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[nabil2009]

Hello All,

Hope some one can help me. I am living in London ( UK ). would some one please tell me which institute is better for IELTS Preparation. where we can trust on them for best teaching. Thanks

[afaraz]

Hello All,

Hope some one can help me. I am living in London ( UK ). would some one please tell me which institute is better for IELTS Preparation. where we can trust on them for best teaching. Thanks

Do it yourself, will take some time . But you will have to spend som time for praticing.

[aner777]

How can i get resources online to use in preparing well for the exam?

[SunnyDXB]

Hi Nabil,

You can get lot of information of IELTS from internet. The details are mentioned below but if you really want to do IELTS course then British Council is the best place to practice IELTS.

General English Grammar and Vocabulary Practice
Basic sentence structure. Find out about SIMPLE, COMPOUND and COMPLEX sentences. Do the quiz.
http://www.eslbee.com/sentences.htm.

Lots of general listening practice, including listening for academic purposes.
http://www.esl-lab.com/

General English practice from the BBC, including video-based work
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/

Grammar practice, vocabulary practice and podcasts to practice listening
http://a4esl.org/

IELTS Practice

The Cambridge ESOL IELTS home page, which links to excellent introductory IELTS resources
http://www.cambridgeesol.org/teach/ielts/index.htm

Key administrative information for IELTS candidates.
http://www.ielts.org/

Introductory information and exercises in IELTS listening, reading and writing.
http://www.examenglish.com/IELTS/index.php

Academic module writing assessment and sample scripts (click on bottom link ‘sample scripts').
http://www.cambridgeesol.org/teach/ielts/academic_writing/aboutthepaper/focus_on_assessment.htm

General module writing assessment and sample scripts (click on bottom link ‘sample scripts').
http://www.cambridgeesol.org/teach/ielts/general_training_writing/aboutthepaper/focus_on_assessment.htm

More IELTS writing samples with estimated grades suggested by teachers.
http://www.ielts-blog.com/category/ielts-writing-samples/

A fairly wide range of resources, including writing practice tasks with model answers.
http://www.ielts-exam.net/index.php

Some free IELTS lessons.
http://www.ieltsgym.com/?id=FreeEnglishlessons

Use www.youtube.com .Try searching for IELTS videos. For example, there are some by the following authors
•   Voxguru
•   EnglishRyan
•   Ukgate

Lots of IELTS resources, including some sample essays with suggested grades and brief teacher reports.
http://www.ielts-blog.com/home/

http://www.askynz.com/ielts/preparation.htm
A web page of useful tips and hints for the exams. Not interactive but informative nonetheless.
http://www.pearsonlongman.com/exams/ielts/students-activities.html
IELTS information provided by a major course book publisher
 

[nabil2009]

Hi Nabil,

You can get lot of information of IELTS from internet. The details are mentioned below but if you really want to do IELTS course then British Council is the best place to practice IELTS.

General English Grammar and Vocabulary Practice
Basic sentence structure. Find out about SIMPLE, COMPOUND and COMPLEX sentences. Do the quiz.
http://www.eslbee.com/sentences.htm.

Lots of general listening practice, including listening for academic purposes.
http://www.esl-lab.com/

General English practice from the BBC, including video-based work
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/

Grammar practice, vocabulary practice and podcasts to practice listening
http://a4esl.org/

IELTS Practice

The Cambridge ESOL IELTS home page, which links to excellent introductory IELTS resources
http://www.cambridgeesol.org/teach/ielts/index.htm

Key administrative information for IELTS candidates.
http://www.ielts.org/

Introductory information and exercises in IELTS listening, reading and writing.
http://www.examenglish.com/IELTS/index.php

Academic module writing assessment and sample scripts (click on bottom link ‘sample scripts').
http://www.cambridgeesol.org/teach/ielts/academic_writing/aboutthepaper/focus_on_assessment.htm

General module writing assessment and sample scripts (click on bottom link ‘sample scripts').
http://www.cambridgeesol.org/teach/ielts/general_training_writing/aboutthepaper/focus_on_assessment.htm

More IELTS writing samples with estimated grades suggested by teachers.
http://www.ielts-blog.com/category/ielts-writing-samples/

A fairly wide range of resources, including writing practice tasks with model answers.
http://www.ielts-exam.net/index.php

Some free IELTS lessons.
http://www.ieltsgym.com/?id=FreeEnglishlessons

Use www.youtube.com .Try searching for IELTS videos. For example, there are some by the following authors
•   Voxguru
•   EnglishRyan
•   Ukgate

Lots of IELTS resources, including some sample essays with suggested grades and brief teacher reports.
http://www.ielts-blog.com/home/

http://www.askynz.com/ielts/preparation.htm
A web page of useful tips and hints for the exams. Not interactive but informative nonetheless.
http://www.pearsonlongman.com/exams/ielts/students-activities.html
IELTS information provided by a major course book publisher
 

Hi Sunny DXB,

 many Thanks for such a useful reply.I will go through to above links which u provided.Actaully i have problem with Essay writing in IELTS. would you give me some hints about eassy ,so i can get better score in writing task.
Thanks

[SunnyDXB]

Hi Nabil,

I was also very bad in writing before joining British Council but I advice you to practice as much as you can on daily basis. You try the below links to improve your writing skill and try to read articles in Newspaprs and listen BBC News channel. Both mediums will help you to improve your vocabulary. On daily basis you practice and atleast write one Essay daily and do not more spend time as specified in the IELTSwhich is mentioned on the exam. In this way you can improve your writing skills. Essay writing will give you good score if you will use good vocabulary. If you are still not comfortable then join British Council. Their tutors will guide you and aswer all your queries. One imporant tip for writing task 1 and task 2 in writing test is: If you write less than 150 words in Task 1 or less than 250 in Task 2 you will lose marks, but there is no maximum number of words for either. When you plan your essay, allow plenty of time at the end to check your work
 

http://www.text2write.com/eng/home.html

http://artefact.lib.ru/languages/eng_textbooks_ielts.shtml - The books showed in this websites are very useful. Try to download from somewhere in web or else buy them from any book store. I also bought these books from the store while I was preparing for the exam.

For any further information please ask me.

 

[ha2922]

 @ sunnyDXB

Thank you very much for the post and collecting so much resources together.

[nabil2009]

 @  sunnyDXB

Thank you very much for the post and collecting so much resources together.

Hi Sunny,

Thanks again for nice post.so how was your score in IELTS ,if u dont mind to share.

[SunnyDXB]

I have got in Listening 7.5, Reading 6.0, Writing 7.0 and Speaking 6.5 so my Average score is 7.0.

[nabil2009]

I have got in Listening 7.5, Reading 6.0, Writing 7.0 and Speaking 6.5 so my Average score is 7.0.

hi ,

That good mate. so what topic you got in eassy writing ?

[SunnyDXB]

I have got in task 1 to write a letter to a friend with whom I cancelled my meeting due to an accident and want to schedule a new meeting.

Task 2 was to write about global warming and how we can control global warming.

[drwamin]

I have got in task 1 to write a letter to a friend with whom I cancelled my meeting due to an accident and want to schedule a new meeting.

Task 2 was to write about global warming and how we can control global warming.

SunnyDXB
Did you make general or academic. and was that really dificult. what about reading part, why you couldnt get higher score in that.

[SunnyDXB]

Hi drwamin,

I took general IELTS. It was easy but you should be quick while answering the questions. We have limited time to finish the paper. In the reading test I was not able to get the answer in the last paragraph.

In Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking various topics. It happens that we are not having knowlege about that topic and it is difficult to answer but it is not for everyone. Few people get easy topics to answer.

I will suggest to practice again and again to improve the skills in all the areas of IELTS.

[coolguy001]

Hi Nabil,

I was also very bad in writing before joining British Council but I advice you to practice as much as you can on daily basis. You try the below links to improve your writing skill and try to read articles in Newspaprs and listen BBC News channel. Both mediums will help you to improve your vocabulary. On daily basis you practice and atleast write one Essay daily and do not more spend time as specified in the IELTSwhich is mentioned on the exam. In this way you can improve your writing skills. Essay writing will give you good score if you will use good vocabulary. If you are still not comfortable then join British Council. Their tutors will guide you and aswer all your queries. One imporant tip for writing task 1 and task 2 in writing test is: If you write less than 150 words in Task 1 or less than 250 in Task 2 you will lose marks, but there is no maximum number of words for either. When you plan your essay, allow plenty of time at the end to check your work
 

http://www.text2write.com/eng/home.html

http://artefact.lib.ru/languages/eng_textbooks_ielts.shtml - The books showed in this websites are very useful. Try to download from somewhere in web or else buy them from any book store. I also bought these books from the store while I was preparing for the exam.

For any further information please ask me.

 

useful links thx

[simsinghgill]

When you register for IELTS, they send you a prepration guide, a book and two CDs. I prepared using that only and got very good marks. I don't think coaching is necessary. Concentration during the test is the key, specially in reading and listening tests. Writing and speaking are more subjective. However I think one should concentrate more on listening test because you need a 7.5 in it to get full marks for language for canadian immigration. For all other tests 6.5 is enough. You can also try the practice tests on http://www.canadavisa.com/ielts/free-practice-tests.html This will allow you to take the practice test and also calculate your band scores. This way you will be able to assess yourself and find out how well you are doing.

All the best !!