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IELTS Test Results competition

IELTS Results competition winners in December 2010

Today we are about to announce the winners of our monthly IELTS results competition. December must have been a very productive month, because we have 10 winners to present. These people, thanks to their hard work, have at least one achievement to be proud of in 2010.

And the winners are…

Academic Module – 1st place

  • Olivia Widjaja from Indonesia, Band 8.5

Academic Module – 2nd place

  • Le Phuc Vu from Vietnam, Band 8
  • Vanita Krishnan from India, Band 8
  • Batool Urooj Rajput from Pakistan, Band 8

Academic Module – 3rd place

  • Mohammad Tariq from Pakistan, Band 7.5
  • Rohit Arora from India, Band 7.5
  • Navjot Kaur from India, Band 7.5

General Training – 1st place

  • Hafiz Zafar from Pakistan, Band 7.5

General Training – 2nd place

  • Anil Kumar Manikantan from India, Band 7

General Training – 3rd place

  • Amir Hussain from Pakistan, Band 6.5

Dear winners, congratulations on a job well done! We are sending your special certificates to your emails, and the winning results will be displayed in the IELTS-Blog hall of fame.

And finally, since you proved that we all could learn a thing or two from you, let me ask you a question:

“How did you study to get such a high score? What are the secrets of your success?”

Remember – your answers could give thousands of people a chance to do better in their exams. Please send your tips and advice to info[at]IELTS-Blog.com. Thank you!

IELTS tips that helped Shankar score 7.0

Today I have a very nice surprise for you. One of the November “Best IELTS Score” competition winners, Shankar Lal (an engineer from Pakistan) has shared his methods that helped him score Band 7.0 in the exam.

Shankar said:

“It is very exciting to get the desired score in the IELTS test, but it needs lots of work, practice, motivation and ambition when you are preparing for it.

As far as I am concerned, I found Cambridge IELTS series very helpful, from book 1 to 7 there are practice tests which made me familiar with the real test format. The material presented in books is according to needs of the test taking candidates. Besides these 7 books, there are 3 other books known as Insight into IELTS, which provide the tips and techniques about taking IELTS exam.

Last but not least, the book which made IELTS very interesting for me was “Target Band 7”, I think this is an awesome book, for all the 4 test sections, there are very nice tips which I think if anyone follows, they are guaranteed to get Band 7.

From all the 4 sections, I found reading section a bit hard and needed a lot of practice, the only thing which made it hard was shortage of time in the test, because sometimes the passages are very lengthy and tough. So one should practice, keeping the time limits in mind.

The second difficult section in the test was the writing section, although the 1st task of this section (writing the report) is easy as it needs only little practice, but the 2nd portion is a little bit harder and one should be well prepared for it. There are some familiar topics which most probably appear in the exam with little variation, so at least those should be well prepared. The only perfect solution for it is practice, practice and practice.

The listening section is easy if you have listened all the listening tests.

Finally, the speaking section looks very hard, but if you understand all the three parts of this section and prepare for it from Target Band 7 then it become very interesting to you. The main factor that matters is confidence. If you don’t hesitate and speak fluently with the examiner then hopefully you can get a good score.

I wish all the best to the candidates taking the test.”

My sincere thanks to Shankar for taking the time to share his tips with us!