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IELTS Results competition winners in September 2016

September has given us the pleasure to announce 12 test takers who won in the IELTS Results Competition. These lovely people will always remember September 2016 as the month they finally conquered IELTS. What an international group of winners! They come from 8 different countries: Jordan, Japan, Nigeria, Turkey, India, Cameroon, Pakistan and the Philippines. Let’s give our winners a round of applause, and here comes the list:

Academic Module – 1st placeBand 9 in IELTS

  • Sreeja Sahu from India, Band 8.5

Academic Module – 2nd place

  • Vigneshwar Vasantharajan from India, Band 8
  • Keshav Gujral from India, Band 8
  • Sylvanus Zoamo Mofor from Cameroon, Band 8
  • Ronik Ratneshwar from India, Band 8

Academic Module – 3rd place

  • Nida Qayyum from Pakistan, Band 7.5
  • Joanavern Felix from the Philipines, Band 7.5

General Training Module – 1st place

  • Shadi Mashal from Jordan, Band 8.5
  • Hibiki Takahashi from Japan, Band 8.5

General Training Module – 2nd place

  • Jane Ezeana from Nigeria, Band 8

General Training Module – 3rd place

  • Sahin G. from Turkey, Band 7.5
  • Rita Wallu from India, Band 7.5

Congratulations to the winners! You are determined, dedicated and hardworking people, and deserve every bit of this success. As a token of our appreciation we are sending your certificates of achievement to your emails. Winning IELTS results will be displayed in the IELTS-Blog hall of fame – so if you won, please feel free to show them off to your friends!

So, what does it take to get a high score in IELTS? How do you make it happen? All we know at the moment is that Sahin G. (Band 7.5) used our book Ace the IELTS and also that Rita Wallu had her writing tasks corrected by our teachers. But there must be so much more information our winners can share!

We hope to hear from the winners the stories of how they prepared and studied, and what helped them achieve success in IELTS. Anything they wish to share will be posted on IELTS-Blog without delay, so everyone can use the same technique and get a better score in their own exam this month.

P.S. IELTS results competition runs every month, and everyone is welcome to participate. Learn how to enroll here.

Tips from IELTS results competition winners who got Band 8

Today we are sharing with you the stories of two IELTS-Blog readers who got Band 8 in their exams a few weeks ago. They come from two different countries, Bangladesh and Vietnam, and each of them faced a different set of difficulties – which they successfully overcame! Here is what we can learn from their experience.

Mohammad (a native Bengali speaker) said:

“I used to read and make notes of similar words/expressions as well as various sentence structures, to use them in my own writing and speaking. Also, listening to all the possible accents helped.

Listening

Once you are told to start your listening test, please go through the tough questions and try to read as quickly as possible while the recording is speaking about the example. Then come back to section 1 to read questions, understand them and be ready to extract your right words/answers from what you hear. Two things here are crucial – one is fast reading and being mindful of the speakers, and the second is tracking the sentence and meaning variations. Also, do not forget to check the spelling of your answers while transferring them from the question booklet onto the answer sheet.

Reading

Start with the easiest questions, put a cross next to the confusing questions to come back later with a more alert mind. Remember to revise those you left behind for rechecking.
The key point here is you need to locate answers’ area(s) / specific line(s) first, to focus and deeply comprehend in order to answer questions correctly.

Writing

It is paramount to find out the type of essay eg. Agree/disagree or To what extent do you agree/ disagree. In my case, I totally agreed on the topic , but I did not forget to mention opposite views and to refute them. Likewise, taking the essay type into consideration, it is better to produce a variety of sentence structures, connecting each sentence with logical sequence and writing some standard paragraphs with introductory and concluding lines.

Speaking

Try to talk with friends as much as possible to feel free speaking in English. Then answer the questions. For example:
– Do you like travelling by bus?
– Yes, air conditioned public buses are the most popular and well-accepted transportation means in my locality. As it is cheaper, more frequent and comfortable than even taxis, I enjoy it very much.

Practise giving well-prepared answers with your real life information. Use a wide range of vocabulary, say interesting things and tell a small story especially in the Cue card part, which is the most crucial part as during the time, examiners pay more attention than other times.”

Le Thi Thanh, a lovely lady who speaks Vietnamese, also prepared for IELTS on her own. Here is what she told us:

Band 8 in IELTS“I am so grateful that I found your book and blog to prepare myself for the exam. I have actually recommended the book to a lot of my friends for their IELTS preparation.

Just to share with you, the book “Ace the IELTS” was the very first material that I relied on to self-study for the exam. From the book, I learnt about IELTS-blog.com and then practiced my writing tasks based on writing samples on the blog.

Again thank you so much for all the helpful advice and materials that you have shared with us so that we all can work towards our IELTS goals.”