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IELTS Blog.com presents: How to get a higher IELTS score by building a positive image in the examiner’s mind series of lessons especially You will learn: Lesson #1 Lesson #2 report Lesson #3: letter Lesson #4 Lesson #5 Lesson #6 what may create a positive psychological impression on assessors More recommended resources The following books are a great source of practice material across the four test skills plus a variety of hints and strategies, and grammar and vocabulary exercises to help with IELTS Writing IELTS On Track Test Practice Academic (with audio CD) Visit IELTS on Track website to view details and order: http://www.ieltsontrack.com/product.php?category=11 IELTS On Track Test Practice General Training (with audio CD) Visit IELTS on Track website to view details and order: http://www.ieltsontrack.com/product.php?category=12 To learn more about Donna Millen and her co-author, a former university professor and IELTS researcher Stephen Slater, visit ieltsontrack.com Lesson #1: How to create a positive, psychological impression on your IELTS assessors Imagine these IELTS test situations: Situation Situation Situation IELTS WRITING TEST – TWO general factors Handwriting and layout Maturity of expression and ‘voice’ Compare these sentences: 1) People should less work and spend more time with their family It is better 2) It would perhaps improve the quality of family life if people with busy, demanding jobs could find ways to spend more of their non-work time with members of their family, especially with children or elderly parents try to make your writing contain more detailed and more precise expression of thoughts and ideas because they reflect an adult way of thinking if you can be more detailed and precise, then you create your own written ‘voice’ This helps to connect the assessor to you IELTS Interview –TWO general points Every meeting between two people creates a relationship When you enter the IELTS interview room it is a meeting and you have an opportunity to connect with the assessor as a person, at the same time as doing the interview You are an equal not an IELTS victim All these things create a positive social atmosphere This makes the assessor feel more comfortable psychologically too Help the assessor to get a stronger sense of YOU and your personality you are helping the assessor to know you and your country a little better You can be a sort of teacher, a window on your life and culture Just like you, the assessor is hoping to meet a unique and memorable individual YOU can help the assessor to see you positively as a person and can help the assessor to feel comfortable with you To summarise Life is essentially a social experience you are in brief social relationships with assessors when you the IELTS Writing and when you are interviewed for the IELTS Speaking test Influencing an assessor positively but genuinely and naturally may lead to better scores when an assessor is in doubt and is weighing up whether to give you a higher or a lower score NEXT TIME, I’ll talk about some of the specific things that may influence IELTS assessors when they read and score your answer to the Task report in the IELTS Academic Writing test 2009 Donna Millen and ieltsontrack.com This article is copyright to ieltsontrack.com, and may not be reproduced or copied without the permission of ieltsontrack.com The design and layout of this series of lessons are copyright to IELTS Blog.com and may not be reproduced or copied without the permission of IELTS Blog.com Lesson #2: How to write a Task report that will impress your assessors (Academic Module) short summary Summary of Lesson #1 have some power to: In the IELTS Writing test you can impress the assessor by: In the IELTS Speaking test you can impress the assessor by: In Part (the discussion) • When the test has finished • Lesson #6 Tips for the LISTENING TEST Background considerations Key question: Key question answers BEFORE listening, WHILE listening, and WHEN transferring your answers tips for getting ready before you listen Get ready to listen to the recording Make sure you try to work out in what situation the speakers will be talking their possible relationship Check the task Make sure you are clear about the rules of the task Look for key words or headings Make sure you are clear about categories and headings Be clear about what the task requires and any task rules Look at any examples Decide which answers look more likely than others before listening your main management job in the time BEFORE listening to each section is to reduce uncertainty about each answer task type and its requirements WHILE Listening – KEY HINTS HINT Stay on task remain active but try to ‘listen out for’ key expressions listening is always a process of selection and sampling of input we always listen according to our listening purpose Example Listening purpose? Survival! Example Listening purpose? Escape from the speaker! In the IELTS listening, your purpose is always and only linked to task completion HINT Don’t get left behind How candidates get left behind and what are the solutions? Problem A Candidates spend too much time on the answer to a tricky question SOLUTION Leave a ‘holding answer’ Problem B Candidates allow themselves to be ‘derailed’, and switch from listening for answers to thinking about something too specific SOLUTIONS Focus on what the questions require SOLUTION #2: Find the ‘rhythm’ of the IELTS Listening test You can’t escape PRACTICE – tips for getting ‘fit’ for the test SO, as a non native speaker, you need to Practice every listening task type Practice complete tests performance in the Listening test several times Panic is the enemy of the same practice test Practice IELTS ‘trick spotting’ ‘My phone number is 85403519, …erm oh, sorry I mean 15, so it’s 3515 at the end, not 9’ 3515’ become more aware of any changes in the speaker’s voice tone, pitch or emphasis, which can help you locate the answer information Practice building predictive skills WHEN transferring your answers 10 minutes for Answer Transfer stay focused and be systematic How can I impress my marker? BIG ISSUES to WATCH OUT FOR! Avoid the ‘worst disaster’! So always check that the answer is being transferred to the correct question number on the Answer Sheet • • ‘Mind the Gap(s)’! s’! during the transferring of answers you must try to fill in any answers that you left undecided or blank Even a guess has more chance than an empty space Don’t spend too long on this final decision making • • hints for transferring your answers accurately Write clearly Change answers cleanly and clearly Don’t use abbreviations if they are not common ones Use correct word forms Example of possible confusion about the form of a word required in an answer access accessing accessible accessibly Solution: Compare these examples of word form problems linked to final ‘s’ Example A Example B Example C a Use correct word order Check the maximum number of words you can use in an answer Spell correctly Examples What’s the solution to spelling problems? Copy words accurately Keep an eye on the time only allow yourself a set, maximum time for making final decisions about particular answers , Panic causes errors and inaccuracy Tips for the Reading Test need to practice and to become familiar with all the different types of task differences between the IELTS Reading and Listening tests You have more control in the Reading test and can make more personal decisions about how to deal with the test material You have control of the order in which you answer All the material (texts and questions) is in written form in the Reading Test Tips for becoming a good manager of your 60 minute Reading test Have your own time management plan for the test Here are things you can • • o o o • • • Over view the overall test contents – each set of questions and each text Start with the questions then move to the text Analyse the structure of each text or passage • • • Remember common test patterns Guess meaning from context Leave no empty answers Fitness training for the IELTS Reading test As with the Listening test, practice before the test is really important Here’s an example of a quick, intensive weekly program for busy test takers: Days 1, 2, Day Days and Day Another week Let’s briefly summarise this final lesson: Hints for the IELTS Listening test Before listening to any section While listening to each section When transferring answers to the Answer Sheet Before the Listening test, practice: Hints for the IELTS Reading test Practice before taking the IELTS Reading test Well this is the end of our sixth lesson together I hope that these lessons have made you feel more connected to the IELTS test situation and more empowered to achieve a high score I hope especially that you now understand more fully the perspective of the assessor and how you can become a collaborator in the test situation, and a professional manager of your test performance, not a test victim Know the test, increase your sense of your own power, take responsibility, practice and you will increase your score! Good luck! Hope to see you again with some other lessons Let me know what other types of lesson would help you Best wishes, Donna Millen 2009 Donna Millen and ieltsontrack.com This article is copyright to ieltsontrack.com, and may not be reproduced or copied without the permission of ieltsontrack.com The design and layout of this series of lessons are copyright to IELTS Blog.com and may not be reproduced or copied without the permission of IELTS Blog.com ... Training Writing Task Creating a good impression in your WRITING – GENERAL TRAINING Writing task easy you have more freedom to choose what to say than in the Academic Writing task Tips to Writing... summarise To build a good impression in the assessor’s mind in the Speaking test Think about: To impress and connect with the assessor during the Speaking test: At the beginning In Part In Part... summary Summary of Lesson #5 To build a good impression in the assessor’s mind in the Speaking test Think about: At the beginning of the Speaking test: In Part (the interview) In Part (the talk)