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Simone Braverman

Simone Braverman is the founder of IELTS-Blog.com and the author of several renowned IELTS preparation books, including Ace the IELTS, Target Band 7, the High Scorer's Choice practice test series, and IELTS Success Formula. Since 2005, Simone has been committed to making IELTS preparation accessible and effective through her books and online resources. Her work has helped 100,000's of students worldwide achieve their target scores and live their dream lives. When Simone isn't working on her next IELTS book, video lesson, or coaching, she enjoys playing the guitar or rollerblading.

Merry Christmas!

My dear readers and friends,

I know that you come from all over the world, and some of you don’t celebrate Christmas, others do, so it was a kind of a dilemma for me, whether or not I should mention Christmas on IELTS-Blog.

Did you know that IELTS-Blog.com is visited by people from 173 different countries? And, of course, you all belong to different races, practice different religions, plus quite a few of you are atheists.

But anyway, I decided that because I now live in Australia and here we do celebrate Christmas, I can’t just shut up and let this day go unnoticed 🙂

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

IELTS test in Indonesia – December 2009 (Academic Module)

IELTS test in Indonesia was described by D. who remembered the questions in the Writing and Speaking parts. Thank you D.!

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)
The graph showed the trends of frequency (in percentage) among people in different age groups that like to watch a movie at the cinema, in times a month over a period of several years.

Writing task 2 (an essay)
These days, people tend to easily buy new things and throw away the old ones, even though they still can be used. Is this a positive or a negative development?

Speaking test

Interview
– Do you work or study?
– What do you like to do in your leisure time?
– How do you deal with people in your office?

Cue card
Please explain what do you need to do to achieve your goals, you should say:
– what your goals within the next year are,
– what things you have done so far,
– what your detailed action plan is.

Discussion
– Do you think the challenges which young people deal with these days are the same as your parents had before?
– What do you think about the education system in your country?
– Can the education system produce good human resources, professionals who can compete globally?