IELTS Listening: time management

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1. Which 3 things is the speaker going to talk about?

A) how to achieve your goals
B) how to waste time
C) how to deal with your boss
D) how to deal with your advisor
E) how to delegate
F) how to cope with stress

2. According to the speaker, Americans are good at ______ management, but bad at ______ management.

3. Almost nobody starts with the core ______  of "why am I doing this?"

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Comments

[ilker kocak]

A
B
E
money
time
principle

[nur]

a,c,e
money
time
principle

[Tereza]

1.A,B,E
2.money;time
3.principle

[MT]

Hi Simon,

I have a question about the sub-bands of the writing test. As we know, there are 4 different assessment criteria. When examiners band essays, can they award .5 to candidates? For example, do examiners give 7.5 for GRA? I wonder if .5 only appears as the writing band, or .5 can be awarded as sub-bands.

Thanks Simon!

[hasco]

c,d,e
money
time
principle

[Rakhim]

A,C,E
money, time, principle

Thank you Simon!

[Seema]

1.B,C,E
2.money, Time
3Principle

[amir.tava]

C,E,F
2.money,time
3.principle

[Winnie]

A,C,E
1. Money, time
2.principle

[Thang Huynh]

Hi Simon,

This is my answer
A C E
money
time
principle

[musharaf]

A,C,E money, time,principle

[nasser sa from Algeria]

i think this is the best answers
A,E,C
money
time
principle

[HUNG CHOU]

Dear Simon,

Thank you very much for your useful website!

I finally achieved the IELTS scores school required.^^

[Aleksandra Bucholc]

C, E, F.
Money
time
principle

[tariq]

B
C
E
time
money
principle

[deng]

C
D
E
money
time
principle

[indri]

A
C
F
money
time
principle

[Sheila Penaredonda]

C
E
F
money
time
principle

[Veeryday lifestyle]

A,B,F
Money,Time
Principle

[quanblues]

c,d,e
money, time
principle

[phuongpt]

I think the answers are:
1. C E F
2. Money, time
3. principle

[Saeed]

A
C
F
Money, Time, Principle

[Anh]

A
C
F
Money
Time
principle

[raja]

A,C,E, money. time,principle

[Kofo]

A
B
F
MONEY
TIME
PRINCIPLE

[Giao]

C E F
Money, Time
Principle

[Woo]

B C E
money, time
principle

[Ohya]

C,E,F
money, time
principle

[Antony]

CEF money time principle

[Lewis]

Hi Simon
My answers are

A
C
E
Money
Time principle

[c]

C, E, F,
Money
time
principle

[Thu]

HI Simon,
My answer is B,C,F
money - time - principle

[Simon]

CORRECT ANSWERS FROM SIMON:

C

E

F

money

time

principle

Note:

"A" is wrong because he talks about 'goal setting' (planning), not 'achieving'.

"B" is wrong because it's about AVOIDING wasting time.

"D" is wrong because his original talk was about dealing with an advisor, but he says that he has expanded the talk to make it more general.

...

Hi MT,

0.5 cannot be given for the sub-bands. It only appears when the sub-bands are averaged.

...

Congratulations Hung!

[MT]

Thanks Simon!

I saw many teachers, who claim they are IELTS examiners, banding essays by awarding 0.5 for the sub-bands. That's why I had such a question.

[Bayu Adi G]

A
C
F
Money
Time
Principle

[Tanveera sheikh]

B
C
F
Money Time
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