| How to do the exercises | Features | Contact Clarity |
| Download Flash | Performance | Credits |
| How to do the exercises | |
| Gapfill | Click
on the underlined gaps and type your answer. When you have finished,
either press Enter to go to the next gap, or click on another gap
with the mouse. |
| Multiple choice | Click
on the options below a question to choose your answer. Click on
any other option in the same question if you change your mind. |
| Dropdown | Click
on the underlined gap (next to the little arrow). Select the
correct answer from the list. |
| Proofreading | Click
on any word(s) that you think are wrong. You may be asked to correct the mistakes. If you click in a place
where there is no mistake you will lose a mark. |
| Target spotting | Follow the instructions to click on words in the text. As you click on each word you will get some feedback. |
| Text reconstruction | Click
in the box at the top of the screen and type a word that you think
is in the text. Press Enter or click "Guess". If you
are right, the word will appear in the text everywhere that it
is used. The statistics list on the right will show you how many
times the word was used. |
| Drag and drop | Click
on one of the words that the exercise says to drag, keep the mouse
down and drag to a gap. When the mouse cursor is over the gap let
go. You can drag a word many times so if you change your mind, just
drag another word over the wrong one. |
| Options | |
| Feedback | In some
exercises you can see feedback after marking by clicking the Feedback button or by clicking on the answers.
|
| Dictionary | Hold
down the CTRL key and click on any word in an exercise (except a gap or an option in a multiple choice), to look up that word in an online dictionary. |
| Sound control | When a sound,
animation or video is playing you can pause or rewind it by clicking
on the media controller on the screen. This controls whichever is the
latest media to run. |
| Features | |||
| Scratch Pad | This is
a mini-notepad that will be saved for you between uses. You can type
in it or cut and paste text. You can print it out or email it (if this
is set up on your webserver). So long as you use the same
login details each time you use Road to IELTS, it will remember everything
that you type. |
||
| Progress | So long
as you use the same login details each time you use Road to IELTS, the Progress function
will remember all your scores. You can get a list of all your scores
by clicking the Progress button. |
||
| Contact Clarity | ||
Clarity
will be pleased to help you with any technical problems. However, please
check with the technical support of your institution first as they
may have a quicker answer. Email support@clarityenglish.com with a description of your problem and the URL of your course (if you are running online). Clarity Language Consultants Ltd PO Box 163, Sai Kung, Hong Kong tel: +852 2791 1787, fax: +852 2791 6484 |
 |
|
| Download Flash | ||
Road to IELTS
is built using Adobe's Flash. This is very easy to download to
your computer and we recommend that you install
the latest version of the Flash player. |
 |
|
| Performance |
The first
time that you run Road to IELTS online you will have to wait for a few minutes
for the program to download. But after this you will be able to run
quickly. This is because your browser stores the programs in its memory.
Some time later you might clear out your memory and after that you
will again get a slow download the first time you use it. |
| Credits |
| British Council CD-ROM
Project Production Team
Project Manager: Mark Osborne Sound Recordings Antonis Tectonidis Studio CSA Tell Tapes Unique Just About Productions Fiction Factory Post-production Special thanks to the actors who took part in recording sessions at the above studios. Video Recordings Examiners Candidates Direction, Camera & Editing Recording and Post-production Graphics Productions Quality Review Team Piloting Centres British Council Bogota, Colombia British Council Alexandria, Egypt British Council Hong Kong British Council Delhi, India British Council Jakarta, Indonesia British Council Tokyo, Japan British Council Amman, Jordan Special thanks to the students who took part in the piloting at all of the above British Council Teaching Centres. Testing Testing Co-ordinator Teachers Senior Teachers Confirmlt CCRTVU Online Testing Acceptance Testing GTI Testing Epicentre Proof-reading With special thanks to Anthoula Cavda, Chris Dove, Chris Gibson, Chris Hickey, George Tunnell, Jim Scarth, John Fry, Kostas Papadakis, Maria Vasilopoulou, Morgan Terry, Tony Hubbard & Yannis Kyriazis. Conversion to Author Plus Format Project Manager: Kenix Wong Sources of Original Articles and Images 'Board Games' by Bruce E. Johnson. Reproduced by kind permission of Bruce Johnson, Contributing Editor for Country Living Magazine. 'Pastimes and Games of Native Peoples Around the World'. Schmidt, Janet, ed. Human Rights Education Resource Notebooks: Indigenous Peoples' Rights. Amnesty International USA, Human Rights Education Program. New York, NY, 1997. 'Canary Wharf – new top spot to visit in London'. This information came from http://www.BritainUSA.com. 'Games on Playing cards (Totem, PIT, Games of Rebellion, Black Peter, Game of Poems)'. Reprinted with permission of the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. 'Participation in the most popular sports, games and phyical activities: by gender and age, 1996-97: Social Trends Dataset'. Reproduced by kind permission of Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Abridged book extract from 'The Articulate Mammal' - 4th Edition, by © Prof. Jean Aitchison, page 24-26. Routledge 1998. 'The Language Instinct' by Steven Pinker, pages 299-302. Penguin
1995. Reproduced by permission of Penguin Books Ltd. 'Write On! Guide to Letter Writing', Royal Mail. Reproduced by kind permission of Consignia plc. ROYAL MAIL and the Royal Mail Cruciform device are registered trade marks of Consignia plc. 'Success in Four Minutes or Less' by Christine Ingham, pages 13-23. © Christine Ingham c/o Watson, Little Ltd, Capo Di Monte, Windmill Hill, London NW3 6RJ 'Vanishing Languages' by David Crystal. Reproduced by kind permission of David Crystal. 'Things that go bump in your flight'. © The Economist Newspaper Limited, London (3rd July 1999). 'Leisure in the Fast Lane' by Christine Whitehouse. Time Europe, 30th October, 2000, Vol. 156 No. 18. © 2000 Time Inc. Reprinted by permission. 'London to and from Heathrow Airport in 15 minutes every 15 minutes', 2nd Edition, Heathrow Express. Covered by the permission of Heathrow Express – November 2001. 'Tomorrow the world' by Stephen Bleach. The Sunday Times, 23rd July 2000. © Times Newspapers Limited, 2001. 'Canyon Life'. © The Economist Newspaper Limited, London (13th January 2001). 'Untangling the science of climate' by Curt Suple. National Geographic, May 1998, pp. 44-47. Curt Supple/National Geographic Society Image Sales. 'Twenty Species We May Lose in the Next 20 Years. And then there were none' by Jack McCintock. 'Fantastic Plastic'. Source: RECOUP, reproduced with permission from http://www.recoup.org. 'Starlings put to flight by proud houseowners' by Valerie Elliott. The Times, 2nd January 2001. © Times Newspapers Limited, 2001. Graphics of house sparrow, marsh tit and lapwing by Dave Nurney from The Pocket Guide to the Birds of Britain and North-West Europe by Chris Kightley and Steve Madge. © 1998 Pica Press. Reproduced by kind permission of A & C Black. Graphic of a starling (Sturnus vulgaris) extracted from HYPP CD-ROM edited by ACTA and INRA. Reproduced by kind permission of ACTA. Graphic of a willow tit (Parus montanus). © Werner Heitland, TU Munich. 'This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics' by Jacquelyne Kious and Robert I. Tilling, February 1996, published by the US Geological Survey (USGS). Source (information, image): U.S. Geological Survey. The USGS home page is http://www.usgs.gov. 'Multiple Personalities – Self Portraits in Series' by Terry Sullivan. American Artist Magazine, September 1997, Vol. 61, No. 662, pp. 30. Reproduced by kind permission of American Artist Magazine. 'Why Study Ancient World Cultures?' by Bill Hemminger. Reproduced by kind permission of the University of Evansville. 'Books etc Catalogue'. Books etc Christmas Catalogue 2000, Books etc (bookshop). © Books etc. 'Bathing Beauty' by Richard Girling. Sunday Times, 31 August 1997. © Times Newspapers Limited, 2001. 'Return of the Super Cinema' by Barry Doyle in History Today, Volume 48, Issue 8, February 1998. Abridged version of article 'Tuned in and switched off' by Joyce Nelson. Reprinted by kind permission of New Internationalist, http://www.newint.org. 'Why Newspapers Will Flourish in the Years Ahead' by David Galloway. Copyright Torstar Corporation 1998 – 2001. All rights reserved. 'SummerSkill Sydney 2001'. Text provided by the Australian Film Television & Radio School. 'The Written Word – The Press'. 'The Media in Britain'. Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1997. Reproduced by kind permission of Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 'Back from the dead' by Matt Walker. Reproduced with permission from New Scientist magazine. © RBI 2000. http://www.NewScientist.com. 'Has the sun protection factor had its day?' by Professor Brian Diffey. Abridged article reproduced from British Medical Journal, 15th January 2000, Volume 320, Issue 7228, pp. 176-7 by kind permission of BMJ Publishing Group. 'Keeping your teeth healthy', 'Healthy Living' guide on NHS Direct website. Reproduced by kind permission of Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 'Your life on a plate' by Richard Dobson. © Roger Dobson. Adapted from an article first published in The Independent on 14 September 2000. 'Mind your language' by John Bloom. First published in Management Today, August 1998. http://www.clickmt.com. Abridged from Abolishing Management, one slice at a time. Reproduced by kind permission of Harry Onsman. 'Valleyfair Summer Jobs'. Reproduced by kind permission of Valleyfair, 2002 Cedar Fair, L.P. 'Fine line between biro and fame' by Nicholas Bannister. The Guardian, 26th June 1999. © Guardian Unlimited. 'Once, twice, three times the money...' by Sue Fielman in The Observer, 4th July, 1999. Extract from Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond, published
by Jonathan Cape. Used by permission of The Random House Group
Limited. 'Hypermobility' by John Adams. Prospect Magazine, 2000. http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk. 'Practical Ways to Crack Crime'. The Family Guide - 2nd edition, The Home Office. Reproduced by kind permission of Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 'Extended life-spans: Are you ready to live to 120 or more?' by Marvin Cetron and Owen Davies. Originally published in the April 1998 issue of The Futurist. Used with permission from the World Future Society, 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 450, Bethesda, Maryland 20814. Telephone: 301-656-8274; Fax: 301-951-0394; http://www.wfs.org. 'They'll still swing when they're 84' by Paul Wallace. This article first appeared in the New Statesman. 'Student Motivation to Learn.' by Linda S. Lumsden, ERIC Digest 92, June 1994. Reprinted by permission of ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, University of Oregon. 'Play An Endangered Species' by Shelia G. Flaxman. From Instructor, September 2000 issue. Copyright © 2000 by Scholastic Inc. Reproduced by permission of Scholastic Inc. Abridged extracts taken from a Learndirect leaflet and from Learndirect websites. Learndirect is a registered trademark of Ufi Ltd. The information on Learndirect is owned by Ufi, Copyright © Ufi Limited, and featured with the kind permission of Ufi. 'For an Ecology of Learning' by Adama Ouane. UNESCO Sources. 'The Mountain Sculptors' by Jean-Marc Fleury. This article is reproduced with kind permission of Canada's International Development Research Centre © 2000. For more information, visit IDRC on the Web at http://www.idrc.ca. 'To Drink Without Risk: The Use of Ultraviolet Light to Disinfect Drinking Water in Developing Countries' by Ashok J. Gadgil and Leslie J. Shown. Reprinted with permission from: Environment Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley CA 94820 USA. Abridged book extracts relating to 'Global Citizens Network', 'Operation Crossroads Africa', and 'Visions in Action' from 'Directory of International Voluntary Work' by Louise Whetter and Victoria Pybus. Reproduced by kind permission of Vacation Work Publications. Original article, 'Smoke gets in your throat' by Nick Hall. Reprinted by kind permission of New Internationalist, http://www.newint.org. Graphic of a windup radio. Reproduced by kind permission of the Freeplay Energy Group. Tapescript: Alex Mackarow. 'Robomoths' © The Economist Newspapers Limited, London (4th March 2000). 'No place like home' by Peter Ward. Reproduced with permission from New Scientist magazine © RBI 2000 http://www.NewScientist.com. 'BBC Experience' by Mark Hodson. Reproduced with permission from The Times (23rd November 1997). © Times Newspapers Limited, 2001. 'Men and women: minds apart' by Steve Connor. Reproduced
with permission from The Times (2nd Match 1997). © Times Newspapers
Limited, 2001. |