Showing posts with label ielts listening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ielts listening. Show all posts

Friday, January 4, 2013

Want a band score 8-9 in IELTS?


Let us talk about IELTS – How to prepare and get through easily with a band score 8-9?

Internal English Language Testing System for short IELTS is highly valued across the world. No matter where you are from but if you are looking for studies in any of the best English countries then it will become indispensable for you to take IELTS first because many of the colleges or the universities across various English speaking countries ask for score in IELTS. If you are someone who knows not much about it then it is time that you should first improve your knowledge of it and then apply for it.

A bit about this international test of the eng-lang:

This IELTS was established in year 1989 (and since then till now the criterion for the selection of the students who are from countries where English is not an official language or where it is spoken less or is not spoken at all has been this test). If there is anyone who is good at academics but not really good at speaking or understanding English language then definitely such a student will not be able to get through this test. If you have a dream to see yourself pursuing education from oxford university in London or any of the best universities in England, Australia, Canada,New Zealand then it is requisite that you should prepare yourself for the test and get a score which is demanded by the international colleges and the universities. Who manages ielts test? Well, this you should know. The test is managed by three main regulatory bodies named as (i) IDP Education Pty (ii) University of Cambridge, ESOL Examinations (iii) British Council. Whether you are in one of the Asian countries such as India, Pakistan or Sri Lanka or in any country across any region you surely will get the chance to apply for the test and take the test at the centre allotted to you nearer to the place you are living in. There are centers across major countries and the cities in the country and it never can be difficult for anyone to apply for IELTS exam if they have a desire to prove their language and be able to work and study in one of the top most English speaking countries.

What is this exam all about? Why is it necessary for anyone who aspires to study in an English country to take this exam?

Well, this is an exam, the importance of which can’t be overlooked. This is an exam which asses the level of fluency of an English language knower. If you are the one who is good at English and you are aiming to go to a country where English is the official language then you need to prove that you too are capable of making use of this language. So, this IELTS exam is an exam which will let the university authorities or the college authorities judge or infer the level of your English fluency by looking at your score in IELTS. If your score is good then only you will be known as a certified English speaker. If you are not able to get a good score in your IELTS then you will not be able to get admission in the college or the university you wish to study in. You can’t get admission without you taking this exam. If you do not take this exam and get a good score then you will have to just simply forget the idea of studying in one of the best and highly looked-for colleges or the universities in any English speaking country. Hence, to accomplish your goals or to be able to see what you would like to become in your life by being in an English country you will have to take this exam otherwise you will have to just simply continue education or your studies in your own country.

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Attempting IELTS for the first time


Are you perfectly au fait with the IELTS?


Discussed in this article are:

(i) key points on which success in IELTS is based,
(ii) myriad benefits of IELTS preparation.

Who doesn’t want to get a stunningly higher band score at just one attempt? Who doesn’t want to get a band score 8, 9 or even above, if possible? Who doesn’t want to get their dreams fulfilled as early as possible? Well, IELTS is an exam which (taken by many of the students or those who have an aim in life to go abroad or to such an English speaking country where they can get innumerable chances to earn) is one of the toughest exams which asses the English language skills.

Criteria to get passed in IELTS:

If we here talk of how one can easily get strikingly good score in IELTS then what can be said in simple words is this: “Practice in a real way or as required by IELTS.” Work on question papers. Take demo exams with real enthusiasm (It is imperative that you should have the inclination to practice for this IELTS test because if you do not practice enough then you may not get the result (leave alone getting the expected result, you will not even be able to reach to the boundaries of it.

It will really be difficult even to reach the periphery of success).

All four essential skills (reading / writing / speaking / listening) are needed to get a brilliant score in IELTS

I know English well so do I still need to practice for this IELTS test?

Well, the question you see above is a very common one. If there are 100 students or the applicants who are aiming to take this exam then out of all those students you will surely find 80% of the students who will ask the same question. In fact, this question comes up whenever there is a talk of getting a good band-score in the exam. Many of the students think that their English language is good and that there will be no necessity of working on previously conducted

IELTS question papers. They really believe that if they get the superficial view of how the exam paper would be and how the questions would be then it would really be enough for them to get passed with a score they may expect.

Thinking this way, many of the students voluntarily leads themselves to the failure in IELTS (here, failure means that they will get a very low score, which will certainly be not enough or can’t even bring a chance for them to get admission in any foreign university or a college.

Everybody knows this that there is no pass or fail in this international English language testing system. There is only band score, if you get a good score you get the option to apply in topmost foreign colleges or universities but if you do not get a good band score then all your dreams will get shattered…). Yes, it is a fact, if you see the stats then you will come to know of this that many of the students, even those who have been from English medium or those who have even shown constant scoring in English language or in studies, get low score in IELTS. Many of the intelligent or the brightest students get a very low score in IELTS exam which turns out to be very less enough for them that they do not get a chance to study in a college or a university they really wish to take admission in.

Knowing English can just be an added advantage:


Added Advantage for IELTSRemember, if you are looking for a chance to study in a reputed college in Australia, Canada or even New Zealand or in any country where English is an official language then what is needed for you first is the language. Yes, you require English language. You need to have great level of proficiency in it. And if you do not have expertise then you will not have the chance to pursue your dreams in a right manner. Now, if we are talk of role of the English language in IELTS then it can be said that knowing English will solve out half of your problem. Yes, it will really sort out half of your problem.

Source for IELTS Help: http://www.ielts4u.net