Combining All Four Skills: Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing
During the test, you are asked to perform tasks that combine more than one skill, such as:
- Read, listen and then speak in response to a question
- Listen and then speak in response to a question
- Read, listen and then write in response to a question
| Section | Time Limit | Questions | Tasks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listening | 60 – 90 minutes | 34 – 51 questions | Listen to lectures, classroom discussions and conversations, then answer questions. |
| Reading | 60 – 100 minutes | 36 – 70 questions | Read passages from academic texts and answer questions. |
| Break | 10 minutes | — | — |
| Speaking | 20 minutes | 6 tasks | Express an opinion on a familiar topic; speak based on reading and listening tasks. |
| Writing | 50 minutes | 2 tasks | Write essay responses based on reading and listening tasks; support an opinion in writing. |
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What do you think is/are the most demanding task/s? How can you justify your answers? | |||||||||||
| What do you think you need to do in order to achieve that? | |||||||||||
| Write your answers by clicking on comments. Make sure you use the right number of paragraphs and appropriate transition words to express your views. | |||||||||||
5 comments:
I think that the most difficult part will be the writting. It will demand a lot of time and effort to improve this section but with practice the aim can be achieve.
In my opinion it would be great to write once a week a small comment or text about an actual subject that comes out in the news, for example the world cup or marriage license law. What do we think about this subjects? Are we in favor or against to it?
It doesn't need to be long what we write, but the important thing is that we write something.
I do agree that the writing tasks will be the most demanding and hardest to develop, although I know that they are not impossible to achieve.
Reading and then commenting on the current news is a great way of getting used to writing. Let's put it into practising.
I must say that I agree with Vero in every single word!
Writing is the most difficult task of all.
In my case, the hardest part is to find the moment to do it....but I swear I´m trying!
Maybe writing about daily news is a good idea.
I promess I´ll do my best to colaborate whith this new blog.
I'm glad to hear that, Sole. By the way, who will be the first to spot the mistake in my previous comment? I guess comments can't be edited. However, new posts can!! That's good news!!
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