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December 2012

IELTS test in Japan – November 2012 (Academic Module)

Our kind friend G shared the topics and questions from an IELTS exam in Japan:

Listening testIELTS test in Japan

Section 1. About renting a place: availability, price and facilities provided.

Section 2. Conversation about the location of a rental property.
Questions: multiple choice.

Section 3. Payment methods and their respective problems.

Section 4. About marketing.

Reading test

Passage 1. The behavior of certain kind of birds, which uses the natural plants as a medicine.

Passage 2. Don’t remember.

Passage 3. About Leo Tolstoy and the definition of art.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a graph about the imported and exported goods in a few countries.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

In the recent years, the number of organizations allowing their staff to work from home at least a few days a week is rising rapidly. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this development?

Speaking test

Interview

– Can you tell me your name?
– Do you work or study?
– What made you choose this major?
– What do you do to keep yourself healthy?
– What have you learned about health in school?

Cue Card

Talk about a vehicle that you would like to have. Please say

– What vehicle is it?
– Why do you like it?
– How will you get one?

Discussion

– Discussion of the public transportation.
– What can we do to improve it?

IELTS Speaking test in Oman – November 2012

The IELTS Speaking questions below were shared by M who took the test in Oman:

Speaking testIELTS test in Oman

Interview

– What are the things that you don’t like about your job?
– Would you recommend it to other people?
– What are you doing to keep your body healthy?
– In the future, what things you would like to do to keep your body healthy?
– Do you like sending postcards?
– Would you send a greeting card instead of an email to somebody?
– When was the last time you received a greeting card?
– Do you keep greeting cards?
– Do you like taking photographs?
– When was the last time that you took a photograph?
– Do you think people nowadays take photographs more than before?

Cue Card

Describe a person whom you enjoyed talking to. Please say

– Who is he/she?
– How often do you talk with him/her?
– What things did you enjoy talking about?
– Why do you like talking with her/him?

Discussion

– What are the differences between animals’ and human language?
– Do you think in the future, robots will be able to talk like humans?