If your English is good you don’t have to prepare much. However I would like to point out that IELTS is slightly tougher than TOEFL (if you’ve ever given it). The only thing you may need to practice is the speaking question where they will ask you some seemingly random question, e.g.: “Tell me a bit about your favorite sportsperson”. Being a Sachin fan that wasn’t a problem for me, but still I needed to talk for the next 5 mins about his career etc.
The listening section should be easy as you’ve to listen to an audio once and answer some questions. The writing and reading sections are more challenging as you’ve to write an essay with a pencil (writing) and read a passage and answer questions (reading). The actual writing part was tough for me since I’m pounding on the keyboard all day. And the reading part involved a lot of comprehension as well as re-reading the passage and answering the questions.
I’m not trying to scare you or anything but don’t take it as lightly. Atleast do one practice exam and practice speaking with your friends.
I agree with Anshul, reading part is little tricky, and to get 7 band score, u need to solve 34/40 questions correctly… for me reading was the toughest…
I just gave my ielts last week. For me speaking was the toughest.
I thought i could ble on any topic but this one was bit difficult.
My topic was something along the lines of why do we think its necessary to teach kids politeness and be respectful of one another.
I could not come up with enough content to talk on that topic for 2 minutes.
This is my first time posting a message. I am planning to give IELTS exam shortly, thinking about planning to study or practice IELTS examination questions with the given list of links, Thanks for the list. Is there any more links additional to go through like any videos or any specific book, which will help to score better
I would definitely agree. Most of the times the candidate makes technical and unforced errors that affect the score- these can be avoided with practice and habitual good thumb of rules.
I just started my IELTS prep… as I am serious to start applying for Express Entry.
I live in Philadelphia…
I am planning to take the IELTS too… There are only 2 centers in Philly that have the earliest date available for IELTS and that is 4/2018. This is strange, a date so far in advance. The nearest center to me that has the earliest date available(2/2018) is Pittsburgh… when I say nearest its ONLY 5 hours drive… insane… lol.
Newyork/NJ all have earliest dates available in April…
My question is… is it worth to wait till 4/2018 to get my IELTS taken in Philly? OR shall I aim for my IELTS as soon as possible? I guess I cannot submit my EE profile without IELTS score… Is having ECA a requirement for submitting EE? I dont even have my ECA yet… I have my masters degree from US and bachelors from India… shall I wait for my ECA to be complete and then go for TOEFL? or both efforts in parallel?
Lastly, is it common to have IELTS dates so far advance in future? Does people from other parts of US have the same experience while scheduling their IELTS? And I shall go for General Training IELTS and not academic IELTS?
Hi,
I spoke to a friend yesterday who was also looking for an IELTS date and it seems people are giving IELTS like it’s going outta style! There are literally no dates available for months based on what she said ! I would recommend that if you’re in a hurry, just book the first available date wherever you get it, and fly there stay there and give the test.
Thanks Anshul. @avj@anon25417004 I am in the process of registering for IELTS… what shall I put in “Add Recognising Organization Details”?
Here is a short description:
Please select any academic institutions/ government agencies / professional bodies / employers you would like your results sent to. Add your file/case number if known. If the organisation isn’t available within the list, please select ‘Others’ from the list and type in their details below. Please note that organisations you list here may access your results before you have received them by mail. Please also note that Test Report Forms will not be sent to migration or education agents.
nm, they have mentioned it on the page:
Don’t ask for your language test results to be sent directly to us. Send us your results with your complete application. Keep your original test in a safe place as we may ask for it later.
No transcript. The audio is played for a specific set of questions. The answers are always spoken in the same order as the questions for questions that are ordered. For stuff like matching, it can be in any order.
I need some coffee.