Critical Factors for Reading Success

 SpeakEnglishGym

Benefits/Results

Ordinary Training Programs

Shortcomings/Consequences

The ability to read faster:

1. Instructions in the beginning,

2. Look through the questions in the beginning/end of reading passages.

SpeakEnglishGym-Uniqueness:

SpeakEnglishGym programs provide over 300, time-bound tests on grammar/usage, where the candidate is expected to read and understand instructions quickly. (These tests can be taken any number of times-till the candidate became confident).

SpeakEnglishGym-Benefits:

With SpeakEnglishGym, development of excellent reading skills is just natural. Candidates will be motivated to attempt multiple tests and realise the consequences of their actions! It ensures faster learning, longer retention and quicker recall.

SpeakEnglishGym-Results:

1. 98% of SpeakEnglishGym students say, they could read instructions clearly within limited time. They got the clear idea of what is required for the answer to each of the questions.

2. 99% of students say, they could look through the questions and think about the topic and plan for the listening.

3. Reading quickly and planning proactively  helped them to listen carefully for key ideas, keywords, and answers.

Ordinary Training Programs-Shortcomings:

In their attempt to ‘cover’ the ‘portion’ of the syllabus within the promised time, they fail to build quick reading skills.

Ordinary Training Programs-Consequences:

Most candidates at these centres complain that they could not understand the audio during the Listening test. The root cause is that they could not read instructions carefully, get familiar with the questions and proactively prepare their minds to predict important ideas and words.

Ordinary Training Programs-Results:

91% of students, who used the primitive methods of Ordinary training centres come out of the IELTS Listening tests complaining that,

1. They could not answer correctly because they could not understand the question before and and wait for the answer.

2. They felt every word/idea of the speaker similar because they could not keep their minds ready for the answer.

3. They found it difficult to keep-up with the information provided in the audio.

The ability to Skim and Scan the given passages quickly.

1. You have only 15 minutes to read all passages.

2. Passages are loaded with facts, figures & opinions.

3. Writers change some of their ideas mid-way!

SpeakEnglishGym-Uniqueness:

SpeakEnglishGym programs provide over 22,000 short reading nuggets out of which 5000 are short reading/listening sessions in your favourite topic, and over 2000 sessions in general topics. This technique, founded on Cognitive Educational Psychology  leads to massive improvement in skimming & scanning. They become ‘Active Learners’.

SpeakEnglishGym-Benefits:

SpeakEnglishGym students have ample practice in friendly reading/listening environments to build ability and confidence. Then they have graduated to reading complex passages.  This methodology helps them to read ay type of passages with confidence, identify and write down the answers simultaneously.

SpeakEnglishGym-Results:

1. 97% of SpeakEnglishGym students say, they build expertise in skimming & scanning from the ample reading/listening experience they received. It prepared them to read for answers (not, read frantically), whose questions they had already understood by scanning.

2. 99% of candidates say, they are grateful to over 1500 listening and keying-in exercises they had undergone in SpeakEnglishGym, made the entire exercise a cake walk.

Ordinary Training Programs-Shortcomings:

A student from one of this training centres commented, “Telling frankly. I have trouble catching the actual words of this foreign language.” For most students here, English remains a foreign language because they never get opportunity to get friendlier with English. They develop a ‘fear psychosis’ towards English listening.

Ordinary Training Programs-Consequences:

Ability to skim for meanings and scan for key words and facts is a key skill to succeed in Reading Module. Most candidates of ordinary training centres fumble miserably because they don’t have ample practicing opportunity like SpeakEnglishGym.

Ordinary Training Programs-Results:

94% of students, who followed ordinary methods complain that,

1. They find it difficult to comprehend the passages, and identify facts that build the main idea at the right point.

2. They find it difficult to retain facts, figures and ideas and write it down clearly within the stipulated time.

3. They could not retain concentration during the long reading sessions.

The ability to paraphrase and summarize:

1. You must capture the key idea behind each passage as quickly as possible.

2. Passages are loaded with facts, figures & opinions.

3. You must acquire the ability to use your own words to convey the idea.

SpeakEnglishGym-Uniqueness:

With Idea-based IELTS programs, students build knowledge and ideas as English structures are explained in a meaningful way.  It provides over 22,000 short reading nuggets out of which 5000 are short reading/listening sessions in your favourite topic, and over 2000 sessions in general topics. This technique, founded on Cognitive Educational Psychology  leads to massive improvement in reading/listening skills. They become ‘Active Learners’.

SpeakEnglishGym-Benefits:

SpeakEnglishGym students have ample practice in friendly reading/listening environments to build ability and confidence. Then they have graduated to reading complex passages.  This methodology helps them to read ay type of passages with confidence, identify and write down the answers simultaneously.

SpeakEnglishGym-Results:

1. 97% of SpeakEnglishGym students say, they were mentally prepared to read for answers (not, read frantically), whose questions they had already read.

2. 99% of candidates say, they are grateful to over 1500 listening and keying-in exercises they had undergone in SpeakEnglishGym, made the entire exercise a cake walk.

Ordinary Training Programs-Shortcomings:

A student from one of this training centres commented, “Telling frankly. I have trouble catching the actual sounds of this foreign language.” For most students here, English remains a foreign language because they never get opportunity to get friendlier with English. They develop a ‘fear psychosis’ towards English listening.

Ordinary Training Programs-Consequences:

Confidence and ‘presence of mind’ are key factors in the IELTS listening test-to write down answers while listening to the audio, knowing that it is going to be played only once. Most candidates from these training centres fumble miserably because they don’t have ample practicing opportunity like Idea-based IELTS.

Ordinary Training Programs-Results:

93% of students, who followed ordinary methods complain that,

1. They find it difficult to comprehend the audio, and identify facts that build the main idea at the right point.

2. They find it difficult to retain facts, figures and ideas and write it down clearly within the stipulated time.

3. They could not retain concentration during the long listening sessions.

The ability to concentrate &

make logical predictions

1. while reading questions in the beginning, and

2. as you read through the passages.

SpeakEnglishGym-Uniqueness:

It gives practice that builds concentration. The secret to increasing your reading/listening skills is to better predict what you might read/hear. However, your ability to make reasonably accurate predictions depends on two things:

1. Your knowledge about the world around you and the experience you gained from them.

2. Your ability to read/listen between the words.

3. Your English proficiency to quickly sense the general meaning of the topic and understanding the emotions of the speakers.

SpeakEnglishGym programs meet all the above requirements.

SpeakEnglishGym-Benefits:

Idea-based IELTS programs are studded with new information and result-oriented, knowledge nuggets. Idea-based IELTS makes up for the time lost in not reading English novels and watching English movies earlier in your life. Idea-based IELTS programs make accurate predictions easier. Note: Ability to predict come with such experiences.

SpeakEnglishGym-Results:

1. 94% of Idea-based IELTS students say, they could accurately predict the answers on most occasions.  

2. 96% of candidates say, they were alert to capture the right information because their minds were prepared with right kind of general information.

3. 96% of students say, Idea-based IELTS helped them develop a much wider knowledge about the world; it helped them practice making predictions. This kind of anticipation skill helps them read longer passages, listen to longer speeches and lectures.

Ordinary Training Programs-Shortcomings:

Students at Ordinary Training centres don’t have the privilege to read and listen to hundreds of passages. In the end, they develop anxiety towards long passages and build aversion.

It is crucial to develop skills to read and think for the answers. This ability comes only through practice.

Ordinary Training Programs-Consequences:

Most candidates who follow conventional methods complain that they find it difficult to read through all passages  to clearly understand the main idea, underlying meanings, and feelings.

Ordinary Training Programs-Results:

93% of students, who followed ordinary methods complain that,

1. They find it difficult to concentrate for the whole length, for example after four to five minutes of reading.

2. When they try to focus, they miss key ideas, those are not directly said, mentioned only once, or described in detail.

3. 98% of students fail to logically predict the flow, and therefore not able to proactively prepare their mind to capture the data when it is explained.

The expertise to do ‘Gap Fill’ / ’Short Answer’ tasks as you read through the passages.

SpeakEnglishGym-Uniqueness:

1. SpeakEnglishGym students perform very well in ‘Gap Fill’ /Short Answer tasks because they are highly trained in grammatical skills while building reading abilities.

2. SpeakEnglishGym has over 2000 questions with instant answers, where the student must read instructions and short passages, and that is also part of a grammar structure. That is SpeakEnglishGym methodology of reinforcing grammar structures while reading.

SpeakEnglishGym-Benefits:

'Usually, IELTS ‘Gap Fill’ / Short Answer tasks require you to read a passage of spoken English containing information concerning a particular topic or event.  

Such 'Gap Fill’ / Short Answer tasks are cakewalk for SpeakEnglishGym students because they have the opportunity to work on hundreds of ‘listening, comprehending & grammar’ exercises during the course of learning.

SpeakEnglishGym-Results:

1. 96% of SpeakEnglishGym students say, they could understand the general idea from the reading passage. Therefore they could accurately understand the specific information in the passage.  

2. 95% of candidates say, they could identify the specific information from the passage and fill in the answer considering the correct grammar structure.

Ordinary Training Programs-Shortcomings:

Students from ordinary training centres consider ‘Gap Fill’ / Short Answer as the most difficult IELTS reading task. Why? Student’s grammatical knowledge is as important as their listening ability. Why? Because answers should be grammatically correct within the given sentences.

Ordinary Training Programs-Consequences:

'‘Gap Fill’ / Short Answer tasks require you to write answer in your own words and sentences. This calls for the candidate to write down his/her answers in clear, complete sentences without grammar mistakes or spelling errors.

Most ordinary training centres do not have the practice of helping students with time-bound tests that will simulate the real time IELTS teats such 'Gap Fill’ / Short Answer tasks.

Ordinary Training Programs-Results:

94% of students, who followed ordinary methods complain that,

1. They find it difficult to clearly understand what is exactly needed to do to perform the ‘Gap Fill’ and ‘Short Answer’ tasks.

2. 91% of candidates say, “I have to understand every word; if I miss something, I feel I am failing and get worried and stressed.”. Unfortunately they don’t understand every word due to lack of experience building opportunities.

3. 93% of candidates say, they get tensed in writing answers in their own words and make mistakes in spelling, and grammar.

The proficiency in working with various question types (tasks): Matching, Multiple choice, Short answer, Classification, Diagram labelling etc. while managing the time.

SpeakEnglishGym-Uniqueness:

The secret to increasing your success rate in listening is to work as many question tasks as possible.  SpeakEnglishGym support your efforts with:

1. Over 6000 questions in 300 tests. A variety of questions in different question types.

2. Question types includes: Matching tasks, Multiple choice tasks, Short-answer question tasks, Classification tasks, Sentence completion tasks, Chart/table/notes completion tasks, Gapfill tasks, Diagram labelling tasks.

SpeakEnglishGym-Benefits:

SpeakEnglishGym students are exposed to maximum number of tests with increasing complexity, thanks to the customisation by our proprietary Intellia Software.

SpeakEnglishGym students benefit from attempting to these time-bound questions. They can attempt these questions and receive immediate feedback any number of times.

SpeakEnglishGym-Results:

1. 98% of SpeakEnglishGym students say, they could attend all question-types with clear understanding and confidence.

2. 97% of candidates say, even the Gap Fill and Short-answer questions were a cakewalk for them.

3. 95% of students say, SpeakEnglishGym helped them develop the key skills of reading faster, predicting

Ordinary Training Programs-Shortcomings:

Students at Ordinary Training centres suffer because they are exposed to very limited number of real-time tests. The tests available on Internet are not time bound, therefore the candidates do not get the experience of attending a listening test under time pressure.

Ordinary Training Programs-Consequences:

Students complain by saying, “I have to understand every word; if I miss something, I feel I am failing and get worried and stressed. Then I can’t attend the questions.”

Other say, “I find it difficult to ‘keep up’ with all the information I am getting, and cannot think ahead or predict.”

Ordinary Training Programs-Results:

93% of students, who attended listening test said,

1. They find it difficult to understand the question styles and fail in managing the time.

2. They find it difficult to quickly retrieve facts, figures and ideas and fumble with the answering methods.

3. They could not retain concentration while switching from one question types to another.