By, Tunde Omotoye

Here are few tips on how I got an overall band score of 8.0 and CEFR Level C1 (Advanced English User).

Perhaps, some points here can help.

Things is, I have seen folks score even 8.5 or 9.0.

It’s doable and if one approaches it practically, you’d get a score that increases your chances of schooling abroad or migrating.

This applies to both the Academic and General IELTS.

1. Listening:

The listening part is a tricky part of the exam. Tricky in the sense that if your state of mind is not present in the exam room. It’s a problem.

Forget the person owing you money. Forget the food you left in the fridge.

Your focus level has to be about 110%.

As you’d see it on the instruction, the narration won’t be repeated.

So, there won’t be anything like please play/repeat that part again. Hence, paying attention to the details of the info given by the narrator is key.

Write your answers to the questions of what is being narrated. This will help in case you forget main points while listening.

Giving a precise 1 or 2 word answer is key. Don’t go ‘oversabi’ and be writing all the sentences the narrator said. Just the key answers to the questions

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