ShalomYellow:
please what did you use for preparation? My English is too bad

Edaj:
I got a band 5.5 in my reading I want a remark or should I just write another one

vimma:
Hi everyone,

I had my first attempt at IELTS on the 23rd of September with British council. My result came out today:

L- 9
R- 8
W- 7
S- 8

I need a 7.5 in writing to max out for express entry. Do you advice I remark writing?

2. What are the chances that it'll come back with a higher score?

3. Can it also come back with a lower score?

Please assist

JhyMedex:
L: 9
R: 9
W: 7.5
S: 7.5
Overall: 8.5

Study materials:
Cambridge ielts study material
Ieltsadvantage
Ieltsliz
AcademicEnglishhelp

Last 3 are YouTube videos

Advice is try and remain very calm. It helps you do better overall.
Also give yourself at least 3 weeks to study, if it's your first time taking ielts. This will boost your confidence in exam day and will likely translate into better scores.

Best of luck

ShalomYellow:
congratulations

Please how did you get it?
I have watched and read all contents from your list but I cannot get over band 4 in listening and reading

JhyMedex:


Did you practice before the exams day?..
Your powers of comprehension and Calm are very important in these 2 areas..
Calm mostly..
But practice a lot before the exams day.
Cambridge has audio materials you can use..

Read the question and Listen intently the answer will pop.
Usually the answers follow the same order as the question. So once you answer number 1. quickly read question 2 and the answer will follow immediately..

Hope this helps...

Flourhine:
Good afternoon everyone..pls i just want to know or ask about the exact price of IELTS exam presently.in addition to that any feasible date for exam in late January or early February.and like how many days wil it takes for the result to comes out or been released

onuwaje:


They gave us headphones individually and just you listening and paying attention to details because u will fill in the blanks

shizzy7:
For listening, are you allowed to rewind or write things down on paper?

ddooskie:
Good evening, everyone. My wife took her UKVI IELTS on December 16th, and her results were updated on December 29th. However, as of today, January 10th, we have not received the hard copy of the results. According to our calculations, we should have received it after 7 working days from seeing the results online. Should we be worried?

shawylux:


Call them or mail them. Just got mine after a month it was released after a lot of back and forth.

kumbhuru:
My result is out and I had band 7.5 overall. I could have done better but I had some distractions towards my exam but that's enough for what I needed it for.

I started my preparation from this group, in August by reading everything from page 1 to the end so as to know the materials to use. I read the testimony of others in other gr3by searching nairaland too.

For writing, finish everything on www.ieltsliz.com first. Get the premium book of ielts buddy too, it's everywhere online free. Practice with those and then get the past questions from Cambridge and practice. If you don't have anyone to vet your essays, use chatgpt to mark, score and correct your work. You can Google how to use chatgpt for IELTS Writing.

For speaking and listening, you just need to get the Cambridge materials and practice, Google or YouTube the speaking/LISTENING audio books and solve. Record yourself while speaking and correct yourself if you don't have a friend ti practice with. Get used to various accent by watching some podcasts. I didn't do this though, no time. Those hsed to watching foreign films won't have issues with understanding listening. Listening also requires attention and presence of mind, if you have issues with concentration, work on it. Constant practice will help.
Speaking and listening should be bonus, no one should fail those, they're for boosting of overall bands.

Reading seems a hard nut to Crack as time is never enough. You should also practice with cambridge. There are books on strategies for various questions types online, get one and stick to them. Practice by question type and master or create strategies for yourself. You don't need to time yourself while learning strategies. Only start timing when you are conversant with all questions types and strategies involved.

You can visit these YouTube channels and sleep on them, FastTrack IELTS, ielts jack, E2 preparation, ielts liz.

In short, there's no shortcut, you have to put in the work. It's better you use that 50k you will give some people for tutorials to buy data instead and sleep on YouTube. Most of these tutorials are hungry people who themselves have never written IELTS before.
Except of course you know a trusted one.

IELTS is all about strategy and formula, hack their system by learning those and you would be shocked by how well you pass.

Finally, if your English is bad, in terms of spelling, grammar and basic English language skills, I believe you should start from there. Someone with bad spelling will fail listening and writing. Someone with poor lexis/structure and basic English skills would struggle. It's not a bad idea to firstly brush through some Primary/Secondary school materials before attempting the IELTS if you fall into this group. Wishing you success.

Firebomber:


Good day,

Please can you help with the study material that you use for preparation boss.

Olabenjamen22@gmail.com.


Thanks.

finoki:


1.with consistent practice ,how many weeks will be enough for getting a good score... say band 8.5

2. Can I use my NIN slip as identification..

Ennychoc019:
Instead of paying 5k to be added to a telegram group, Cambridge 10-17 and Makkar on Speaking for 5k. Send me a mail and I will add you for free and even share my drive on a paid videos on writing task 1 and 2 for free. We are here to help one another and not ripped each other apart.

Bibitayo2:
BC IELTS is now #266,000

IVYKORAH:
IELTS General. date Jan 8, 2024.
result : L- 9, R- 8.5, W-8, S-8 with overall band 8.5.
Only used E2 Language's IELTS Jay.
I used this same tutor for my PTE in 2019 and had 86/90 overall band.
I totally recommend using him and also a lot of practice. I started preparing in December 2023