EnglishRyan's IELTS Blog
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Fixing problems in your essay
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Help with IELTS reading
Saturday, July 19, 2008
How to start the sentences in your essay...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
IELTS reading skills
Sunday, July 13, 2008
The new IELTS-IELTS.com page!
I have decided to use blogger.com to help me keep this website organized.
Using blogger.com, I will be able to update this page much more regularly. I hope this will make it more useful to you as an English student.
Please also feel free to leave comments on my blog posts and to visit my other website at www.englishryan.com.
Have a great week!
Ryan
A few nice messages I have received
From AngelArif:
Dear EnglishRyan:
I've scored 8.5 in writing section of IELTS...I was greatly benefitted by the style you showed in your videos...I wish your best from my heart... May Allah help you and be successful in this world and next.
From musicloverboi:
Thank you very much for posting such superb videos. Because of it, I scored a band 8 for IELTS with an individual score of 8 as well for the writing module. =D
How to decide what type of essay to write
A very nice summary of the IELTS exam
Writing an IELTS discussion essay together...
Some helpful IELTS prep downloads...
Good luck!
What is IELTS?
IELTS (International English Language Testing System) is an exam that assesses the English abilities of those who wish to work or study in an English speaking country.
(The following is taken directly from ielts.org):
International RecognitionWhat appears on the test?IELTS is recognised for course admission by universities in many countries, including Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the USA, the UK and increasingly in Germany and wider Europe.
In the USA the IELTS Test is now recognised by more than 1000 institutions and new ones are constantly added to the list, of which you will always find the latest version here.
IELTS is also required as proof of your language abilities for immigration to Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
The test checks the applicant's strengths in the areas of speaking, reading, listening and writing and is separated into two test types - Academic and General.
What is the difference between the Academic IELTS Module and the General Training IELTS Module?
IELTS Academic Training is a course and test designed to prepare and assess those wishing to attend institutes of higher education in English speaking countries. The listening and speaking portions of the two tests are identical, but the reading and writing portions are not. The General Module test asks the candidate to complete two writing tasks. The first is a letter (minimum 150 words). The second is an essay (minimum 250 words). The Academic Module test, however, is different. For this test, the candidate must write one piece describing factual information that is presented to them (for example, a bar graph or list of statistics). Using this information, the candidate must accurately depict in words the information presented by the images (minimum 150 words). The second task is to write an essay on a given topic (minimum 250 words).