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.

IELTS Reading Tips : Tricky test

It seems the reading test was easy, but the reality it will trick you to fall into trap of failure. so to prevent that, I give you some tips for trick that test :P

Every IELTS Reading test, no matter Academic or General has tasks of this kind. Lots of students tell me (and I agree) that this is a very confusing task :p . For those who have no idea what I am talking about, I’ll explain – this task has a statement, and your job is to say whether or not it is True, False or Not Given according to the reading passage.

How do you “attack” this question type? First learn the rule:

-  If the statement clearly appears in the text – it is True

-  If the text clearly says the opposite of the statement – it is False

-  If you didn’t find the statement to be either True or False – it is Not Given

Example:

“Eating junk food is dangerous and can lead to cancer” – T, F, NG

1) If the text clearly says that “Eating junk food is dangerous and leads to cancer” then the answer is T.

2) If the text says that “No research showed evidence that Eating junk food is dangerous and leads to cancer” then the answer is F.

3) If the text says “The research included of both genders of ages 30 to 45″ and nothing else about Eating Junk food – your answer is NG.

Don’t make these mistakes:

• Don’t assume anything based on your knowledge and experience, read the text! It is the oldest trick in the book and they use it a lot in IELTS exams.
• Don’t “overthink” your answer – you could start building long logical sequences that will lead you to the wrong answer.

The reading test required accuracy and time efficiency so that the time spent was not wasted. The core of the reading test is calm and carefulness in reading the given problem and no-movement wasted. And below is a short step to understand the reading test :

1. Leave a question if you can’t answer. To spend a long time on one answer is disastrous. Go back later if you have time and guess if you have too.Remember you do not lose marks for wrong answers.
2. Don’t panic if you don’t know anything about the passage. All the answers are in the passage and you don’t need any specialist knowledge.
3. Remember you have no extra time to transfer your answers, many candidates think because they have extra time in listening they are able to do this in reading too. You can’t.
4. Before the exam read as widely as possible e.g. Newspapers, magazines, journals. Don’t limit yourself to one type of text and read articles with an academic style where possible.
5. Look at ways paragraphs are organized.
6. Try and predict content of paragraph from the opening sentence.
7. Give a paragraph you read an imaginary heading.
8. Don’t concentrate on words you don’t know. It is fatal and wastes valuable time.
9. Careless mistakes cost many marks. Copy the answer correctly if it is in the passage.
10. Check spelling.
11. Only give one answer if that is all that’s needed.
12. Be careful with singular/plural.

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IELTS Listening : Focus and Steady

Do you find the IELTS listening exam more difficult than other listening exams you have done?  What makes it seem difficult?  It has the same format as other exams – filling in spaces, completing information, matching exercises, and a variety of accents.  So why does it seem more complicated?

IELTS for Immigration and Study Abroad

One of the requirement for immigration and study abroad into English-language countries is English language assessment such as IELTS.