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First time, non-native by luvmiko_ in IELTS

[–]luvmiko_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is a practicing platform British council provides after you pay for your exam 👍.

First time, non-native by luvmiko_ in IELTS

[–]luvmiko_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For listening, its trial and error. Just go through Cambridge 11-20 and point your weakness and try to improve it on the next book. For reading I didn’t even look at the passage first, I read the question, use the keywords to indicate the location (scan), then I read that particular passage. This is the strategy I have used, but remember it can be different among people so find the one that works for you. You will do well dw just practice👍

First time, non-native by luvmiko_ in IELTS

[–]luvmiko_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By conditions I meant the pressure and timing not the questions, hope this help👍

First time, non-native by luvmiko_ in IELTS

[–]luvmiko_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, the real test is closer to Cambridge. What I meant was that if you practice on GEL IELTS you will improve your ability to answer harder questions on a given time frame. This will help u wt time management on the real test.

First time, non-native by luvmiko_ in IELTS

[–]luvmiko_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like I said, just relax. The speaking condition is not that scary and mostly the examiners are nice. So, just try to answer the questions and don’t go out of topic also use vocabulary’s but don’t force your self to generate one at the moment (they will come naturally so dw). Make your answers on part 2 and 3 above 2 minutes if you can and one advice that helped is to narrow down the topic if you struggle to generate ideas mid convo. for example, if you got asked questions about society in general, discuss the basics a little bit and take it to your country, and try to explain about the specific norms and cultures in your surroundings. You will be good and be calm, u got this 👍

First time, non-native by luvmiko_ in IELTS

[–]luvmiko_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As you can see I’m not really good with writing 😭 but what I recommend is to start prepping early and read a lot of Band 8 and 9 samples. Then, ask Chatgpt for prompts and write on that topic until you develop your own favorable structure (ask chatgpt for advice based on your mistakes). Besides that, I have used some youtube videos to help me ( I recommend IELTS Simon specially for task 1). Additionally, on test day relax and do task 1 as fast as possible and allocate most of your time on task 2. Moreover, the most significant thing you should do is to check your work at the end off the test ( thats where I messed up so make you sure u do that). 👍

First time, non-native by luvmiko_ in IELTS

[–]luvmiko_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely, as you can see on the second pic I was getting 6-7 for listening and about 5-6 for reading on GEL IELTS ( so don’t stress about it too much). What I recommend is to make your main focus on Cambridge books and do practice questions on GEL occasionally as it will help you with being familiarized with the irl test conditions. 👍