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@icebreaker1928 eh sino pa nga ba kundi yong saudi na pasaway. haha! Batas kaya sila dito. sa isip-isip ko nga nako kung nasa Pinas ka lang baka di ka na pedeng magtake ng exam...yong ibang kalahi nya nga parang nahihiya na sa ginawa nya. ang ingay kaya nila, nagsigawan na sila nung invigilator. Di pala writing, sa reading pala nya gustong tapusin kasi naalala ko binigyan pa sya ng papel for writing kaso di ko alam kung nagsulat sya o hindi na.
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@mkapc: ah sa Riyadh ka pala. dalawa lang din kaming pinoy na nag take. ay naku, pasaway tlga yang mga lahi na yan kahit sa exam proper. tsk tsk. malapit na lumabas ang result ng exam natin, 4 days to go! waaa!
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Jan 07, 2012 - IELTS (GT-BC)
Jan 21, 2012 - L-7.0 R-7.0 W-7.0 S-6.5 Overall: 7.0
February 15, 2012 - documents received by VETASSESS
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March 28, 2012- VETASESS Result: Negative
May 12, 2012- IELTS (GT-BC)
May 14, 2012- reassessment (change of occupation to Chemistry Technician, ANZSCO 311411)
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British Council. Hehe. Kanina tinawagan ako bukas dapat Speaking test ko sabi ko baka pwede sa weekend kasi nga busy sa trabaho. Tumawag after 10 mins, ayun naisingit ako Sabado. Although alam ko mahirap yun 1 day lahat exams, kakayanin ko na lang kasi wala talaga ibang time. Sige take ko advice mo, paghalu haluin ko na lang yun mga energy drink. Haha. Isipin ko na lang job interview, usually inspiration ko yun anak ko. Mas ginaganahan ako to do well.
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experience ko lang naman, hope it helps... cheers
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05/17/11 - ACS favorable result released for my husband's skills assessment nominated job-261311 Analyst Programmer.
12/10/11 - Hubby IELTS first take at BC result L & R-5.5, W & S-6.0 OBS=6.0 retake!!!
12/30/11- Hubby registered at 9.0 Niners.
03/15/14 - Hubby's comeback at 9.0 Niners preparing for IELTS test. Second attempt for Australian visa.
05/12/14 - Complete uploading of ACS skills assessment required documents and payment made thru direct deposit.
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07/02/14 - ACS skills assessment result suitable ANZCO code 262113 Systems Administrator as recommended by CO for hubby's job description rather than ANZCO 261311 Analyst Programmer the first ACS ANZCO result suitable released in 2011. I conclude ACS reclassifies ICT Occupations.
- Work exp. 12yrs. less 6yrs deduction by ACS.
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Sa Speaking exam, malaking bagay kasi kung hyper ka at energetic...kasi chinecheck uli ng assessor yung recorded interview so kung maririnig sa boses mo na assertive ka sa mga sagot, mas malaki chance na maganda ang grade na makukuha mo...in many ways, para talaga siyang job interview hehe
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Sige gawin ko yan mga a couple of hours before the exams. Hirap kasi pag nag-coffee madalas ako mag-CR. Hope meron few hours relaxation time between the written exams in the morning and speaking exams in the afternoon on Saturday.
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- Fluency and coherence
- Lexical Resource
- Grammatical range and accuracy
- Pronunciation
base from this link
http://www.britishcouncil.org/srilanka-exams-ielts-descriptor-speaking.pdf
Kung napakabilis mong magsalita dahil sa pagiging hyper mo pero mali mali naman grammar mo, 5 ka kagad nun sa grammatical range...
and to add... sa mga difficult questions, thinking of the right answers for a while will not penalize you... asking for repeating the question will not penalize you... self correcting yourself is also a plus points...
and I do believe na seldom silang nakikinig ulit ng interview mo kasi during the speaking exam, nag gragrade na sila... all my speaking exam pansin ko, nagsusulat na agad sila... nag nonotes na agad sila nga mga mali ko... at sa dami ng mga nag-eexam during the day, it is not practical para pakingan nila ulit yun para lang i-grade...
kaya po nila nirerecord ang exam para if ever magpaparemark, ipapadala ito sa Australia or sa UK for remarking...
IMHO po ulit, it is not similar to a job interview... sa job interview, you need to put your best foot forward, kung kelangan mo makipagplastikan at mag-agree sa lahat ng sinasabi ng interviewer gagawin mo para lang matangap ka sa trabaho....
BUT in the speaking exam, you can be honest as possible as you want.... you may disagree with the examiner if that is your stand... kung san ka mas kumportable dapat dun ka kasi ichachallenge ka nila...
sample na lang na tanong is
"Are you in favor of same sex marriage?"
Kung pabor ka sa same sex marriage pero you want to answer the morally right answer...
maaring sabihin mo is against ka dun.... pero syempre may mga kasunod na tanong yun...
maaring next na tanong ng examiner is...
"Why are you against same sex marriage?"
So since hindi naman talaga yun ang stand mo, mahihirapan kang mag-imbento ng sagot mo.... unlike pag yung stand mo talaga ang sagot mo even though you think na mali yun... mas madedefend mo yun.... mas madali ka makakaisip ng mga dahilan kung bakit...
tandaan po natin na sa Speaking exam ang ginegreydan po ay ang ating English, hindi po importante kung tama o mali ang opinion mo... the more English, the better, so the examiner can assess you more...
medyo mahaba na pala.... ito po ay opinion ko lang po at base sa aking experience.
thank you
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but definitely NOT during Listening...
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during review ko sa niner sa speaking grabe ako ata yung walang masabi talaga.. 5 lang kasi kami sa class ng speaking class na yon sa guadalupe.. ayon'.. di ako umaatend coaching hahaha'... pero sa mismong exam ok naman'...
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pero bakit po sa ielts.org
Overall Band Scores are reported to the nearest whole or half band. For the avoidance of doubt, the following rounding convention applies; if the average across the four skills ends in .25, it is rounded up to the next half band, and if it ends in .75, it is rounded up to the next whole band.
so pag 7.5 =8 band score daw.. tama ba.. thanks