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May 2016

IELTS Results competition winners in April 2016

What a great feeling it is to finally reveal the 8 winners who received the best IELTS results in April. Their hard work resulted in excellent scores ranging from Band 7.5 to 8.5 – well done!

And the winners are:

Academic Module – 1st placeBand 9 in IELTS

  • Nandira Kirana from Indonesia, Band 8.5
  • Chidinma Chinoyelum from Nigeria, Band 8.5
  • Mihir Prakash from India, Band 8.5

Academic Module – 2nd place

  • Akinwale from Nigeria, Band 8

Academic Module – 3rd place

  • Ebuka Raphael from Nigeria, Band 7.5
  • Shashank from India, Band 7.5

General Training Module – 1st place

  • Nagaraj Nagaraj from India, Band 8.5

General Training Module – 2nd place

  • Khandoker Upal from Bangladesh, Band 8

Congratulations, everyone! To show our appreciation to the winners we are sending their certificates of achievement to their emails. Winning IELTS results will be displayed in the IELTS-Blog hall of fame – so if you won, please feel free to show them off to your family and friends!

We should really find out how these lovely people were able to score so well. All we know at the moment is that Nagaraj Nagaraj (Band 8.5 with the perfect 9 in Speaking) used our practice tests to prepare for the exam. But we definitely need to know more!

Hope to hear from the winners the 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.

IELTS test in Australia and Malaysia – April 2016 (General Training)

Two recent IELTS test takers (thanks, L and J!) shared the following information about their seemingly identical exams in Australia and Malaysia:

Writing testIELTS test in Australia

Writing task 1 (a letter)

Write a letter to request a reservation of the apartment that you rented during your last vacation. Please say

– What did you like about the apartment?
– What weren’t you happy with?
– Provide your date of arrival and length of stay.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Nowadays people prefer to shop in large supermarkets rather than nearby local shops. Why do you think this happens? Is this a positive or a negative trend? Give your opinion and examples from your own experience.

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What do you do?
– Where do you live now?
– Is it a house or an apartment?
– Which room in your house do you like the most? Why?
– Why do you think some people are vegetarians?
– Do you like to read?
– Do you read books in English?
– How often do you do it?

Cue Card

Talk about a song that reminds you of a particular time in the past. Please say

– What song is it?
– Who is the singer?
– What does it remind you of?

Discussion

– Let’s talk about music.
– Why aren’t some local singers as successful as the overseas ones?
– Do you think that language of the song matters?
– Do you think the Internet affects the music industry? Why?