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Hello Guys,
I am new user in this groups and I would like to write some lines and tell you how was my experience with Ielts.
To begin with, as you know, Ielts test consist of four sections listening, speaking, writing and reading. I sat the test three times and the last one was in March 2005. Particularly, I think, listening section is the most difficult section of the test and it requires especial attention and practice. I will advise you to listen TV and radio in English every day because they will allow you to listen different accents. Another suggestion is practising with Ielts material which you can find them at the Brtish Council or through Internet. It is very important to do it because it will allow you to know how could be the real listening test. Next, you have to be aware that the listening test will be played once only and it is very fast, specially with spelling names, addresses, Zip codes and Phone numbers so you have to practise spelling a lot.
Regarding to speaking section, according to my point of view, this is the easiest part of the test because this is a simple conversation between an examiner and you. The first part of the conversation is about personal things, opinions, ideas or beliefs like talking about your home town or something like that. the second part is about specific topic which examiner will give you in a piece of paper and you will have 1 minute to prepare your speech and two minutes to express your thoughts. the piece of paper will contain three short questions about the topic but it is usually easy to undertand and develop. The third and last part is a litle bit more complex, here you will have to respond complex questions about deep topics for instance, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear weapon, breeding in captivity, zoos versus national parks, among others. Just answering according to your thoughts and that´s it.
Reading test, consist of four parts, the first one is the easiest nad it is getting complex through the paper so I think, it is a tipical british test. easy begin and difficult end. This section you will have to practise with ielts material nad take account some strategies to deal readings such as Skimming, Scanning and Key words. Those technics are the keys to achive succesfully this section.
Writing test, It seems to me, this section is very easy and fun becaue you will have to express you ideas in your own words as well as improving your grammar and enriching your vocabulary. Basically, You will have to develop two tasks, task 1 is a short letter which can be formal or informal with at least 150 words, this task will take 20 minutes. The task 2 is an essay which can be Agree/ Disagree, Advantages/Disadvantages and posible Solution. You will have to develop it in 40 minutes wrtitng at least 250 words. The key to this section is: take 1 or 2 minutes to make a brain storm for each task and write as fast as you can because it will be necessary for you to get extra time at the end to check it out and correct your possible mistakes.
Finally, The Ielts was great for me because it allowed me to improve my english skills as well as to get an assesment which is recognised abroad. Currently, I feel confident and I am able to express my ideas, opinions or dissatisfaction of something without any problem in English. I know, I still have to learn more english but I am doing my best effort now.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Pegazo 2005.
Mate, you’re not in Australia yet, why are you writing in English? No need for that, wait ‘til you get here, then you’ll have plenty of practice.
right, it’s ME who’s difficult to understand and impolite. if that’s your attitude in life, you’ll be in trouble once you land here, Aussies don’t take @!#$ from anyone and you, ‘my friend’, are full of it. You think you’re showing off how good your English is, and it’s quite the opposite. I won’t go down to your level anymore.
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