What You Need to Practice for Listening Section on IELTS

You must realize that IELTS is one of the hardest English proficiency tests ever existed and you cannot belittle it if you want to get good scores out of it. From the four sections you can find on the test, one of the most difficult tests especially for people who do not use English as second language is actually the listening section. And from a lot of test takers’ experiences, one thing that makes them do fatal mistakes is by belittling this part. For instance, if you are pretty sure about your answer of questions about date and then you write it in the incorrect form, it would mean that you throw away getting good scores on this section because this type of questions will appear not once but many times and if you keep doing the same mistakes then it will just only risk your score.

Tips on How to Pass IELTS Listening Section

Surely there are plenty of standardized tests that you have to take even only for fluency purposes if you want to move to and live in other countries that use other languages that are different from your mother tongue. It is such a requirement to make sure that when you are ready to move into those countries, you will be able to communicate using those languages fluently and also effectively and one of those skills that are needed to be tested is listening because this is the first step of communication. You need to hear before you make verbal or non verbal responses.

Sample Test for IELTS

People said that if you want to sign up for students exchange or want to study abroad; you have to pass your IELTS English-language exam first and so do when you have to get the validation for your emigration process. It is one of the many requirements you have to go through. And if you get good scores on the exam, it is also very good for you because you would have greater chances as emigrants and also as international student candidates because the institutions will certainly look over the results of your IELTS so it would also be a certain consideration for them.

“Pocket Tips” for Writing IELTS

One week before the D-day of your IELTS exam test, you should think that you have already learned all you need to Ace the IELTS test. What is left for you is to keep practice and repeat all so that you will never forget it on the test day.

3 Topics for an IELTS Essay: Argument, Hidden Argument, Situation | Part 2

If you want to walk out of the IELTS exam room with a huge smile on your face, keep these: follow the rules, keep the right structure, use some “advanced” and “smart” vocabularies, and practice. This article is the last part of the series 3 Topics for Essay Writing IELTS: Argument, Hidden Argument, Situation. And we will talk about Situation type in this article.

3 Topics for an IELTS Essay: Argument, Hidden Argument, Situation | Part 1

IELTS writing task 2 is essay writing: you do not have to be a writer to write a good essay. This task may look more difficult that the writing task 1. Follow the rules, keep the right structure, use some “advanced” and “smart” vocabularies, and practice! This way you can create such beautiful essay in roughly 40 minutes! In this series we will talk about the 3 different topics for IELTS Writing according to Simone Braverman from his book Ace the IELTS.

There are 3 topics on essay IELTS, let’s call them A, H, S.

1. Argument
For example: Modern society benefits greatly from computer technology. However, becoming more dependent on computer has its disadvantages. Discuss threats of computers.
Here the 2 sides of argument a re the advantages and disadvantages of computers.

In this type of topic, you need to explore pros, contras, and the reasons, and you have to support one side only. Here is the sample of structure for this type of topic.
Introduction: Clearly state the both sides of the argument. Do not copy from instruction, write it in other words.
Body : Write at least 2 paragraphs. Write the first paragraph to tell about the side you disagree with. The side you agree should be written in last body paragraph.
Conclusion: Write the summary of the points you made.

2. Hidden Argument
These topics usually ask “To what extent...?” or “How has something change…?” For example: “To what extent should television participate in our children’s education?”
What they really ask here is whether the television should educate the children or not.

The structure for this topic is similar with Argument type. What is slightly different is in the Introduction part. The introduction part must reveal the hidden argument by defining the question. Rewrite the topic, for instance, from “To what extent should television participate in our children’s education?” into “Does television participate in our children’s education?”

After that, write the structure similar to Argument type above. The next part of this series will talk about the last type of topic, that is situation type and about general suggestion on how to write them.
Reference: Ace the IELTS (Simon Braverman)

Menulis Esai IELTS? Gunakan 4C ini

Banyak yang bertanya apa cara sukses menulis esai. Sesungguhnya jawabannya hanya satu, ‘banyak berlatih, banyak bimbingan, dan banyak kesabaran.’ Tetapi, bagaimana caranya berlatih dengan benar? Ikuti cara 4C. wah, apalagi itu, ya?

Penjelasan Tentang IELTS General Writing

Pada sesi writing dalam tes IELTS General, yang dinilai adalah kemampuan anda untuk berkomunikasi tentang hal-hal umum, isu-isu sederhana, dan pembahasan tentang topik yang anda sukai. Anda mungkin akan diminta untuk menyampaikan juga informasi bukti-bukti dari pernyataan anda, memberikan saran, mengungkapkan kesukaan atau ketidaksukaan anda, atau keberatan anda, pendapat atau pandangan anda.

IELTS General Writing Module (Pahami dengan baik)

Pada Writing Task 2 anda akan menerima sebuah topik dan anda akan diminta untuk menulis sebuah essai terdiri dari 250 kata. Tugas ini memiliki bobot yang lebih berat ketimbang Writing task 1. Tes ini juga membutuhkan waktu yang lebih lama – 40 menit, sedangkan Writing task 1 hanya memerlukan waktu 20 menit.

Frase yang Berguna dalam tes IELTS Area Writing (General)

Untuk melengkapi tugas menulis surat pada tes IELTS area writing dalam waktu 20 menit, akan sangat membantu jika anda mengetahui beberapa frase dan ekspresi yang biasa digunakan. Dengan dapat menggunakan kata-kata dan ekspresi ini anda dapat mengemukakan ide anda dengan cepat dan efektif, tanpa memikirkan setiap dan seluruh kata. Sambil anda mempelajari arti-artinya anda juga harus memastikan bahwa anda telah mencatat spelling dari setiap kata dengan sempurna. Berikut ini daftar beberapa kata dan ekspesi tersebut: