Natalie Cohen, a lady from Germany in her 20's, scored 8 bands in IELTS alongside giving her University Exams and Bachelor's Thesis.
She have some basic tips for people who are planning to take the IELTS test. Let's have a look:
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The official IELTS book is only useful for its 7 mock tests, the rest of the book is not useful. Hence, she doesn't recommend buying it.
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The Target Band 7 book is a useful one for preparing for IELTS and she recommends buying it.
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She also recommends using the writing correction service provided by the IELTS Blog website.
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For the speaking part of the exam, she recommends talking about as many diverse topics as possible and also learning to get to your point in 1-2 sentences.
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She also asks you to gain a piece of general knowledge about everything that could be tested.
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She recommends to focus more on the 2 sections that you're more concerned about and improve those sections.
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For the test day, her advice is to stay calm and concentrated.
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