IELTS
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IELTS
Hi so sat Ielts on Saturday and now the wait for results .... My first attempt ,has anyone passed recently???
Am 20 points short so need band 8 so hard.does anyone know of another way to get points? I'm 43 and dont have time to sit this exam repeatedly any ideas as I am not confident I can pass and have read of people having to sit this 10 + times. Fiona
Am 20 points short so need band 8 so hard.does anyone know of another way to get points? I'm 43 and dont have time to sit this exam repeatedly any ideas as I am not confident I can pass and have read of people having to sit this 10 + times. Fiona
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Re: IELTS
Hi so sat Ielts on Saturday and now the wait for results .... My first attempt ,has anyone passed recently???
Am 20 points short so need band 8 so hard.does anyone know of another way to get points? I'm 43 and dont have time to sit this exam repeatedly any ideas as I am not confident I can pass and have read of people having to sit this 10 + times. Fiona
Am 20 points short so need band 8 so hard.does anyone know of another way to get points? I'm 43 and dont have time to sit this exam repeatedly any ideas as I am not confident I can pass and have read of people having to sit this 10 + times. Fiona
Good luck with the wait
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Re: IELTS
Hi so sat Ielts on Saturday and now the wait for results .... My first attempt ,has anyone passed recently???
Am 20 points short so need band 8 so hard.does anyone know of another way to get points? I'm 43 and dont have time to sit this exam repeatedly any ideas as I am not confident I can pass and have read of people having to sit this 10 + times. Fiona
Am 20 points short so need band 8 so hard.does anyone know of another way to get points? I'm 43 and dont have time to sit this exam repeatedly any ideas as I am not confident I can pass and have read of people having to sit this 10 + times. Fiona
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Re: IELTS
You can find advice on Youtube. The British Council website also has free practice materials.
Regards,
Richard
Regards,
Richard
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So gutted got IELTS results and still not there.😐 I got 7 on all parts.Finding this test a bit of a joke I got 9 and a 7.5 first time and now it's worse....so do I keep on and book test 3 or try PTE ??? Any advice welcome
Fiona
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Re: IELTS
friend of mine did it 8 times he is 44 his scores were all over the place till he got all 8s but he kept goin every 2 weeks even appealed some
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Re: IELTS
Reading - need logical deduction and careful parsing of the text for what it actually says, not what you think it implies.
Listening - Trip up central, where understanding the question exactly is key. Listen hard.
Writing - when I did it it was writing a letter to the council, the key bit was logical structuring, and of course spelling/grammar. Imagine 'letters to the editor' for the right feel.
Talking - provided you can speak clearly and with proper sentence construction, it's easy.
Thought occurs, can you do more than one type of test at a time, so you can up your chances of one of them giving the result needed?
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Thought occurs, can you do more than one type of test at a time, so you can up your chances of one of them giving the result needed?
You can do as many tests as you like, but immigration will only accept the results of a single test, not combined results from multiple sittings.
You can do as many tests as you like, but immigration will only accept the results of a single test, not combined results from multiple sittings.
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Thought occurs, can you do more than one type of test at a time, so you can up your chances of one of them giving the result needed?
You can do as many tests as you like, but immigration will only accept the results of a single test, not combined results from multiple sittings.
You can do as many tests as you like, but immigration will only accept the results of a single test, not combined results from multiple sittings.
I'm 43 and dont have time to sit this exam repeatedly
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Definitely. We've found people who struggled with IELTS do better on PTE, and for others, it's the other way around, and they find IELTS easier than PTE. So it's probably better to try more than one testing system if you're having problems.
Richard
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Thanks everyone for your posts.I have booked PTE for 30th November so fingers crossed.I'm hoping the reading will be easier for me as black text on white I really struggle with.I normally use blue paper,dislexia is such a pain but I will pass this one day. ☺ Fiona
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Wishing the you best of luck
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Hi Fiona. You're probably already well across this, but just in case, there's supposed to be assistance with the test for people with dyslexia https://www.ielts.org/book-a-test/special-requirements
Wishing the you best of luck
Wishing the you best of luck
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Hi everyone, so my English exam nightmare continues, I did not get the results I needed on the PTE so after lots of feeling useless I am going to keep on studying and try again soon. There is no other option as I need the 20 points or no visa. Anyone else feeling deflated by this silly testing system ? My speaking results were 66 total joke as on my IELTS I got 9 lol.
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Re: IELTS
It is a real struggle, but most people do tend to improve on multiple attempts. The first time is more about orientating yourself to the test.
Keep trying - hire a tutor for an hour - this can make all the difference!
Regards,
Richard
Keep trying - hire a tutor for an hour - this can make all the difference!
Regards,
Richard