Reza's Recommendations - An IELTS Candidate Speaks to the Prize Seekers!
Reza, an IELTS course member from April/May 2005 course, took the IELTS exam on 15 and 17 September 2005. Here is his report as commented in Hassan's posting. [Thanks Reza and good luck for a super result!]
Hello Tony and fellow class members
Yesterday I was in the battle zone and it was really a great experience for being there as a participant. I did my IELTS yesterday. While I was in Tony's class, I had realized that you need full concentration in the exam.We are all human, it is natural to have stress in mind but I would say, FORGET EVERYTHING AND KEEP YOUR BRAIN RELAXED in the examination hall.
Tony, without your advice and those valuable notes, it is quite difficult to get into the IELTS mindset.
I had my speaking test on 15 September. I found it easy but it could be more difficult if you are nervous. Just keep on talking. If you can deliver some logical clues then it would add more spice to it. Also it is important to have some practice before the exam. Prior to the exam, monitor yourself as to how you are talking to other people, pronunciation is important and keep a medium speed while you are talking to the examiner.
For reading and listening you need a lot of practice. I had to work hard as I had a long gap between Tony's class and the examination. If I am not wrong, I was in Tony's second batch but I do not really regret the delay as it is difficult sometime to overcome some situations in life. But, I must say, Tony's notes and handouts are really helpful and it will lead you to the right way.Use the learning zone as much as you can to improve your reading and listening. I have followed the time management as Tony said for reading (General Training) to keep 17 minutes for section one, 18 minutes for section two and 25 minutes for section three. It was really a good piece of advice. Use your highlighter pen to mark the keywords in both reading and writing.It will save your time and energy.
For reading, go through the questions first and skim the whole passage at once. Do not spend time to read the whole passage at a time. Try to get the theme first within a passage and please read the instructions carefully.
For writing, do not spend too much time on task one and try to finish it in 17 minutes, so that you can use the other three minutes to plan yourself for task two. Make a habit of writing in clear paragraphs and follow Tony's handouts for the use of linking words.
Finally, my advice to you all, do not put yourself under pressure on the day before the examination and try to have a sound sleep at night. At least for 7 hours. It will help you keep your brain functioning properly and you will not be lost.
All the best to you all.Tony, all I can say is, you are a great teacher and by following your system, one can easily succeed in IELTS. God bless you.
Posted 19 September (+ minor edits by Tony)
Hello Tony and fellow class members
Yesterday I was in the battle zone and it was really a great experience for being there as a participant. I did my IELTS yesterday. While I was in Tony's class, I had realized that you need full concentration in the exam.We are all human, it is natural to have stress in mind but I would say, FORGET EVERYTHING AND KEEP YOUR BRAIN RELAXED in the examination hall.
Tony, without your advice and those valuable notes, it is quite difficult to get into the IELTS mindset.
I had my speaking test on 15 September. I found it easy but it could be more difficult if you are nervous. Just keep on talking. If you can deliver some logical clues then it would add more spice to it. Also it is important to have some practice before the exam. Prior to the exam, monitor yourself as to how you are talking to other people, pronunciation is important and keep a medium speed while you are talking to the examiner.
For reading and listening you need a lot of practice. I had to work hard as I had a long gap between Tony's class and the examination. If I am not wrong, I was in Tony's second batch but I do not really regret the delay as it is difficult sometime to overcome some situations in life. But, I must say, Tony's notes and handouts are really helpful and it will lead you to the right way.Use the learning zone as much as you can to improve your reading and listening. I have followed the time management as Tony said for reading (General Training) to keep 17 minutes for section one, 18 minutes for section two and 25 minutes for section three. It was really a good piece of advice. Use your highlighter pen to mark the keywords in both reading and writing.It will save your time and energy.
For reading, go through the questions first and skim the whole passage at once. Do not spend time to read the whole passage at a time. Try to get the theme first within a passage and please read the instructions carefully.
For writing, do not spend too much time on task one and try to finish it in 17 minutes, so that you can use the other three minutes to plan yourself for task two. Make a habit of writing in clear paragraphs and follow Tony's handouts for the use of linking words.
Finally, my advice to you all, do not put yourself under pressure on the day before the examination and try to have a sound sleep at night. At least for 7 hours. It will help you keep your brain functioning properly and you will not be lost.
All the best to you all.Tony, all I can say is, you are a great teacher and by following your system, one can easily succeed in IELTS. God bless you.
Posted 19 September (+ minor edits by Tony)
posted by Tony Beale at
5:30 pm
1 Comments:
You're welcome, Rola!
It's great to see that you are reading the blog, posting and commenting.
Thank you for encouraging the other students!
Isn't it interesting that a certain noisy individual in class has nothing to say, comment or ask on the weblog? You know who I mean, don't you?
Come on the silent ones, don't suffer in isolation! Share your fears and frustrations!
Waiting on more responses.
Bye for now
Tony
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