I taught ESL and IELTS in Vancouver and I tell this to all my students, there are no real "hints" for any IELTS exams. The only way to improve your score is to do more practice. The format of the tests are all the same, if you do more practice, your score will improve.CEC_2013 said:Could you please share some hints... for reading.
That's my advice to my students, and in the 6 years that I've taught in Vancouver, it worked well for my students.AEHelp said:I disagree. I think there are plenty of hints, tips, and help a person can get other than just "do practice tests".
My advice was the most general one can give -read a lot. However, there are many IELTS-specific strategies which are very valuable.
This is from hmisabpk's post regarding "Reading" hints:CEC_2013 said:Could you please send me some generic hint, In fact, I have checked on google and grab some tips then tried some with dummy exam but did not turned with good score.
I need to get at least 30 question out of 40 from IELTS General exam otherwise It will very difficult to apply for Canadian experience - PR.
Thx for hint!Johnny31 said:This is from hmisabpk's post regarding "Reading" hints:
Reading :
Kindly ensure to understand the instruction, I have heard most of the people lost marks due to misunderstood the instructions. Ensure to put your answers within the word limit define in the instructions. Instead of reading the para first start reading the questions and try to find out whether the answer carries number or word. Say in what year____(You can understand it's a year). We will built a_____(Answer should be a word). Most of the time answers keeps on coming in the sequence only so don't need to read the para again and again(Don't stuck at one question and try to find out answer in one minutes time else leave the question). Don't leave any question there is no negative marking in whole of the test. Ensure you keep on posting your answer directly to the answer sheet(Check the spelling carefully else your answer will be wrong). Ensure to keep watch in front of you. Ensure you score maximum marks in this section as all the answers are in front of you only you just need to find the same.
There are many free materials you could find from the internet, there is no need to join any pay plans in order to improve.
Good Luck!
Once again, I respectfully disagree with you.Johnny31 said:This is from hmisabpk's post regarding "Reading" hints:
Reading :
Kindly ensure to understand the instruction, I have heard most of the people lost marks due to misunderstood the instructions. Ensure to put your answers within the word limit define in the instructions. Instead of reading the para first start reading the questions and try to find out whether the answer carries number or word. Say in what year____(You can understand it's a year). We will built a_____(Answer should be a word). Most of the time answers keeps on coming in the sequence only so don't need to read the para again and again(Don't stuck at one question and try to find out answer in one minutes time else leave the question). Don't leave any question there is no negative marking in whole of the test. Ensure you keep on posting your answer directly to the answer sheet(Check the spelling carefully else your answer will be wrong). Ensure to keep watch in front of you. Ensure you score maximum marks in this section as all the answers are in front of you only you just need to find the same.
There are many free materials you could find from the internet, there is no need to join any pay plans in order to improve.
Good Luck!
Here are some Free online reading practice materials that doesn't cost anything!CEC_2013 said:This is my mail id : akash_in_canada @ yahoo.ca
I don't want to go in debate .. hence kindly send me whatever you have hints and an idea.
Thanks
So all you want to do is push your product? You could have just been straight forward and say it: you charge 19.99CAD for IELTS Practice Tests or 38.00CAD for Full IELTS Courses. What makes your product better than the hundreds of "Online IELTS Courses and CDs" out there?AEHelp said:Once again, I respectfully disagree with you.
Free materials, such as that "tip" you posted, are written in very poor English, and are difficult to understand even for native speakers.
As with anything in life, you get what you pay for. If you want free, you're going to get poorly written information of dubious quality, just like the hint above. If you want something well-written and well-researched, and you want to maximize your study time, then you have to pay a little bit of money.
I am involved in a company which produces such a product, and it costs less than 10% of what writing the IELTS usually costs. If I'm a student, I want the BEST study materials, and I want them composed by university-educated native English speakers.
Think of all the time wasted wading through endless amounts of borderline useless study material. How much of it is helpful? How much of it is detrimental? How much time are you wasting. Wouldn't you rather have a product that gives you exactly what you need? Isn't that worth 10% of the price of the test?
To me, it's a no-brainer. To our students, it's a no-brainer. To anybody that wants to succeed on the IELTS, save time, study less (but more productively), it is a no-brainer.
For anyone reading this, leave your email if you want to study less and score higher, and I'll get in touch. I can also offer a coupon code for anyone that responds in this thread.
Thanks man. I'm sorry if I wasn't able to provide any good hints. But the links I posted for you have good reading practices and if you go through them, your score should improve! IELTS is like many things in our lives, the more you practice them, the better you will get! I work at a language school and I tell my students to do these free practices and it does work!CEC_2013 said:I absoultely aggred with Johnny31.