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IELTS Test Results competition

IELTS Results competition winners in May 2015

May brought us 10 winners who received great IELTS results ranging from Overall Band 7.5 to Band 8.5. Some of them even got 9’s in the Listening and Reading sections! With great pleasure and pride we present the successful test takers:

Academic Module – 1st placeBand 9 in IELTS

  • Jigisha Chaudhari from India, Band 8.5
  • Sansar Choinyambuu from Mongolia, Band 8.5
  • Nikolaos Tripodakis from Greece, Band 8.5

Academic Module – 2nd place

  • George Nwonjuyi Ndiloseh from Cameroon, Band 8
  • Pratik Kumar Kundu from India, Band 8

Academic Module – 3rd place

  • Shruti Srivastava from India, Band 7.5
  • Jeeva Rajendran from India, Band 7.5
  • Anushka Sharma from India, Band 7.5

General Training Module – 1st place

  • Shweta Moheeput from Mauritius, Band 8.5

General Training Module – 2nd place

  • Noble Pynadath Poulose from India, Band 8

Congratulations to the winners! A day like this should be remembered – 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!

The big question on everyone’s mind now is “How did they do it?”, but only our winners can answer it. 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.

What you could learn from Thanh-Tam and Vindya (Band 8+ in IELTS)

Today we would like you to meet two lovely people who got truly enviable scores in IELTS – Band 8 or above. You may remember Thanh-Tam and Vindya as the winners of our IELTS results competition in April. Luckily they chose to share their secrets of success with everyone, and here is what you can learn from their experience.

Band 8 in IELTSThanh-Tam is 36 years old, lives in Vietnam and speaks Vietnamese, he got Band 8 in IELTS. Thanh-Tam’s advice on getting a higher score is:

Listening

It is a good idea to have daily training, using materials with a British or Australian accent. The programmes with transcripts such as ABC News and BBC Learning English are precious.

Reading

Exam skills such as scanning and skimming may help you reach a certain level, but higher scores require a large enough vocabulary, so please spend time reading academic texts on a regular basis. National Geographic can also be an example.

Writing

Two principles are key: having a personal coach and knowing how to win the race against time. Forty minutes for Task 2 and 20 minutes for Task 1 are so short that unrehearsed candidates may embarrass themselves easily.

Speaking

Most of the questions are predictable, so preparation does make your answers more productive. And pronunciation training can be found on YouTube.

Vindya is a 35 year old lady from Sri Lanka, a native Singhalese speaker. She attributes her success (Band 8.5) to guided practicing:

“I’d like to mention I was greatly benefited by www.IELTS-Blog.com. I purchased ‘Ace the IELTS’ book first and understood the technique. Then I used the writing correction services twice and after that it was all about practicing. I couldn’t do it on a daily basis as I am a full-time working mum, so I had to manage my time. I practiced all exam parts at least twice to thrice a week and that’s how I achieved this score. I would recommend anyone to purchase the writing correction services as that came very handy. Then its all about practice.”