Can anyone advise on where I can get practice questions for my upcoming IELTS exams?

Dear Guys, I stay on the Island in Lagos and I am about to register for IELTS I just need someone who is about to do same too.

tourphland:

Bro anywhere ooo.... This Nigeria is not worth it, i need good admonishment oo bro

you can leave, we will stay and make it better.

tourphland:

Bro anywhere ooo.... This Nigeria is not worth it, i need good admonishment oo bro

How dare you talk about my blessed country like that? You must be drinking sir

tourphland:
Hello, good day house. I want to be enlightened on how and what it'll take to get a befitting job abroad. I studied law and hoping to do my masters in oil and gas or international law in prolly canada or Uk.....i don't really know how the market is good for non citizen lawyers abroad... And also if not how can one spice it up and be able to get a good job there... Thanks house

you are a mad man.

This thread is the most successful travel thread in Nigeria.
I already lost hope of going anywhere, then a friend told me about this page and since then, I have a big hope that I will be in Germany soon.
I just want to encourage us to continue with what we are doing, God will surely bless us all.
My question is this, are there arts related courses in German universities that are free tuition too?

Believe this figure at your own detriment.
1. What about all the expensive phones they seized from all these yahoo boys?

2. What about all the expensive laptops they collected?

3. What about the flat screen television and other properties they seized from these boys?

4. What about the money they collected from these boys to strike a plea bargain with them?

I didn't say anything ooo.

Deustchemann:


Good evening bro. I'd like to contribute to what you've said.
My Boss Fabcol has set the ball rolling for me. I'll just give you a detailed analysis of what you can do and I will appreciate if you will follow them, as well as every other progressive advice that will be offered on the thread.

1. You said you would have gotten the money complete by the end of this year bah? Good! That's a critical step forward.
I'd suggest that when you have it complete, transfer it to a safe account where you won't touch it. As in, you'll bone the money till you're ready to fund the Blocked account.

2. Leaving money aside, Admission letter is the most important document of your visa application. With your WAEC alone, it is nearly impossible to land admission for a Bachelors degree.
You said you sat for jamb bah..
I will advise that you use that jamb to enter school this year (a University preferably. You can change to NOUN).
During your 100Level, start scouting for schools that offer your desired course of study in Germany. Open Daad.de .Many might require application via Uni-assist. Get a jotter, write down the schools, their requirements, their admission process, website. everything dey daad.
As your 100L draws to an end next year and you want to start applications, write IELTS and pass it well. Trust me, it will not only boost your admission chances, it will give you wider options to apply to.
Obtain your 100L transcript from the school you entered, gather other relevant documents too: Waec, International passport, CV, NPC birth certificate, everything you can get.

If you can still make winter admission application next year, good! If not, you'll make summer 2020 effortlessly.

If you want to add icing to your cake, enrol for German classes if you have time. Even if na A2 level before you comot. It will make job hustling easier over there.

3. When you land in Germany, you'll get part time jobs you can do. With this, you can earn more money to take care of your siblings, as well as save for the future.


All these won't be easy if you don't involve God. As much as I believe in following due process, carrying God along will make it easier to achieve.

The German process is very straightforward, and I'm sure all these I've said will give you a very smooth landing and it will cover for your studies as well as getting a part time job that will pay bills.

Do not attempt to forge or shortcut any document.. it will have repercussions.

Since you still have enough time, you can read part 5 of the thread from page 1 to end.
You can access that from this link https://www.nairaland.com/4566903/general-german-student-visa-enquiries

You'll learn so much that you can even give advices to others who want to follow this path. Stay with us and contribute well on this part 6.

For other people who are in this situation; whether registered members or guest readers, May God bless you as you take time to read this post, apply it and hope for a better future.

Good evening once more.

good man. This is a lovely contribution.

You, my friend, are a good man. I hope to meet you over there someday.

Good evening bro. I'd like to contribute to what you've said.
My Boss Fabcol has set the ball rolling for me. I'll just give you a detailed analysis of what you can do and I will appreciate if you will follow them, as well as every other progressive advice that will be offered on the thread.

1. You said you would have gotten the money complete by the end of this year bah? Good! That's a critical step forward.
I'd suggest that when you have it complete, transfer it to a safe account where you won't touch it. As in, you'll bone the money till you're ready to fund the Blocked account.

2. Leaving money aside, Admission letter is the most important document of your visa application. With your WAEC alone, it is nearly impossible to land admission for a Bachelors degree.
You said you sat for jamb bah..
I will advise that you use that jamb to enter school this year (a University preferably. You can change to NOUN).
During your 100Level, start scouting for schools that offer your desired course of study in Germany. Open Daad.de .Many might require application via Uni-assist. Get a jotter, write down the schools, their requirements, their admission process, website. everything dey daad.
As your 100L draws to an end next year and you want to start applications, write IELTS and pass it well. Trust me, it will not only boost your admission chances, it will give you wider options to apply to.
Obtain your 100L transcript from the school you entered, gather other relevant documents too: Waec, International passport, CV, NPC birth certificate, everything you can get.

If you can still make winter admission application next year, good! If not, you'll make summer 2020 effortlessly.

If you want to add icing to your cake, enrol for German classes if you have time. Even if na A2 level before you comot. It will make job hustling easier over there.

3. When you land in Germany, you'll get part time jobs you can do. With this, you can earn more money to take care of your siblings, as well as save for the future.


All these won't be easy if you don't involve God. As much as I believe in following due process, carrying God along will make it easier to achieve.

The German process is very straightforward, and I'm sure all these I've said will give you a very smooth landing and it will cover for your studies as well as getting a part time job that will pay bills.

Do not attempt to forge or shortcut any document.. it will have repercussions.

Since you still have enough time, you can read part 5 of the thread from page 1 to end.
You can access that from this link https://www.nairaland.com/4566903/general-german-student-visa-enquiries

You'll learn so much that you can even give advices to others who want to follow this path. Stay with us and contribute well on this part 6.

For other people who are in this situation; whether registered members or guest readers, May God bless you as you take time to read this post, apply it and hope for a better future.

Good evening once more.[/quote]

Whao... Can you drop the links here please... Hope at last.
Thank you in advance.

Iambarristerayo:

I don’t know what u based your research on I can count like three universities that offer free tuition and also teach in English for masters in law .

Are you for real? Please, help me with more details. I am determined and ready to do the work. Where can I look to?
What can I do? Here is my mail Okonkwosylvester81@gmail.com. Thank you.

aduku1:


My brother if u are determined u can pay up date fee some of the university require u to pay only the first semester fee or non self until u get there!!!! So u can sacrifice a lot by working hard on ur sesmester break or during intership to pay up.

I am speechless �. This is beautiful. Well constructed and delivered. If only many of us think this way, we would have gone far. A friend of mine in Dublin told me Nigerians there love keeping to themselves. I was like, what the hell? Sh tried several times to get close to most of them in are school and she keeps getting a piss off attitude from them.
We all must learn to be there for ourselves, we are Nigerians and we should be proud of it, irrespective of the bad reputation we have. Let's be an instrument of change wherever we find ourselves, let's show foreigners that we all are not as bad as the think or say.
Thank you once again for the powerful words.

GoodMemory:

A lot has been said and written on the issue of racism in Australia. Most of the write-ups have come from non-Africans, usually Indians and Islanders and sometimes, but rarely, blacks who aren’t Africans. I believe racism/stereotypical behaviors towards these set of people might be different depending on the circumstances.
Personally, I feel Australians do not deserve the bad image which they have earned internationally as a racist country. It may have been because of the way and manner the Aboriginal people were treated or the growing concern about increased migration into Australia. In a survey, Australia, was ranked top as one of the most tolerant countries while India is ranked as the least tolerant country.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/05/15/a-fascinating-map-of-the-worlds-most-and-least-racially-tolerant-countries/?utm_term=.4b318d97beda

In another survey by economic and trading group, Insider Monkey, India again ranked top country where people are racially least tolerant. Australia is not even on the list of racially intolerant countries.

https://businesstech.co.za/news/lifestyle/116644/the-most-racist-countries-in-the-world/

This is not an attempt to downplay racism in Australia. It is alive and well. However, what you will experience here is different from what immigrants in Canada, the USA, or the UK experience daily. For example, you may witness commuters not wanting to sit next to you in public transport, people going back to their car on seeing you, to check if their car door is safely locked, pedestrians changing lanes on sighting you from afar etc. the number and frequency is just the same whether you are in Vancouver, BC Canada, Texas in the US , Manchester in the UK or Melbourne in Australia. These acts are not on their own conclusively pointing to racism as a second meaning might be read to them. Pedestrian changing lanes might be doing it genuinely, commuters sometimes prefer standing to sitting, etc. Please note I am not holding briefs for perpetrators of racism.

As someone who has lived in a western country for 10 years before relocating to Australia, I can tell you one thing you will witness. Supremacy mentality. Superiority complex is pervasive in any first world countries or any nation with predominantly Caucasian population.
The average white person feels genetically superior to the next black person until circumstances prove him otherwise. A homeless guy, a slowpoke and a never-do-well feel they are better than a black person who is perhaps a medical doctor. Remember we are dealing with 400 odd years, age-long mentality.
Superiority complex will daily confront you at work, during social interactions etc.


As an African, here’s my top 4 ways that will help minimize racism. Some of them are long term approach but I think they have to happen before racism can be reduced.

Awareness
The first step to defeating any problem is having an awareness of the problem. Knowing the full strength of the problem helps to access the strategy and tactics to deal with the problem. Knowing your rights is another form of having awareness.
We need to be able to recognize tell-tale signs of racism. If convinced you are racially abused, call out the perpetrator and seek justice in Australian Human Rights Commission.
https://www.humanrights.gov.au.
Unfortunately, Black people are not known to escalate issues like this as they are quick to forgive people who racially abuse them. The fact is, you can forgive and still take your abuser to court. That has nothing to do with your religious instruction to forgive.

Black people should stick together
I do not advocate black people should create their own enclave and live there. I mean black people should learn to cooperate with themselves. We are quick to say “I avoid fellow Africans wherever I go because of my previous experience with them”. What I want to know is do you also avoid white people and Asians because of your experience in their hands? I doubt, otherwise you would have moved back to naija. Why are we quick to forgive other races and hold eternal grudges against people that look like us? Why are we quick to befriend others and reluctant to be friends with our own? As an example: My kids were the only black kids in the school until this school term when another black kid, a Nigerian for that matter, joined them. The principal of the school had told us about the new kid, so we were looking forward to meeting them.
On the day we finally met, we were given a cold shoulder by the parents of the kid. We thought maybe they were introverts and were the type that reluctantly warmed up to strangers. Well, after several failed attempts to talk to them, we gave up. We hardly even say ‘hi” to each other anymore. What message do you think both of us had sent to other races in that school? To minimize racism, the culture of self-hate among black people has to stop.
When a people are united, it is hard for others to disrespect them. Are you the type who feels happy when he is told by other races “you are not like others”? If you were, then you need to know they (other races) are playing divide and rule on you.

Let’s start taking over
How do you expect others to respect us when we are constantly rocking the bottom of the social ladder of any society? How will others respect us when our target are jobs that pay minimum wages but because of exchange rate to Naira and other African currencies, we are proud to label it “good money”. Why do we always think so small? Why is it that the only business Africans run is a tiny African shop that caters for only Africans? An Indian moves to Australia. He is accommodated by his friends. He saves up money, teams up with friends and they buy 7-Eleven franchise. He employs and brings in 5 more people from India to work in the 7-Eleven shop. The white guy who goes into that Indian owned 7-Eleven is bound to respect because he knows they are visibly contributing to the Australian economy. The cold fact of life is no one respects an economically backward people. There was a time when Caucasians used to look down on Chinese, but today it is classy to go to Chinese restaurants and it is also a sign of sophistication to eat with chopsticks! Let’s start dominating wherever we find ourselves. If you have the capital or resources or know rich politicians back home, convince them to start investing in Australia. There are lots of opportunities in real estate and other businesses. Trust me, you can never imagine the impact it would have on our beautiful race and its people. Let’s cultivate the habit of selflessness.
I thank the moderator, creators and the selfless contributors on Living in Australia and A Guide to Permanent Residency in Australia on Nairaland. These platforms have assisted a lot of people and is continuing to assist thousands of people. That is what we are talking about. I benefited immensely from these threads. Ironically, some people who have benefited are the ones who are mute now after receiving the PR and are settled in Australia. Let’s us learn to share information just like other races.

Be firm and assertive
You are on the train and someone racially abuses you. What are you going to do? Sit there and smile? Hell no! Calmly but firmly give it back to him. Watch your words though so you do not in anger racially abuse him too and you know what? They will not hesitate to sue you at the drop of a pin. If possible, use your phone to record the encounter so you can have evidence that will be presented when you approach human rights commission later.
At work, being assertive is good because it is a proactive approach. If they know you don’t take nonsense, they are less likely to say things that will annoy you.

Having said all these, racism in Australia is not as bad as people say. Most Australians are friendly. On the street, no one cares what you look like and in the offices and workplaces, there are strong laws that prevent people from discrimination.
The people who complain the most are the ones who are guilty of it. They are the people whose country are ranked No. 1 on the list of racially intolerant countries.

Racism is probably worse in the US compared to Australia, so guys if you are thinking of moving to Australia, please come over and have fun!

Basalt:


Block account is not 8000 euro o o o.
About 8800 euros plus 5500 for your tuition plus pocket money wey you go hold for hand before you enter Deutschland (Germany) because block account nogo dey unblocked immediately so you have to be eating before then plus the money for your flight which is almost #300,000

E no easy my brother

I lose hope... Let me try UNILAG.

Basalt:


Law is good na. At least you will be sueing people anyhow

. You are mocking me bro �. Sue the wrong person in Nigeria and they visit you at night. I don't want to sue in Nigeria

aduku1:


Like i told u!!!! But i know of two that is within 5500 euros

oh my God � � �. This is unfair 5500 euros plus 8000 euros for blocked account.. Ah � ah, that's wrecking.

Thank you so much guys. So I conducted a search and I found out that most universities in Germany collect close to 9000 euros fees for their masters in law- LL.M.
The cheapest I found is University of cologne - 8000 euros and it's fully English teaching.
So after following this page for ages, I guess Germany ain't meant for us.
Thank you guys for the info and assistance so far.
In case, you know any school with free tuition or a subsidised tuition for masters in law please don't hesitate to update the page.

Basalt:


Lol. All these five questions especially the last one show that you have not done any research about Germany or even read previous posts at all.
But let me answer to the best of my knowledge.

1. The Block account is a proof of financial buoyancy. It's still your money and will be given back to you when you reach Germany but you have to understand that it won't be given to you completely at once. It will be given to you in parts every month usually 720 euro for a whole year. If you don't get visa, you can apply for a refund using your rejection as evidence. Its not an issue at all.

2. Yes, they are schools offering law for MSc but they usually teach with German and demands high German fluency before even giving you admission.
Same for most other professional courses like medicine and even civil engineering.

3. You don't understand Germany, then you must be willing to learn it and learn it with high fluency to practice law in Germany.

4. It takes a Nigerian with high sense of discipline and financial management about 500 to 700 euros every month to survive in Germany.

5. First of all, no msc in Germany is for one year.
Its mainly 2 years but some people don't even finish within that 2 years sef.
After your masters, you will be given just 18 months to look for job related to your work.
If you are fortunate to get one (which usually demands knowledge of German ) then you can apply for blue card and work towards permanent residency.
If you are unfortunate to get any job related to your field which guarantees your stay in Germany, then you be kicked out of Germany back to your country.

Many people who could not get job in order to continue staying in Germany will gladly start another masters program or start PhD just to avoid coming back to this shitthole of a country

. Chai... High proficiency in German ke... Who sent me to study law bayii. Thank you very much.

Iambarristerayo:



There many courses you can do as a lawyer .there is masters of laws in iT law and intellectual property .double masters issued both in Germany and Norway ,you can also go for European legal system .those are the courses I applied for still expecting admission .also after your one year course you will be given almost two years to residence permit and you can look for job or rather do your PhD.for the money in the block account once you meet the criteria and you satisfy the embassy you will receive your visa always be positive minded .please take note that only sum of 720 eur will be released to you monthly from your blocked account to assist you while u get a job or not or meet your daily needs .i always advice you ensure you do internship even when it’s optional as it counts when u are looking for job .worry not there are some places they even issue 2 years like Hannover .while you should start early ass admission deadline is 31st May .

Thank you so much senior colleague. My bar finals is few months from now... Tips to ace the exam will be appreciated. Thank you.

aodiba:

Lemme try
1a. It's for your upkeep for a year. So it's your money
b. You will apply to get your money back
c. No you cannot. You are paid 720 Euro monthly
2. Yeah sure. Law courses are in German but you will find English taught courses that are related
3. You can. But you are strongly advised to learn the language.
4. Accommodation is dependent on location. So you first need to get admission and know the city you are heading to.
5. Most Masters courses are 4 semesters (some 3) you get 18 months to look for a related job....
Hope I was able to help.

Shalom

you mean after my studies, I will get 18 months to stay back in Germany to look for job? ��

Finally, my journey to Germany has just started. I have some few questions guys.
1. What will this money in the blocked account be used for?
What if an applicant wasn't given a visa, what will happen to the money? Can I withdraw all the money in the account and send it back to my people in Nigeria?
2. Are there schools with law related courses. I am a lawyer to be and I wish to go for my masters programme?
3. I don't understand German, can I survive in Germany?
4. Things are hard in the country, like how much is monthly accommodation in Berlin or other cities?
5. After my 1 year programme hope they won't send me back to Nigeria like in the UK ��?

Anyone with answers biko...

Basalt:


No don't book yet. We are in the same shoes (the difference is that you already have admission and I don't have yet)
Since you already have admission and no money for your block account.
This is what you should do.

1. Print the admission letter in the brightest colours into two copies (coloured printing please )

2. Hand one to your parents and keep one.

3. Pray very well and then Use that coloured printed admission letter to meet your rich relatives, pastor, friends and tell your parents to use their own copy too to source for money on your behalf. Please remember to emphasis on the fact that you will pay them back immediately you get to Germany. If possible use strong collateral like lands and anything worthy to convince them on how serious you are.
It's very rare for any Nigerian who is not your parents or sibling to just give you money like that without either trusting in you or your family or without collateral.

4. When you are sure of block account, then you book your appointment.

Note Booking appointment without being sure of your block account is like someone eating in an expensive restaurant without being sure of how to pay for his meal.
After your interview, you might be given just a month to fund your block account.
Can you fund almost 9000 euros within a month?
That's why you should make plans before time.
Don't rush to book appointment when you ain't sure of your block account

aduku1:
Any lawyer here seeking for admission?

at last... All I have been seeing so far are science related course applicants. Are there no Arts related courses for masters in Germany? Anything law related please?

Why not scrap this NYSC of a thing. What a waste of a beautiful girls life. Chai this buhari era sef... I wish I can sleep and wake up in year 2083 and still be young and fresh. I believe Nigeria will have changed then.

STARGREEN:
If she's innocent maybe she jet to US let's confirm her honesty.

she can't do that dear... Little wonder why her legs have not being on the US soil since her husband won the election. Believe it or not this allegation might be true ooo