Writing Task 1
DCIELTS: learn Vocab
Task2
Ideas for IELTS Topics: one topic per day
DCIELTS: learn Vocab and sentence according to Simon's IELTS eBook
Make my own summary docs: Agree&Disagree, Advantanges&Disadvantages ....
2019-11-01 -- 2019-11-07 (The exact preparation period)
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Listening
Cambridge IELTS
Daily: 09:00 -- 10:00
Daily: 20:30 -- 21:00
Tool: https://www.v2ex.com/t/573167
Weekly: Listen 22:00 -- 22:30 and review 08:30 -- 09:00
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Speaking
https://ieltsbro.com/: one topic per day
Daily: 18:30 -- 19:30
Reading article from The Economist (PDF and md files)
Daily: 08:00 -- 08:30
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Vocabulary
Any useful or unknown word from Podcast and Reading
Daily: 08:30 -- 09:00
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Reading
The Economist (Leaders, China and Graphic detail)
Daily: 13:00 -- 13:30
Review notes
Daily: 13:30 -- 14:00
Cambridge IELTS
Daily: 14:00 -- 15:30
Focus on each kind using Cambridge IELTS 5 - 10
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Writing (origin)
Daily: 19:30 - 20:30
Task1
Simon's IELTS Writing Task 1
DCIELTS: learn Vocab
Task2
Ideas for IELTS Topics: one topic per day
DCIELTS: learn Vocab and sentence according to Simon's IELTS eBook
Make my own summary docs: Agree&Disagree, Advantanges&Disadvantages ....
| Time | Task |
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| 08:00 -- 08:30 | Speaking (99 and topic audios of Yang Shuai) |
| 08:30 -- 09:30 | Part 1: http://ielts-yasi.englishlab.net/Part_1_Questions_SEP_to_DEC_2019.htm |
| 09:30 -- 11:00 | Part 2/3: http://ielts-yasi.englishlab.net/PARTS_2_and_3_INDEX_P19.htm |
| 12:30 -- 13:30 | Cambridge IELTS (Listening) |
| 13:30 -- 14:00 | Read the Economist |
| 14:00 -- 15:00 | Writing Task 1 |
| 15:00 -- 16:30 | Writing Task 2 |
| 16:30 -- 17:00 | Scientific research |
| 18:30 - 20:00 | Cambridge IELTS (Reading) |
| 20:00 -- 21:30 | Review notes and Vocabs |
| 22:00 --22:30 | Review my own sentences for Speaking |
| 23:00 -- 23:30 | Scientific research |
| 23:30 -- 24:00 | Free listening time (Youtube, 6 Minute English, audios of Yang Shuai) |
Summary: 1.0 hours for Scientific research, 11 hours for IELTS.
Part 1
- Your Home / Accommodation
- Reading
- Time Management
Part 2
A time you had to give some advice
Part 3
- Do you think parents should advise their children on what friends to have?
- Should they follow all suggestions given by parents?
- How do these experts give advice to others?
- What kind of (examples of) skills do people need to have in order to give advice to others?
- Who is the best person for guiding, parents or teachers? (I answered: neither. that should be internet, especially Google)
- How does Google help people make decisions about career? (This is a good example of how your answers can affect the next questions you get - interesting!)
In some countries, some older people choose to live in the retirement communities with other people, rather than living with their adult children. Is it a positive or negative development?
| Listening | Reading | Writing | Speaking | Overall |
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| 7.5 | 7.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 |