Register for the IELTS test with The British Council between 16 May and 31 July 2007 and you will receive a free Road to IELTS CD-ROM*. Road to IELTS is a complete self-study preparation course. The CD-ROM contains 30 hours of practice of all 4 parts of the IELTS test for Academic and General Training:

• Test tips and strategies for each part of the test
• Explanation of all the different question types in the IELTS test
• Systematic vocabulary development with units based on everyday topics
• Video clips of the speaking test

* Click here to read the terms and conditions.

The British Council offers regular and intensive IELTS preparation courses at our New Delhi office. Click here to find information on courses.

The British Council also offers IELTS Orientation Seminars. Each seminar is approx 2 hours long and gives a complete overview of the test as well as essential tips and exam strategies. Contact us for more details:

If you are an IELTS trainer, you can do the British Council IELTS Train the Trainer course. This is an 18 hour course which will help trainers to deliver training for all four skills of the test, select suitable IELTS resources and introduce candidates to exam strategies. Find out more about this course.

Visit the official IELTS website for the latest IELTS updates, candidate information and to download the IELTS handbook. Read more.

If you are an IELTS trainer, visit the Cambridge Teaching Resources website to download free training materials for each part of the test. Read more.

There are many other websites which house useful IELTS materials. Here’s a selection:

• Holmesglen IELTS Preparation
  Good practice material for all four modules of the IELTS test.
• Exams Boffins
  Excellent IELTS preparation site.
• Independent Learning Centre IELTS Test Preparation
  Practice exercises for the Reading and Listening Modules and some excellent material on how to write about graphs for Writing Task 1 in the Academic Writing Module.
• IELTS Preparation Hints
  Useful hints and tips for the test.
• Preparing for the IELTS
  Test tips and practice activities. This portal site has a wide resource of information on many exams.
• IELTS Test Practice
  Exam tips and free exercises for you to download.
• Exam English - IELTS Reading Practice
  Practice for the Reading and Listening Module.
• Taking the IELTS Test
  Some useful practice exercises.

Make sure you know about this part of the test. Being familiar with the test format will help you with timing and calm your nerves.

• Read an overview of the Academic Reading module

There are many different task types in the reading paper and you need to be familiar with all of them. One common task is ‘Sentence Completion’.

• Read about this task type
• See a sample task

Next you will need to get some advice on how to approach the reading paper.

• Read DOs and DON'Ts for the reading paper

If you are an IELTS trainer or teacher you will need to help your candidates develop their general reading skills.

• Find activities to develop general reading skills

Find tips for this task type and try a practise activity in Action Plan for IELTS.

• Academic Module pages 34-35
• General Module pages 37-38

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