IELTS LISTENING – DEVELOPMENT STUDIES S52T4
IELTS listening DEVELOPMENT STUDIES listening practice test has 10 questions belongs to the Academic Lecture. LECTURER: Good morning everyone, and welcome to your first lecture in development studies. Development studies as a discipline can be boiled down to a couple of core objectives. Basically, we are trying to understand how it is that societies […]
IELTS READING – The Cork Oak Tree (Quercus suber) S22ACT1
IELTS READING S22ACT1 The Cork Oak Tree (Quercus suber) Q1 Cork – the thick bark of the cork oak tree (Quercus suber) – is a remarkable material. It is tough, elastic, buoyant, and fire-resistant, and suitable for a wide range of purposes. It has also been used for millennia: the ancient Egyptians sealed their sarcophagi (stone […]
IELTS READING – Neuroaesthetics S2AT3
IELTS READING Neuroaesthetics An emerging discipline called neuroaesthetics is seeking to bring scientific objectivity to the study of art, and has already given us a better understanding of many masterpieces. The blurred imagery of Impressionist paintings seems to stimulate the brain’s amygdala, for instance. Since the amygdala plays a crucial role in our feelings, that […]