Article about IELTS

lolwhites · Post by **lolwhites** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 12:33 pm

This article is about IELTS and Australian universities, though similar things are being said the the UK. What do you think?

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/ling/stories/s1404921.htm

joshua2004 · Post by **joshua2004** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 3:06 pm

really is too bad. I have never been to Australia or to the UK, but having taught and been educated in the US, I can assure you that the same thing happens there.

lolwhites · Post by **lolwhites** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:46 pm

More on IELTS and the Australian HE system, though I suspect the same could be said of the UK:
http://education.guardian.co.uk/tefl/st ... 17,00.html

cnielts · Post by **cnielts** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 6:23 am

Hi all!

I took IELTS Feb 26 (academic) and I just got the results. I got 8-9-7-9, a total of 8.5. I

didn't know that it was possible to get a 0.5 grade over-all. But that's what's written in

the TRF I received...

I would just like to thank everyone in this forum for helping me achieve my score on my

first attempt.

To those who will be taking IELTS soon, my advice is just to practice, practice, practice!

Time yourself. Also, there are many free sites shared by many in this forum and all you have

to do is download. They are more than enough! I practiced for a month but not as much as I

wanted to because I'm working full time. So I guess the minimum time to review and still get

a reasonable score is 1 month.

Obviously, my weakest was the writing part. I just hate writing essays! So I figured to

share with you what I could remember so far. Task 1 asked to interpret a table on a survey

regarding theaters. Task 2 wanted to know my views on the impact of computers on social

issues. I had a hard time interpreting the table because the figures given were a bit

tricky!

I am also indebted to the following websites that provided me guidance and material of

preparation of IELTS:

http://www.IeltsHome.com
http://www.ielts.org
http://www.CnIelts.com

Thanks again everyone for helping me make a step closer to my dream.

sashie · Post by **sashie** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:22 am

Hi cnielts,

Thanks for sharing your resources about IELTS. Yeah we should keep on practicing, because as I know practice practice makes perfect!

http://www.IeltsHome.com
http://www.ielts.org
http://www.CnIelts.com

Thanks again!
Sashie

http://www.language-learning.net
http://www.esl.ch/de/sprachaufenthalt.htm

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