Share some tips on IELTS

michel_75 · November 2013

@filipinacpa thank you so much for the info. ill see it now. super thank you talaga at least my option tayo.

silver_ice · November 2013

@silver_ice yes our perserverance and determination are being tested this time. hopefully, we all get our desired scores na..

Btw, I have a question pala. Point deduction ba yung lumagpas ka sa allowed na answer sheet sa writing? I mean kasi yung task 1 ko, kinulang yung space to write yung ending part ko.. so, di na ako nakapag allot ng 1 space in between sa 2 last paragraphs. Tapos, ung signature ko po eh lumagpas na dun sa lines. Below the lines ko na yata naisulat yun..

@filipinacpa agree... yep, claiming for an 8 on all bands this time

nung nalaman ni hubby score d sya makapaniwala sa writing kasi confident sya dun na yun magiging highest nya, sinunod naman daw nya yung structure at paragraph construction tips nung sa writefix site.akala nga nya sa Listening sya sasablay... anyways, wag na lang mag-dwell dun, review na lang sa Writing din, this time try nya yung site ni simon...

accdg to IELTS IDP site, writing is graded on the following criteria:
"Writing: Examiners award a band score for each of four criterion areas: Task Achievement (for Task 1), Task Response (for Task 2), Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource and Grammatical Range and Accuracy. The four criteria are equally weighted."

although it didn't mention about technicalities other than those mentioned above, inisip din ni hubby baka daw naka-affect din sa scoring yung d maintindihin na penmanship nya, font 8 sa liit at parang italized pa... not sure though. confident din ako ke hubby sa part na 'to kaso kelangan talaga "the ielts way" ang format... so review pa.

Godbless sa lahat ng mag-e-exam...

R_Yell · November 2013

Ok guys, move on na tau... Review muna ako. Ikaw? Review ka na rin

ca_pogi · November 2013

@filipinacpa yes madam. SA WA 6 lang required nila. kaso bigla nawala occupation ko sa WASMOL. Sa ACT naman nandun occupation ko sa list kaso not less than 7 band dapat score. Di ako abot. So mag aantay siguro ko until January kung kelangan ko magtake uli. Hirap din kasi ako makahanap ng job adverstisement for my occupation sa ACT.

filipinacpa · November 2013

@filipinacpa thank you so much for the info. ill see it now. super thank you talaga at least my option tayo.

Your welcome. Yes, ACT is really an option for us Internal Auditors.

@filipinacpa agree... yep, claiming for an 8 on all bands this time
nung nalaman ni hubby score d sya makapaniwala sa writing kasi confident sya dun na yun magiging highest nya, sinunod naman daw nya yung structure at paragraph construction tips nung sa writefix site.akala nga nya sa Listening sya sasablay... anyways, wag na lang mag-dwell dun, review na lang sa Writing din, this time try nya yung site ni simon...

accdg to IELTS IDP site, writing is graded on the following criteria:
"Writing: Examiners award a band score for each of four criterion areas: Task Achievement (for Task 1), Task Response (for Task 2), Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource and Grammatical Range and Accuracy. The four criteria are equally weighted."

although it didn't mention about technicalities other than those mentioned above, inisip din ni hubby baka daw naka-affect din sa scoring yung d maintindihin na penmanship nya, font 8 sa liit at parang italized pa... not sure though. confident din ako ke hubby sa part na 'to kaso kelangan talaga "the ielts way" ang format... so review pa.

Godbless sa lahat ng mag-e-exam...

I'd love to aim for an 8 in all bands too. Parang mas may option eh. Before sa writefix ako, then nagconcentrate na ako using Simon. Sayang lang late ko na rin nahanap yun. Nagfocus kasi talaga ako sa grammar and vocabs noon.

I think same lang criteria ng BC and IDP. May possibility na sa "mercy" sa paggrade ng writing and speaking nagkakatalo. Haha just my two cents. Lol

Anyway, tama po. Heaps of concentration and determination talaga dapat natin baunin. Goodluck sating lahat!

filipinacpa · November 2013

@filipinacpa yes madam. SA WA 6 lang required nila. kaso bigla nawala occupation ko sa WASMOL. Sa ACT naman nandun occupation ko sa list kaso not less than 7 band dapat score. Di ako abot. So mag aantay siguro ko until January kung kelangan ko magtake uli. Hirap din kasi ako makahanap ng job adverstisement for my occupation sa ACT.

Oo nga dami nawalang occupation sa WASMOL. Pahirapan na talaga ngayon no. Totoo nga yung advice ng mga agency na the right time to migrate is NOW. Haha as in now na raw. Lol kasi daming changes every year..

filipinacpa · November 2013

balak ko sana kumuha ulit ng ielts exam sa january.ay walang schedule dito sa cebu for general takers!..toinks!,,,sa feb.15 na next sched ko.sana mka graduate na ako dto.parang pasan ko ang daigdig nitong ielts nato..nka ka lurky!,,
but aja lng!,hindi ako susuko dahil mas mahalaga ang pangarap ko..

I love your last sentence! Winner!

imeetr · November 2013

@filipinacpa Yes, kaya nga ako nalungkot kasi ang mahirap ng pathway ko, 3 components ang assessment ko, work and education assessment under APharmC (ok na ako dito),then English test and qualifying exam before ako maka claim ng 15 points sa qualifications, but sad to say I can't make it this year, I don't want to rush myself to retake the IELTS agad agad, ang hirap mag manage ng oras lalo na pag married and may mga kids tapos may inasikaso pa ako na business. Kasi yung qualifying test namin is scheduled twice a year lang every March and Sept. If I want to take the qualifying this coming March dapat before Dec 15. ma send ko na application ko together with my IELTS, sa kasamaang palad di umabot scores ko. Kaya nangangamba naman ako sa JULY 2014, baka totally matangal na kami pati sa CSOL na kahit through SS di ako maka apply. Kasi kasama kami sa natangal sa SOL this year. Pero upon checking sa ceiling ng DIAC 780 ang ceiling value for pharmacist 10 palang ang results to date. Hayz sana naman wala na magbago next year.

filipinacpa · November 2013

Guys check niyo po yung thread na to..
http://pinoyau.info/discussion/2160/au-will-cut-50-skills-in-the-sol-by-2014

Possible removal of 50 occupations in the SOL. Not exactly when.

chu_se · November 2013

@filipinacpa,i hope its not true..next year pa naman target ko na magprocess.pag mawala job ko sa SOL,aguyyy GAME OVER! huwag nmn sana, nagpakahirap ako sa IELTS pa lang,idagdag pa paggawa ng CDR.
i hope this info would be clarify,para mkatulog tayo ng mahimbing,heheheh!..

filipinacpa · November 2013

@chu_se haha oo nga e. Well sabi naman nila wala daw binanggit kung kelan. Grabe, kakapressure no. Let's just use this as motivation instead. Naghanap din po ako sa latest news sa website ng immi.gov.au wala naman advice dun. Tingin ko naman mag lalabas sila ng notice prior implementation.

Nareceive ko na pala TRF ko today, I was hoping may nabago. Ganun pa rin. Hehe.

filipinacpa · November 2013

@imeetr I understand. Mahirap talaga kapag marami responsibilities. Determination and focus nalang talaga. Bilib nga ako sa mga tulad niyo kasi nagagawa niyo pa magreview. Sweet victory talaga once makuha na yung desired score.

Hays oo nga parang lagi nalang may nababago. Mababait naman tayong mga Pinoy sana hindi maghigpit ang Australia saten. Kahit saten lang. Lol Di naman siguro pasaway mga Pinoy dun. Hehe.

Hayy Australia kelan kaya kita makakamtan.. *dreaming*

chu_se · November 2013

ah same pala tayo,nagresearch din ako about jn,but wala akong mahagilap na info.
anywez,tinigilan ko na paghhnap tama ka,pag my changes cla,magllabas cla ng notice before e implement.ang mas maganda gawin,e handa na natin lahat ng kelangan e handa.
ako dito, nag focus muna sa pag gawa ng CDR ko para ipa assess sa EA.after this, mg focus ako sa ielts review,mka chilak nga sa work.!
Hirap pag sabayin ang trabho at pagrreview,dagdag ang stress!

imeetr · November 2013

@filipinacpa It is better to start early tulad mo, ako kasi as young as your age nag plano na rin ako mag migrate, ang dami na nangyari and ibat ibang options na ang sinubukan ko dito sa Pinas,from rank and file employee naging supervisor tapos nag shift sa business, just to weigh things if we'll stay here or mag migrate. Di pa rin naalis sa pangarap ko ang mag migrate. Siguro dahil walang pagbabago dito lalo na ang goverment natin. Out of topic na ata tayo sa thread na ito, anyways Good Luck sa ating lahat! I know that We will be able to pull through and in the end winner lahat tayo!

R_Yell · November 2013

Go guys! Go for the gold! Very hopeful, determined, inspired and excited! Kaya natin to! Now is the time to act!

Born · November 2013

I see a lot of 6.5 in one sub-test. Ganyan talaga, business eh. May gagawin silang paraan para may isang sumabit. Take lang uli ng take.

About IDP and BC, I really think nagiging subjective ang W and S scoring kahit saan pa iyan. I took my first two exams sa IDP, I had 6.5 on both exams sa writing. I had the same examiner on both exam (look at the writing examiner number). So I guess isa siya talagang mapang asar na nilalang para gawin sa akin iyon twice.

Yung last exam ko sa BC. Little lang expectation ko pero try pa rin. Naka 7 naman na sa writing.

Siguro nga ang 0.5 na difference ay partly business, partly subjective, partly luck, partly hardwork.

btarroja213 · November 2013

Regarding writing, do not under estimate task 1. Remember this is 1/3 of your score. You should master writing letters for GT as well.

cavalier18 · November 2013

hi newbie here. i'll be taking the exam on Dec 7. Grabe kinakabahan na din ako haha!
Writing din ung pinoproblema ko. Goodluck sa lahat ng magtatake at magreretake! Simba at dasal dasal tayo pag may time

sonsi_03 · November 2013

booked my Dec 14 IELTS GT Test at IDP, sorted my review arsenal and cleaned the study table. Meyn! i'm back in business. :-B

sonsi_03 · November 2013

I see a lot of 6.5 in one sub-test. Ganyan talaga, business eh. May gagawin silang paraan para may isang sumabit. Take lang uli ng take.

About IDP and BC, I really think nagiging subjective ang W and S scoring kahit saan pa iyan. I took my first two exams sa IDP, I had 6.5 on both exams sa writing. I had the same examiner on both exam (look at the writing examiner number). So I guess isa siya talagang mapang asar na nilalang para gawin sa akin iyon twice.

Yung last exam ko sa BC. Little lang expectation ko pero try pa rin. Naka 7 naman na sa writing.

Siguro nga ang 0.5 na difference ay partly business, partly subjective, partly luck, partly hardwork.

I like this thought, sabagay there's no easy way. But as long as you are on the ball at solid ang dedication mo at faith with God, you'll get there. Definitely.

filipinacpa · November 2013

@imeetr super agree. Dadating ang time na nasa cloud 9 tayo. Haha

Sana ganun kadali magtake ng magtake. Money + time nawawala. God is so good talaga. Dami ko ngayon freelance work pandagdag sa ipon. Siguro He wants me to appreciate more the essence of hardwork. Well, ika nga ng famous quote natin, "try and try until you succeed".

Godbless sa lahat ng magtake! Hardwork + prayer. Another lessons learned.

filipinacpa · November 2013

hi newbie here. i'll be taking the exam on Dec 7. Grabe kinakabahan na din ako haha!
Writing din ung pinoproblema ko. Goodluck sa lahat ng magtatake at magreretake! Simba at dasal dasal tayo pag may time

Take your nervousness as a motivation. God bless!

R_Yell · November 2013

@cavalier18 ako rin sa Dec 7 but here sa Indonesia... goodluck sa atin... What do u practise most?

cavalier18 · November 2013

hi newbie here. i'll be taking the exam on Dec 7. Grabe kinakabahan na din ako haha!
Writing din ung pinoproblema ko. Goodluck sa lahat ng magtatake at magreretake! Simba at dasal dasal tayo pag may time
Take your nervousness as a motivation. God bless!

Thanks Boss! God bless din!

cavalier18 · November 2013

@cavalier18 ako rin sa Dec 7 but here sa Indonesia... goodluck sa atin... What do u practise most?

Goodluck din!

Well, as of now, Listening and Reading e. Nakakatamad kasi magpractice ng writing. What i am doing now is reading a lot of essays and looking at the structure. Then hopefully maalala ko ung sentence construction. Plan ko ngayon magbasa pa ng dictionary to improve my vocabulary. Siguro this week i'll start writing essays na everyday haha!

Ikaw ba? Any additional tips? Thanks!

btarroja213 · November 2013

Goodluck din! Well, as of now, Listening and Reading e. Nakakatamad kasi magpractice ng writing. What i am doing now is reading a lot of essays and looking at the structure. Then hopefully maalala ko ung sentence construction. Plan ko ngayon magbasa pa ng dictionary to improve my vocabulary. Siguro this week i'll start writing essays na everyday haha!

Ikaw ba? Any additional tips? Thanks!

For Writting task 2, I suggest you practice the following in this order:

1. Master constructing different sentence structures.
2. Master constructing an "EILTS" paragraph.
3. Memorize the different essay structures for the different types of essay question types.

You may notice that item number 2 says "IELTS" essay. This is bacuase no matter what type of task 2 question, a high band paragraph always stays the same. There are a few variations on the writing style, but the elements (main idea - then supporting sentences - examples... etc...) should always be the same.

When you master wrting a high band paragraph, constucting the essay is just a matter of stitching them together according to the type of essay question you get.

On a more personal note, don't memorize essays. Just have your own opinion, support it with ideas, then explain your ideas preferably with examples. (sometimes examples are not that important as long as your are explained properly and you have written enough sentences to explain your idea)

wizz · November 2013

Regarding writing, do not under estimate task 1. Remember this is 1/3 of your score. You should master writing letters for GT as well.

agree ako dito.

feeling ko sa fear sa test 2 ng writing lahat naka focus dun hindi nila narerealise that this part 1 can be their saving grace. Para sa aking tingin ko talaga etong task 1 nagsalba saken para kahit papano maka 7.0 ako kasi hindi talaga ko confident sa task 2 ko.

cavalier18 · November 2013

Goodluck din! Well, as of now, Listening and Reading e. Nakakatamad kasi magpractice ng writing. What i am doing now is reading a lot of essays and looking at the structure. Then hopefully maalala ko ung sentence construction. Plan ko ngayon magbasa pa ng dictionary to improve my vocabulary. Siguro this week i'll start writing essays na everyday haha!

Ikaw ba? Any additional tips? Thanks!

For Writting task 2, I suggest you practice the following in this order:

1. Master constructing different sentence structures.
2. Master constructing an "EILTS" paragraph.
3. Memorize the different essay structures for the different types of essay question types.

You may notice that item number 2 says "IELTS" essay. This is bacuase no matter what type of task 2 question, a high band paragraph always stays the same. There are a few variations on the writing style, but the elements (main idea - then supporting sentences - examples... etc...) should always be the same.

When you master wrting a high band paragraph, constucting the essay is just a matter of stitching them together according to the type of essay question you get.

On a more personal note, don't memorize essays. Just have your own opinion, support it with ideas, then explain your ideas preferably with examples. (sometimes examples are not that important as long as your are explained properly and you have written enough sentences to explain your idea)

Alright!

Thanks for the very helpful tips Sir!:)

filipinacpa · November 2013

I'm really having a hard time in reading long passages. I get tired and bored in the end. Sigh. How did you guys overcome it?

Anyway, I would suggest watching all the episodes of IELTS Australian Network. I think they have 3 series with more than 20 episodes each. You can pick up ideas from a wide variety of topics. I always listen to this whenever i'm travelling.

btarroja213 · November 2013

I'm really having a hard time in reading long passages. I get tired and bored in the end. Sigh. How did you guys overcome it?

Are you taking Academic Module?

At first, I do not read the whole passage. What I do for long passages:

1. Take about 1 to 3 minutes reading all the questions. Underline or circle any names, places, dates, and other key words...
2. Read all the questions again.
3. Read and internalize the title of the passage - with this, you should have an idea what the passage is about.
4. Fast read the first 2 to 3 sentences of each paragraph marking names, dates, places and other key words. You should get an idea what each paragraph is about after the 1st or 2nd sentence. By this time, you should be able to answer at least half of the questions for that passage.

Important: The answer to each question will most likely be found IN ORDER on the passage. Meaning, the 1st question for that passage will most likely be found in paragraph 1 or 2. (only for long passages)

5. So this time, read the questions ONE by ONE and IN-ORDER then read each paragraph starting from the first paragraph until you find the answer. Chances are, you will get one or two answers from 1 paragraph. Fast reading should be easier this time because you have an idea what each paragraph is about. When you think the question is out of topic from the paragraph you are reading, go to the next paragraph.

I prioritize fill in the blanks questions (making sure to copy exactly the answer from the passage. including spelling..)

To perfect the T,F, and NG questions, you must read the whole passage. What I do is answer this last because you will ran out of time if you read the whole passage. Plus you have more chances of getting a correct answer if you are not sure of the asnwer. Just make sure not to leave anything blank.

When you think that you have exhausted all your knowledge and tricks and you are running out of time, then use your common sense to answer any blank questions. Just remember to this only as a desperate measure. Chances are, you will get one or two questions right...