IELTS: beda Academic, beda General

Hal pertama yang harus anda lakukan saat hendak mendaftar untuk tes IELTS adalah memutuskan jenis tes IELTS Academic atau General yang akan anda pilih.
Tes IELTS Academic biasanya diperlukan untuk melanjutkan studi di luar negeri, sedangkan tes IELTS General biasanya diperlukan untuk melengkapi dokumen imigrasi.

Speaking Band 6

Jika tujuan anda adalah mendapatkan Band 6, anda tak perlu berbicara dalam bahasa Inggris yang kompleks – cukup dengan tidak membuat kesalahan dalam bahasa Inggris yang sederhana.

Jangan bereksperimen dengan kata-kata baru selama wawancara – itu bukanlah waktu yang tepat. Gunakan hanya kata-kata dan frasa yang anda yakini.

IELTS: Modul Writing (General Training)

Seperti yang telah diketahui ada dua bagian tes Writing IELTS General Training, Task 1 dan Task 2.

Pada Writing Task 1 anda mendapat sebuah “skenario” dan anda diharuskan menulis sebuah surat. Tak banyak orang tahu bahwa ada 4 jenis surat dalam tes IELTS:

Biar sukses, Pahami Aturan dan Format Tes dalam IELTS

Pentingnya poin yang harus diperoleh saat mengikuti tes IELTS membuat anda sebaiknya mempersiapkan diri jauh hari sebelumnya. Salah satu persiapan yang dapat anda lakukan adalah membuat anda terbiasa dengan format tes yang akan anda hadapi nanti.

IELTS Pronunciation

Banyak diantara para peserta tes IELTS merasa gugup dan khwatir dengan kemampuan pronunciation mereka ketika berbicara dalam bahasa Inggris, khususnya ketika melakukan tes oral.

The Use of Scanning and Skimming in Battling with Reading IELTS

In IELTS, test taker faces three long advanced-level passages. Of course, reading all passages before answering the question will take long time. Therefore, test taker has to apply some techniques to maximize the time allocation given.

Text Completion: Another Challenge in Reading IELTS

In task completion, test taker has to complete the text with words from the passage. There are some types of text that test taker deals with. It can be in form of short summary, sentences, or even table.

In this kind of question, test taker needs to give extra attention on the instruction used. The variations can be as follows.

Time Management in Reading IELTS

There are many test takers who find that the time provided for finishing this section is not enough. Sixty minutes runs so quickly so that test taker often has no ability to finish all questions in reading section.

“Multiple Choice” in Reading IELTS

“Multiple choice” is one form of question that test taker deals with in reading IELTS. The picture above shows that there are three numbers given in this form of question. The number of question given in this form is not always the same. The number of question could be only two or even up to six. There are many test takers who argue that this kind of question is easier than other kinds of question because test taker has been familiar with this kind of question. However, it should be highlighted that there are four options given for each question. So, compared to true/ false/ not given question, “multiple choice” has more option. It means that this kind of question could be harder to answer.

IELTS Facts - IELTS vs TOEFL

TOEFL (Test Of English as a Foreign Language) was developed by ETS (Educational Testing Service), a private, non-profit institute headquartered in the USA. IELTS (International English Language Testing System) has been developed by the British Council, IDP Education Australia, and Cambridge ESOL. Both are used worldwide by universities, corporates and by immigration departments to assess the English proficiency of non-native speakers of the language.