IELTS Advisory

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IELTS
Recommendations

Conversion Table
TOEFL IELTS TOEIC
109 7.5 990
100 7 900
88 6.5 800
76 6 700
68 5.5 650
61 5 600
Despite the many tests around the world,
there is a considerable gap between their
recognition and difficulty.

B-Schools available for application
with IELTS（2014 ＵＳ）
FT Rank in
2013
School name IELTS
1 Harvard Business School 7.5
2 Stanford Graduate School of Business 7
3 University of Pennsylvania: Wharton NG
5 Columbia Business School NG (TOEFL or PTE)
9 MIT: Sloan GMAT/GRE Verbal
10 University of Chicago: Booth 7
12 University of California at Berkeley: Haas 7
13 Northwestern University: Kellogg NG
14 Yale School of Management OK
16 Dartmouth College: Tuck OK
18 Duke University: Fuqua OK
19 New York University: Stern NG
23 UCLA: Anderson 7
24 Cornell University: Johnson OK
30 University of Michigan: Ross OK

with IELTS（2014 Europe）
FT Rank in
2013
School name Country IELTS
4 London Business School UK OK
6 Insead France / Singapore 7.5
7 IESE Business School Spain 7.0
11 IE Business School Spain OK
16 University of Cambridge: Judge UK 7.5
19 IMD Switzerland NA
21 HEC Paris France OK
22 Esade Business School Spain 7.5
24 University of Oxford: Saïd UK 7.5
28 Warwick Business School UK 7.0
29 Manchester Business School UK 6.5
33 Rotterdam School of Management Netherlands OK
36 National University of Singapore Business School Singapore 6.5

with GRE（2014 ＵＳ）
FT Rank in
2013
School name GRE
1 Harvard Business School OK
2 Stanford Graduate School of Business OK
3 University of Pennsylvania: Wharton OK
5 Columbia Business School OK
9 MIT: Sloan OK
10 University of Chicago: Booth OK
12 University of California at Berkeley: Haas OK
13 Northwestern University: Kellogg OK
14 Yale School of Management OK
16 Dartmouth College: Tuck OK
18 Duke University: Fuqua OK(GMAT preferred)
19 New York University: Stern OK
23 UCLA: Anderson OK
24 Cornell University: Johnson OK
30 University of Michigan: Ross OK

with GRE（2014 Europe）
FT Rank in
2012
School name Country GRE
4 London Business School UK OK
6 Insead France / Singapore OK
7 IESE Business School Spain OK
11 IE Business School Spain OK
16 University of Cambridge: Judge UK OK
19 IMD Switzerland OK
21 HEC Paris France OK
22 Esade Business School Spain OK
24 University of Oxford: Saïd UK OK
29 Manchester Business School UK OK
33 Rotterdam School of Management Netherlands OK
36 National University of Singapore Business School Singapore OK

British version of TOEFL
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• Operated by British Council, Cambridge
• 2 types: Academic / General
• For study abroad, Academic
• Approved by 135 nations, total of
8,000 institutions
• Approval expanding in the US
• In 2012, over 20,000 applicants in Japan
• Operated by ‘Eiken’, gaining popularity!
• Difficult to reserve seats for the exam
• No limits in test-taking

Contents, Evaluation Methods
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• Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking
• RLW is written by pencil
• S: 1 on 1 interview with a native examiner
• Score evaluated between 0-9
• Average of 4 sections, rounded down/up
for .25 or .75
• 5.5-6.5 for undergraduate, 6.5-8.0 for
graduate schools
• Ideal to score above 7.0 for MBA

Differences with TOEFL
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• In all of RLW, spelling is most important!
• Look-ahead is important!
• Questions are easy!
• Testing time is short (4.5 hours → 2.5 hours)
• Test venues start all at once.
• Bring Pencil, eraser, possibly water
• In certain venues, seats are in small number, so
reservations fill up very quickly!
• Starting time is early in the morning
• Speaking is face-to-face
• Speaking is conducted on the second day

IELTS is…
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1. Looking ahead
2. Finding
repetitions/paraphrases

In short, IELTS is…
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A test of searching for
Paraphrases/Repetitions

Paraphrase?
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<Vocabulary＞
I think ⇄ believe, in my opinion, in my view,
Important ⇄ significant, necessary, valuable
Discuss ⇄ talk about, have a conversation about
debate
＜Expressions＞ Active ⇄ Passive

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IELTS Listening
Let’s try it out!

IELTS Individual Advisory
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• Aim for IELTS 7.0 and above
• Thorough Individual Advisory
• Free lectures
• Dojo for ‘installing’ vocabulary
• Writing revisions – 5 times
• Speaking corrections – 5 times

IELTS
3-Day
Special Training
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IELTS 3-Day
Special Training
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Day1 : Listening
Day２ : Reading
Day３ : Writing / Speaking

Listening
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IELTS Listening
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• 4 Passages / 40 Qs / 40 min
• Everyday life, Academic conversations, Lectures
• Battle begins before you start!
• Answer choices require ‘reading ahead’
• Draw ◯ when seeing keywords
• Is it a noun? Number? Verb?
• Listen for paraphrased words
• Read ahead as much as possible
• There is a 10 minute period for you to copy down
your answers

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Name
Number
Number + Unit
IELTS Listening

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Singular Noun
Adjective?
Time？
Take→ spend, need?
IELTS Listening

IELTS Listening
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• Always write down an answer
• Answers are「paraphrase」「summary」
• Always check in front of keywords
• Proceed while predicting the answer
• 「３ minutes」to section 1
• Then, there is「30 seconds」before
questions

IELTS Listening
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• Instructions for listening are very short, so they tend to fly by very
quickly. But, ALWAYS check ‘within how many words’ your answer
should be, before you begin
• 「No more than three words for each answer.」means that if your
answer is in 4 words, it is WRONG.
• 「No more than two numbers for each answer.」means any answer
that is not a number is WRONG.
• 「One word only for each answer.」means the answer is only one
word
• 「No more than two words and/or number for each answer.」also
means the answer is within 2 words / numbers. So pay attention to
what the question is asking!

IELTS Listening
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• Within how many words should the answer be? Is it a number? ‘The
question asked within 3 words, but my answer has 2’ are frequent
cases.
• In the case when the answer is a number, do NOT include units or
other symbols such as 「£」if it has already been written on your
answer booklet.
• Likewise, if ‘pm’ is already written on the answer booklet, you should
never write ‘pm’ in your answer. On the other hand, if units are not
written, always make sure to write them down.
（cf.「１，４ℓ」or「＄１２０」or「３０ｍ」）
• For example, if「from 10：30 to 3：30 weekdays only」should be
written and the blank is expressed such as「from ____ to ____ 」,
the correct answer should be 「１０：００」and「4：３０」.

IELTS Listening
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• If the format is such that 「Choose THREE letters, A-G」）,
anything other than alphabet would be incorrect.
• Should you have to answer multiple questions such as Questions38-
40, write one letter per question. The order of your answer does not
matter. （Okay to write either B,C,D or D,B,C）
• There are cases when you have to write three answers for
Question38 only. Make sure to write three answers
• At times, you may have to write words in your answer and it may
take time. Also, spelling errors result in point deduction so make sure
to avoid misspelling when writing your answers.
• As it is a listening test, spelling errors and careless mistakes are
frequent. It is recommended to practice many times and discover
which mistakes you make most often.

IELTS Listening
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Even if you answer exactly what
you hear, it may be a wrong
answer. Make a conscious effort to
listen to the instructions and fill out
the answers accordingly!

IELTS Listening
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• Fill-in-the-blank Question
• Look-ahead
• Wait for keywords
• Stay within ‘mentioned’ words
• Selection Question
• Look-ahead
• Answer prediction
• 「Paraphrasing」choices

IELTS Listening
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Fill-in-the-blank Question
• Keyword＋「Answer」
• Do NOT miss keywords
• What is mentioned after, is the
correct answer

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• Aim for a high score
• Careless mistakes are fatal
• Do as the questions ask
• Attention to spelling
• Listen to Number・Alphabet
• Official Guideｘ３times
• Read ahead, Read ahead, Read
ahead!
IELTS Listening

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IELTS Listening
Let’s try it out!

Reading
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• Aim for perfect score! (9)
• Careless mistakes are fatal
• Listen for Spelling/number/alphabet
• ３passages
• 13 ~14Qs/Passage
• Total of 40 Qs/60 min
• For fast readers, skim ahead!
• For slow readers, read slowly one by one.
• There is more than enough time
IELTS Reading

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• If you can answer the question, OK!
• Check and draw a line on the 「Keyword」
• Search for「Keyword」
• Search for the passage of 「Keyword」!
• Think about what the paragraph is saying, while you
read
• Questions are asked ‘in order’. No need to go back!
• Answers should be written on the question booklet
• Draw lines, bend, and utilize the question booklet!
IELTS Reading

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The key to high scores in IELTS Reading is how fast
you can manage to find the ‘keyword’!
1. Read the question and check the keyword
2. Search for keyword（Relevant to question！）
3. Continue reading until you find the answer（Stop
once you find the answer）
4. Write your answer on the answer booklet
IELTS Reading

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TRUE/FALSE Qs &
No More Than Qs
Having different solving
methods！
IELTS Reading

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TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN Qs
YES/NO/NOT GIVEN Qs
• TRUE= 「What has been said is paraphrased」
• FALSE＝「What is written is different/wrong」
Evidence for this MUST exist. Different
words/different contents
• NOT GIVEN= 「It is not mentioned anywhere」
• You should always double check strong expressions
such as 「Only」「Always」etc.
• Questions are in ‘order’. No need to go back
IELTS Reading

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TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN Qs
YES/NO/NOT GIVEN Qs
1. Question should be written down
2. Written - TRUE or FALSE
3. Not written - NOT GIVEN
4. Written - Correctly paraphrased - TRUE
5. Written - different words/contents - FALSE
IELTS Reading

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No more than Qs
• Find paraphrases!!
• Question is always paraphrased from the text!
• Find paraphrases while also skimming and
checking for keywords!
• When you have found a paraphrase, find a fill-
in-the-blank word!
• When you have found fill-in-the-blank word,
you can write down the answer
IELTS Reading

Writing
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Writing
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４ evaluation criteria
1. Task achievement
2. Consistency and flow
3. Rich vocabulary
4. Grammar knowledge

Writing
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• 2Q / 60min
• Task1 15min, Task 2 45min
• Task1 Graph Question
• Task2 opinion Q（x2 the score）
• It is also a strategy to start with task 2
• Do not repeat words/expressions, paraphrase
• Utilize difficult/complicated words
• Make full use of complex syntax
• Tense, passive, comparison, subjunctive,
relative pronouns
• Within word limit（250 ~ words)

Writing
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Difficult words ＞ Use ３８００！
• think > Consider
• and so > consequently, accordingly,
• about > approximately
• because of > due to
• because > since
• give > provide
• take place ＞ occur

Writing Task1
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• Be familiar with solving a variety of chart Qs
• Do NOT write opinion/analysis

Writing Task1 Point
• Task1 demands 150 ~ words in 20 minutes
• Topics consist of graph reading/comparing/analyzing graphs and
charts
• Since scoring distribution is low, it is important to get to the point
• MUST Paraphrase: Never directly copy words from the graph
title/text. Be sure to use new words and paraphrase or replace the
order of words to show your command of the English language
• Read the intention of the Q：IELTS reading task 1 provides a
relatively clear view of what is being asked in their graphs/charts etc.
So, write the conclusion in line with the question
• Pay close attention to tense：Graphs and tables are clearly in past
tense. Increase/decrease should always be expressed in past tense.
On the other hand, if the change is consistent, you should use
present perfect.
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Writing Task2
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• 「Discuss A’s view, B’s view and give your
opinion」
• 「C has an opinion. To what extent do you
agree with this agreement?」

Writing Task2
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• Introduction, Body, Conclusion
• Introduction = paraphrase!
• Body 1：A’s view/agree
• Body 2： B’s view/disagree
• Body 3： AB/Different views/pros & cons
• Conclusion：Summary of your own opinion
• In body「Reason」&「Example」should be
given as a set
• Examples should be convincing; statistical
evidence, TV programs, expert opinions etc.,
rather than your own experience
• Answer the question and only the question

Writing Task2
Make your own flow template
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To what extent do you agree?
<I> Degree to how much you agree?
totally(100%),
strongly(70%↑)
somewhat(60～70%)
<B> ①Reasons & Examples
② Reasons & Examples
<C> Conclusion
Only answer how
much you agree,
do NOT write
about disagreeing

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Discuss both ideas and give your own opinion
<A> Summary of the 2 ideas + your opinion
<B> ①idea1’s argument + reason + example
②idea2’s argument + reason + example
C> your opinion + reason
The body paragraphs
should NOT have your
own opinions. Discuss
only the two arguments.
Writing Task2
Make your own flow template

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Writing
• Hard to increase the score
• Big deduction when word count is not enough
• Size of your words should be consistent from
your everyday writing
• To be able to measure your word count
Recommended Study Methods
• Utilize review/revision in αIndividual Advisory
• Know complex expressions by heart
• Create your own flow template

Speaking
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Speaking
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• Part1 ~ 3 / 15 mins
• Everyday conversation, deep Qs on a theme
• Face to Face
• It is OK to ask again if you are not sure
• Best to talk until you hear ‘STOP’ (Silence is
evil)
• Appeal your vocabulary and grammar
• Contents do NOT matter, OK to lie
• OK to redo
• Evaluation：Fluency, range of vocab, correct
grammar

Speaking Task1
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• Everyday conversation
• Interview format
• Have a self-introduction memorized by heart
• Name, what you do
• School, family, work, friends, hometown,
community etc.
• 4 - 5 mins

Speaking Task1
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「What is your hobby?」
× 「My hobby is diving」
○ 「I have several hobbies, but my recent
hobby is diving. I first experienced diving in
Okinawa 3 years ago and was impressed by
the beauty of the coral reefs there. I am
planning to challenge myself on another diving
session in Saipan next year with my friend.

Speaking Task2
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• Talk about a topic 1~2 mins
• 1 minute to prepare your answer before you
begin
• Jot down your organization on memo
• Continue talking for 2 minutes until your
examiner says ‘STOP’
• Easy to start talking in a Time frame
• 3 years ago, when I was working in Russia…
• Prepare confident points
• Most points are decided on Task2

Speaking Task３
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・Answer + Reason + Example
・Let your grammar be evaluated
Comparison, subjunctive mood, tense,
passive voice etc.
・Do not talk about your experience.
Recommended study methods
 Get used to talking face-to-face with Skype
English
 Prepare good phrase notes

Speaking Try！
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• What kind of work do you do?
• Please tell me about your family
celebrations
• What is the cause for the decrease in the
number of people getting married?

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