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IELTS Test Results competition

IELTS Results competition winners for July 2009

I am guessing that you guys were busy taking time off and going on trips last month, because we didn’t have many competitors. For some reason we only had Academic IELTS results submitted, but I sure hope that next month we’ll have General Training candidates too – don’t be afraid of a little competition, you never know who you’re up against 🙂

Those who did send their test report forms were waiting for this moment, and their patience is about to be rewarded.

Without any further introduction, our winner in July is

Donmarl Camua from Philippines, Band 8.0 (Academic Module)

Congratulation! Your score will be remembered – you are on top of our winners page.

Your certificate is on its way to you and I can’t wait to hear from you. Please share your best tips for success in IELTS with the rest of us, thousands of IELTS candidates are counting on you.

As always, I invite everyone to join and get a chance of winning our August’s competition. No result is too low, don’t be shy – click here to become the next winner!

IELTS tips for high score from a successful candidate (Band 8)

Remember our recent competition winners? One of them, IELTS candidate from Malaysia Aikkum Heng, sent me a letter describing what he did to get the awesome Band Score of 8.0. Here goes:

“I do not really have any secrets to success in IELTS. Languages is not something that we can learn and be fluent overnight. One has to learn over a long period and to be fluent and able to use a language effectively, one has to use the language constantly.

However for one who hails from a non English speaking country, but has some formal training in the English, preparation should begin at least 2 or 3 weeks before sitting for the test, preferably 3 weeks. The best preparation would be to practice the sample test papers published on IELTS-Blog website.

When writing in a test, we do not have the luxury of time. Time is limited and if we are not prepared, we panic and when this happens, we tend to make a lot of mistakes. The feeling is totally different if we have ample time to carry out a task, in this case writing the test. We do better when we are not under pressure.

No secret really, spend more time practicing the sample tests. Get yourself familiarized with the format. If we do not know the answer to one particular question, move on to the next. Write notes as you listen to the listening part.

As for the writing test which I did not do so well :

1. Write down the points of the topic
2. then arrange the points in the order we want to present
3. then elaborate on the points in the order we deemed best”

And now it’s me again, Simone, asking all the high achievers out there – what are your best tips? What do you think it takes to get a high band score?