Wisdom Highlights

  Specific Tips For The Absolute Beginners Well, for those of the IELTS aspirants who haven’t yet stepped into the arena, and are planning to face the exam, I am going to share insights from my distilled experience of being an IELTS Trainer from more than a decade now. For the absolute beginners, the worrisome part is challenging open ended syllabus of the exam which requires proficiency in English language in all the four major skills, that is, Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. In times of information explosion, there is so much you can read before you can actually begin to prepare for acquainting yourself with “what all to expect”. The beginners need to know that IELTS Band score of 6 or 6.5 is often required in universities or colleges worldwide. Let us begin by understanding grading part of the IELTS ACADEMIC Exam for getting the score of 6.0, 6.5 or 7. SECTION-WISE BREAK-UP OF IELTS BAND SCORE 6 & 7 Check the following table to understand the section-wise SCORE t...

  The most repeated question: “Is there really a shortcut to success?” The answer to this varies greatly from one person to another. Some people ascribe success to dedicated efforts while others believe that its destiny/luck that plays it hugest part in attaining success. Well, this is one of those question types which has no “right” or “wrong” answer. Our experiences have solidified into our belief systems over a period of time, and hence what worked for us became our reality. After so many years of experience with IELTS Training, I have realized that for every student the success is derived from varied factors, although the common remains, taking the “smart way” rather than the “hard way”. That “smart way” simply means what is desirous from examiner’s point of view, what is the present level of the candidate, and what practically achievable plan can be made looking at the time period left for the exam. This, though, needs a skill in itself. With guidance from expert, of cou...