WEBVTT 00:00.990 --> 00:01.730 OK. 00:02.050 --> 00:06.900 So let's go over some basics for the Isles exam in terms of the format. 00:06.940 --> 00:13.570 I know most of you probably have a general idea of how the exam is structured but I'm going to briefly 00:13.570 --> 00:19.890 go over a few things about the exam in terms of format so that everybody is on the same page as they're 00:19.900 --> 00:22.090 going through this course. 00:22.210 --> 00:24.840 Number one let's look at the format itself. 00:24.850 --> 00:28.200 Well as you know we go through four equal parts. 00:28.250 --> 00:30.850 We do the reading first and listening in the writing. 00:31.120 --> 00:33.120 And your speaking is done separately. 00:33.400 --> 00:37.230 You're going to be able to get a score of zero to nine for each section of the exam. 00:37.450 --> 00:40.270 Exam takes about three to three and a half hours. 00:40.420 --> 00:43.090 And keep in mind this is very important. 00:43.090 --> 00:46.350 They are testing your English ability not your intelligence. 00:46.360 --> 00:46.990 OK. 00:47.170 --> 00:50.420 They're testing your English ability is an English test. 00:50.530 --> 00:56.740 So a lot of times students are confused about well I don't know a lot about the reading passages that 00:56.740 --> 00:57.540 they're talking about. 00:57.540 --> 01:01.780 I don't have a lot of background knowledge background knowledge is not required. 01:02.200 --> 01:05.610 But you do have to have good English to be able to get a really good score. 01:05.650 --> 01:10.930 So that's what you need to be able to know in terms of the academic reading the reading is going to 01:10.930 --> 01:13.580 be covered over with 40 questions. 01:14.020 --> 01:19.150 You're going to be able to it's going to be on any topic really can be about any academic topic. 01:19.450 --> 01:24.150 But again that doesn't matter because they're not testing your intelligence. 01:24.310 --> 01:27.680 They're testing your understanding of English. 01:27.730 --> 01:30.680 You have a wide variety of questions when it comes to reading. 01:31.030 --> 01:32.500 And also was very important. 01:32.500 --> 01:37.930 You're going to learn from our reading section is that some of the questions go in order some of the 01:37.930 --> 01:44.410 questions don't go in order and that's very important to know because the net gives you a good idea 01:44.830 --> 01:48.880 about which questions search should be done first and which should be done last. 01:48.880 --> 01:53.970 So we're going to give you a lot of secrets for how to handle the reading section reading. 01:53.970 --> 01:58.860 And like I said earlier some questions go in order some do not. 01:58.900 --> 02:05.020 Now with the listening section for parts four parts with the listening section and basically you have 02:05.020 --> 02:07.630 two conversations and two monologues. 02:07.630 --> 02:13.870 Also when it comes to the listening section of the exam the test gets progressively more difficult. 02:14.140 --> 02:16.950 Meaning Section 1 is very easy for babies. 02:16.990 --> 02:22.000 The baby section I call it the baby section very very easy very very easy. 02:22.240 --> 02:28.140 And then as you go through each section it gets progressively more difficult for the listening section. 02:28.150 --> 02:31.980 There are basically only two types of questions multiple choice. 02:31.990 --> 02:33.090 Fill in the blank. 02:33.120 --> 02:39.280 Now there are variations on multiple choice and there are variations on Fill the blank but those are 02:39.280 --> 02:44.450 the two only basic kind of questions that you have to do with the writing section. 02:44.500 --> 02:48.910 You have two essays that you're going to have to learn how to do very well. 02:48.910 --> 02:53.810 Now it just so happens that I am an expert when it comes to writing. 02:54.050 --> 03:00.880 So I'm going to be able to tell you exactly the format and structure and plan a template for how to 03:00.880 --> 03:09.070 be able to do the essay The graphical essay test and Rawan and then also teaching you exactly how to 03:09.070 --> 03:09.480 write. 03:09.550 --> 03:18.130 And I wrote task to essay I'm going to tell you the specific format and structure that the grader is 03:18.130 --> 03:19.260 looking for. 03:19.330 --> 03:26.230 This way you're going to be able to get a high score in terms of your writing task number one. 03:26.230 --> 03:29.100 Like I said earlier it's a graphical essay. 03:29.110 --> 03:29.610 All right. 03:29.620 --> 03:38.660 You have to be able to explain the information in the graph test and vertue is a basic independent essay. 03:38.720 --> 03:44.690 Going to teach you how to do it in four paragraphs four strong paragraphs and I going to be able to 03:44.690 --> 03:49.020 tell you exactly what the grader is looking for when it comes to test them or to. 03:49.700 --> 03:51.840 Finally the speaking section. 03:52.040 --> 03:58.460 A lot of people believe that the speaking section is easy and it is easy in a basic standpoint in terms 03:58.460 --> 04:00.460 of what you have to do. 04:00.860 --> 04:08.110 But what's important for the speaking section is you have to learn how do you answer the questions you're 04:08.120 --> 04:10.300 not you can't just answer the question. 04:10.550 --> 04:17.540 It's all about how you answer the question because you have to answer the questions in a way that the 04:17.540 --> 04:23.660 grader is going to be able to give you a high score if you don't enter in the right format in the right 04:23.660 --> 04:24.740 structure. 04:24.850 --> 04:30.680 You're going to get you a high score of seven eight or nine in speaking you are not going to get that 04:30.680 --> 04:31.310 score. 04:31.580 --> 04:33.100 And we're going to teach you how to do that. 04:33.110 --> 04:37.780 So that is just a little bit about the Isles exam test format. 04:37.970 --> 04:40.940 And I look forward to teaching you and the rest of the course. 04:40.940 --> 04:41.480 Thanks a lot.