IELTS Basics – Introduction to the IELTS Exam
If you’re asking “What’s IELTS?”, this lesson is for you. I give you all the information you need to know about this popular English proficiency exam, and answer common questions about it, such as what the difference between IELTS and TOEFL is.
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Saturday, February 28th 2009
thanks
Friday, March 6th 2009
rebecca u’re the best teaching english
Wednesday, March 25th 2009
Dear Rebecca, Hope you fine! I have watched your videos on IELTS and found them very helpful. I am preparing for GT and needs your advise regarding writing module specially task two which is essay writing. My exam is on 18th of April at Nagoya, Japan. So hope to hear from you soon.
Best wishes,
AZAM
Hi Azam
You can definitely learn how to write an essay easily and without too much stress. Please watch my English lesson How to Structure your TOEFL Essay. I believe it will be very helpful to you for the IELTS essay as well, as it shows you how to write an intelligent and well-structured response to any essay topic.
Other tips:
Write many practice essays so you can do so within the time limit.
Start with the essay, and then write the letter, since the essay is worth more marks.
Use many dynamic verbs and try your best not to repeat any of the verbs.
Most important, plan for 4-5 minutes, so your ideas are logically and clearly presented.
Please check the following website for additional ideas:
http://www.goodluckielts.com
Let me know how it goes! Stay positive.
Thursday, April 2nd 2009
Your speech was informative and useful.
But i’ve another doubt regarding listening.
Would the idioms used by the english and
australian people come in exams
Yes, such idioms and expressions can certainly appear on the IELTS exam at times. This cannot be avoided, so the best strategy is to work through as much of the practice IELTS materials as possible. There are specific books and CDs available that help train your ear for the accents and expose you to some of their expressions.
Also, have a look at the suggestions and tips on this website:
http://www.goodluckielts.com
The IELTS is a challenging exam, but you can definitely improve your score through rigorous and regular practice.
All the best to you!
Anjani and Josh
Thanks for your feedback.
Friday, April 17th 2009
very good orientation!!!
Hi,Teacher I´m glad to listening your classes.Every class from you are fantastic.
Can you to advise me something about a carrer that I want to start on internet.I´m from colombia and I want to study busisnes adminstration.
Thanks a lot.
Thanks for your feedback, Renaldo.
Your question about an Internet business is a little too complex to handle here, though. I do wish you the very best with your Business Administration studies and with any entrepreneurial activities you decide to pursue.
Tuesday, June 16th 2009
Dear Rebacca,
Your are a great teacher. If I have you to help me or If i live where you teach, my English would definitely get improved from you. I think your accent is English American. is it right?
Yeah, my purpose is to study to pass the IELTS but I live with the non native speaker and non-native teacher. So, I have no idea to find a good teacher like you to teach me. As I am still a student now, so I cannot go to the big city and get my English study there. So, do you have any idea to help me if I would like to study IELTS from this you, from website or from the website you have told me during your explanation from youtube?
Kind Regards,
Juu
The “Good Luck IELTS” website can give you lots of tips and strategies on how to do well on the IELTS.
Also at that site, there are reviews of a number of excellent IELTS exam preparation guidebooks which can help you a lot.
All the best to you.
Sunday, June 21st 2009
i will come to your enestetution ples send y r mobil number to ni eimll
I have sent you an email with the contact info for our school.
Monday, June 29th 2009
HI mam
mi name is ahmed ,im frome ksa ,i whould like tock with y .
and how i can come to y r ienestetution in canada ?
ples mam help me in the short time
have a nice day.
ahmed
We will contact you soon at the number you have provided or you can feel free to contact us at the school:
http://www.diplomatschool.com
We would be happy to help you in any way possible.
Monday, July 6th 2009
dear Mrs. Rebecca:
How do you do? I hope you are fine and everthings being allright with you. realy I found your lessons very useful.
My name’s Ahmed Mustafa, and I am from Sudan.I am student in intermediate leve. and I am studing by Headway Books.
My question is how do you find this books. And one more question, if I’ll finish from this books can I start IELTS. and finaly could you advice me about english study.
A. Mustafa
Best Regards
Hi A. Mustafa
The Headway series can certainly help you to make good progress in English. There are two IELTS exams – general and academic – and the level is easier on the general exam. You could begin with a pre-IELTS guidebook, if you like, in order to proceed step by step. You could also try one of the IELTS preparation guidebooks such as Barron’s which also contains many exercises which develop the necessary skills to do well in the exam. Remember to check which IELTS you need to do first. It depends on the reason you are taking the exam.
All the best to you.
Saturday, July 25th 2009
Hi Rebecca,
Can u guide me how to improve my reading, I want to get 6 in IELTS general test but I got 5.5 in reading. All other modules are fine with me; writing, listening and speaking. Can u please guide me how can I improve my Ielts general readnig, any good tips or video for me. I will be having my exam again in about a months time.
Regards,
Farooq
You really need to identify which type of questions you usually get wrong. You will know this only after doing a few practice tests from some books such as the Cambridge IELTS test papers. Then, concentrate on working through exercises that train you in answering those particular types of questions. There are many excellent books which can help you with this.
You can also check the reading tips I have written about on my website, http://www.goodluckielts.com.
All the best in your exam.
Again
I thank u
best regards with u sir,, :)
My best wishes to you too. Thanks for writing.
Tuesday, August 18th 2009
Dear Rebecca I wish to appear in IELTS exam plz advise how can I improve my writing. Thanks
I’m not sure if you need to do the academic or general IELTS. Both need essay writing, so first you should learn how to write good essays of 4 to 5 paragraphs within 40 minutes. Read through some of the sample essays and other advice on my website, goodluckielts. com
For Task 1 of the Academic IELTS, you must know a lot of vocabulary to describe charts, graphs, etc. For example, you need to know words like rise, fall, increase sharply, decrease dramatically, etc.
For Task 1 of the General IELTS you need to learn how to write a letter easily and quickly. Several of the IELTS guidebooks
can help you with this.
All the best to you, Jamshed.
Sunday, August 30th 2009
Hi,
They say: There are some tactics for IELTS examination that thy have a essential role for passing IELTS exams. Is it true? and If your answer is positive, How can I learn them? I am looking forward to your answer. Thanks a lot.
Sunday, August 30th 2009
Hi again
If it is possible, I would like to have some effective e Books about “tactics for IELTS”. How can I get them?
There are many IELTS guidebooks which give you tips to help you do well in the exam. These suggestions and strategies can certainly help you to do better.
The best way to do this is to complete a practice IELTS test from one of the books, and then analyze what types of questions you got wrong. Keep a record of this information and then read about how to improve in those particular types of questions.
That would be better than reviewing everything in general.
My best to you.
Sunday, September 6th 2009
My dear teacher,
I would like to admire your teaching strategies for my English improvement so far.
However, my speaking and listening skills have been so weak my dear professor Rebecca.
Would you mind giving me some tactics for this problem?
Thanks a lot in advance my dear professor Rebecca.
Have a very happy day!!!
Thanh Tong TRUONG
There are specific ILETS guidebooks which can give you additional practice with listening and speaking.
Remember that you need to improve your spelling too to get a higher score in the IELTS listening. At the least, make sure you can spell all the days of the week and months of the year correctly – these are often mentioned in the first section of the listening test.
Also, try to listen to British TV stations so you get used to the accent.
You need to prepare for the speaking test with an English teacher who can point out all the mistakes you are making, so you can conquer those errors to get a higher score. That is the best way.
My best wishes to you.
Sunday, September 13th 2009
Dear Rebecca,
I’m here in Thailand which is a non-native English speaking country. It’s really expensive for IELTS course here ,last time I’d spent a lot of money for that but I got only 6! Absolutely it’s not enough for passing the scholarship qualifications.
But now I found your website!!! Thanks God!
I’ll try to improve my IELTS skills and hope I’ll get a better score this time!!!
Thank you so much
Thanks for your feedback.
My best wishes to you for the IELTS. Don’t be hard on yourself; the IELTS is a challenging exam and many students appear a few times before they get the marks they require.
There are many IELTS websites which can help you. You can also work with some of the many different IELTS guidebooks which are available and do as many practice tests as you can to see where you stand. When you start getting a higher score on the practice tests, then attempt the exam again.
My best wishes to you.
Friday, November 6th 2009
Hi Rebecca
I wish i could have learnt English personally from you.you are the worlds best english tacher …..please help me in scoring band 7 in IELTS exam as i have applied for immigration……….how can i organise and learn things in a proper way …any tips….
thank u so much…..
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009
Hi Rebecca!
This is Sopheap from Cambodia. I have found your website it’s really interesting for being a professional teacher. I’ve found out two questions in wich i still missunderstand… First, what is diferent bitween IELTS & TOEFLE? Second, what countries require IELTS & TOEFL? Would you give me for sure about this?… waiting to seeing your feedback!
Thank you very much.
Hi Sopheap. Rebecca has already recorded a free English lesson on this topic. Watch it here:
Differences between IELTS and TOEFL
Wednesday, December 23rd 2009
hi, please tell me that how much days can be 1st and 2nd Ielts exam?
Saturday, January 9th 2010
thank you so much, you are the best teacher in my heart
Tuesday, February 9th 2010
thnx for such a great informations about ielets
i like that ……..
may u live long
idrees
Friday, February 26th 2010
hi rebecca
i hope u are fine and in ur good health i already given ielts and get 5.5 band but i need 6.5 for admission so now a days i am trying again but feel too much diffculty in reading did not get the right answers i finf it where it located but do not do it in a proper way so plz help me in these regard ok
hopeless
raza