If you want successful for IELTS test, bear in your mind about time. Time is killing you if you do not aware how short your time and how difficult your tasks. Therefore, whatever your level of skills or how experience you are in tests, always aware your time limit. Use your time wisely. Bring your watch and always check duration before you do your test.
Archive for December 2007
Topics of IELTS writing are always changing every year. However, basic requirement never far from regular tests. Here some examples may useful for exercise.
1. Soon people who cannot work with computers will be disadvantaged. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this idea?
2. Young people are encouraged to travel or work for one year after high school and before university studies. Write the advantages and disadvantages of this matter.
3. Education is a lifelong task. Do you agree or disagree?
4. Write a letter to a bus company saying you have left something valuable on the bus and tell them what to do if they find it.
5. Young people are encouraged to travel or work for one year after high school and before university studies. Do you think it is a good idea to do so?
6. Nowadays, radio is being replaced by TV and the Internet. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this idea?
Source: internet
Listening test is one of most difficult part in IELTS. Non native speaker usually understand English no more than five years. This learning mostly conducted in classroom. Therefore there is no chance to practice in real conversation.
Given listening is one most difficult in test, there are some tips to be applied for such as:
Firstly, listening to international radio. BBC World Service or Voice of America are some of the best tools for listening practice. Spare about 15 minutes a day for listening news and feature from radio.
Secondly, make notes when you listening to the radio. Vocabulary could be growth if you combine listening practice with writing notes. This step quite important in listening test. The advantage writing something when you listening is the skill is also applied for writing test.
