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Friday, August 8, 2008

Helpful little video with grammar tips for writing

I like this guy's videos! The tips might be a little basic for most students preparing for the IELTS or TOEFL exam, but they act as a good review none-the-less.


Check out this YouTube user's other videos on his YouTube page by clicking inside the video window below:



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Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Some general writing tips

I came across this very helpful vid on YouTube. Some great tips that many students unfortunately fail to make note of prior to their IELTS exam.



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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Fixing problems in your essay

Just a small video on how to fix some common problems in your IELTS essay.



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Sunday, July 27, 2008

Help with IELTS reading

I came across this helpful video describing how to better understand the vocabulary in your IELTS reading.




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Saturday, July 19, 2008

How to start the sentences in your essay...

Here's a couple of short vids I put together outlining some suggestions to help start the various sentences in your IELTS essay.







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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

IELTS reading skills

Here is a nice video I found that summarizes the different reading skills you will need for the IELTS exam - skimming, scanning and reading in detail.




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Sunday, July 13, 2008

The new IELTS-IELTS.com page!

Hi,

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
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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 Recognition

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.

What appears on the test?

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).