Reading to gain information

Reading to gain information

Reading to gain information helps you expand your knowledge of different topics and related vocabulary. You can do this by reading magazine and newspaper articles relating to the following IELTS topic areas:

Education Health and leisure The arts and entertainment The environment Science and technology

Social issues Business and work Government and the law Development issues Relationships

Useful English language magazines and newspapers that often feature these topic areas include:

The Economist The Guardian Weekly Scientific American New Scientist Other English language newspapers

http://www.economist.com/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/ http://www.sciam.com/ http://www.newscientist.com/ http://www.world-newspapers.com

Some websites for radio stations also have transcripts of news reports, interviews and other items, so you can read them while you listen. Two useful websites for this include:

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/index.shtml