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Hi everyone! I'm naryl! I'll be taking my IELTS Academic exam exactly 11 days from now. I'm particularly nervous with my writing test as I don't practice much plus I'm working. So I'm kinda looking for motivation and it what brought me here.

Oh! I'm currently residing in Canada but I'm originally from Philippines and I'm taking my ielts to be able to apply for the canadian board exam. I already took IELTS exam 3 years back and scored Listening -7, Reading 7.5, Writing 6, Speaking- 7, with a OBS of 7. I'm hoping to improve my Writing and listening score to 7.5. If anyone could help me and give me tips especially with the time constraint that I have I'll totally appreciate it.

Hello!!

All the best for your exam. I wrote IELTS a few weeks ago and here is what I did for the Writing section. I read a lot. It might seem confusing but I practiced writing the essay a couple of times to time myself but I read various topics for a couple of days. My problem with writing was not being able to write but not being able to come up with points to write. So, I started reading sample essays to learn more about various topics, read news papers, magazines, articles etc. I wanted to be sure I could write atleast three pros and cons for any topic given to be able to write an essay with atleast 250 words. So, I spend the first 10 mins to think about what I want to write (three pros and cons), write explaining those points for the 15-20 mins and then check for any errors.

I hope this helps!!

jinidgenie wrote:Hello!!

All the best for your exam. I wrote IELTS a few weeks ago and here is what I did for the Writing section. I read a lot. It might seem confusing but I practiced writing the essay a couple of times to time myself but I read various topics for a couple of days. My problem with writing was not being able to write but not being able to come up with points to write. So, I started reading sample essays to learn more about various topics, read news papers, magazines, articles etc. I wanted to be sure I could write atleast three pros and cons for any topic given to be able to write an essay with atleast 250 words. So, I spend the first 10 mins to think about what I want to write (three pros and cons), write explaining those points for the 15-20 mins and then check for any errors.

I hope this helps!!

Thanks jinidgenie!! That's what I've been trying to do for the past days. I try to read at least 5 articles a day from time and bbc but I've been wondering if its even helping. I guess my problem is that I have a hard time trying to start an essay. Blame my scatterbrain but I also find it difficult to organize my thoughts. I would spend a good 15-20 minutes just thinking how or what I should write in my essay.

I would definitely try writing the pros and cons. Thanks