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March 2014

IELTS test in Australia – February 2014 (Academic Module)

This exam update was shared by F, an IELTS test taker from Australia.

Listening testIELTS test in Australia

Section 1. A diagram of a zoo was shown and the speaker gave a welcome talk to the tourists.

Section 2. An academic adviser spoke with a university student about the advantages and disadvantages of his current study and gave other options for the future.

Section 3, 4. Don’t remember.

Reading test

Passage 1. About bizen ware (a type of pottery) in Japan.
Questions: True/False/Not Given, match headings to paragraphs.

Passage 2. About task cooperation.
Questions: short-answer questions (no more than X words), match headings to paragraphs.

Passage 3. About various headings on pictographs, knots, and so on.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a line graph showing the percentage of students enrolled in different courses between 1985 and 2005 and a forecast for 2015.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Most people believe that a society will produce more happy people if there is little difference between earnings of the poor and rich members of society. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

IELTS Results competition winners in February 2014

Today we’re proud to present and celebrate the 12 winners, who received the best scores ranging from 7.5 to 8.5 and entered in our monthly IELTS results competition. It’s a true pleasure to give you the dedicated, hardworking people whose efforts paid off, who can finally relax and look back with satisfaction, because they made it!

Academic Module – 1st placeBand 9 in IELTS

  • Kanwal Peter from Pakistan, Band 8.5 (with 9’s in Listening and Reading)
  • Joyson Kizhakathil from India, Band 8.5 (with 9’s in Listening and Reading)

Academic Module – 2nd place

  • Moumita Chowdhury from Bangladesh, Band 8
  • Ibrahim Baris Caglar from Turkey, Band 8
  • Daniyal Ahmed Javed from Pakistan, Band 8
  • Tek Jung Mahat from Nepal, Band 8 (with a 9 in Speaking)

Academic Module – 3rd place

  • Monagelle Toledo from the Philippines, Band 7.5
  • Tmalika Rahmat Ullah from Bangladesh, Band 7.5 (with a 9 in Reading)
  • Ballad Agbeyei from Nigeria, Band 7.5
  • Maria Verzosa from the Philippines, Band 7.5

General Training Module – 1st place

  • Rohan Arora from India, Band 8
  • Mainak Bhattacharya from India, Band 8 (with a 9 in Reading)

Congratulations to the winners! A day like this shouldn’t go unnoticed – and so 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!

We have to find out how these lovely people were able to score so well. All we know at the moment is that Rohan Arora ( Band 8 ) was studying by the book “Ace the IELTS”, and Ibrahim Baris Caglar ( Band 8 ) and Maria Verzosa ( Band 7.5 ) were using our book “Target Band 7”. But we definitely need to know more!

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.