چکیده:
This study was conducted to investigate the proportion of technical words in
comparison to the whole amount of general English words in the reading
passages of the IELTS test. Seven IELTS test preparation books including past
IELTS test examination papers were surveyed and analyzed in order to find the
most common domains in reading passages of the academic module and the
percentage of technical words related to each domain. The results showed that,
basically, the total amount of technical words compared with the whole is
insignificant and there is more focus in general on environmental topics in the
passages. Thus, this study suggests that less attention should be given to specific
vocabulary items and more to general and the most common words in addition
to the academic word list.
خلاصه ماشینی:
"Seven IELTS test preparation books including past IELTS test examination papers were surveyed and analyzed in order to find the most common domains in reading passages of the academic module and the percentage of technical words related to each domain.
This study aims to look at the domains and the amount of specific vocabulary in IELTS examination papers of the Academic module in order to discover the domains of the reading passages and the proportion of technical words in each passage.
Figure 3 The percentage of technical words / Looking across the domains, it is evident that more than half of the specific words in IELTS reading passages are linked with Environmental research, Science and Technology, remaining a fairly minor concern for the rest.
Primarily, the awareness should be given to the candidates that learning and knowing the meaning of technical words in IELTS reading passages is not necessary for understanding and answering the reading comprehension questions as their proportion is insignificant in comparison to the total number of words.
Conclusion This study investigated seven current test preparation books with regard to the aspects of vocabulary and technical words related to specific domains.
As a result, teachers should encourage test takers to ignore the technical words in a reading passage and help students to learn to anticipate or guess the meaning of words which seem to be required in comprehension from context."