IELTS(雅思)是國際英語水平測試的簡稱,全面考核考生的英文聆聽、會話、閱讀和寫作的能力。 IELTS考試 成績已獲得超過140個國家的逾10,000所機構承認,包括政府部門、高等院校及僱主。如果打算到海外留學或移民到以英文為主要語言的國家,IELTS成績是必不可少。為了在 IELTS考試 中取得好成績,Spencer Sir整合了一些 IELTS 4卷的常犯錯誤及小技巧。 IELTS Reading Reading 考試技巧 相信考生考Reading 時最常出現嘅問題係睇唔明份Reading,可能係個字好深,亦都可能係句子好長而更難明個意思。今日就教大家4個可以應付以上情況既技巧。 略讀首句與標題 呢個係每次做Reading嘅時候一定要做嘅事,睇清楚文章將會講咩事件,咁你就可以圍繞呢個主題去理解文章,即使看不懂某些字詞,都可以大概解讀到。 從句首句尾推敲 如果你喺文章入面遇到唔識嘅字,可以從前句推敲出來。例如唔識chaotic呢個字,但前句是說好的東西,突然出現了一個But,咁我就好肯定佢係負面嘅詞語。 分析字首字尾 有時候,一啲深嘅詞彙你其實可以估到大概意思,例如overestimate。將其拆開,就會變做over + estimate。Estimate大家都知意思係估計,over就係過於,咁合埋就估到係解高估。 拆開長句子 拆句前,首先要留意句子有冇Relative clause/ and/ with。同常呢啲都會連接兩句句子,所以將佢地拆開就會容易睇得番句子想表達甚麼。 IELTS Writing Writing 常犯錯誤 Tenses Tense Errors係好多人都會犯既錯,尤其係時間緊逼嘅情況。 同一時間點用兩種Tense 好多時候,大家可能會喺句子入面突然轉左第二種tense,例如,We were on the way to school. Suddenly, the sky turns dark.因為兩句句子都係喺過去嘅時間點,所以應該兩句都用過去式,所以第二句既turns要轉做turned。 混淆各種Present Tense Forms 大家喺用現在式既時候好容易會用錯左,因為Present Tense Forms有分4種,包括simple present tense, present perfect tense, present continuous tense和present perfect continuous tense。只要混淆左佢地既用法,就會用錯。 誤用Past Continuous Tense Past Continuous Tense用喺過去正在進行的動作被打斷,而介入的事件通常是一個較短暫的行動, 並且會用過去式表達。但要留意既係,Past Continuous Tense針對既時間點係過往發生中既事情,例如I was sleeping when the robber broke into my house. 如果誤用左就會令個意思變得含糊。 過度使用adverbs 好多人會鍾意喺一句句子入面加入adverbs,並非話咁做係錯,但會顯得選字很弱,可以用其他詞彙去代替使用。例如, The boy ran really fast to catch the runaway ball. (x) The boy sprinted to catch the runaway ball. (v) Comma連接不當 如果你將兩句獨立句子強行用comma分割,有可能會出現Grammar上既錯誤。要解決呢個問題,可以將comma轉做full stop,或以連接詞補上。例如, He was very hungry, he ate a whole pizza. (x) He was very hungry. He ate a whole pizza. (v) He was very hungry, so he ate a whole pizza. (v) 連寫句(run-on sentence) 很多人都會犯呢個錯誤,就係喺句子應該寫上句號既時候,你仲要硬寫落去,所以要善用連接詞同標點符號。例如, Lila enjoyed the bouquet of tulips John gave her on prom night however she prefers roses. (x) Lila enjoyed the bouquet of tulips John gave her on prom night; however, she prefers roses. (v) Writing 必學句式 除左要中point之外,修飾句子都好重要,咁先可以喺IELTS拎到高分。 It can do harmful to us 呢個句式用作講出事件既壞處,比起用It is bad 更好。 例句:It can do harm to our health and make us lazy if we spend too much time watching television. It plays an important role in our life 呢個句式用黎表達一個事件十分重要,比起用It is important 更加好。 例句:Computers are playing an increasingly important role in our life and we have stepped into the Computer Age the difference between A and B is/lies in/exists in… 呢個句式係用黎做比較用既,解作「A和B的區別在於…」,比起用The different between A and B is…更好。 例句:The difference between domesticated animals and wild ones lies in whether or not possessing human quality. 4. The most striking difference is that A…, while B… 呢個句式係用作比較用,解作「最顯著的區別是A…,然而B…」,A通常時被比下去嘅一方。 例句:The most striking difference is that the traditional hiring methods are clumsy, while data analysis has much higher efficiency. 5. It is of great benefit to us 呢個句式係用黎講好處既,it係你覺得會帶來好處既一個事物,比起用the benefit of xxx更好。 例句:Reading extensively is of great benefit to us. 6. With regard to… 呢個句式係解作至於/關於。當要用呢個句式既時候,就要留意regard唔會加s,加s會被視為錯誤。 例句:With regard to your suggestion I will consider it carefully. 7. A and B differ in … 呢個句式可以用作做比較,解作A和B在…方面不同,用作解釋之所以不同的原因。 例句:Chinese and English differ in the respect of grammar. 8. The reasons for this are as follows/ We have good reason to believe that… 呢個句式可以用作解釋原因,比起用The reason is…會好好多。 例句:The reasons for this are as follows. First, …. Second, …. Last but not least, …. 9. People have taken/adopt/ assume/ different attitudes towards sth. 呢個句式可以用作表達看法,會先講出人地既睇法,之後再加上自己既意見。 例句:People have different attitudes towards failure. Some believe that…. However, …. IELTS Listening Listening 溫習技巧 覺得Listening冇得溫?其實只要每日花一點時間做以下嘅事情,你嘅Listening能力一定會有所提升。 多聽英文歌 大家可以選擇聽自己喜歡嘅歌手或歌曲,培養聽英文歌嘅習慣,聽嘅時候可以試下跟住唱,同時練習聽同講英文。 聽英文新聞報導 每日養成睇新聞報導的習慣,聽住報導練習聽英文,BBC和南華早報都是同學可以選擇的報導媒體,就算聽到跟唔上都可以重覆播放來練習。 睇外國YouTuber影片 睇YouTuber已經成為好多人嘅習慣,如果嘗試去睇一啲自己鍾意既題材,就算係英文片,都會有興趣睇落去,所以搵一個鍾意既外國YouTube Channel都係一個有效既學聽英文既方法。 4. 聽英文電台 英文電台係一個可以好好練習Listening嘅方法,大家可以揀一啲自己鍾意嘅主題去聽,學習進度會快好多,iPhone嘅用戶推薦用Podcast。 5. 聽完看字幕 大家可以喺睇英文嘅YouTube或新聞報導時,先聽一次完整片段,然後再看字幕,睇下自己聽到幾多,每日都做呢個訓練,一定可以提升Listening能力。 6. 看英文劇集 呢個方法適合所有人,只要你對那套劇感興趣,就會有動力keep住追看,追看過程自自然然會聽多左英文,慢慢就會提升英文聽力。 IELTS Speaking Speaking 考試技巧 準備好不同種類的素材 為了應付考官提出既問題,考生應該準備不同的素材,每個範疇都搵啲有用既資料,而且多練習,到左考當日就唔怕考官會問到唔識嘅問題。 閱讀書本或報章 睇書同報紙可以提升閱讀能力之餘,也可以改善說話能力。揀一則文章來閱讀,同時開口跟著朗讀,呢個習慣除左可以練習說話,也可以增加講英文既自信心。 加入自己的情感 IELTS Speaking會與考官一對一交流,如果你可以好自然咁同考官對話,就可以留下好印象。要講得自然,考生可以加入自己既情感去講,令對話更生動。 Speaking 練習工具 Hellotalk Hellotalk是一個免費學習世界各地語言既app,用家可以與各地母語者互相交流,就像一個交流平台,可以用文字、語音和視頻來交流聊天。 Lingo Blabla Lingo Blabla是一個只要按鈕一下就能隨時配對到線上真人來練習英文口語的app。匿名的聊天可以讓大家放心去說英文,用家隨時都可以打開app學英文說話啦。 Duolingo Duolingo 是一個結合了遊戲和學習英文的app,十分適合初學者使用。裡面包含各種測試,當中包括說話測試,一邊玩遊戲一邊學英文,讓你能事半功倍地學Speaking。 Speaking 必學句式 最後分享一下6個係Speaking可以用到嘅句式。 Personally, I think (我個人認爲) 當表達個人看法嘅時候,就可以用呢句黎開首。 例句:Personally, I think that the government should consider the poverty problem. The way I see it…(依我看) 同樣是用黎表達自己看法,用喺句子開首,然後表達看法。 例句:The way I see it is, there’s nothing better than sleeping at home. It seems to me that (在我看來,…好像) 比起用I think that,it seems to me