i am contacting some of my students to ask them what they recommend to the future students of mine having finished their own course.

here is what one of them had to say:

Sevinch
IELTS 7.5(L:9.0)

1. What is the one thing you are you learned in the course?
• Not paying attention to IELTS techniques but paying attention to General English itself;
• Enjoying the process instead of stressing out; love the language ITSELF.

2. What is the one thing you regret the most ?
• Not paying attention to my weak sides.
I used to focus mostly on my strong sides just to get satisfaction at the end of practice. HOWEVER I was afraid of facing with my weak side. FACE WITH YOUR WEAK SIDE AND WORK ON IT.

3. What do you recommend the students to do?
• Learning new thing from everything.
If you are working with reading, do not just end up with answering to the questions. Learn new vocabulary from the passage, analyze the grammatical structure and take useful phrases, linking words so that you could use in your writing. The same is with listening. When doing listening practice, try to analyze how native speakers are speaking without repetitions and redundancy. Learn how to show direction from map question type in listening.

4. extra words of wisdom:
Do not learn ENGLISH for IELTS. IELTS is just one of big steps in your language journey. ENJOY THE PROCESS. Ask yourself: “ Can I talk to native speaker without difficulties? Can I name everything I use on a daily basis? Can I show directions in English?” Work on your General Language Skills. At the end of the day you need language for speaking and using not for IELTS!
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