🔵A piece of advice by KEITH O'HARE #tips
Improve your English level
Your main goal should be to improve your overall level of English.Once you feel you have the right level, then you should focus on exam
technique and preparing for the test.
You can check your level by finding an IELTS tutor (in person or online)
and asking them to give you a mock test.The big mistake many students make is to take the test to early with too little preparation.
They may have a band 5 level and think that with 1 month of
preparation they will reach a band 7.You can improve exam technique in 1 month, but you won’t improve your overall English skills by one band, let alone 2 bands in just one
month.
Cambridge English recommends 200 hours of guided study to
improve your English by one level on the CEFR. This is similar one band in IELTS (not exactly the same but similar) but it gives you an idea.
So take a general English course to get to the level you need first,
then take an IELTS course to improve your exam technique.
@topic_based_vocabulary | @reg_idp - enjoy learning!
Improve your English level
Your main goal should be to improve your overall level of English.Once you feel you have the right level, then you should focus on exam
technique and preparing for the test.
You can check your level by finding an IELTS tutor (in person or online)
and asking them to give you a mock test.The big mistake many students make is to take the test to early with too little preparation.
They may have a band 5 level and think that with 1 month of
preparation they will reach a band 7.You can improve exam technique in 1 month, but you won’t improve your overall English skills by one band, let alone 2 bands in just one
month.
Cambridge English recommends 200 hours of guided study to
improve your English by one level on the CEFR. This is similar one band in IELTS (not exactly the same but similar) but it gives you an idea.
So take a general English course to get to the level you need first,
then take an IELTS course to improve your exam technique.
@topic_based_vocabulary | @reg_idp - enjoy learning!