4月23日，我们成功举办了雅思线上公开课专家直播线上答疑，帮助同学们在线解答有关复习雅思考试时遇到的各种问题，比如：如何在没有英文环境下提高口语？要想达到雅思6.5分或者更高，需要掌握多少词汇量？提高阅读速度的技巧是什么？小伙伴在直播中踊跃提问老师，主动和专家连线，攻克备考的疑难杂症。在将近50分钟的答疑环节中，专家总共回答现场问题十余个，本篇摘取以下几个问答以供分享。
这次我们特意邀请到了British Council英语教学专家Neil老师。Neil老师在全世界很多非英语母语国家从事雅思教学研究达25年之久。正在为雅思考试备考的你收看了吗？
错过了也没有关系，我们在这里整理了本次讲座的干货，您可以直接点击下方视频收看直播回放，一网打尽所有雅思备考问题。
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直播要点回顾
主持人：大家好，今天讲座的分享主题首先会着重介绍雅思线上备考课程，并就如何高效的利用这些课程资源给出一些建议。
有两门课程将于下周一4月27日开课，快来扫码注册报名吧
Neil老师分享的4门实用雅思备考课程
The UnderstandingIELTS Program
So what about our Understanding IELTS courses? Our aim with these courses is to take you through each part of the test step-by-step, to show you how IELTS is assessed, what types of tasks you need to complete, and how to use different techniques and approaches to make sure you get the best score you can. The courses will answer all your questions (including ones you may not even know that you haveyet) and will let you practise every type of task you need for listening,speaking, reading and writing.
由英国文化教育协会携手Futurelearn推出的“雅思备考全攻略”线上课程针对现在正在备考的小伙伴们。我们的老师会围绕“听说读写”向烤鸭们提供阅读备考小Tips，了解考试形式，评估机制，以及如何在考试前进行模拟演练。下面是这四门课程的总览：
雅思口语考试一直是中国考生长久的痛处，小伙伴们也会经常纠结不知如何下手。在这门课程中，我们的老师会给大家带来很多非常实用的口语训练方法和答题技巧，为正在纠结口语的小伙伴们360度解析口语备考的复习重点。
英文说得好的前提是要听得好。如果听的水平能够达到复述的境界，离自己能说出那样的英文就只差一步了。提高听力不仅要花时间精力还要讲究策略。从考试内容到应对技巧，native speaker现场云教学，虽足不出户却能与全世界交流。
雅思阅读题，找准技巧很重要，有时候方法对了，既能提高阅读速度，又能提高答题准确率。在这门课程中，我们的老师会给大家带来很多非常实用的阅读训练方法和答题技巧。
雅思写作遇到瓶颈怎么破？老师会带着你处理测试中不同类型的写作tasks。另外，动笔前，做好时间和结构的规划也很重要。
Q&A
我们将Q&A的内容精华，总结在下面供大家参考。点击上方的直播回放视频，获取更多问题的答案。
Question 1:
Do you have statistics for the following information? For example, for band 6.5. How much vocabulary do I need to memorize?
Neil: This is another common question. The IELTS is designed to test your abilities to use and communicate in English in as close to real life situations as possible. Yes, the vocabulary is one criterion for speaking or writing. Vocabulary is one of the criteria of the assessment. But it's not a case of learning thousand words, then using them in your writing or conversation, and you will get a higher score. What's important is to use the language appropriately, in other words, to use the right language for the right situation. When you do use less common vocabulary or you do use specialized vocabulary that's directly related to the topic, that’s how you will get a higher score.
Question 2:
How can I improve my speed of reading? I cannot finish them.
Neil: When reading a book, the biggest problem is time. The two things where people often make a mistake is that IELTS tests are quite long and very detailed and demanding. If you try to read and understand every single word, every single line, and then go back and do it again every time, you will run out of time. You need to find an answer to a question, there is no way that you can answer 40 questions in 60 minutes. You have 60 minutes to read three quite long texts and answer 40 questions. There are techniques to help you with that, such as skimming and scanning. Skimming is reading through the texts quickly just to get the general idea and that's the technique which involves thereading of first sentences of paragraphs, to find out what each part of the text talks about. So if the introduction is talking about history and the last paragraph is talking about the future, that’s what you know after skimming, but you don't have the details. Next we look at the question of scanning which is perhaps the most important skill in IELTS. What that means is, you look at the questions and the Information you need and then you quickly identify where inthe text that information is, then you focus just on that part of the texts. If you follow those techniques, you will improve through practice. If you practice reading every day you will actually increase the speed. If you follow the advice, it will work for you too.
Question 3: Would I lose a point if I mixed British English and American English together.
Neil: The good news is No. In the speaking test, absolutely no. Don't worry. It's a little bit more complicated for vocabulary. The important thing is, just be yourself, communicate naturally. There are differences between British English and American English spelling, you need to choose and stick to one. Because if you're writing British English, and then you write the same words in American English spelling, that would look like a mistake so that's a problem. With the writing, try to be consistent and stick with it.
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