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Would you please tell me how you improved your speaking from 6.5 to 7.5 in a month?
Thank you
it was for 21/9 test with IDP. Result was just released this evening. I did cry in my office after the result popped up.Wow congratulations once again.Thank you
I am going to give 9th time this Sunday. It's really frustrating.Yes sure. Actually i did not have any special materials. In fact, i kept reminding myself to be calm and consider the examiner as a new friend i’ve just met in a gathering, and my purpose was to get him/her to understand me better. I guess it is kinda psychological trick.Would you please tell me how you improved your speaking from 6.5 to 7.5 in a month?
Then when i was calm, i realise the idea flowed to my mind naturally, and i could control the structure of my answers in the following order:
1. State opinion ... simply because...
2. In addition, [2nd opinion] ... partly because ....
3. Examples
4. State one contrast idea (if relevant to the question)
5. Examples
6. Brief conclusion
Following this structure did help me lengthen my answer and give me a chance to use a variety of sentence structures. Plus, i realised it also gave me a feeling of having a close conversation with a friend rather than sitting a test, because I could share more with the examiner what I thought.
Hope this helps you!
I could feel you. Same to me for the past 1 year and 21/9 and 22/9 were my 11th and 12th attempt haha honestly I already booked another 2 exams on 28/9 and 29/9 eeps. I guess I will still show up though.Wow congratulations once again.
Please do not give up and actually i may think it is a good idea to sit 2 tests on 2 consecutive days because you will Get into the exam momentum on the 2nd day in case u unfortunately screw up the first day. Just my 2-cent thought, friend
usually i would feel very calm on the 2nd day, even making friends with some invigilators at both my Bc and IDP test centers.Thanks for the reply. This will definitely help me. I'll try to follow this. Thanks again. Means a lotYes sure. Actually i did not have any special materials. In fact, i kept reminding myself to be calm and consider the examiner as a new friend i’ve just met in a gathering, and my purpose was to get him/her to understand me better. I guess it is kinda psychological trick.
Then when i was calm, i realise the idea flowed to my mind naturally, and i could control the structure of my answers in the following order:
1. State opinion ... simply because...
2. In addition, [2nd opinion] ... partly because ....
3. Examples
4. State one contrast idea (if relevant to the question)
5. Examples
6. Brief conclusion
Following this structure did help me lengthen my answer and give me a chance to use a variety of sentence structures. Plus, i realised it also gave me a feeling of having a close conversation with a friend rather than sitting a test, because I could share more with the examiner what I thought.
Hope this helps you!
Haha nice advice. Let me try that too.I could feel you. Same to me for the past 1 year and 21/9 and 22/9 were my 11th and 12th attempt haha honestly I already booked another 2 exams on 28/9 and 29/9 eeps. I guess I will still show up though.
Please do not give up and actually i may think it is a good idea to sit 2 tests on 2 consecutive days because you will Get into the exam momentum on the 2nd day in case u unfortunately screw up the first day. Just my 2-cent thought, friend
Would you mind sharing your exam center? Would you prefer BC or IDP?CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! as I told do not give up on your dreams no matter what! Can you please share listening and reading tips please
Both are good but i think BC is more professional in conducting the procedures during the test day, and their speaking examiners seem nicer (at least they try to put on smiling faces). I used to be assigned to some grumpy IDP speaking examiners and i promise that just worsened my speaking performance.Haha nice advice. Let me try that too.
However, i got a personal feeling that idp is more lenient than BC in terms of marking writing. I once did not finish task 1 (academic type) but still got 7.0. If you have no problem with your current speaking performance, i would suggest IDP. Out of all 5 times with IDP I have never score below 7.0 for writing, while it were 3 times out of 7 with BC did my writing fall below 7.0
Oh ya one more thing. It’s worth trying computer-based test to boost your writing score. Computer makes a great difference in this aspect trust me!!Haha nice advice. Let me try that too.
Thank you
i used this website https://ieltsonlinetests.com/ielts-exam-library And some other ielts listening app on iphone.
Thanks for your genuine advice.
My problem is speaking. And yeah I felt that too IDP speaking examiners sometime seems rude. So I would try BC next time. And yes I gave CBT once and from now on I will be giving on computer as my handwriting is worst. Once again thank you for clearing my doubts.