Its a sad day today for me when I saw my IELTS results. Aminado tlga ako na mahirap ang naging experience ko as a novice IELTS taker. Lack of practise is what makes me feel bad.1 week lng ata ang ginahol ko dun before the big day came....kaya tuloy ito rin ang dahilan ng heartache ko ngaun. ehehehhe
I suggest to all the IELTS takers that you have to do thorough preparation. Kung kaya ang self-preparation, why not! basta may thorough and enough preparation tlga. I believe sanayan din yan. In my own experience, masyado akong naging kampante sa writing ko kasi nga raw may journalism background ako e ayun tuloy sumabit. lesson learned---study and carefully read the sample of writing output like the graphs interpretation and all sa required module mo same with listening. sanayin mo self mo ng tunog ng british english especially yung mga vocabs sa directions kasi dun talaga ako naging alanganin. may term kasi na paulit-ulit pero hindi ko makuha-kuha kung ano ang ibig sabihin nun. sa speaking naman, gamitan mo ng accent at fluency at kunting expressive vocabs or descriptive words. And speaking about reading, mahirap talaga xa kasi ang hahaba ng passage tapos yung content pa ay parang scholarly type at research ba kasi academic ang required sa akin plus time cramming pa. mahirap xa, I swear pero AGAIN walang mahirap sa pinaghahandaan ng mabuti. On top of this, preparation is very much and utmostly needed.
PS. Sa mga kukuha ng ACADEMIC, we need to double time kasi by January 13, ung assessing body natin ay may bagong IELTS Requirement to specially mention ay yung mga gurong katulad ko, Sabi doon, ang mga magpa assess after ng January 2013 ay dapat ganito ang IELTS SCORE: L and S-8.0 at Reading and Writing-7 naman...hindi lng nman xa mahirap abutin, ahahahahha...LORD, sana mkaya pa namin to. Hindi lng kasi ang psychological effect ang nkataya dito pati na rin ung bulsa natin...LORD, papasahin mo na kami sa mga IELTS SCORE REQUIREMENTS...again the Bible says, delight urself in the LORD and He will grant the desires of your heart...wag taung mawalan ng pag-asa. Failure should not make us stop and quit yet it should drive us more to conquer failure and feel greater than it.
Kaya sa mga nawawalan ng pag-asa at natatakot jan, tara na...retake na tau...basta ako willing na ako magpa register ulit, (Dec 8???)
What I am more even grateful is that despite the failing marks, I am still able to pay the 10K yang english exam na yan kahit papaano.Kasi kung nasa Pinas pa cguro ako, iisipin pa lng na magtake, hindi na maiisipan pa...ehehehe...kaya grab the opportunity pipz!
Godbless sa lahat!