Cambridge ielts 1-15 series reading answers explained

part “they have their books closed”. 
So, the music is only one difference, there are two other variables. 
=> ANSWER: FALSE 
32. PRIOR TO THE SUGGESTOPEDIA CLASS, STUDENTS ARE MADE 
AWARE THAT THE LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE WILL BE DEMANDING 
Keywords: Prior to, suggestopedia, language experience, demanding 
In paragraph 5, the writer says: ” Before hand, the students have been carefully prepared for the 
language learning experience. Through meeting with the staff and satisfied students they develop the 
expectation that learning will be easy and pleasant…” 
This means that the students think that the language experience will not require much effort. 
+ Prior to=Before hand 
=> ANSWER: FALSE 
33. IN THE FOLLOW-UP CLASS, THE TEACHING ACTIVITIES ARE 
SIMILAR TO THOSE USED IN CONVENTIONAL CLASSES. 
Keywords: follow-up class, activities, similar, conventional class 
In paragraph 6, the writer states: “There is a follow-upclass at which the students are stimulated to 
recall the material presented. The students… focus on using the language to communicate (e.g. 
through games or improvised dramatisations). Such methods are not unusual in language teaching.” 
+ teaching activities = methods 
+ similar to = not unusual 
=> ANSWER: TRUE 
34. AS AN INDIRECT BENEFIT, STUDENTS NOTICE IMPROVEMENTS IN 
THEIR MEMORY 
Key words : benefit, students, improvement, memory 
Information relating to the “benefit” of the method for students can only be found in paragraph 6. 
However, the writer just mentions that the students can learn more words: “…students can regularly 
learn 1000 new words of a foreign language during a suggestopedic session.There is no mention of any 
benefit to the memory of students. => ANSWER: NOT GIVEN 
35. TEACHERS SAY THEY PREFER SUGGESTOPEDIA TO TRADITIONAL 
APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE TEACHING. 
Keywords: Teachers, prefer, suggestopedia, traditional 
Information relating to suggestopedia and traditional approaches can only be found in paragraph 6 and 
in the final paragraph.However, in paragraph 6 we learn only the task of the teacher in the 
suggestopedia approach. In the last paragraph, we learn that “…few teachers are able to emulate the 

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spectacular results of Lozanov..” There is no reference to which approach teachers prefer. 
=> ANSWER: NOT GIVEN 
36. STUDENTS IN A SUGGESTOPEDIA CLASS RETAIN MORE NEW 
VOCABULARY THAN THOSE IN ORDINARY CLASSES. 
Keywords: suggestopedia, retain, more new vocabulary, ordinary 
In paragraph 6, the last sentence, the writer says: ” Another difference from conventional teaching is 
the evidence that students can regularly learn 1000 new words of a foreign language during a 
suggestopedic session, as well as grammar and idiom.” Therefore, the suggestion is that this total of 
1000 words is more than they would learn in an ordinary class. 
+ ordinary = conventional 
+ retain = learn 
=> ANSWER: TRUE 
QUESTIONS 37-40 COMPLETE THE SUMMARY USING THE LIST 
OF WORDS BELOW 
37-38. HOWEVER, LOZANOV ADMITS THAT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF… 
IS NECCESSARY IN ORDER TO CONVINCE STUDENTS, EVEN IF THIS IS 
JUST A… 
Keywords: Lozanove admits, amount, necessary, 
In paragraph 7, the writer says: “Lozanovac knowledges that the ritual surrounding suggestion in his 
own system is also a placebo, but maintains that without such a placebo people are unable or afraid to 
tap the reserve capacity of their brain. Like any placebo, it must be dispensed with authority to be 
effective.” This means that ritual is necessary for making students believe that the method is 
effective. On the other hand, ritual is also a placebo. If students are not convinced, the writer explains 
in the last paragraph that: “We can, perhaps, attribute mediocre results to an inadequate placebo 
effect. The students…are often not motivated to learn through this method. They do not have enough 
„faith‟. They do not see it as „real teaching‟..” 
+ admit = acknowledge 
=> ANSWER: 37. F: (ritual) 38.H:(placebo) 
39-40. ALTHOUGH LOZANOV‟S METHOD HAS BECOME QUITE….., 
THE RESULTS OF MOST OTHER TEACHERS USING THIS METHOD 
HAVE BEEN… 
Keywords: Lozanov‟s method, results, other teachers 
In the last paragraph, the writerstates: ” Whilesuggestopedia has gained some notoriety through 
success in the teaching of modern languages, few teachers are able to emulate the spectacular results of 
Lozanov and his associates.” This means that, although Lozanov‟s method is successful,the results 
obtained by most of the teachers using his method have not been very good/spectacular. Here we need 
2 adjectives, one to describe Lozanov‟s “method”, and the other for “the results.” 
+ become well known=gain notoriety 
=> ANSWER: 39. K: (well known) 
40.G:(unspectarcular) 

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