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February 2014

IELTS Speaking test in Hyderabad, India – January 2014

IELTS test taker P was asked the following questions in a recent Speaking test:

Speaking testIELTS test in India

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– Do you find your work interesting?
– What work do you do?
– Why is your work boring sometimes?
– Do you read the news? How?
– Do you feel it is important to be up to date with the news?
– How do you do that?
– Do you think young generation is more interested in news than old generation? Why?

Cue Card

Describe a tourist attraction that you enjoyed visiting. Please say

– Why and when did you go there?
– What did you do there?
– Would you like to visit it again?

Discussion

– What are the most important tourist attractions in your country?
– Do you think it is important to visit all of these places in the country?
– Do you think international tourist resorts are affecting the local culture?

IELTS Results competition winners in January 2014

Today I’m delighted to announce the 11 winners of our January 2014 IELTS results competition. What a great start to the New Year!

Academic Module – 1st placeBand 8 in IELTS

  • Harsha Shetty from India, Band 8.5 (with a 9 in Speaking)

Academic Module – 2nd place

  • Nokwanda Ngcobo from South Africa, Band 8 (with a 9 in Speaking)
  • Sandeep Kudale from India, Band 8
  • Tejashri Kambli from India, Band 8
  • Yahnnah Francisco from the Philippines, Band 8
  • Lovedeep Wadhwa from India, Band 8
  • Aparna Valan from India, Band 8 (with 9’s in Listening and Reading)

Academic Module – 3rd place

  • Manvit Vekaria from India, Band 7.5

General Training Module – 1st place

  • Chethan Harry from India, Band 8 (with a 9 in Listening)

General Training Module – 2nd place

  • Kamal Almakari from Saudi Arabia, Band 7.5
  • Nisha Sharma from India, Band 7.5

Congratulations to the winners! Hope you’re out, partying and celebrating, because such scores should not go unnoticed! To mark this occasion we are sending your certificates of achievement to your emails. Your IELTS results will be displayed in the IELTS-Blog hall of fame – please feel free to show off to your friends!

How did these lovely people do so well? We would love to find out! At the moment all we know is that Yahnnah Francisco and Manvit Vekaria used Target Band 7 in their preparation – but (surprise, surprise!) both scored above 7! Well done guys!

We look forward to hearing from the winners their stories of how they prepared and studied, and what helped them achieve success in IELTS. Anything they wish to share will be posted on IELTS-Blog without delay, so everyone can use the same technique and get a better score in their own exam this month.

P.S. IELTS results competition runs every month, and everyone is welcome to participate. Learn how to enroll here.