Share some tips on IELTS

chichan

<blockquote rel="sarah_lyn">@chichan thanks for sharing this link: http://englishwithphil.ru/1ielts/Ace_The_IELTS.pdf

very helpful!!! full package! daig pa teachers ko sa review center truly!!! 🙂 Sana ma-hit ko na talaga si GOLDEN 7 this time.. Thanks again!</blockquote>

@sarah_lyn no prob. yan lang din ginamit ko. naka 7.5 ako 🙂

goodluck! kaya mo yan 😃

buyanyan

@ios_dev kumusta sir, pumayag ba BC kahit may hole yung passport mo, si misis kase magtake sa sept 20, eh renewed na din passport nya pero yung old pa gamit namen nung nagregister kame. Thanks in advance!

ios_dev

<blockquote rel="buyanyan">@ios_dev kumusta sir, pumayag ba BC kahit may hole yung passport mo, si misis kase magtake sa sept 20, eh renewed na din passport nya pero yung old pa gamit namen nung nagregister kame. Thanks in advance!</blockquote>

Pumayag naman. I called IDP before the exam and they asked me to scan and email them the new passport. Make sure to bring both old and new passports when she goes, para less hassle.

buyanyan

@ios_dev thanks sa info ser! I hope your exam went well. 🙂

filipinacpa

<blockquote rel="heyits7me_mags">I've read from someone here mas mataas daw binibigay na rate IELTS components if it wouldn't be taken here or in any country wherein English is not there first language compared when u took IELTS in a country is their first language. How true was that. Hindi ko na Lang maalala kung kung pero nabasa ko talaga. Naiisip ko Lang what if Sa Hongkong mag take? bka magka pag asa Kasi medyo low self esteem SI hubby aftr taking Aug. 16 test date OBS nya pa rin Kasi 6.0. This is his first take after he took twice in 2011. Medyo meron namang improvement Yung 2nd take kya back in 2011. How kayang mas mataas yung binibigay pag country first language ay English pero Cantonese, fokien at mandarin nman Sa Hongkong. I am thinking the possibility Lang nman ang Para Lang to resolve our issue why we could not go EOI apps.</blockquote>

Hi, a friend of mind have experienced this twice. She took IELTS twice in HK and her score is between 6.5 to 8. However, the last time she took it here in Manila for 3 times, her score only ranges from 5 to 7. So now she's thinking of taking it again in HK.

filipinacpa

<blockquote rel="ImB">@filipinacpa hello 🙂 . Salamat dun sa sinend mong grammar book dati, big help sya. Nag pa remark ka ba? Sayang yung speaking mo, konting konti na lang.</blockquote>

Hello! Welcome po. Nope I did not. I am sure kasi na there'll be no effect if I will apply for a remarking. In fact, I was expecting a lower score since I really made a mess na. Magiging 7 nalang yan if super bait ng examiner. Imagine only talking for 30 seconds on the 2nd part of the exam. Grabe talaga yun, another lesson learned.

heyits7me_mags

Naitanong ko @filipinacpa Kasi I've read from few formers here meron ganun cases. Kaya I am thinking pag nagsawa na si hubby dito magtake bka try nmin Sa Hongkong nman.

heyits7me_mags

@cholle, my hubby knew nman his weakness in IELTS that's why he focused on those areas. Lately nga tamad na sya um-attend Sa review center.

heyits7me_mags

Last test date he took IELTS. He was expecting some changes he'll get a much higher score in any of components but he does not and the score stays the same that's why he wants to take a while muna before he would follow another test,

ImB

<blockquote rel="filipinacpa"><blockquote rel="ImB">@filipinacpa hello 🙂 . Salamat dun sa sinend mong grammar book dati, big help sya. Nag pa remark ka ba? Sayang yung speaking mo, konting konti na lang.</blockquote>

Whew, grabe pala yung speaking mo 30 seconds lang compared dun sa required na 2 mins. Baka nabigla ka sa topic at na mental block?

ImB

@filipinacpa, ganyan din pala ko nung 2nd take ko, siguro 1 min pa lang tapos na ko magsalita pero ang bait nung examiner ko, puting babae, pretty pa hehehe. Nung tapos na 1 min ko na realise na dami pa oras tapos tinulungan nya ko, nag tanong sya kung hindi ko ba pinost sa social media ung picture nung suot ko tapos ayun na tuloy tuloy na, nagkaroon ako idea.

Yung topic ko kasi eh recent outift na sinuot ko sa isang gathering tapos expound mo na...

Georgie335

Goodluck sa mga kaka take lang ng exams kanina! 🙂

Listening - ang daming multiple choices. 1st answer is August 24 ata. without year dapat kasi 2 numbers na un? and sab kasi sa instructions ng section 1, 1 word and 1 number.

Tapos bat pinili nya ung yearly na membership? to become fitter ba?

products and _____? services nalang hinulaan ko. hahaha.

GT Reading - fairly easy for me.

GT Writing - 30min/30min ung inallot qng time. nag focus ako masyado sa task 1. hopefully, my word count sa task 2 is enough.

Writing Tasks was (not exact wording),

task 1: tell your manager that you will be conducting a presentation based from your recent conference that you have attended.

task 2: Some people believe that young people are more influenced by their friends rather than their parents or teachers.

Just a quick question ng matahimik ako, tama ba ung color coding below:

GT Task 1 = Yellow Paper.

GT Task 2 = White Paper.

buyanyan

@Zaire

Di ko din sure kung august 24 without ang tama, kase ako nilagyan ko ng year. Medyo tricky din kase.

Yearly kase gusto nya maging fitter.

San pala sya pupunta sa month ng july? Namiss ko kase at ubo ng ubo katabi ko. Tsk tsk. Hinulaan ko nalang na mag holiday sya. Pero may narinig ako friends wedding..

Products or _____ namiss ko din eto.. tsk tsk.. eto yung tungkol netrepreneur db?

Eto pa, _____ habits... migration ba?

Good luck sa lahat. 3rd time ko na to.. ongoing remarking ng 2nd exam ko.. sana atleast one of them will have a good result.

Georgie335

San pala sya pupunta sa month ng july?

Lol nalito din ako dyan! final answer ko was yung travel for business.

Mukhang parehas tayo ng mga items na namiss hahaha.

seasonal habits. sagot ko, ewan ko hula ko lang yan!

@buyanyan Do you remember kung anong kulay nung paper for GT Writing Task 1 and 2? Feel ko kasi napagpalit ko dahil sa kaba. :S

buyanyan

@Zaire mas tiwala ako sa mga hula mo kesa sa hula ko kase talagang distracted ako ng sound ng ubo ng katabi ko. Tinignan ko nga ng masama nung matatatapos na, ayun tumigil din. Lol

Yung yellow for task 1

Yung white for task 2.

I hope you did not interchange them. By the way, sa SG ka din ba?

Georgie335

Thanks for clarifying. d q na interchange. Hehe.

Dusit thani ph po ako. I guess same exam sa lahat ng countries. 🙂

Georgie335

I think it is time to contribute my experience after reading all the helpful posts here.

Some tips based from my initial experience in doing IELTS:

Speaking - just be yourself, honest and describe the picture that immediately pops in your head. Part 1 is personal and all about yourself so it should be very easy. In part 2, it is very important to track the time as 2 minutes is required as minimum. Cover all the points in the cue card. For easy tracking, try to answer it in order as shown in the cue. You may look at it while talking. Just avoid taking pauses while tracking it. Make sure you elaborate and wait for the speaker to stop you as this is the ideal scenario (means that you said enough already).

Listening - Focus, focus, and focus! Imagine that you are in the conversation. Your sense of hearing is very delicate during this time so learn to ignore unnecessary noises eg coughs. Learn to anticipate answers. Move on and let go if you did not get the answer as this may impact your score even more. Learn to read the questions 2-3 numbers in advance so you remain on track in case of this scenario. The worst case scenario that you would not want to happen is - the answer for the next item is currently being said but you are still bugged about the previous item, thus, making more mistakes.

GT Reading - If you paid attention in your english classes back when you were in elementary, high school and in college, this should be a breeze. Questions are pretty basic. However, time is really our enemy here, so just keep that in mind.

GT Writing - Do not focus too much on task 1. Complete and simple answer is enough for you to ace this. Remember, task 2 is worth more than task 1. Based from my planned strategy, I will count the number of words after answering the essay. Guess what? you would not have the luxury of time to do this. Practice writing using 250 words so you would know how will it look like.

Again, good luck everyone!

I will keep you updated on my band score results and my quest in targetting 8.0 in all components. 🙂

ios_dev

Products or _____ namiss ko din eto.. tsk tsk.. eto yung tungkol netrepreneur db?

Eto pa, _____ habits... migration ba?

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Ako nilagay ko yun full date with year. "Aug. 24, 1979". Ganun kasi sa mga sample exams.

Products or "Commercial Purposes" yata yun sinagot ko.

Migration sinagot ko pero nagdadalawang isip din ako dun.

Yun last 2 questions sa listening hula sa akin.. Yun sa middens.. "glass" atpos "soldiers" tama ba?

Nagkamali din ako na nagspend ako too much time sa task 1 writing. Kinapos tuloy ako sa task 2 on word count. Hays..

Georgie335

@ios_dev Based from IELTS 9 document with the same case (Section 2, Item 2). The correct format is without a year (March 31), even though the year was mentioned in the audio script. Although I hope they will accept the ones with the year because napaka misleading naman talaga. Anyways, mukhang 2 na sure na mali ko.

You are right sa last 2 questions.

answers are like:

glass. bone. axe. road. soldiers. lakes? in the mountains. <<< isa pang d q sure yan!

ios_dev

Galing mo naalala mo pa ah. Yup those are my answers din. I feel confident dun sa listening now. I might have perfected it! Sa writing talaga ako nagkamali. I dont think nakuha ko yun desired 8 band. Argh.. Retake!

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