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Thanks for sharing, kshahzad.

cherickal2 wrote:I just practiced for one week before appearing for the exam.
I have used the samples from this website only.
I got overall 7 (S-7.5,W-7,R-6.5,L-6.5).
Thanks to Ryan for this free online resources without which I may not have got this score.

Great work, cherickal2!

^Hmm, the player doesn't appear to be showing. Anyway, here a link to the MP3 file: http://ieltsielts.com/ieltscast/IELTS%2 ... riting.mp3

Hi Mark, Welcome to the forum. What band do you need to achieve to have your qualifications assessed? As a base level I need sevens in all disciplines but I would like to get an 8 in all as I gain extra points for the immigration application. I see. Did I catch you say in another thread that you ar...

Hi Brian,

How did the examination go?

Very nice to meet you, Rhane. Thank you for joining us here. Good luck with your studies.

Hi Teachy, I'm sorry to hear you haven't hit your goal yet. Regarding reading and listening, you should be practicing your exam skills until you are consistently hitting the marks you need. There are many strategies you can follow for these parts of the exam, so I suggest experimenting until you fin...

Hi Vash,

To get from 6.5 to 7, I'd suggest you find someone to do a grammatical cleanup on your writing. I find that this is often what holds people back from getting past the band 7 hurdle. Perhaps you could find a native speaking friend or colleague to do a couple quick checks of your writing?

Hi Praveen,

Nice to meet you. I'd suggest you include capital letters in appropriate places in your writing.

Good luck tomorrow,
Ryan

Hi Gareth,

Nice to meet you, too. Thanks for joining.

Hi Mark,

Welcome to the forum. What band do you need to achieve to have your qualifications assessed?

Here's another vocabulary video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A38RtOhdLoY Here is the vocabulary and example uses as they appear in the video: 1. on par • (S) “I’m diligent and I am not afraid of hard work. My grades last semester were on par with the best students in my program, so I feel it woul...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE1iVB25pp8 My talk with Varun was an interesting one. In this interview, he shares a few testing strategies I had not head of. For example, Varun's band 9 in Listening was helped by using the pauses given early in the test to preview Sections 3 and 4. As you know, th...

Hi Varshesh,

Have you taken the exam before? If so, what were the results? Other users and myself can help you pull together a plan given a little background on your situation.

Hi Brian,

Thank you for the background on your situation. I hope things work out for you next Saturday. Band 8 in every section is a tall order, but it can be achieved with enough preparation. Please share your experience with us after the exam.

Ryan

If anyone interested, gvsekhar modeled his short response using these exercises:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0EhXD23nhA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f41QJAsFG18

(The audio gets much better once the exercise starts!)

Hi gvsekhar, Some of this response sounds familiar. ;) I'm glad to see you are putting the exercise into use. I think your pacing is quite good. You don't speak too quickly. You pause naturally between sentences. These are the positives. What you need to work on is polishing your accent. There are p...

Well, I wrote to the immigration department and they responded that this needs to be addressed by the Australian High Commission. I have written to AHC, and am awaiting their response. I am taking the IELTS for immigration purpose, and need to score an 8 to get the maximum points under language cat...

Hi Vash,

Nice to meet you. Can you please provide a bit of background regarding your situation? What is your current band? What are you trying to achieve on 1 March 2014?

Must I use big words/long sentences in speaking to convince the examiner that I have a wide range of vocabulary, or is it okay to use regular words and short sentences? It depends on what your IELTS Speaking goal is. Scoring band 6 and above requires that you are able to demonstrate more complex gr...

Hi Kharelshishir,

This is great news! Well done. I'm sure you have worked long and hard, and it has all paid off. Congratulations!

Did you take the exam for immigration purposes?

Thanks for the background on exactly what kind of horse year we can expect.

That's a great video, robdrake. I love Rachel's work. I think she is an excellent teacher. Her lessons are always so entertaining. (I'm trying to think of a horse idiom that would fit here, but I can't!)

http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/sites/default/files/images/images2/year_of_the_horse_papercut.jpg We've just crossed into the Year of the Horse. What better way to celebrate than by brainstorming a few horse idioms? :) These are the ones I can think of off the top of my head: "Get off your hi...

L =8 R = 9 S = 7 W= 7 India,Bangalore Test Date : Jan 9th 10th 14 Speaking : Asked me about my watch So what do i do next ?? What do you do next? I suggest a victory dance! :) Congratulations, Mithun! http://www.chrysikoulab.ku.edu/files/victory002bdance002b_c5fc0283552cac913048b1062024de26-3.gif

Hi Ryan, I am Leeza. I am new to your community. I am now preparing for ielts for post graduate education. I find the materials you provide to be very helpful. Thank You. Hope to score better. Hi Leeza, It is a pleasure to meet you. I am happy to hear the resources are helpful. I also hope you mana...