dandn

I practised in the evening and if you practise a lot you won't get any suprises at the day of the test.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!!!


This IELTS test was the last thing our CO asked for, so hopefully the meds were ok (we haven't heard anything back yet)

Now it's waiting for the VISA GRANT!!!!!!!

Debby

ice mocha

so you sat for IELTS after you submitted your visa app? did you need the extra 10 points from IELTS? or did you have to sit for it anyway?
just wondering...

jane BK

Got mine today at last as well!
Listening 9.0
Reading 8.5
Writing 9.0
Speaking 9.0

More points yippee!

ice mocha

WOW WEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
That's it, I've appointed you my personal INSTRUCTOR!!!

haha.... I want to sit for mine in March!! Guess I better start practicing, eh?
Did you do much "revision".. or did you just go for it?

What's the writing like??? What topics did they cover?? (if you dont mind sharing)

jane BK

All commissions gratefully accepted!!!!!!! I did download the samples from the ielts website but didn't order a book and there were no listening tests to prepare you - just make sure you don't cough or you'll miss a bit! I did do the samples the night before - mainly so I could work out if I could write enough and my sample letter needed to be 150 words and my attempt was 150 words so I knew that would be ok. I can waffle for England so the essay was not an issue especially as I have A grade English A level and an English degree - I know how to plan an essay which helps.

Subjects : letter damage to something during a house removal (practice for Oz!) and the essay was the pros/cons of single sex v co-ed education, giving opinions, and evidence if you can. The hardest element was the reading/comprehension as some of it is a yes/no type answer and other bits down to personal judgement so it is worth doing some of these!

Good luck

ice mocha

wow!! yea i heard a lot of people said about the reading being hard.
my worry is more the writing (worried about writing so many words and my handwriting gradually getting worse..) and to plan an essay... to it has a start, middle & end. something i haven't done since i left school!!

urg... need some practice me thinks!! thanks for the tips though

CONGRATS again!!

knockoff nige

Failed! Unbelievable. Well not failed but only 6 in reading and 8, 8.5, and 9 in the rest. Shocking. How can this honestly suggest that I'm not proficient in English? Have to do this stupid exam again. I'm really annoyed. I'll be getting them to check the result again but I never have any faith in these things when you cant actually see it for yourself. Another ****** delay to this visa application.

dandn

No I'm Dutch my husband who is english is the main applicant but they wanted to know if was able to speak etc the english language . So I only needed an average band of 4.5 ......

Debby

dandn

I'm so sorry to hear that Nige!!!

Don't give up!!!

All the best
Debby

ice mocha

i am so sorry!!! dont give up, at least now you know to concentrate on that section..? you'll be fine the next time round.

knockoff nige

Thanks, I'm not convinced that I got them wrong though. I will just need to trust them to check it right. I just dont see how its possible. The only area I was a little concerned about was listening but only about the questions towards the end. However, I got 8.5 in it.

ice mocha

do you have to wait a period... before you re-sit??

knockoff nige

Yes and no. I can resit it tomorrow if there was one......if there was one. Over here in Ireland I have to wait until May I think. Have to fly back over to the UK again. This really has annoyed me. Fingers crossed the recheck pays off.

Millie11

Hi, Just saw that you are Dutch and therefore only need 4.5. So does that mean that you only need 5 in the 4 main areas? I am Danish and that's the first time I have heard that. I really hope so - kept thinking if the native english speakers fail - what chances would I have.....

ice mocha

im not sure about the dutch thing, but the majority of us need the points, so we need an average of 7 or more to get 25 points, otherwise we'll only have 15 points.
(i think i'm right..?)