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December 2009

IELTS in the Dominican Republic and USA – December 2009 (Academic Module)

IELTS test in the Dominican Republic was shared by V., whom I am grateful to for remembering the following details. Later on I was told by G. from USA that their IELTS was exactly the same.

Listening test

Section 1: A woman was calling Keffran Activity Center, an outdoor sports center, to ask about their activities like hiking, mountain biking, camping, etc.

Section 2: A man interested in renting some apartments called the person in charge asking for information.

Section 3: A man telling guests at a convention center about the location of restaurants, art exhibitions, etc.

Section 4. A woman was talking about the results of a survey regarding lectures given in universities.
Questions: Multiple choice. These were really long, so you had to listen attentively for the answer. There were also some tricky questions.

Reading test

Passage 1: An article about apes and the threats they face.

Passage 2: How verbal communication has evolved.

Passage 3: An article about climate change affecting the animal kingdom.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)
Write a 150 word report on two graphs that showed the different resources such as wood, water and electricity used to produce 10,000 disposable cups of two types: paper cups and polystyrene cups.

Writing task 2 (an essay)
Many people say that universities focus only on preparing the graduates for better jobs, others say that university studies can benefit widely the individual and the society in which they live. Discuss these two different views and state your opinion.

Speaking test

Interview
– What is your full name?
– Where do you live?
– Tell me about the place where you live.
– Do you think the public transportation system is good where you live?
– Do you like reading? Why?
– What books do you read?
– When do you read?

Cue card
Talk about a recent magazine or newspaper article that you read. You should say:
– where you saw it,
– what it was about,
– why you remembered it.

Discussion
– Do you write letters or emails?
– When was the last time you wrote a letter?
– We’ve been talking about newspaper articles and magazines, what do you think is the future of both?

IELTS in Myanmar – December 2009 (Academic Module)

IELTS in Yagon, Myanmar was kindly shared by P. (thank you!) and here is what we know about it:

Listening test

Section 1: About a barbecue.
Questions: Filling in the gaps (table completion), sentence completion.

Section 2: About a students’ trip.
Questions: Filling in the gaps (pick a word from the list) and multiple choice questions.

Section 3: Life science project.
Questions: Filling in the gaps, table completion, classification.

Section 4: Research on child psychology.
Questions: Table completion and multiple choice questions.

Reading test

Passage 1: A text about sound waves.
Questions: True/False/Not Given, finding information in the paragraphs.

Passage 2: A text about crocodiles.
Questions: Headings matching and a summary completion using words from the passage.

Passage 3: Invention of telegraph.
Questions: Information matching, multiple choice and finding information in the paragraphs.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)
We had a table with numbers of visitors globally and regionally.

Writing task 2 (an essay)
Working from home benefits only the workers, not the employers. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Speaking test

Interview
– What is your name?
– Do you work or study?
– What do you think about your work?
– What clothes do you prefer?
– Do you go shopping?
– Do you like flowers?
– Where are they usually grown?
– On what occasions people in your country give flowers to each other?

Cue card
My cue card task was to describe something old that I or my family have kept.

Discussion
I was asked questions about museums and keeping things from the past.