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Okay.

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In this video lecture, we're going to be going over the aisles format.

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We're going to give you a really good understanding of the exam setup so that you're very well prepared

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and know what's coming.

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Now, when it comes to the format, there are just a few things you need to understand.

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And then after we explain this to you, we can move into the very specific strategies that are going

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to lead to your success.

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On the House exam, there are four equally graded parts that are scored 0 to 9 on a rubric.

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Now, in terms of the structure of the exam, when you go into the exam center, you're going to first

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take the listening section, then reading and writing, which will all occur on the same day.

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Now when it comes to the speaking section, this can either come or it can happen 1 to 5 days before

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your listening, reading and writing, or it can happen 1 to 2 days after.

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But it's never going to be on that exact same day as you're listening, reading and writing.

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Or I should say it would rarely happen.

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It has happened, but it's very, very rare that that happens.

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Now, it's important for you to understand that the Isles exam is a test of your English ability, not

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your not your intelligence is not a test of student intelligence.

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They're not trying to see how smart you are.

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They want to know what is your English ability is a very advanced intermediate is a university level.

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They want to know your English ability.

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And that's really important to understand because a lot of students fail to keep improving their English

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while they're trying to study out strategies and tactics.

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Now in terms of the test sections, there's the listening section which comes up first, and that is

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40 total questions.

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30 minutes for the test.

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10 minutes to transfer your answers.

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Then you have four alternating sections.

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And what I mean by that is you have conversations and solo presentations.

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The questions are either going to be multiple choice or fill the blank.

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Some form of that.

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Some form of multiple choice.

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Or fill the blank.

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Now, when it comes to the reading section, you also have 40 questions and you're given 60 Minutes.

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You have three sections.

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So basically you have 20 minutes to finish one reading passage.

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And in general, the typically the reading section passages get progressively more difficult.

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So reading passage three is a lot more difficult than reading passage number one.

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So you need to keep that in mind when it comes to your timing.

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Now there are 14 basic question types.

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Some questions are not some question types they really don't focus on anymore.

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And throughout this course, we'll kind of point that out to you.

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Now some questions go in order.

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Others don't go in order.

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And when we get into the reading section of this course, we will point that out to you, because that's

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really, really important information.

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Now, when it comes to the writing section, if you're doing the academic tests, you're going to have

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task number one, which is going to be a chart, graph, diagram or process.

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If you're doing the general test, your task number one is going to be a letter.

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It will either be a formal or informal letter type.

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Now, for the academic and the general, they both have task number two, which is a standard essay.

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Now moving on to the speaking section, there are three parts to the speaking section.

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Section one is a short live interview with The Examiner.

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Section two is a two minute solo presentation in front of the Examiner.

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And part number three or Section three are follow up questions that have the same subject matter as

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part number two.

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Now I have a lot of students that ask me about the differences between the academic and the general.

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And so this is where I'm going to kind of point some differences out to you.

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Most of it is exactly the same.

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In the academic exam, you have a listening section, reading section, writing task one and writing

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task number two.

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And of course, the speaking tests for the general exam, the listening section is exactly the same.

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The reading section is different only in terms of the difficulty of the passage.

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The questions are the same.

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Writing task number one is, of course, a different writing task.

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Number two is the same.

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Speaking section is the same.

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Next.

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Students then like to ask me, Well, what's the difference between the paper exam and the computer

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exam?

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Well, for the paper exam you have listening, reading, writing and speaking the computer exam exactly

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the same difficulty level, exactly the same question types exactly the same.

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The results are different.

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Paper exam 13 days computer exam is going to be 5 to 7 days pay per exam in terms of marking and the

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computer exam marking is the same.

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Now, in terms of the skills, when students ask me questions like Which test should I do?

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Should I do the computer or should I do the paper test?

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It depends on your skill set.

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If you have very good computer skills, you're very comfortable with a keyboard, then you might want

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to take the computer based test.

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If you're not, take the paper based test.

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Coming up next, I'm going to be going over a course review where I'm going to give you some really

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just general information of what you can expect in this course.

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You're going to learn exactly what we have to offer and why this is the best course for you.

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I'll talk to you soon.

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Thank you very much.

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And I'm going to enjoy being your teacher for the exam.