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IELTS Results competition winners in December 2012

IELTS Results competition winners in December 2012

Traditionally, December isn’t a very busy month, but still we received many IELTS results of people wanting to participate in our monthly competition. We’re proud to announce the 10 winners who got the scores of their dreams and had one more achievement to close 2012 with!

What a truly international group they are:

Academic Module – 1st placeBand 8 in IELTS

  • Josephine Omoaregba from Nigeria, Overall Band 8.5 (with Band 9 in Speaking)

Academic Module – 2nd place

  • Alissa Star Reyes from the Philippines, Overall Band 8
  • Artyom Skrobov from Russia, Overall Band 8

Academic Module – 3rd place

  • Diyora Abdurakhmanova from Uzbekistan, Overall Band 7.5
  • Tram Nguyen from Vietnam, Overall Band 7.5
  • Vineet Prasad Oommen from India, Overall Band 7.5

General Training Module – 1st place

  • Wai Aung from Myanmar, Overall Band 8.5 (with Band 9 in Reading)
  • Tram Nguyen from Vietnam, Overall Band 8.5 (with Band 9 in Listening and Reading)

General Training Module – 2nd place

  • Senthil Sarangapani from India, Overall Band 8

General Training Module – 3rd place

  • Vijay Mann from India, Overall Band 7

Congratulations to the winners! What a way to end 2012. To help you celebrate, we are sending your certificates of achievement to your emails, and your IELTS results will be displayed in the IELTS-Blog hall of fame.

Dear winners – to keep our tradition of many years to help other test takers out there, please share your stories. Tell us how you prepared and studied, and what helped you achieve success in IELTS. Anything you can share will be posted on IELTS-Blog without delay, so everyone can learn from you 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 Canada – December 2012

The topics below were shared by S who took the IELTS test in Canada recently.

Speaking testIELTS test in Canada

Interview

– What your full name?
– Do you work or study?
– Do you like your job? Why?
– Did you have any difficulties in getting this job?

– Did color matter to you when you were a child?
– Does color matter now when you buy things?
– Is there a color you don’t like to use in your home?
– Do you watch TV? Which program did you last watch on TV?
– Do you like to watch TV alone or with someone? Why?

Cue Card

Describe an advertisement that you have seen recently. Please say

– What was the product in the advertisement?
– What was the importance of the advertisement to you?
– What did you like about it the most?

Discussion

– What do you think about advertisements aiming at children?
– What do you think about companies spending a lot of money to advertise their products?
– Should only good-looking people be in advertisements?