IELTS for an American Student

[dylancole101]

Hello,

I have completed my elementary and my high-school from the states. Is IELTS an easy test ?

 

[auqb]

Hello,

I have completed my elementary and my high-school from the states. Is IELTS an easy test ?

To some it is easy and for some it is tough. In order to score high you should have a command on English language and should do some practice. Why you need practice is b/c in some module like listening you have to listen and write at the same time. There are some tips and tricks for getting high score.

 

[auqb]

some resources for preparing for IELTS as posted by Sunny DXB on the Forum

http://www.canadavisa.com/ielts/free-practice-tests.html


General English Grammar and Vocabulary Practice
Basic sentence structure. Find out about SIMPLE, COMPOUND and COMPLEX sentences. Do the quiz.
http://www.eslbee.com/sentences.htm.

Lots of general listening practice, including listening for academic purposes.
http://www.esl-lab.com/

General English practice from the BBC, including video-based work
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/

Grammar practice, vocabulary practice and podcasts to practice listening
http://a4esl.org/

IELTS Practice

The Cambridge ESOL IELTS home page, which links to excellent introductory IELTS resources
http://www.cambridgeesol.org/teach/ielts/index.htm

Key administrative information for IELTS candidates.
http://www.ielts.org/

Introductory information and exercises in IELTS listening, reading and writing.
http://www.examenglish.com/IELTS/index.php

Academic module writing assessment and sample scripts (click on bottom link ‘sample scripts').
http://www.cambridgeesol.org/teach/ielts/academic_writing/aboutthepaper/focus_on_assessment.htm

General module writing assessment and sample scripts (click on bottom link ‘sample scripts').
http://www.cambridgeesol.org/teach/ielts/general_training_writing/aboutthepaper/focus_on_assessment.htm

More IELTS writing samples with estimated grades suggested by teachers.
http://www.ielts-blog.com/category/ielts-writing-samples/

A fairly wide range of resources, including writing practice tasks with model answers.
http://www.ielts-exam.net/index.php

Some free IELTS lessons.
http://www.ieltsgym.com/?id=FreeEnglishlessons

 

[auqb]

One more thing if your native language is ENGLISH then you doesn’t require IELTS

 

[alvs]

WRITING TIPS:--do the practice test under exam conditions by completing each test in one hour(use a stopwatch/timer).Keep to the suggested time of 20 minutes for writing task 1 and 40 minutes for the writing task 2.
DO NOT USE A DICTIONARY TO HELP YOU
DO NOT USE A COMPUTER TO TYPE YOUR WORK.

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