Welcome to Week 4

JOHN SMITH: Welcome to week four. This is the final week of our course where we look at the specific skills that you will need for reading and key strategies for effective listening. Part two and three of the test assesses your ability to understand written and spoken English in an academic environment and requires a large combination of reading and listening skills. These sections can be especially challenging. But you can improve your confidence and overall performance by practicing the reading and listening sub-skills that are required. For part two of the test, you need to demonstrate a range of effective reading skills including intensive reading, identifying the relationship between ideas and following a logical sequence of events.

In part three, you will need to understand a variety of accents both native and non-native and recognise variations in tone, speed and accent. You also need to be able to recognise signposts and predict what’s coming next. So, let’s get into week four where you’ll explore and practice all of these sub-skills to better prepare you for the test.