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November 2012

IELTS Results competition winners in October 2012

For the first time in history of IELTS-Blog.com, completely unexpectedly, today we will be announcing a group of high scorers, where not one… not two… but five(!) winners split the second place in our monthly results competition. I know you can hardly wait – so here goes:

The winners in October 2012 are:

Academic Module – 1st placeBand 8 in IELTS

  • Shashank Rao Palety from India, Band 8.5

Academic Module – 2nd place

  • Satish Naik from India, Band 8 (with Band 9 in Listening)
  • Nattakarn Limphaibool from Thailand, Band 8
  • Vimal Selvarajan from India, Band 8
  • Miss K from Nepal (who asked to remain anonymous), Band 8
  • Hoang Phuc Duong from Vietnam, Band 8

Academic Module – 3rd place

  • Stefan Erdoglija from Serbia, Band 7.5
  • Deepthi Changaradil from India, Band 7.5

General Training Module – 1st place

  • Sandeep Godbole from India, Band 8.5

Congratulations to the winners! You have so much to celebrate. To make this a day to remember we are sending your certificates of achievement to your emails, and your IELTS results will be displayed in the IELTS-Blog hall of fame.

I 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.

IELTS Speaking test in Sydney, Australia – October 2012

These Speaking questions were sent by C (thanks!) who recently took the IELTS test in Sydney, Australia:

Speaking testIELTS test in Australia

Interview

– Where do you come from?
– What is your home like?
– What do you do to make your home more beautiful?
– Do you have relatives?
– Do you think relatives are important in our lives?
– Do you have more relatives or friends?
– Do you think in the future you may have more relationships?

Cue Card

Talk about a situation where you had to be polite, please say:

– Where was it?
– Who was there with you?
– What did you do to be more polite?
– How did you feel about this situation?

Discussion

– Do you think being polite is very important in our lives?
– In your culture in which situations do people need to be more polite?
– Do you think that sometimes people are too polite?
– Is there an age from which children should be required to be polite?
– Are being friendly and polite different or do they have the same features?