Share some tips on IELTS

renee · September 2013

@chiko_au hello po, nagparemark ako last sat well yun nga mga 2 mos daw, anyhow there is no harm in trying hehe, parang sasabay siyang lalabas sa result ng 2nd retake ko, anyhow thanks for sharing your this thing...

chiko_au · September 2013

Hi @renee, walang anuman. Hope maging successful din EOR mo para mabawi mo yung fee. Let us know kung anong maging outcome. Makakatulong para sa iba na mga nag-iisip ng option na ito. Goodluck din sa 2nd exam mo. I'm sure you'll do better than your 1st

filipinacpa · September 2013

Hello all, ask ko lang paano niyo po nachecheck yung mga writing samples niyo? Thanks!

sonsi_03 · September 2013

Hello, @filipinacpa kapag nagpa-practice po ako (1-2 essays a day kahit nasa work) I pick some old topics and binabago bago ko yung mga vocabularies yung mga synonyms kumbaga sometimes papalitan ko yung approach sa topic, pero halos katulad pa rin ng old topic and I suggest get those band 8 para assume mo na ganun ang dating ng structure ng essay mo sa actual. Basta practice lang po ng practice hangga't maaari.

Just an idea for you, hope it works.

karl_amogawin · September 2013

@sonsi_03 musta IELTS? sa BC rin ako take kaya lang sa oct 12 pa. Mahirap un writing? civil engineer ka?

Born · September 2013

Hi @karl_amogawin, saan ka magtetake ng exam? GT ba o Acad?

sonsi_03 · September 2013

@karl_amogawin Ok lang naman sir yung exam, basta inisip ko na lang itinodo ko na para walang pagsisihan. Yun lang habang naghihintay ka ng resulta (Sep 20) nakaka excite na kabado. Yung sa writing basta intindihin lang mabuti yung topic tsaka maraming baong vocabulary, mga prepositions ganun, me laban po yan sir. Ang importante po yung response nyo sa topic ay maganda.

Goodluck malapit lapit na pala exam mo.

Electrical engineer po ako chief.

cvetu2004 · September 2013

Hi future mates, i am scheduled to take the exam this Oct 12 for written tests and oct 14 for speaking tests. Hopefully makatulong mga tips nyo for me to get 7 on all bands. Appreciate to learn more from all your tips and strategies. Thanks

sonsi_03 · September 2013

Hi future mates, i am scheduled to take the exam this Oct 12 for written tests and oct 14 for speaking tests. Hopefully makatulong mga tips nyo for me to get 7 on all bands. Appreciate to learn more from all your tips and strategies. Thanks

Goodluck. Practice ka po IELTS Cambridge 1-9 ayus yun.

cvetu2004 · September 2013

@sonsi_03, may link po kayo? Pa-share na lang po. many thanks in advance

sonsi_03 · September 2013

@sonsi_03, may link po kayo? Pa-share na lang po. many thanks in advance

meron pong binigay na link sa earlier post dito, hanapin ko lang

karl_amogawin · September 2013

@Born GT ako sir, BC dito sa sg. Pinagpipilian ko Oct 12 or 26. Free ang mga sked. Duda lang ako sa writing ko. sa listening and reading consistent score ko is 38/40. Nose bleed na ko dito ehehe

karl_amogawin · September 2013

@cvetu2004 Mey Review materials ako. Mey dropbox account ba kayo? i can share it, cambridge 7 and 8, barons review materials, etc.

sonsi_03 · September 2013

Hello po,

For IELTS tips and study materials, bale dinownload ko lang po yung mga materials dito sa mga links na 'to or pinanood online yung mga videos, na shinare din nung isang friend ko:

Ace the IELTS: http://britishexpats.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=110903&d=1360321564

IELTS Sure Success: http://britishexpats.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=110902&d=1360321564

IELTS Target Band 7: http://britishexpats.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=110899&d=1360320617

IELTS 150 Essays (Writing) from Past Papers with Answers: http://britishexpats.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=110900&d=1360321304

Writing Practice – Informal and Formal Letters: http://britishexpats.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=110901&d=1360321564

http://australianetwork.com/studyenglish/se_series3.htm

http://www.51ielts.com.au/jeffrey/cambridge-ielts-book-1-9-pdf-audio-free-download

http://www.uz-translations.net ← search for "IELTS" on the search box found on the upper right hand corner, but you have to register as a member of this site to be able to view the download links

http://idpphilippines.wordpress.com/2012/04/22/ielts-10-mistakes-you-must-avoid

In addition, may complimentary access sa "Road to IELTS" (online preparation materials) para po doon sa mga nag-register ng IELTS sa British Council dito sa P'nas. Naging useful din po ito sa pagre-review ko. Nakakuha rin po ako nung libreng copy nung Top Tips for IELTS galing sa kanila: http://www.britishcouncil.org/philippines-events-toptipsforielts.htm

Actually, nag-self study lang po ako, pero mas maganda kung may friends or your family to help you study/review, especially with the Speaking Test. Nagkipag-practice-practisan naman ako sa kapatid ko sa speaking test, kunyari siya yung examiner, which was OK naman. (-:

All the best and God bless po sa mga kukuha ng IELTS! ^_^

Re-post lang from @alchemicus these are very good resources at malaki pong tulong ito sa pagre-review for the exams :-bd

filipinacpa · September 2013

@karl_amogawin wow taas! galing.

may dropbox account po ako, pwede po pa share ng review materials ng sa baron?

thanks!

filipinacpa · September 2013

@karl_amogawin paano ka po pala nagpreprepare for writing and speaking exam?

ozdreamer123 · September 2013

Hello everyone. Baka po pwede niyo ako matulungan paassess po sana ng essay na ginawa ko? Hindi ko kasi alam kung pano ko machecheck kung ano na lagay ko sa writing.. Maraming salamat po!!

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TOPIC: The idea of having a single career is becoming an old fashioned one. The new fashion mil be to have several careers or ways of earning money and further education will be something that continues throughout life.

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MY ESSAY:

We must acknowledge the fact that education is the key to success. It became more true in today’s world environment. No one can deny that having a skill of difference careers will boost up our level in the competitive world. However, others might view this as less important. This essay would discuss the importance of having a further study and why others see this as invaluable.

Man people build up their corporate dreams right after they finish their course degree. Also, others intend to focus their mindset on one field only and enrich theirselves in that particular profession. There are factors as to why pursuing another career is not really vital. First, the cost of having another formal qualifications is expensive. It is to be bear in mind that there is a need to invest a certain amount of money to be able to obtain the certification that we intend to get. Secondly, there are some people who have already set out their priorities in life. For instance, some professionals would rather spend more of their time travelling, looking after their family or working in their current job. Another point is that holding another qualification is not a guarantee of having a successful life. In fact, there are brilliant people who never completed college, such as Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg.

However, pursuing another career is highly essential to have an edge in the job market. This will also open the door to more opportunities. One reason is the demands for highly skilled and competent individuals are increasing. There are many companies who prefer employing applicants which has a proven knowledge through formal certification of a certain skill. In addition, for some reason, there are certain individuals who never get satisfied learning just one skill. They tend to seek new learnings to give them the feeling of self-fulfilment. Lastly, this could help people earn a lot of extra money as they could perform work of different technical field.

In conclusion, importance of having a further education depends on how a person views it or on what are their priorities in life. In my own opinion, to have another qualification of other careers will help us enhance our personal competency.

Sungsung · September 2013

lamesauce. i wrote a very long reply to the above essay (with corrections and recommendations) only to discover that everything has gone after my laptop rebooted automatically.

what's the use of auto draft-save? *gasp*

i'll try again tomorrow.

imeetr · September 2013

Hello, can someone assess my writing skills. Thanks!
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Topic: Some people think that parents should teach children how to be good member of society. Others, however believe that school is the place to learn this.
Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
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Family is the smallest unit of a community, children is a gift from God that has the right to live in a peaceful and loving society, wherein they should feel of having a significant place as an individual.

We must acknowledge the fact that parents are the first teacher of their children. No one can deny that parents should act as a role model to their child, they need to show good deeds and influence them with good morals and positive attitudes throughout their growing years. It is in the hands of the guardian the most important part of character building to their offspring.

However some tend to think that school has a big influence to the well being of the children.
Aside from the academic curriculum that they are offering, we can never deny that school has a big part in building the characters of our children.

Moreover both parents and school should work hand in hand for nurturing of every child.
Learning should be in a holistic approach that touches every aspect of knowledge not just academically but character such as: courage, resilience, faith, love and respect must be instilled as well to the children of our future, in able to be a good citizen of a society he lives in.

Ultimately we need to consider that we have our own ways and opinions in raising a child. I believe that both parents and school has an essential and significant role in our children's lives They should work together in leading the path and brings out the best of each and every child to be a good members of the society in the near future.

ozdreamer123 · September 2013

lamesauce. i wrote a very long reply to the above essay (with corrections and recommendations) only to discover that everything has gone after my laptop rebooted automatically.

what's the use of auto draft-save? *gasp*

i'll try again tomorrow.

Naku po pasensya na pero thank you po sa effort sobra. Thanks sa pagtiyaga magbasa ng essay ko na masakit sa ulo. Hehe

ozdreamer123 · September 2013

@imeetr mukang okay po writing essay niyo. Thumbs up!

SolemateD · September 2013

Hi guys!

I'm supposed to get my results today but it says on the website that there are no records found when I entered my examiner number and id number.

Sept 7 takers, did you have the same experience? Nakalagay kasi pala dun, "Please note that this service is only available through selected managed British Council test centres." Could it be because I took it in Tagaytay and not in Manila?

Thanks!:-)

sonsi_03 · September 2013

Hi guys!

I'm supposed to get my results today but it says on the website that there are no records found when I entered my examiner number and id number.

Sept 7 takers, did you have the same experience? Nakalagay kasi pala dun, "Please note that this service is only available through selected managed British Council test centres." Could it be because I took it in Tagaytay and not in Manila?

Thanks!:-)

Meron na po. BC Singapore

sabit ako sa writing =(( 6.5

michel_75 · September 2013

@ozdreamer123 hello! ang natutunan ko maglagay daw tayo ng par. before conclusion ng personal experience natin. plus hwag daw gumamit ng sayings kasi parang copying daw yon, ready english na yon, use your own words daw. pero magaling ang english mo kung ako mababaw lang english ko hehehe!

karl_amogawin · September 2013

@filipinacpa practice exams, basa ng newspaper, everyday rin ako nageemail dito sa office medyo nagppractice. cge PM mo skn email mo, share ko sayo un folder

karl_amogawin · September 2013

@sonsi_03 shooot. .5 na lang. paremark mo kaya?

sonsi_03 · September 2013

@sonsi_03 shooot. .5 na lang. paremark mo kaya?

bad trip no? painom na sana ako...

Yes, chief re-mark at take ulit ng exam sa IDP sa 12 Oct (lagot na ako ke misis sa gastos na to)

Sungsung · September 2013

@ozdreamer123, try ko lang.

let's go first to the topic,

"TOPIC: The idea of having a single career is becoming an old fashioned one. The new fashion mil be to have several careers or ways of earning money and further education will be something that continues throughout life."

Looks like there's something missing on the topic. Usually, there are succeeding questions such as:

What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?
Do you agree or disagree?
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Give reasons to your answer and include relevant examples.
Why is this? Is this a positive or negative trend?
Discuss both points of view and give your own point of view.

So I assume that the question to your topic is: What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a single or multiple careers.

Now, let's take a look at your introduction:

"We must acknowledge the fact that education is the key to success. It became more true in today’s world environment. No one can deny that having a skill of difference careers will boost up our level in the competitive world. However, others might view this as less important. This essay would discuss the importance of having a further study and why others see this as invaluable."

first, it would be much better if you used the third person narrative mode as it will give you a higher band score. In your first sentence you used the pronoun "WE" which is in second person plural narrative mode, you can change this to third person by using "People must acknowledge..." or "Everyone must....."

Second, it is much better if you go directly with the topic without preceding sentences. You can start with a paraphrase of the topic plus your opinion. In your intro, you started with two sentences before you went on to the topic, you can save these two sentences in your next paragraphs instead of putting them in the introduction:

Here are some examples of introduction from essayforum.com:

Most people's aim in their life is to have a good career in order to financially support themselves and their families. However, there has been a difference in people's thought about choosing a career. Some think having a single career is out of date and being multi-careered should be considered. Others hold the oppsite opinion.

This introduction is more concise and direct to the point:

Many people keep an idea of having a single career as a means of living through their lives. However, there appears a new trend of having several careers at the same time, followed by further education as an indispensable part of life.

My introduction would be like this:

In today's contemporary society, It is not uncommon to see people who venture in several fields and seek further education in pursuit of a more stable financial status. However, there are also some arguments that highlight the advantages of having a single expertise.

Going to your first argument, you said:

"Man people build up their corporate dreams right after they finish their course degree. Also, others intend to focus their mindset on one field only and enrich theirselves in that particular profession. There are factors as to why pursuing another career is not really vital. First, the cost of having another formal qualifications is expensive. It is to be bear in mind that there is a need to invest a certain amount of money to be able to obtain the certification that we intend to get. Secondly, there are some people who have already set out their priorities in life. For instance, some professionals would rather spend more of their time travelling, looking after their family or working in their current job. Another point is that holding another qualification is not a guarantee of having a successful life. In fact, there are brilliant people who never completed college, such as Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg."

Your points are clear and strong but there seems to be some grammatical and spelling errors. you can minimize them by reviewing your essay once you finished it. Here are my corrections:

~~Man~~ Many people ~~build~~ built up their corporate dreams right after they ~~finish~~ finished their course degree. Also, others ~~intend~~ intended to focus their mindset ~~in only one field~~ and enrich ~~theirselves~~ themselves in that particular profession. There are factors as to why pursuing another career is not really vital. First, the cost of having another formal ~~qualifications~~ qualification is expensive. It is to be bear in mind (not sure about this, should it be "it is to be borne in mind"? but it seems awkward, i would use it "is to be taken into account" rather) that there is a need to invest a certain amount of money to be able to obtain the certification that wepeople (or they) intend to get. Secondly, there are some people who have already set out their priorities in life. For instance, some professionals would rather spend more of their time travelling, looking after their family or working in their current job. Another point is that holding another qualification is not a guarantee of having a successful life. In fact, there are brilliant people who never completed college education, such as Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg.

Also take note of your narrative mode, avoid shifting from third person to second person.

Now, let's take a look on your next paragraph:

However, pursuing another career is highly essential to have an edge in the job market. This will also open the door to more opportunities. One reason is the demands for highly skilled and competent individuals are increasing. There are many companies who prefer employing applicants which has a proven knowledge through formal certification of a certain skill. In addition, for some reason, there are certain individuals who never get satisfied learning just one skill. They tend to seek new learnings to give them the feeling of self-fulfilment. Lastly, this could help people earn a lot of extra money as they could perform work of different technical field.

Again, take note of your grammar and spellings. here are my corrections:

However, pursuing another career is highly essential to have an edge in the job market. This will also open the door to more opportunities. One reason is the increasing ~~demands~~ demand for highly-skilled and competent individuals ~~are increasin~~. There are many companies who prefer employing applicants which ~~has a~~ have proven knowledge through formal ~~certification~~ certifications of a certain skill. In addition, for some reason, there are certain individuals who never get satisfied learning just one skill. They tend to seek new learnings to give them the feeling of ~~self-fulfilment~~ self-fulfillment. Lastly, this could help people earn a lot of extra money as they could perform work of different technical field.

Sungsung · September 2013

CONTINUATION:

and finally, let go to your Conclusion:

In conclusion, importance of having a further education depends on how a person views it or on what are their priorities in life. In my own opinion, to have another qualification of other careers will help us enhance our personal competency.

please be consistent on your pronouns. it should be "...depends on how a person views it or on ~~what are their~~ his priorities in life". or "...depends on how ~~a person~~ people ~~views~~ view it or on ~~what are~~ their priorities in life".

Corrections:

In conclusion, the importance of having a further education depends on how a person views it or on ~~what are their~~ his priorities in life. In my own opinion, to have another qualification of other careers will help us enhance our personal competency.

Without changing the sense of the above conclusion, my version would look like this

Taking everything into account, the importance of having further education depends on how a person views it or on his priorities in life. However, there are stronger arguments that supports the idea of having another qualifications as it will will greatly enhance one's personal competency.

TIPS: try to lessen word repetitions by using various vocabs. you can use the word field, specialty, employment, profession instead of the word career. or you can use the word specialty or expertise instead of the word skill.

THERE YOU GO! overall, you did a good job albeit some grammatical errors. You have the ideas, you just need to polish your essay. Keep practicing and good luck!

Guys, correct me if I have missed or bombed something. I'm no English expert, not even close.

ozdreamer123 · September 2013

@Sungsung wow maraming maraming salamat po! May issue nga po ako pagdating sa grammar. Naguguluhan pa rin ako sa mga grammatical rules.. Thank you po ng marami. Sobrang makakatulong ito. Thank you thank you po!!