Whenever something becomes your primary goal of career, it appears harder to achieve. Regardless of the efforts and hard work, you are never satisfied with yourself and turn for help and inspiration to stay focused. This is what happens while trying hard to crack for IELTS.
IELTS (International English Language Testing System) is an exam intended for non-native English speakers with a sole purpose to find out the level of English of a particular candidate. Cracking IELTS is a combination of both hard work and smart work. An efficacious and a premeditated groundwork can help you crack the exam in the first attempt itself. Taking IELTS unlocks the doors to live, study and work around the world. More than 9,000 organisations in 140 countries accept IELTS, including government, academic and employment institutions. A good band score will take you to heights beyond doubt.
Though most of you attempt to converse in English today predominantly in school, office or any other social place but in countries like India, China, etc. where English is not a native language, most of you may not be proficient in the language. Speaking English at ease does not mark you as adept speakers. And the best way to prove one’s proficiency in English language, whether it is for working in a different nation or securing better job opportunities in the home country, is to partake an IELTS certification.
To increase the overall band score, you need to work on each test individually. The best habits to adopt while making a bad attempt to level up your band score are:
- Listening – If you fail in answering a question correctly, accept it and go on with the next question. First, try to get all answers correct in the first two sections because the next two are the complicated ones. To be score more in this section, you must adapt to listen and well aware of the foreign accents. Watching English conferences and tv shows with British and American accents will surely help you.
- Reading – Time is against us in this test. Hence, efficient time management is a must. Scan through the passages and mark the key words. Apart from scanning the paragraphs, you need to understand the gist of each paragraph to attain correct answers. The strategy that helps is to read a paragraph and immediately scan the questions and extract the answers to those hidden in the paragraphs.
- Writing – This test can be a bit challenging only because we tend to lose our habit of writing after school. The only best way to improve is to write essays on the regular basis. Do not forget to get these essays evaluated to know about your mistakes. Another aspect that can help you to score well is the vocabulary. Try to construct short and precise sentences while expressing the ideas. This can be developed by reading newspapers, magazines day after day. Lastly, practice and practice a lot.
- Speaking – It is considered as the toughest section of IELTS for ESL students. Articulation of your opinions in words fluently is not easy, especially when you are under supervision. Your every word gets recorded. It is advised not to try to speak in a hurry for it will only create grammatical errors and stumbling upon words. Vocabulary also plays a significant role in adding value to your marks.
We hope that these tips will help you to score well in your IELTS. Good luck people!