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1. Look very briefly at the texts in all THREE sections to start with. Section 3 might be more "accessible" for you than Sections 1 and 2, but you hadn't realised that or given yourself enough time for this third part which turned out not as difficult as SECTIONS one and two.
2. Do the quick overview of each passage to orientate yourself to the text's content, message and style.
3. Look at ALL the questions in the section, BEFORE you start answering them in sequence. If time is running short, then you will have realised that the final questions are perhaps easier than the earlier ones.
4. Keep your eye on the clock! Those minutes tick away and before you know it, time is running out and you might be tempted to panic.
5. DO NOT try under any circumstances to read the whole text in detail - it will be much too long and this approach is inefficient. Make sure you know what you're looking for and ZOOM in on the relevant part in the passage.
6. So, get those highlight pens colouring, put that thinking cap on your head and marshal your powers of understanding, deduction, inference, interpretation and paraphrasing for the toughest part of the IELTS exam. Most Native speakers would struggle in the Academic Reading, unless they have prepared themselves to read speedily, purposefully, intelligently and with great concentration.

Good luck Yasmeen, Wael, Haleemuddin and Mujtaba! We're all rooting for you!

Tony and the rest of the team

# posted by Tony Beale @ Wednesday, April 13, 2005