WFD 는 기출이라서 외우면 된다고 하던데.. 

이걸 어떻게 외우나요..

처음에 올려주신 워드파일 400개 의미파악먼저 했구요 

PTE study 사이트에서 듣고 쓰고.. 많이 틀렸던건 다시 보고 하는데.. 도대체 외워지지가 않습니다 ㅜ

시험칠땐.. 너무 긴장해서 그런지 (딕테이션 무조건 잘해야해!! 이런 마인드때문에 ) 

분명 아는 문제일껀데 정말 안들리더라구요.. 

RS는 그냥 매일 듣고 따라하기 정도인데.. 실력이 향상되긴 하는건지 의문입니다 ㅋㅋ

이니셜 받아적고 따라하는데.. 의미를 생각하고 말해서 그런지 fluency가 전혀 없는거 같더라구요

제자리걸음느낌이라..

예전글 찾아보기도 했는데.. 저는 밥통이라 그런지.. 반복해도 외워지지가 않던데.. 

고수님들 알려주시면 정말 감사하겠습니다~

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca-pAv5Wmd4

집에서 쓰는 컴퓨터처럼 편하게 자동변경되고 그런 기능이 시험장에는 없겠죠? ㅡㅜ 없을거라 예상되지만 혹시나하는 마음에ㅡ

대문자 소문자 구별해서 써야 점수에 타격이 없는거겠죠? 상관없나요?

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오래된 기출문제는 의미가 없을까요?

확률적으로 최신 기출문제가 한동안 돌고 이전 문제는 사라질 가능성이 있나요?

DI 같은 경우 최근 단순 사진 설명이 많이 보이던데; 그래프 빈도는 줄어들고 있는 추세일까요 ㅡㅜ;;;

제가 여기에 올릴만한 실력이 있는건 아니지만 라이팅 관련해서 혹시나 도움이 될까해서 이렇게 미력하나마 제 경험을 올려봅니다. 참고로 마지막 2번의 시험에서 L/R 60~63, S 49~50 받았고 라이팅만 비정상적으로 75~76 받았습니다.

우선 이 모의고사는 제가 스피킹 특히나 발음에 문제가 있어 점수가 안나오는 편이라 그와 관련한 실험을 해본 것이구요. (DI만 제외하고 스피킹 답을 모두 준비한 상태에서 스피킹이 원하는 점수가 나오는지 알아보려고 했었습니다.) 그 결과 나오라던 스피킹은 안나오고 라이팅이 90점이 나와서 공유해봅니다. 참고로 6개의 라이팅 관련 영역 (SWT / WE / FIB(R&W) / SST / FIB(L) / WFD) 중에서는 FIB(L)와 WFD만 반복해서 듣고 답을 적어두었고 나머지는 제 마음대로 풀었습니다. (리스닝에서 SST/FIB/HIW/WFD외에는 안풀고 스킵했습니다.) FIB(R&W)은 제 생각에 반타작정도 한듯합니다. 그리고 그 결과 L/R/S/W --> 78/65/72/90이 나왔네요. 그래서 제가 적었던 SWT, WE 그리고 SST를 공유해봅니다. 참고로 에세이는 이 사이트에서 공유되고 있는 템플릿을 사용했습니다. 실제 시험에서도 저 템플릿만 사용합니다.

SWT – Q1

You used to think that being green was a luxury for your company, but climate change has made you realise that you can no longer ignore it. The buzz is about becoming carbon-neutral, but where do you start?

Consider your drivers. Do you want to become carbon-neutralfor marketing reasons, for financial reasons, or just to save the planet? Says Mark Armitage of the CarbonNeutral Company: 'Your drivers will help to tailor your carbon-reduction programme and determine key performance indicators.' Build a case for going carbon-neutral.

Measure it. First, measure your current carbon footprint - or get a specialist to do it for you. That primarily means taking account of your energy usage and emissions caused through travel. Before you begin, think about whether you're collecting the right dataand whether it's readily accessible.

When implementing any energy reduction measures, ensure you engage with your staff. “It’s much better if your people decide for themselves when it’s sensible for them to travel.” Says Armitage. You’ll also need them to participatein switching off the lights and other energy-saving measures. Set targets and show it’s not a one-off exercise.

When a company is going for carbon-neutral, they should firstly measure current carbon footprint which can be done by a specialist and you should engage with your staff to implement any energy reduction measures after collecting the right data and setting targets because your staff can participate in energy-saving measures. (50 words)

SWT – Q2

The history of marketers seeking the advice of physicistsis a short one, but an understanding of the Theory of Resonance may give communications experts the edge. Resonance Theory explainsthe curious phenomenon of how very smallpebbles dropped into a pond can create bigger wavesthan a large brick. The brick makes a decent splash but its ripples peter out quickly. A tiny pebble dropped into the same pond, followed by another, then another, then another, all timed carefully, will create ripples that build into small waves. As Dr Carlo Contaldi, a physicist at Imperial College London, explains, a small amount of energy committed at just the right intervals – the ‘natural frequency’ – creates a cumulatively large effect. Media consultant Paul Bay believes that just as with the pebbles in a pond, a carefully choreographed and meticulously timed stream of communication will have a more lasting effect than a sporadic big splash during prime time TV breaks.

Innocent s testament the power of pebbles. Until last year, the maker of smoothies had never advertised on TV, instead drip-feeding the market with endless ingenious marketing plays from annotating its drinks labels with quirky messages rather than communicating through the occasional big and expensive noise. (이 붉은 글씨 부분은 모의고사에는 안나와있지만 제가 찾아본 원문에는 있어서 넣어두었습니다.)

So whether you’re trying to make waves in the laboratory or in the media, the people in white coats would advise a little and often. A big budget is not the prerequisite of success.

When people seek the advice of physicists to make waves in the laboratory or in the media, physicists give the resonance theory to explain how small amount of energy create a cumulatively large effect but a big budget is not required for success even though the people in white coats would advise a little and often. (56 words)

WE – Q1

Television has two roles: to inform and to entertain. Explain which of these roles you see as more important. To what extent do you think that TV today performs each of these roles in an effective way? Support your point of view with details from your own experience, observations or reading.

With the rise of urbanisation and technology development across the world, the roles of televisionhas become the subject of heated debate. While it is possible to claim that television has diverse benefits such as letting people know abrupt natural disaster, others maintain that there has been a multitude of reasons why people use the television for entertainment only. In this essay, I shall elaborate on my viewpoint by analysing both sides of the argument with my experience before deducing a proper conclusion.

On the one hand, it is generally acknowledged that television provides a number of advantageous information for various people in different areas. For example, seniors who are not familiar with cutting edge devices such as internet and computer can access to the news by the television if urgent issues such as tsunami or severe storm arise and it comprehensively contributed to the advancement of the subject such as culture and human lifestyle in many ways. It can also be argued that television is beneficial for young generation as well as university students who need to know the current affair.

On the other hand, there are also a litany of advocates who argued for the entertainment side of using television and have a different perspective. They demonstrate convincingly that it can actually have a vast amount of impact. For example, general public can get to know contemporary cultural change through from the television.

To sum up, considering what has been discussed above, it is my opinion that television has provided far-reaching positive effective effects which have brought to the society. Therefore, I strongly recommend that to keep this trend for both merits for the future although watching television too much will undoubtedly be associated with negative consequences, societies should take conscious steps to mitigate these potential problems. (299 words)

WE – Q2

In some countries around the world, voting is compulsory. Do you agree with the notion of compulsory voting? If voting is compulsory in a democratic society, what are some conclusions we can draw about the nature of democracy?

With the rise of urbanisation and technology development across the world, compulsory votinghas become the subject of heated debate. While it is possible to claim that voting is an important activity which has various benefits such as electing a representative, others maintain that the substantial side effects of forced voting lead to a controversy over the potential impact of this trend on disadvantages over the past years. In this essay, I shall elaborate on my point of view by analysing both sides of the argument with my experience before deducing a proper conclusion.

First, it is generally acknowledged that compulsory voting provides a number of merits. For example, all general public can be interested in local issue so that the voting has comprehensively contributed to the advancement of the subject such as culture and human lifestyle in many ways. It can also be argued that autonomous participants in the voting is beneficial for everyone including young generation as well as adults for common interests.

On the other hand, those who argued for disadvantages of the compulsory voting have a different perspective and demonstrate convincingly that it can actually have a negative impact on social benefits. For example, people who have more urgent issue do not know the current issue and give a vote for opposition. Moreover, there are multifarious concerns such as political corruption and those can be a significant factor to be considered.

To sum up, considering what has been discussed above, it is my opinion that far-reaching positive effective effects which have brought to the society outweigh its drawbacks. Therefore, I strongly recommend that to keep this trend for the future although it will undoubtedly be associated with negative consequences, societies should take conscious steps to mitigate these potential problems. (293 words)

SST – Q1

The lecture delineated that majority of decisions in the world are made by G7 which are seven rich countries including the United States after World War 2. In addition, institutions such as IMF, world bank and world trade organisation which have global dominance, also play a major role in decision making. These are institutions that have global control and the United States has overwhelming influence on them. (67 words)

SST – Q2

The lecture was talking about the importance of human freedom and the change in business. Such change is important and now in the early stage. The changes allow having the economic benefits for both large organisations and small companies such as economic scale and knowledge, freedom, creativity and motivation. The reason is that information technology has reduced the cost of communication to make a sensible decision instead of following orders. (70 words)

두번 연속 스피킹 점수가 30, 34점이 나왔습니다.

다른 과목에서는 60점 이상 나오는데...

스피킹에 대한 점수가 이렇게 낮게 나오는게 정상인가요??

아이엘츠에서는 Writing이 안되서 넘어 왔는데, speaking은 그래도 7이상이 나왔었습니다ㅜ

원래 이렇게 낮게 나오는지 모르겠네요 ㅡㅡ 

복잡해져서 점수가 내려간다고하는데 맞는소린가요? 공유하신 자료들 보니깐 글자수가 거의 60정도 되는게 많더라구요ㅠ 그리고 중요한 paragragh 찾아서 paraphrasing 하는걸로 다들 하시나요? 또 어떤사람들 말로는 paraphrasing 안해도 된다고 하는 사람들도 있고 넘 헷갈리네요ㅜ 

피티이도 더이상 암기로 준비하는 시험이 아닌 것 같아 글을 올려봅니다

DI 같은 경우는 가끔씩 당혹스러운? 복잡한 형태의 그림도 보이더라구요 (달달 외운 그림은 하나도 안보이고;)

SWT도 인터넷 도는 것만 50-60개는 보여서 이게 암기로 해결될 수 있을지 혼란스럽네요

기출문제가 아무리 늘어났어도 SWT는 아직 암기로 해볼만 한가요?

개인차이가 있겠지만- 아이엘츠 5.5점대 학생이 한달만에 65점 만드는게 가능할까요?

님들의 생각은 어떠세요

목표점수 달성후 댓글만 가끔 달다가 오랜만에 글을 씁니다. 

일단 저는 3월부터 시작하여 6월달에 +79를 달성했습니다.

시험자료는 온전히 이 포럼에서 얻는 정보와 기출문제로 했습니다.

예전에도 그랬지만 많은 분들께서 (특히 +50 목표이신분들) 스피킹때문에 고전하시는데요

정말 당연하지만 저또한 처음엔 하지않았던 부분이 스피킹 연습한다고 하면서도

녹음해서 다시듣기였습니다. 크게 말하는것도 쑥스러운데 그걸 녹음해서 듣는게 쉽지 않았죠.

하지만 정말 중요합니다. 일단 듣고 sample 답안과 발음/억양등을 비교해보는게 가장 크구요

본인은 충분히 높낮이 주고 빨리 말하고 분명하게 했다고 생각하지만 다시 들어보면 분명

스스로도 고칠점이 보입니다. 그리고 또 반드시 녹음해서 다시들어보는 연습을 해야하는 이유가

실전처럼 하기 위해서 입니다. ra, di, rl 녹음안하고 그냥 하면 자신도 모르게 설렁설령하거나

그냥 괜찮았겠지 넘어가기 일수입니다. 하지만 컨텐츠가 중요한 저 세가지 파트는 꼭 실전처럼

녹음하셔서 다시들어보시고 ra에선 어느단어를 놓쳤는지, di에선 어느내용을 넣지 않았는지 길이는 알맞았는지

그리고 가장 어려운 rl은 템플릿을 제대로 다 말하였는지, 내용을 어느정도 커버하였는지 

(+65까진 크게 중요하진 않습니다만) 그리고 얼마나 버벅였는지 self review하기 좋습니다.

헤드셋 없으신분들께선 모의고사를 위해서라도 하나 장만하셔서 (연습 제대로 안해서 시험한번 더보는것보다

헤드셋 하나 사서 시험보는 횟수 한번이라도 줄이는게 싸게 먹히겠죠?) 스피킹연습 "제대로, 실전처럼" 

해보시길 바랍니다. 추가로 말씀드리자면 여기서 실전처럼은 stop watch로 시간도 맞춰서 하는것입니다.

그럼 화이팅하세요