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IELTS Results competition winners in May 2023

IELTS Results competition winners in May 2023

“Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success.”

I think no one could have said it better than Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, and today you are about to see 12 real-life examples of people that prove his point. Their consistent, hard work resulted in really impressive IELTS scores, ranging from Band 7 to 8.5, and quite a few of them even got Band 9 for their Reading and Listening.

Let’s give a very warm welcome to …

IELTS results competition winners of May 2023

Academic Module

  • 1st place – Yagiz Ozenci from Turkey, Band 8.5
  • 2nd place – Dinusha Perera from Sri Lanka, Band 8
  • 2nd place – Chloe Cheng from Taiwan, Band 8
  • 3rd place – Yi-Hsuan Lai from Taiwan, Band 7.5
  • 3rd place – Liseli Situmbeko from Zambia, Band 7.5
  • 3rd place – Song Lin Yong from Malaysia, Band 7.5

General Training Module

  • 1st place – Tapan Patel from the USA, Band 8
  • 1st place – Ziaad HussainNuseeb from Mauritius, Band 8
  • 1st place – Goodness Okeke from Nigeria, Band 8
  • 1st place – Divyansh Sharma from India, Band 8
  • 2nd place – Hala Abdelaziz from Egypt, Band 7.5
  • 3rd place – Jalpaben Parmar from India, Band 7

These scores are just fantastic, congratulations everyone! To mark this happy occasion we are sending our winners their certificates of achievement via email. We are also adding the winning IELTS results to the IELTS-Blog hall of fame – so please feel free to show them off to your friends!

How did they score so well?

We’re never miss a chance to celebrate when our students win, and this time we’ve got enough winners to throw a very noisy party 😉

Chloe Cheng (Band 8) is a VIP Club member, she joined a few weeks ago and has been using the IELTS Online Prep platform to prepare for the test. Our writing correction team helped Chloe with her writing tasks and she improved her Listening and Reading considerably using the practice tests on our website. Chloe said, “I think the most important thing is to do mock exams as much as possible. I practiced the ones on your website and I went from 7 to 9 in listening and reading.”

Tapan Patel (Band 8) used the book Ace the IELTS and practice tests to prepare. He said, “Your books have helped me a lot, and I will make sure to leave an excellent review, to ensure others use this resource too.”

Ziaad Nuseeb (Band 8) solved many of these practice tests while preparing for the real exam, and Yi-Hsuan Lai (Band 7.5) relied on our writing correction service to improve her essays and reports. Almost all of the winners were subscribed to our daily IELTS emails with the latest questions, model answers, tips and advice.

As for the other winners – we would love to hear from you, because when you share your stories and tell us how you studied, you are helping thousands of test takers, preparing for their exams right now. Any useful tips will be posted on IELTS-Blog.com, so everyone can use the same technique and get a better score in their own exam this month.

Did you know? IELTS results competition runs every month, and everyone is welcome to participate. Learn how to enroll here.

Here is what helped Alan get Band 8 in IELTS

You probably remember Alan as one of the IELTS Results competition winners. We celebrated their success earlier this month, and Alan took the first place in the General Training group.

Alan lives in India and speaks Hindi as his first language. He came across IELTS-Blog.com and subscribed to our daily emails in January this year. When he took the test, he scored Band 8.0, and decided to take part in our monthly IELTS results competition. As a winner, Alan was invited to share his experience, and he wanted to give back and help everyone still studying for the test. Here is what Alan told us about his IELTS preparation, and how you can do well in the test:

“My English proficiency before starting the preparation was at a moderate level, I would say.

With the initial practice assessments I took, I was around Band 7-8 in Listening and Reading, Band 5-6 in Writing, and an estimate of Band 6 in Speaking (based on feedback I received). My weaknesses were writing and speaking, so I concentrated my 2 months of prep on those more than the other sections. I dedicated around an hour a day to preparation.

Some general tips that I found helpful:

– Practice consistently: fix a time in the day (I fixed a time after work to study).

– Book the test in advance when you feel like you are moderately ready. This gives a deadline and a reason to study. Dragging out the preparation might reduce your motivation and confidence.

– Go through the free materials provided when registering for the exam.

– Read the IELTS-blog daily emails

– Focus on your weaknesses

– Do not underestimate the difficulty of the exam. One of my friends (who has better English proficiency than me) ignored the writing letter/essay structure and got Band 6 in the test.

– Take mock tests for Reading and Listening online on websites like IELTS-Blog.com to familiarise yourself with the computer-based interface.

– Keep the IELTS assessment criteria in mind while doing tasks

– Track your Listening and Reading practice scores

I hope you found some of my tips useful.”

Thank you very much, Alan, for sharing your advice, and we wish you only the very best!


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