❓Q&A about IELTS and SAT❗️1.
How can I get a 7.0 in IELTS?— By studying. 🙂
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How can handwriting affect my IELTS score?— I can't say it must be beautiful, but if your handwriting is not clear, it will definitely affect your score. Every single letter of your word should be clear for a checker or an examiner in order for your answer to be correct in spelling. For example, in writing, if your handwriting is not neat and it is making an examiner confused, then your words will be assumed as wrong in terms of spelling, thereby affecting your score negatively.
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How to solve all 5 passages in SAT reading within the given time. In other words, how to improve time management in reading?— That's a tough one. I myself can't manage to answer all questions. But I guess in order to manage to answer all questions on time, you should practice speed reading a lot. Working on reading fast may help because the problem itself is a lack of time management skills. In addition, this
book may also help as it has special strategies to deal with all question types that appear in SAT reading, which may help save some time.
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How can I improve my reading?— By reading anything in English everyday.
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How to solve all 3 passages in IELTS reading within the given time?— This was my problem too before the exam. Because of my lack of time management skills, I couldn't answer 5 questions in reading section, so I left them blank 😢. But after taking SAT, I did an IELTS reading practice, and guess what? I managed to answer all questions within 50 minutes. As it turns out, my problem was reading and answering the questions slowly. After reading a lot of articles and books, I improved my speed-reading along the way. Therefore, my answer is read a lot and practice speed-reading.
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How to stay focused in IELTS listening and reading?— It is indeed hard to stay focused for about 30 minutes in listening and one hour in reading. So, you need to practice concentrating on one thing for that long. For example, if you need to stay focused on listening for about 30 minutes, just always practice listening to podcasts for 30 minutes without a break with paying close attention to them. Watching movies may also help, because one movie is about 1.5 - 2 hours long, so you watch it without a break for that long with a close attention. As for reading, the answer is similar. You solve one passage for about 20 minutes, so you have to practice reading anything, be it a book or any kind of article, for 20 minutes intensively every single day.
So, practice makes perfect.
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How many months are enough to improve my SAT math score to 800 using Khan Academy (without a teacher)?— It definitely depends on your level of math. If you know every mathematical topic that appears in Uzbek schools' curriculum (until 9th grade), it will be easy to improve your score. For example, I know pretty much every topic that appears in 1-9 grade math books, so it took me only around 2 months to improve my score from 680 to 750+. I finished
this book and used to practice on Khan academy for at least an hour a day. But if your level is too low, say almost zero, then it requires you too many practices to reach 800.
Anyways, I'd say
you can't put a clock on math acquisition.
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I already got 5.5. How much time does it take to increase from 5.5 to 7.0?— Read
this, please.
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What is SAT?— I am sure you will find enough information on
this page.
P.S: I gave too general answers to too general questions.@foziljon_blog
