Hey guys,
Here are 5 useful Revision tips to remember if you are taking the IELTS test in the near future.
IELTS- Final Revision Steps 2 Success5 General steps 1. Remain confident : You have been studying English for a long time and will have enough English language skills to do well on this test. Everything you have been preparing for as part of your IELTS preparation will be part of the IELTS test and there will be nothing that you are not expecting. Just try to remain confident in your own English language ability so that you can do your best on the test day.
2. Have a good night’s sleep the night before the test and do not study the night before the test. It is okay if you do some light revision the day before, but do not revise too much. What you know, you already know and now it is a time to get yourself physically and mentally prepared to face the test on Saturday morning.
3. Revise well the structures within the Writing and Speaking sections and have a clear understanding of the different patterns of the different Introductions and Conclusions of the different IELTS essay writing task types. Your brainstorming time for both Writing and Speaking should be focused on generating some good ideas, which you will then put into the structural patterns you have learnt for both Writing and Speaking.
4. Listen to some English before you arrive at the test centre ( IDP ) on Saturday morning. The first section of the IELTS that you will do is the Listening test and therefore if your ears have listened to some English already before you arrived, it will be easier for you to get used to the English language you will hear on the test. It could be your favourite song in the car, or something from English language radio or television. The idea is to have warm ears rather than cold ears, as they will take time to warm up to listening to English if you arrive immediately into the IELTS environment from a Khmer Speaking and Listening environment.
5. Make sure you have enough pens and pencils with you for the test. It is possible to use pencil for the Listening and Reading sections and for the Writing you can choose to use pencil or blue or black pen. Make sure that your pens and pencil are new and will not run out during the test. It is recommended that you do not use error correction fluid, as this wastes valuable time; instead, learn how to cross out your mistakes in a neat fashion. Note also that highlighter pens are now not allowed in the Reading test and you will have to rely on pencil or pen to underline the key words and topic sentences in the texts while you read.
Have fun,
Paul
