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IELTS Preparation: 4 tips from a successful candidate
My name is Sieon Lau, I recently took IELTS and achieved the band score of 8.5 that I needed. I am very honoured to be invited by ClarityEnglish and the British Council to share with you some of the strategies I used to succeed in IELTS. I have plenty to say, so let’s get right into it.
Listening: The moments of silence
You must learn to make good use of the time given to read the questions throughout the Listening test — these moments of silence are key to doing well in the test, and this is exactly the reason why they are given to candidates after every 5 to 8 questions.
What can you do in these 30 seconds intervals? Plenty. Some will choose to just read through the questions, and some will try to relax; but my strategy was to spend these 30 seconds circling the keywords in the question paper to help me locate the answer in the recording. When you hear that keyword, you know the next answer is near and you won’t miss it. Practise this skill with practice papers — you’ll need it.
Reading: Time management
Most of you already know that to do well in the Reading module you must read widely and regularly, so I am not going to go into that. What I really want to emphasise is that you must learn how to manage your time in the mere one hour given in the module. In my opinion, the Reading module is more about exam strategies, than language proficiency.
You must save the last fifteen minutes for checking, meaning there will only be 45 minutes for reading the three texts as well as answering the questions. Don’t expect to read every single word in the text, as some question types, such as matching headings to paragraphs, are designed to test your skimming skills and how well you can quickly digest a paragraph. The only moment(s) you will want to read in detail is when you are revisiting a question that you are not too sure about.
Writing: Focus on cohesion and range of vocabulary
There are many reasons why the Writing module is the hardest module in the whole IELTS test — it is not easy to practise efficiently, and you are likely to feel mentally quite tired after taking on the Listening test and Reading test on the test day. However, there are things you can do to get the best score possible.
The best thing you can do is to look for practice tests that come with sample answers, such as the ones in Road to IELTS. Look at how the examiners and IELTS experts approach writing a short but to-the-point summary for the data in Task 1; look for useful phrases and vocab to present data accurately, and most importantly, compare their work to your own work. What have you overlooked? Does your text read as easily as the one written by the experts? These are the things you should pay attention to when you review your own work.
Speaking: The purpose of language
A lot of candidates believe that focusing only on achieving near-native fluency and pronunciation will get them a very high score in the Speaking test — in my opinion, while these things are important, they are not the only things that examiners look for.
What examiners are really looking for is how well you do in the communicative side of language — the real purpose of language. Use a range of signposting words (without repeating them too often, especially for words such as ‘and’, ‘also’, ‘but’, etc.); make good use of synonyms and a range of vocab to make your speech more colourful; or even paraphrase what you have said just to show that you are making an effort to get your message across.
Ask me anything!
It is very difficult to go through everything I know about the IELTS test in a short post like this — if you have other questions or things you wish to know, leave me a message below and I will try my best to help.
And here is something more: In the video I spoke about Road to IELTS, the official British Council IELTS preparation resource. It’s a 100% online program. If you’d like to find out more about it, click here to watch a video.
by Sieon Lau, ELT Editor, IELTS candidate
Please watch below video link for your reference-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3_rG0JOYmQ&feature=em-upload_owner-
Please watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiVn7LzO6XA
Please go through below details-
IELTS Preparation: 4 tips from a successful candidate
My name is Sieon Lau, I recently took IELTS and achieved the band score of 8.5 that I needed. I am very honoured to be invited by ClarityEnglish and the British Council to share with you some of the strategies I used to succeed in IELTS. I have plenty to say, so let’s get right into it.
Listening: The moments of silence
You must learn to make good use of the time given to read the questions throughout the Listening test — these moments of silence are key to doing well in the test, and this is exactly the reason why they are given to candidates after every 5 to 8 questions.
What can you do in these 30 seconds intervals? Plenty. Some will choose to just read through the questions, and some will try to relax; but my strategy was to spend these 30 seconds circling the keywords in the question paper to help me locate the answer in the recording. When you hear that keyword, you know the next answer is near and you won’t miss it. Practise this skill with practice papers — you’ll need it.
Reading: Time management
Most of you already know that to do well in the Reading module you must read widely and regularly, so I am not going to go into that. What I really want to emphasise is that you must learn how to manage your time in the mere one hour given in the module. In my opinion, the Reading module is more about exam strategies, than language proficiency.
You must save the last fifteen minutes for checking, meaning there will only be 45 minutes for reading the three texts as well as answering the questions. Don’t expect to read every single word in the text, as some question types, such as matching headings to paragraphs, are designed to test your skimming skills and how well you can quickly digest a paragraph. The only moment(s) you will want to read in detail is when you are revisiting a question that you are not too sure about.
Writing: Focus on cohesion and range of vocabulary
There are many reasons why the Writing module is the hardest module in the whole IELTS test — it is not easy to practise efficiently, and you are likely to feel mentally quite tired after taking on the Listening test and Reading test on the test day. However, there are things you can do to get the best score possible.
The best thing you can do is to look for practice tests that come with sample answers, such as the ones in Road to IELTS. Look at how the examiners and IELTS experts approach writing a short but to-the-point summary for the data in Task 1; look for useful phrases and vocab to present data accurately, and most importantly, compare their work to your own work. What have you overlooked? Does your text read as easily as the one written by the experts? These are the things you should pay attention to when you review your own work.
Speaking: The purpose of language
A lot of candidates believe that focusing only on achieving near-native fluency and pronunciation will get them a very high score in the Speaking test — in my opinion, while these things are important, they are not the only things that examiners look for.
What examiners are really looking for is how well you do in the communicative side of language — the real purpose of language. Use a range of signposting words (without repeating them too often, especially for words such as ‘and’, ‘also’, ‘but’, etc.); make good use of synonyms and a range of vocab to make your speech more colourful; or even paraphrase what you have said just to show that you are making an effort to get your message across.
Ask me anything!
It is very difficult to go through everything I know about the IELTS test in a short post like this — if you have other questions or things you wish to know, leave me a message below and I will try my best to help.
And here is something more: In the video I spoke about Road to IELTS, the official British Council IELTS preparation resource. It’s a 100% online program. If you’d like to find out more about it, click here to watch a video.
by Sieon Lau, ELT Editor, IELTS candidate
Please watch below video link for your reference-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3_rG0JOYmQ&feature=em-upload_owner-
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