[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 3 | January 19, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036]

Cambridge University Press team says, “The IELTS test is a high-stakes test taken by over 2 million candidates every year. This webinar considers the problems faced by band 4 or 5 candidates who are preparing for the test and aiming to reach bands 6 or 7.

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[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 3 | January 19, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036]

Cambridge University Press team says, “Getting learners to talk in English is one of the most difficult challenges facing the teacher. One of the major reasons for this is that speaking – unlike listening, reading and writing – can only normally take place directly in interaction with an audience, in real time: so if you express yourself badly, hesitate, make mistakes – such failings are immediately exposed to the listener(s). Many learners feel uncomfortable and stressed in such a situation, even within a supportive classroom, and often prefer to keep quiet or use their mother tongue. (more…)