3 Strategic Steps To Guarantee IELTS Band 7

Just like chess, IELTS is a strategy game. When your future depends on that Band 7 in IELTS, don't leave it to chance!

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Pelawat, just like chess, IELTS is a strategy game. When your future depends on that Band 7 in IELTS, don't leave it to chance! Be strategic and make sure you GET IT! What many self-prep students do is, they learn the format of the IELTS test, find some practice tests, do a few, then go to the test... only to find out that they are VERY far away from that Band 7. Then they go back to studying, randomly picking some exercises to do, without a proper plan. After a while they declare themselves ready and go for a second attempt... which often ends just like the first - no 7. Instead of locking yourself into this depressing scenario, there is a better way. How to take IELTS just once and get the score you need Everyone has weaker skills and stronger skills. It is very rare to find someone whose Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking are equally strong. Use this strategy for success: aim for lower scores (6 and 6.5) in your weaker skills, and for higher scores (7 and 8) in your stronger skills, and you will still get an Overall Band 7! Here is a real life example: one of my students had a problem with Writing and Speaking, but her Reading and Listening were quite good. We came up with this plan for her. She needed to get: Band 6 in Writing Band 6.5 in Speaking Band 7 in Reading Band 8 in Listening This was realistic and manageable, and she ended up with a Band 7 Overall, which satisfied her university 100%. You don't need to get all 7's to get an Overall Band 7! Complete explanation of IELTS scoring Your IELTS score is the average of 4 scores for Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. Here is how the overall IELTS Band Score is calculated: (Listening + Reading +Writing +Speaking) / 4 = Overall Band Score. For example: (8+8+6+6)/4 = Overall Band 7 But this is NOT THE ONLY combination that results in a Band 7. You can get an Overall Band 7 in a number of ways: 1. 6, 6.5, 7, 8 2. 6,7,7,8 3. 6, 7, 7.5, 8 4. 6.5, 7, 7, 8 As you can see, achieving the Overall Band Score of 7 is possible if you perform well in specific areas. This means that by excelling in particular skills, like scoring 8 in one of them, you can balance out lower scores in other areas to reach an overall average of 7. Strategy for success 1. Learn what your weaker skills are 2. Select a realistic score for each skill (from one of the 4 combinations above) 3. Average of those scores = overall Band 7 I hope it helps you get your target score very soon! Let me know if I can help in any way. Cheers, Simone Braverman Founder @ IELTS-Blog.com

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