Being closer to the test day, you might feel more worried on your test. Some of you might also take the chance to postpone the test itself. Well, IELTS does not only test on your academic skills in English but also your mentality towards the test. You might feel some series of fears starting from fear of the questions, the time, and also the strategy. This test stresses on test taker’s ability to cope these fears. A successful test taker will be able to manage his or her mentality in order to perform his or her best on the day of the test.
There
are some actions that you can apply for being a smarter test taker of
IELTS. The first is finding a good source of IELTS practice test. It is
better for you to take official practice test from IELTS. Your learning
sources determine a lot on your success.
Then, if you are able to
provide a better investment, you try to buy one of the better study
guides on the market. You just need to buy the study guide, not the
practice tests.
If you want to take a practice test, make sure
that you have a focus on the practice to apply the strategies for
getting a good score. You can use ‘real timing’ after you feel that you
have understood the main point of IELTS strategies. In this stage, don’t
force your selves too hard. Provide an access to open your book to
apply ‘open book’ method of practice. After going through this stage,
you can decide to take a final practice test with no open material and
time limits.
After that, you can gradually take some practice
tests and record your result. Regular exercise will help you much in
getting a supportive environment toward the test. As it is stated that
practice makes perfect so, having more practices will be helpful to be
perfect in this test.
The last thing to do is making your selves
free from stress. You have done all efforts maximally so just feel relax
and give the best shot on the test day.
Reference: IELTS Secrets, copyright 2002 by MO Media
