Being an immigration expert for the last 7 years, here are some tips I would like to share with you -
IELTS has become the mandatory requirement for immigration processes. If you are a citizen of a country where English is not the first language, then you have to take your IELTS exam before you apply for your immigration or permanent residency process. Australia immigration or Canada skilled worker PR program, hong kong immigration options or UK work permit, you have to appear for your IELTS exams to establish your eligibility for immigration.
Language is not a subject that you can just clam up in a week or a fortnight. Language is a skill that you can master with time. Do not think that a crash course from any English teaching institute will help you get the scores.
Give time to the Basics - brush up your basics of grammar and comprehension.
Reading - read English newspapers and magazines to increase your reading speed and retaining capabilities. Read an article and then allow yourself 5 minutes to revise and write the summary or basic points for the article you have just read. It is a great exercise to sharpen your reading and retaining power.
Writing - Pick a business newspaper or the education, business, political or entertainment section of any newspaper and choose a 'headline' randomly - then without reading the content under the headline, write an article or composition of your own based on the headline. Once you are finished, read the original content published with the headline you just chose and see how closely connected is your write-up with the original. Learn to pick topics from everyday life and write your own stories about them. The evaluator will expect some real facts in your write-ups in the real examination - so do not just make things up, stick to the original context and stay updated with whats going on around you in the world. And yes, don't forget the 'spellings'.
Speaking - Try to talk in English with your family members, friends, and colleagues. Using slang language and the hip-hop terms may make you feel like a star in front of your friends, but it will not impress the examiner one bit. Use proper English and learn some good English adages and phrases. Doing a role-play of a newsreader in front of the mirror helps a lot in building confidence and fluency. Record what you say - and play it to know where you stammered, or the places where you faltered for a word, or if you are filling the blank spaces of time with ''ummm, aaaaannn, i mean to say, u know like''.....and these kind of expressions that clearly tag you as not so proficient in English.
Listening - The best exercise to develop your listening skills is to the most entertaining - watch movies and I mean good English movies. And try to understand what the actors are really saying - without reading the subtitles'. Now that should be fun, and want to make you start preparing for your IELTS exams immediately, right ?
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Most important - just remember that IELTS is an examination to test your English language abilities and not your technical, financial, global or general intelligence and knowledge, so do not try to unduly pressurize your mind on finding the most intelligent things to say and write. Simply let it focus on speaking 'good English' that sounds nice to the ears and makes sense.
Wish you all the luck you need for your IELTS or any other English language examination.....enjoy the language !
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