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August 2009

IELTS tips that helped Donmarl get Band 8.0

Our latest winner, an IELTS candidate from the Philippines, Donmarl Camua explains what he did to achieve Band 8.0 in his Academic exam.

“MY ADVICE

Coming from the Philippines, a country where English is the second official language, I do certainly have some advantage in taking the IELTS. However, in IELTS – just like in any exam – preparation is always the key.

I may be fluent in English, but if I didn’t take time to do homework, attend a class or do online exercises, I may not have the score that I need for my Immigration Application.

If you want to get high scores, dedicate enough time to studying.

WHAT I DID

Prior to taking the exam:

I did some research. I searched and downloaded reviewers and e-books on the Internet. I gathered all the reviewers I could find. I made sure that I do at least one reviewer a day.

I subscribed to the IELTS-Blog.com. I thank the creators of this website, because it helped me a lot during my review. The “overview of IELTS Exams” shared by blog subscribers, helped me plan what to practice.

I took a review class sponsored by the test center, the IDP Philippines, to get tips from the actual examiners. We were given some tips on what the examiners look at in the written exams. We were taught how to do skimming and scanning in the Reading exams.

Again, if you want to be successful in IELTS, make time to prepare.

And when you prepare, prepare to WIN.

Simone says: I would like to ask all the people reading this post – if you achieved Band score 7 and up in IELTS and have tips to share – please click here and let me know.

IELTS Results competition winners for July 2009

I am guessing that you guys were busy taking time off and going on trips last month, because we didn’t have many competitors. For some reason we only had Academic IELTS results submitted, but I sure hope that next month we’ll have General Training candidates too – don’t be afraid of a little competition, you never know who you’re up against 🙂

Those who did send their test report forms were waiting for this moment, and their patience is about to be rewarded.

Without any further introduction, our winner in July is

Donmarl Camua from Philippines, Band 8.0 (Academic Module)

Congratulation! Your score will be remembered – you are on top of our winners page.

Your certificate is on its way to you and I can’t wait to hear from you. Please share your best tips for success in IELTS with the rest of us, thousands of IELTS candidates are counting on you.

As always, I invite everyone to join and get a chance of winning our August’s competition. No result is too low, don’t be shy – click here to become the next winner!