IELTS Speaking Part Three on IELTS Reading

IELTS Speaking Part Three on IELTS Reading

Take turns asking each other three questions from below, not looking below when it is your turn to answer. You can also ask follow up questions like “What makes you say that?” if you like, especially if the first answer is short. You can look at examples of IELTS Reading tests to help you answer the question if you like, but please try to fill all silence.  

• Are there any bad effects of often reading and listening to English at the same time?
• Are there occasions when it’s better to guess the answer to the next IELTS Reading question instead of reading the text again?
• Are there times when it is better to give up on an IELTS Reading question, guess the answer, and move onto the next one?
• Can you compare reading IELTS exam texts to reading a newspaper?
• Can you contrast skimming and scanning?
• Can you explain why some people can’t finish IELTS Reading papers within an hour?
• Can you give examples of techniques to help finish IELTS Reading more quickly?
• Can you think of any bad effects of timing yourself every time that you read in English?
• Could you recommend effective strategies for answer Yes/ No/ Not given questions?
• Do you agree that IELTS candidates should read news to prepare for IELTS Reading?
• Do you believe that the advantages of quickly skimming the text first before you look at the questions outweighs the disadvantages?
• Do you think it is a good idea to sometimes read the same IELTS Reading texts again?
• Do you think it is good that IELTS Reading questions are in the same order as the text?
• Do you think it is better to do IELTS Reading practice in class or at home?
• Do you think it would be good to read through an IELTS Reading practice test one more time more carefully before checking with the answer key?
• Do you think that it is possible to answer some IELTS Reading questions from your own prior knowledge (without needing to read the text)?
• Do you think that reading IELTS Reading texts out loud is a good idea?
• Do you think that speed reading courses are a waste of money?
• Do you think that the level of difficulty of the IELTS Reading test is about right?
• Do you think that your ability to understand written texts is improving?
• Do you think there is a danger that some self-study techniques could make people less able to cope with IELTS Reading papers?
• Do you think young people have more problems with reading texts like those in IELTS?
• How can people learn useful vocabulary for IELTS Reading?
• How difficult is it to find the information to answer each IELTS Reading question?
• How do IELTS Reading texts compare with papers in academic journals?
• How does reading in IELTS Reading exams differ from reading for pleasure?
• How important is scanning in the IELTS Reading test?
• How should IELTS candidates organise their use of time in the IELTS Reading tests?
• In what ways could skills for IELTS Reading help with reading in real life?
• Is it always a good idea to underline words in the IELTS Reading instructions?
• Is it always necessary to read the whole texts in IELTS Reading tests?
• Is it sometimes good to skip a whole IELTS Reading task and come back to it later?
• Should you learn all the vocabulary from every IELTS Reading practice test you try?
• Some people say that it’s better to spend a bit more time on each IELTS question and guess the last few than to rush each question. What do you think?
• To what extent does being tired affect people’s scores in IELTS Reading?
• What advice would you give someone who often runs out of time before the end of the IELTS Reading test?
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of writing your answers directly on your IELTS Reading answer sheet (instead of transferring your answers later)?
• What are the challenges created by not having a paper copy of the reading in the computer-based IELTS Reading test?
• What is the best way to spend your time if you have extra time at the end of the test after answering all of the questions?
• What things are important when practising IELTS Reading at home?
• What things make words easy to scan the text for?
• Would IELTS Reading be better if it had True/ False questions instead of True/ False/ Not Given questions?
• Would you say that IELTS Reading texts are interesting?

Ask about any questions above you don’t understand, topics you’d like to hear other people’s opinions on, etc, discussing as a class each time. Then underline the question stems above that could be used to make questions about other topics in IELTS Speaking Part Three.

Use those question stems to ask each other questions on other topics. Your teacher will tell you which topic or topics from here, or if you can choose.

• IELTS Listening
• IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
• IELTS Writing Task 2
• IELTS Speaking
• Foreign language/ Language studies
• Education/ Training
• Technology
• Skills/ Abilities
• Newspapers/ The press
• Work/ Careers
• Nature/ The environment
• Health and fitness
• Money
• Advertising/ Marketing
• Business
• Communities/ Society
• Decision making
• Innovation/ Coming up with ideas
• Timekeeping and waiting
• Helping people
• Travel/ Commuting/ Tourism
• TV