You in all probability keep in mind Alan as one of many IELTS Outcomes competitors winners. We celebrated their success earlier this month, and Alan took the primary place within the Normal Coaching group.
Alan lives in India and speaks Hindi as his first language. He got here throughout IELTS-Weblog.com and subscribed to our every day emails in January this 12 months. When he took the take a look at, he scored Band 8.0, and determined to participate in our month-to-month IELTS outcomes competitors. As a winner, Alan was invited to share his expertise, and he wished to provide again and assist everybody nonetheless learning for the take a look at. Here’s what Alan advised us about his IELTS preparation, and the way you are able to do nicely within the take a look at:
“My English proficiency earlier than beginning the preparation was at a average degree, I’d say.
With the preliminary apply assessments I took, I used to be round Band 7-8 in Listening and Studying, Band 5-6 in Writing, and an estimate of Band 6 in Talking (based mostly on suggestions I acquired). My weaknesses have been writing and talking, so I concentrated my 2 months of prep on these greater than the opposite sections. I devoted round an hour a day to preparation.
Some common suggestions that I discovered useful:
– Follow constantly: repair a time within the day (I fastened a time after work to check).
– Ebook the take a look at prematurely whenever you really feel like you might be reasonably prepared. This offers a deadline and a motive to check. Dragging out the preparation would possibly cut back your motivation and confidence.
– Undergo the free supplies supplied when registering for the examination.
– Learn the IELTS-blog every day emails
– Focus in your weaknesses
– Don’t underestimate the problem of the examination. Certainly one of my buddies (who has higher English proficiency than me) ignored the writing letter/essay construction and acquired Band 6 within the take a look at.
– Take mock exams for Studying and Listening on-line on web sites like IELTS-Weblog.com to familiarise your self with the computer-based interface.
– Hold the IELTS evaluation standards in thoughts whereas doing duties
– Monitor your Listening and Studying apply scores
I hope you discovered a few of my suggestions helpful.”
Thanks very a lot, Alan, for sharing your recommendation, and we want you solely the easiest!
