Tips to Pass IELTS

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Tips To Pass IELTS
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IELTS is a test of English

• The best way to prepare for IELTS is to learn
  good general English.
• This should be obvious, but often candidates
  forget to do this.
• They prepare for an exam and they learn
  strategies and tips believing that that is the
  best way to pass.

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Learn from your mistakes

• This is a basic of language learning.
• You are going to make mistakes, that isnt the
  problem though.
• The problem is if you keep making mistakes.
• What you need to do is to correct them
  frequently this does not happen as people
  practise quantity not quality.

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The only exam tip you need is to answer the
question

• The longer I teach IELTS the simpler it seems to
  me.
• You will find websites and books full of tips and
  tricks.
• You will find some tips here too.
• In truth, in the exam the only tip you need is to
  read/listen to the question and answer it.

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Realise that everyone is different beware of
big promises

• You will know people who improved their score in
  one month.
• They were band 6, then by magic they got band 7.
• I know this is true because it has happened to
  some of my students.
• The danger is that you believe that you too only
  need a few weeks. You may be lucky, but probably
  not.

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Learn skills, dont practise questions less can
be more

• Language is a skill, Skills need practice, but
  they also need to be practised in the right way
  and that means quality, not quantity.
• The problem here is that too many people believe
  that practise, practise, practise is good advice.
  
• It isnt if all you are doing is repeating exam
  questions. That way your skills and language are
  going to improve slowly.

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Learn English, dont memorise it

• You are in a hurry, You need to pass the IELTS as
  soon as possible.
• What do you do? You go and find some sample
  essays and learn them or you look for sample
  speaking questions and learn what you are going
  to say.
• This tends to be a HUGE error. If you do this,
  its probably too late and you wont believe me

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Preparing for the exam is not the same as taking
the exam

• What you do before the exam and in the exam are
  two different things.
• In the IELTS, there should only be one thing in
  your head read/listen to the question and answer
  it.
• If you are thinking of more than that, then you
  are not concentrating on your English.
• All the other  skills should be almost automatic
  you dont waste time thinking about them, you
  just do them.

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Learn some general English

• Yes, there are special IELTS topics. Yes, you can
  sort of predict the right language to learn.
• No, in my experience, the best thing is not  to
  concentrate solely on that English.
• This is very personal, but the IELTS candidates
  who succeed most quickly are those who take an
  interest in learning English.

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