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IELTS Test Results competition

IELTS Results competition winners in June 2011

I am delighted to give you the good news – in June we had 13 winners to congratulate on achieving the best IELTS results. Amazingly, four of them got Band 8.5 – what a success! Without any further introduction I give you the people with the highest scores:

Academic Module – 1st place

  • Lidija Dimitrovski from Serbia, Band 8.5
  • Dmitry Shigabutdinov from Russia, Band 8.5
  • Farhan Khan from Pakistan, Band 8.5

Academic Module – 2nd place

  • Nadya Suharsono from Indonesia, Band 8.0
  • Pinta Punsoni from Thailand, Band 8.0
  • Martina Vrzalova from Slovakia, Band 8.0
  • Megana Kedar from India, Band 8.0
  • Arijit Chakraborty from India, Band 8.0

Academic Module – 3rd place

  • MD Rajibul Hasan from Bangladesh, Band 7.5
  • Anastassiya Lyubich from Kazakhstan, Band 7.5
  • Zeeshan Razzaq from Pakistan, Band 7.5

General Training Module – 1st place

  • Dimitris Lazos from Greece, Band 8.5

General Training Module – 2nd place

  • Vincent Kong from Malaysia, Band 8

On behalf of the whole IELTS-Blog team I would like to congratulate our winners. You all have done amazingly well, and thus became a source of inspiration for many other test-takers out there, working their way through IELTS materials right now.

According to our tradition, the winners’ special certificates are being sent to their emails, and their names are joining the IELTS-Blog hall of fame.

And now is the time to ask the BIG QUESTION: how did they score so well? This is a question that I hope to get the answer to from our winners. All we know at this stage that most of them were using the resources from www.IELTS-Blog.com, but surely there is more tips and advice they can share with us.

Dear winners, please share the methods of preparation that enabled you to achieve these remarkable scores. Email us to info[at]IELTS-Blog.com today, and we will pass your advice on to everyone tomorrow!

IELTS tips from Srishma, who scored Band 8 after 3 weeks of preparation

Below is a genuine story of Srishma Sridhar, an Indian student and one of our IELTS results competition winners in May. She only needed Band 5 to get into the medical college where she wanted to study – but after preparing in a certain way Srishma overshoot her target and got Band 8.

When I asked Srishma how she studied for the exam, here’s what she wrote back:

“Hi Simone,

I owe my IELTS success to your book ‘Target Band 7’. I needed Band 5 to get into the medical college of my choice. Thanks to your book, I scored Band 8! I focused mainly on your book and website for my test preparation. I also attempted various tests from the websites mentioned in the book as well as the main website.

My advice:

1. First of all, get to know more about the test itself. Understand the structure of the test, how it is divided into 4 modules, the time allotted for each module, the types of questions to expect and so on.

2. I highly recommend buying a preparation book, preferably ‘Target Band 7’. This book is the ideal tool for any IELTS test taker (I believe there’s another version for General Training as well). This book covers EVERYTHING – the different modules, how to answer the questions, how to identify “traps” in reading and listening sections, how to manage the limited time (especially for writing) and much more. I followed the 21-day study plan given in the book. I found the pocket tips quite handy as well.

3. PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE. As they say, practice makes a man perfect. There are loads of websites out there which offer various free tests. One must practice and attempt the questions within the time limit to get a feel of how the real exam is. Also try to attempt full IELTS mock tests (all the 4 modules at once).

4. For the Speaking test – it is very important that you practice real IELTS test questions for this module. Believe me, the questions DO repeat! IELTS-Blog provides numerous such questions – do practice them. During the test, try to give creative answers…or at least just answer; do not remain mute or the examiner will think that you did not understand the question.

5. Listen to BBC or other English news channels and try to understand what is being said. Conversing with a native speaker will also help.

6. Practice. I am repeating this point because this is the only way to success 🙂

I hope future IELTS test takers will benefit from these tips. I wish everyone all the very best.”