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A common mistake in the IELTS Listening test is to not read the instructions carefully and to include too many words in the answer.
To show you what I mean, here’s a question from Section 1 of the Listening test in the Official IELTS Practice Materials (Volume 2) and a transcript of the audio recording.
(The recording is a conversation between a customer and a booking officer at a theatre).
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We’re very happy to say that in 2011 our IELTS tutoring helped IELTS candidates of twenty one different nationalities in seven different countries improve their IELTS scores or get the IELTS band score they need.
You can meet some of the candidates we helped on the ‘Student stories‘ page of our website.
We hope 2012 brings you the IELTS success you need.
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Did you know that the first thing the IELTS examiner will check in IELTS Writing Task 2 is whether or not you’ve answered all parts of the essay writing task?
I’m asking you this because in IELTS Writing Task 2 many candidates just have a quick look at the task and then don’t include all of the ideas that are required in their essay.
To show you what I mean, here’s an IELTS Writing Task 2 from the book Cambridge IELTS 8:
Some people think that parents should teach children how to be good members of society. Others, however, believe that school is the place to learn this.
Discuss both of these views and give your own opinion.
In this example, the examiner will check whether you have: Read the full post »
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The Top 100 Tools for Learning 2011 has been released and we’re very happy to say that we use four of the top 10 to help IELTS candidates prepare for the IELTS test.
The list is from an annual survey of over 500 learning professionals worldwide.
The tools that we use in the top 10 are:
We use Youtube to post videos showing different parts of the IELTS test, performances and advice from IELTS candidates, and advice about how to prepare for the IELTS test. You can see our Youtube videos in the ‘Videos‘ category of our IELTS preparation blog or on our Youtube channel.
We use Skype and Moodle (an online course management system) to deliver our IELTS tutoring service, and our IELTS preparation blog is built on WordPress.
We also help over 2000 IELTS candidates with their IELTS preparation on Facebook (number 15 on the list).
We’ll continue using these great tools to help you and other candidates prepare for the IELTS test next year.
Best wishes,
The e-englishteacher.com team
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Here are the answers to the IELTS Reading questions in my post ‘Is it true, false or not given?‘.
As with any IELTS Reading test practice, if you find you’ve got an answer wrong, it’s important to understand why your answer is wrong. Read the full post »