IELTS Research Reports

Tim Moore, Janne Morton and Steve Price5 The following is a list of specific reading skills required of students in theiracademic study. All are important in some way - which ones would you see as beingparticularly important on your course? Explain? Are there any other important skillsnot included on the list?■■■■■■Be able tohave a basic comprehension of key information in a textsummarise the main ideas in a text in one’s own wordsunderstand an idea for the purpose of applying it to a particular■ ■ situation■■■■■■■■■■understand the purpose for why a text may have been writtencritically evaluate the ideas in a textidentify a range of texts relevant to a topicdraw on ideas from a range of texts to support one’s own argumentOTHER ________________________________________________PART 3 IELTS reading tasksQuestions in this section concern comparisons between the assignment tasks you provided and theattached sample IELTS reading tasks.6 What do you see as the main similarities and/or differences between the type ofreading set on the IELTS test, and the type of reading you require of your students onthe course?7 On the evidence of these IELTS tasks, to what extent do you think training for theIELTS reading test would be useful preparation for the reading demands on yourcourse? Explain.262 www.ielts.org