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This IELTS update is brought to you courtesy of Lucienne from Australia.

Listening

1) An ad in the newspaper from someone selling different furniture. A woman called and asked for measurements of a bed, mattress, cabinet, etc.
2) A museum or something and someone giving info on openings hours, possibilities for school/group tours, etc.
3) A woman giving info on how rangers manage a nature park. Questions involved some tables, where you had to fill in gaps.

Reading

1) Text on otters, where they live, difference between certain breeds of otters, how they waterproof their coats, etc.
2) If parents should be involved in schooling of their children, so be active in the school. Different opinions from various researchers. Text argued that lots op people claim good results from parent involvement, but hardly any real evidence for it.
3) Task asked you to put the proper headings with paragraphs in a text on things as satellite science in Asian countries. There were more headings than paragraphs. This one took me by surprise, but apparently I did okay.

Writing

Task 1
4 line graph to describe, forgot what about

Task 2
Essay on how scientific development either had a positive or negative effect on quality of food and what your opinion was on it.

Speaking

Little Speech
Tell me something about a letter you received, who send it, why was it important to you.

Discussion
Are letters important historical material and if things would change for historians, now people are mainly using email and other digital communication means. (like: where does it all go?)

This update became available thanks to our anonymous Aussie friend:

Listening

The topics were about
1) Room Repairing
2) Art Room
3) Book
4) Mining

Reading

1) Traveling location
2) Local services
3) Student services in college
4) Introduction and history about a college
5) Resource in New Zealand

Writing

Task 1
You are unable to attend to your friend’s wedding in Britain. In this letter
- Tell her what you think about her wedding plan
- Apologize for not attending
- Suggest date for future meeting

Task 2
In some countries, people nowadays move from countryside to live in the city, while in others countries, people move from cities to countryside. Explain what is happening in your country and why? What is your opinion and choice?

Speaking

- secondary education
- your favorite subject in your high school
- advertisement that you recently saw
- do you think that government has controlled the advertisement too much
- do you think that it should be controlled
- how much do you think it should be controlled