Academic IELTS

[Bevev's]

Hi

Can anyone give me some advice/tips on the academic Ielts test. I done the general and passed with 8.5 overall, but now realised I got to do the acadmic test, planned for this Saturday. Any tips for me?? I'm panicking bigtime!!

Cheers guys

[spanners]

Don't want to be the bringer of bad news but yes - panic. My wife works for the university and has a PhD and post doc qualifications as have her European colleagues but all the Europeans failed the test. You need 8.5 in all areas not just the average. Practice. Sorry.

[Bevev's]

HI Spanners,

Thanks for that!! I have just checked with the ANMAC and the pass mark is 7 in all 4 areas so gives a bit of lee-way I suppose. Need to get my University head back engaged I think!! Thanks again.

[Guest Adelaide_bound]

Have a squiz here:

 

http://sendusdownunder.com/information/ielts/

 

(I did Academic, so its based on a mixture of taking that version, teaching English, and marking exam papers)

[Guest Guest6899]

Good Luck Bevev's i was rubbish and it took 3 attempts to pass and that one was overturned so cant give much advise except for do as many practice tests as you can. The time limit is hard so learn to scan the info and look out for key info you may need. Dont worry about the listening or speaking thats a doddle. i read the questions first on the reading as they seemed to run in order as the text but do what you feel is best for you. And the second part of the writing task is worth more so pay more attention to that one, The first bit is usually just facts and figures just explain what you see. There are loads of practice tests on line just google.

 

Good luck x

[Guest LynseyB]

Hi,

 

I did the Academic IELTS test and I got 8.5 reading, 8.5 listening, 8.0 writing and 9.0 speaking.

 

It's all about the practising so use the below to do practice after practice especially for the writing.

 

The link below gives lots of information about all of the possible types of questions you could be asked and how best to answer them. Think there is practice tests on it too. I printed all of this info off and read it over and over and practised like crazy.

 

http://www.world-english.org/ielts_free_tests.htm

 

Good luck!

 

Lynsey