Introducing our new IELTS Academic Reading resources
October 2021 sees the simultaneous publication of our inaugural IELTS offering: two IELTS Academic Reading practice resources.
We are delighted to have collaborated with Peter Clements and Paul Murphy to create the IELTS Academic Reading Practice: Student Book, and with Jane Turner on the accompanying IELTS Academic Reading Practice: 8 Sample Papers.
The Academic Reading test assesses a wide range of reading skills and strategies. Some tasks may involve reading for gist (i.e. general understanding, or overall meaning). Others may require you to read for the main ideas in a text. You might also need to read for detail or specific information. Or perhaps you will be required to read closely in order to understand a logical argument in a text.
IELTS Reading Practice: Academic: Student Book is both a classroom and self-study resource written by expert IELTS teachers and authors.
About the authors
Peter Clements is an academic skills specialist with extensive international teaching experience. He co-authored the global coursebook StartUp (C1 Level) for Pearson, regularly contributes to One Stop English and blogs for teachers at eltplanning.com. Peter currently teaches IGCSE ESL, IELTS and first-language English at St Andrews International School, Bangkok.
Paul Murphy is a specialist in teaching English for Academic Purposes. He has taught at the University of Glasgow, Glasgow International College, and the British Council. Paul has been a certified IELTS Speaking examiner since 2017, and currently teaches EAP at Mahidol University International College in Thailand.
“… invaluable … you will not be disappointed.”
“A versatile book that can be used by a wide range of teachers and learners alike.”
“... tremendously useful for students.”
“... has everything the IELTS test-taker needs for self-study, but there’s a lot more to this book.”
Content overview
Each of the 14 units in this book introduces a different reading task that you may encounter during the IELTS Academic Reading test:
Matching headings
True / False / | Yes / No / Not Given
Matching information
Summary completion
Sentence completion
Multiple choice
Matching features
Choosing a title
Categorisation/classification
Matching sentence endings
Table completion
Flowchart completion
Diagram completion
Short answer questions
Each unit contains three two-page sections:
1. Think and prepare starts with some questions to get you thinking about the unit topic, and introduces some challenging words and phrases that will appear in the practice activities that follow.
2. Practise introduces a new reading task for you to practise the task type using a text that is shorter than what will feature in the exam. It starts with some strategies and tips for how to approach each task, for you to try these strategies out during the activities then reflect on what went well, what you learned and what you will need to do to improve.
3. Put it to the test includes a text that is designed to replicate an IELTS Reading test task. There is no support here – it’s just you, the text and the questions!
Appendices:
““The book is an invaluable resource which helps guide and prepare students to complete the relevant Academic Reading activities depending on the type of task. It naturally organises the tasks into comprehensible chapters and will support students seeking to become confident candidates for reading in the exam or to help support teachers prepare IELTS reading classes.””
““If you are an English language learner and are looking for a book that will really develop you in terms of reading skills and exam readiness for IELTS Academic, then this is definitely something that is of interest to you. A versatile book that can be used by a wide range of teachers and learners alike.””
IELTS Academic Reading Practice: 8 Sample Papers is the accompaniment to the Student Book, comprising eight exam-styled tests written by Jane Turner.
The content of this resource has been written to closely replicate the IELTS exam experience, and has undergone comprehensive expert and peer review. Each of the eight exam-styled tests includes the different reading tasks that you may encounter during the IELTS Academic Reading test:
Matching headings
True / False / Yes / No / Not Given
Matching information
Summary completion
Sentence completion
Multiple choice
Matching features
Choosing a title
Categorisation/classification
Matching sentence endings
Table completion
Flowchart completion
Diagram completion
Short answer questions
About the author
Jane Turner is an associate lecturer in EAP/EFL at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, and an EFL materials writer for international exam boards, universities and publishers. She previously worked as a Cambridge ESOL examiner for the British Council, and holds an MA in Education Management and Cambridge CELTA and DELTA.
