Share some tips on IELTS

glaiza1210 · March 2012

Thanks....Sana sana sana maka 7 na ko in each components.

Admin · March 2012

Hi guys,

IELTS reviewers list are up. i've added a button link on top (navigation link).

if you want to add more kindly email [email protected]

Thanks!

groovez10 · March 2012

share ko lang: hehe! sana makuha ko na need kung score ammmp'.. pasado na sana ko ng 2nd ko (for student visa) aba naman tumaas daw required ng univ na papasukan ko.. una ko 7 ako sa lahat except writing na ang baba 5.5... 2nd ko: ok na po.. (yung sinasabi ko na ok na sana) pinasa ko na nga sa school pero ayun pagtanggap ko ng offer letter .. down na naman.. nakakarami na ko sa ielts.. nakakaubos na ng pera haha'.. pero di parin ako sumusuko.. gusto ko to e.. para sa future to.. pray padin.. wag mawalan pag-asa.. KAYA KUKUHA ULIT AKO EXAM HAHAHA'.. writing pinaka nahihirapan ako.. hay.. yung problem ko sa READING naayos ko na.. nagawan ko na ng strategy para madalian ako.. unang strategy ko kasi ok pero hirap ako.. sa ngayong gamit ko napansin ko na mas ok ginagawa ko.. speaking practice talaga kailangan eh (kaya lage naman mataas nakukuha ko dito-sana LAGI NA TALAGA AT LAST NA SANA HAHA.. MAKAPASA NA! =D) listening-practice din ... nagtyaga ako maghanap sa net ng materials.. at nakikinig sa http://www.lbc.co.uk/listen-live-3578 (pwede ba ipost) hihi sorry..
sa writing-minsan depende sa topic.. may topic kasi na hirap ako mag-isip ng contents sa writing ko.. kaya basa nalang din ng essay samples..

GOD BLESS US =D

glaiza1210 · March 2012

Sino po umattend na ng IELTS workshop sa niners, idp or BC? effective po ba yun and ano yung dinidiscuss?

sipareko · March 2012

Sino po umattend na ng IELTS workshop sa niners, idp or BC? effective po ba yun and ano yung dinidiscuss?

^^ UP ^^

groovez10 · March 2012

ielts workshop? yung kay heasley ba yon?? ok din naman.. nakatulong din kasi former examiner sya.. pampaboost ba ng self-confi. =D may exercises for reading and listening.. konting speaking magtatawag.. more on writing.. ok po sya,,

itchan · March 2012

@glaiza1210

Was able to attend un free 1-on-1 speaking workshop ng BC non. I would say super helpful nya kasi prior to that, I had no idea how speaking is being graded and you can say na kapag di ako nakaattend nung sessiOn na yun, malamang bara bara and di ko sana nakuha ung band na target ko... Listening and reading can be easilly practiced by urself kasi objective ang nature non, may fixed answer sa lahat ng tanong, but writing and reading is subjective since they are being 'judged' by the assessors, so it's better if u can get a workshop for at least these 2 para malaman mo kung pano makuha ang kiliti ng mga magchecheck.... U can find thousands of guides online regarding speaking and listening, pero iba pa rin ung makainteract mo ang subject matter experts nung mga field na yun ma makakapagbigay sayo ng specific answers to specific questions

LokiJr · March 2012

Hehe gusto niyo makatipid? Basahin niyo tong forum from Page 1 to present...parang review class na to sa dami ng tips...May kasama pang review materials

Methylester · March 2012

Hi guys! Ngayon na lang ulit ako nakabalik. Lumabas na result ng remarking ko. Sa kasawiang palad, walang nabago. hehe.

L-7.0 W-7.0 R-7.0 S-6.5

I did my best I guess my self review wasn't good enough hehe. Ika nga sa palengke, tapat na po! Hehe. Kaya eto, nagpa sched na ulit ng next exam, May 12 ung earliest na may slot. Isa lang ang masasabi ko sa IELTS Exam na yan, "Babangon ako't dudurugin kita!!" Hahaha!

Sa lahat ng mag te take ulit, kaya natin to! take lang ng take hangga't kaya ng bulsa at fighting spirit! Sa mga nakakuha ng target scores nila, congrats! Job well done!

Thanks po sa lahat ng mga nagpahiram ng reviewers, sa mga nagbigay ng tips, at sa lahat ng mga patuloy na nag eencourage at nagbibigay inspirasyon para ituloy itong laban na nasimulan. Hehe. Godbless us all and our Australian dreams! Yeah! ^^

JClem · March 2012

Kung pa-remark mo na lang po yung speaking, kelan po yung result? Baka mas maaga at least mas mura din bayad mo.

Hi guys! Ngayon na lang ulit ako nakabalik. Lumabas na result ng remarking ko. Sa kasawiang palad, walang nabago. hehe.

L-7.0 W-7.0 R-7.0 S-6.5

I did my best I guess my self review wasn't good enough hehe. Ika nga sa palengke, tapat na po! Hehe. Kaya eto, nagpa sched na ulit ng next exam, May 12 ung earliest na may slot. Isa lang ang masasabi ko sa IELTS Exam na yan, "Babangon ako't dudurugin kita!!" Hahaha!

Sa lahat ng mag te take ulit, kaya natin to! take lang ng take hangga't kaya ng bulsa at fighting spirit! Sa mga nakakuha ng target scores nila, congrats! Job well done! Thanks po sa lahat ng mga nagpahiram ng reviewers, sa mga nagbigay ng tips, at sa lahat ng mga patuloy na nag eencourage at nagbibigay inspirasyon para ituloy itong laban na nasimulan. Hehe. Godbless us all and our Australian dreams! Yeah! ^^

LokiJr · March 2012

Agree ako kay @Methylester, medyo hadlang ang IELTS sa visa application pero para sa ikabubuti rin naman natin yun kasi pag nasa Australia todo English din naman tayo dun kaya huwag mawalan ng pag-asa

itchan · March 2012

^tama tama! saka sa totoo lang, feeling ko most cases e confidence lang ang problema... Una kasi natin iniisip na mahirap kaya humihirap... kelangan natin ng konting fighting spirit (madami pala) hahaha!

nylram_1981 · March 2012

Share ko lng po experience ko with IELTS.

My husband enrolled in niners, although umaatend cya ng classes di naman ganun kadalas. Dapat cya ang main applicant kasi na-scrape ang skill ko dati, after jul2011 binalik skill ko under SOL2 (thank god!). Anyway, nag-take cya ng exam nitong Jan eto score nya: L-5, R-5.5 W-4, S-7, OBS=5.5.

After kong pumasa sa ACS, ako n nagdecide mag main applicant. Nag-self review lng ako using tips sa internet, just google and ang daming sites - most helpful site sakin is IELTS-blog. Plus ung exam materials nya from niners (which I notice is compilation lng ng cambridge materials). Sa bhay I would practice answering sample exams with time limit and then after binabalikan ko bkit ako namali.

Payo ko lng sa mga mag-eexam, practice and then decide which technique works best with you. Kasi ang technique ng iba bka nde naman swak sayo.

Like sa reading ang iba ang technique nila scan ung passage then circle ung mga keywords, ang nag-work naman saking technique is ung basahin muna ung tanong then tsaka hanapin ang sagot.

Speaking naman, madaming sample sa youtube. Experience ko sa speaking, ung first take ko ang examiner ko is British na medyo may edad na. Before the actual exam, tinatanong nya ako ano daw b score ang aim ko tapos san daw b ko pupunta at nid ko mag-IELTS. Sabi ko I need 7. Tapos binola pa ko.."You've got a pretty face"..hehe. Sabay tanong na "Are you already married." I told him yes with 2kids..hehe. During exam, d ko natapos ung long turn namin pero nasagot ko naman lahat ng tanong nya. After that kinuwento ko sa husband ko, meron din palang ganung kwento sa niners, hiningi p daw ung number ng girl pero ang masaklap di naman binigay ung score na sinabi nya..hehe.. Kinabahan ako kasi bka bigyan ako ng mas mababa pero ayun as u can see in my timeline, 7 naman binigay nya.
Second take, ung examiner ko pinay, sa itsura p lng istrika, ni hindi ngumingiti. D ko n lng mention name nya pero nung sinearch ko cya fb, may mga masterals sa language ang lola mo tapos teacher sa ateneo ng english for grade school. Profile pic p lng ang sungit na..hehe Anyway between my 2 exam, mas confident ako sa 2nd exam ko kasi nine-nerbyos ako during my first take. Nung L-W-R exam na, nakita ko ung babae na nauna sakin dun sa examiner, napag-usapin namin ung examiner, tinatanong daw cya kung happy ang childhood nya. Gusto nya daw sanang magkwento pero dahil nga tiger look ang examiner sabi nya n lng daw "no" para matapos na usapan nila..haha

Personal view ko lng, you don't need to enroll in a review center to get your aim score. Practice! Practice! Practice!

stolich18 · March 2012

I've had my Speaking Test this morning with BC in Ortigas. Madali lang yung questions. hehheh was able to even read them from the Cambridge review materials for @aolee. I felt dumb lang during the second part kase ang panget ng sagot na binigay ko. hihihi Sana pala iba na lang. Dapat tlga iwasan na kabahan kase nakakasira tlga yun. And make sure that you give what is being asked sa Speaking test.
The questions were:
Part 1:
-- description of our apartment
-- What is my dream house?
-- (marami pang easy questions pero I forgot na..)

Part 2:
-- Describe a place in another country where I'd like to take a holiday.
-- What are the specific places there?
-- Things to do in that place
-- Why would I like to go there

Part 3:
-- differences between a holiday in the city and in the countryside
-- what makes people decide to migrate to other countries (hehehe)
-- how much time is needed when I'm planning to go on a holiday

Minsan sa sobrang daldal ko, yung examiner nagssabi na ng "thank you". hahaha tska dapat wag lang "Yes" or "no" ung mga sagot. hihi Pinay ngapala yung examiner ko. Mukhang mabait naman. Haaay I'm hoping for a 7 or an 8! :-)

unanimous21 · March 2012

hindi ko naunawaan ung third person or first person thing,hehe. basta ung writing talaga wag ipawalang bahala, pagpraktisan under time pressure ta un ang malaking kalaban during the exam proper.

sgmumsy · March 2012

pasens din po pls.. [email protected]
salamat

@marlowe sent na bro. good luck with your exam.

glaiza1210 · March 2012

Hi @ aolee, pasend po skin. Thanks!

glaiza1210 · March 2012

I have got a successful assessment in Engineers Australia. IELTS na nalang problem ko...Sana maka 7 ako, do you guys have any idea anong score na sure na makaka 7 ka sa Reading. Dun kase ako mababa nung unang take ko ng IELTS last Nov.5

nylram_1981 · March 2012

@glaize1210 34 out of 40 ata. Google mo IELTS score calculator.

glaiza1210 · March 2012

Thanks @nylram_1981! both BC ka pla kumuha ng IELTS. How was it?

hotshot · March 2012

@stolich18 : yan na yan din ang questions sa akin during my Speaking exam nung March 10th dito sa BC SG.

nylram_1981 · March 2012

@glaiza1210
First take ko, sobrang nadadalian talaga ako sa listening. Isang question lng ang hinde ako sure sa answer ko. Which is feeling ko un ang mali ko kaya 8.5 score ko. Nung 2nd take ko, nahirapan ako ang listening. Ung question type nya is more on multiple choice questions. Ung may choices sa box tapos ima-match mo. 3 beses lumitaw ang ganung klase ng tanong.

Writing
1st take
Task1 - letter to friend that you agree to let his child stay with you over the weekend
Task2 - More & more people are using washing machine & refrigerator nowadays, do u think it a good development. Discuss both views.

2nd take
Task1 - recommendation letter for a friend applying for job in a hotel
Task2 - Some people prefer shopping in supermarkets rather than small/local market nowadays. Do you think it is a good development. What are the advantages/disadvantages?

stolich18 · March 2012

I really recommend the review materials from @LokiJr. Read the 101 tips very well. They are very helpful. Sana dati ko pa yun nabasa para na-apply ko. Bumibilis ung paghanap ko ng sagot sa Reading. hehhe Tska ok din ang British Council sa Ortigas, dami nilang sample exams and resources. Nagreview ako don right after my speaking test. :-)

stolich18 · March 2012

Just remembered, tinanong din sakin sa Speaking test tong mga to:
-- Do I like shopping/fashion? Designer clothes?
-- Do I love reading books? What types of books? Do I give books as gifts? Why?

LokiJr · March 2012

When taking the exam, it pays to "just do your best". Nakakasira ng focus kasi kung nagiging grade-conscious habang sumasagot.

groovez10 · March 2012

tips for writing pls tnx

groovez10 · March 2012

cursive writing or not? i mean what gamit nyo po sa writing? thnx =D

unanimous21 · March 2012

tsaka ung mga invigilators nakakasira ng focus din,hahaha! i would strongly recommend Cambridge 7 and Kaplan! self review lang ako but i made it in first take.

unanimous21 · March 2012

tips para sa writing, the best ung sa Kaplan, napaka simple and napaka effective! very elementary ung approach and ung mga do's and dont's maganda dun.