IELTS 1st Attempt Scores

[WoundedTiger]

Can you please share some tips to attempt IELTS. Its first time for me and am confused what to do ? I have been studying online but it desnot seems helpful

in simple words...

Understand the exam pattern (Lizblog or some other source...i had cambridge 12 i think and took mocks from www.ielts-exam.net)
Take a mock (Identify weak areas and strong areas and how far away are you away from target scores)
Practice timed tests (I used to do one section daily and on weekends full tests (L,R,W)...although focus was always on getting listening right..not too worried on speaking and writing..for writing I got serious (word limit,paraphrasing,complex structure and conclusion focus) only about 1 week from the test date)
Check your improvement and decide if you need personal coaching or ready for booking the test date.
Go crack it...

 

[Nitin Garg]

In my first attempt in nov 2017 i got
R 8.5
L 8
S 7
W 6.5
I gave it again on 24 march n scored
R 8.5
L 9
S 7.5
W 7.5
For my first attempt, i subscribed to road to ielts by british council, the practice material is good, but most of it is available on internet. I hv saved some of it, i can share it with u.
For second attempt, i made up a structure for writing task 2, that too with set timer.

Could you share the Soft materials with me?

 

[SokieBia]

Hi guys! I took IELTS on March 24. I realized that listening gives you more points in express entry so pay attention to it. Writing is also very important.

My score was:
Listening 8.5
Reading 9
Spoken 8
Writing 7

 

[WoundedTiger]

Could you share the Soft materials with me?

No soft material Nitin...just copied stuff from ielts-exam.net and took printout to practice

 

[div velu]

Can you please share some tips to attempt IELTS. Its first time for me and am confused what to do ? I have been studying online but it desnot seems helpful

ieltsliz is an amazing source for IELTS. Her blog page gives all the information you need.

 

[tahir.faryal]

Hi guys! I took IELTS on March 24. I realized that listening gives you more points in express entry so pay attention to it. Writing is also very important.

My score was:
Listening 8.5
Reading 9
Spoken 8
Writing 7

You got a greats score. any tips?

 

[SokieBia]

You got a greats score. any tips?

Practice listening more. I used Official IELTS Listening. They on YouTube. There’s also this guy called Jay on YouTube. He’s good for writing practice.

The rest were things I practiced randomly on YouTube

 

[tahir.faryal]

in simple words...

Understand the exam pattern (Lizblog or some other source...i had cambridge 12 i think and took mocks from www.ielts-exam.net)
Take a mock (Identify weak areas and strong areas and how far away are you away from target scores)
Practice timed tests (I used to do one section daily and on weekends full tests (L,R,W)...although focus was always on getting listening right..not too worried on speaking and writing..for writing I got serious (word limit,paraphrasing,complex structure and conclusion focus) only about 1 week from the test date)
Check your improvement and decide if you need personal coaching or ready for booking the test date.
Go crack it...

Thanks alot. Do you think there is a huge difference between Academic IELTS and General IELTS? or the pattern is almost the same?

 

[WoundedTiger]

Thanks alot. Do you think there is a huge difference between Academic IELTS and General IELTS? or the pattern is almost the same?

ONLY WRITING SECTION..General test have letter and Academic would have a graph explanation or something similar

 

[Gagan4790]

Could you share the Soft materials with me?

I hv updated them on my fb page ielts support for all