This article offers three insider tips from ADUKG’s expert IELTS examiners aimed at every individual preparing to maximise their performance during their IELTS test.

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Improving Your IELTS Performance
3 Insider Tips
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Here are three insider tips from ADUKG’s expert IELTS
examiners aimed at every individual preparing to maximise
their performance during their IELTS test:
Introduction

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1. Read the Questions Carefully

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Read the questions carefully
An obvious place to start perhaps, but many candidates are often
guilty of skim-reading a question and forming their answer based
on an assumption of what is being asked.
Don’t do this! The IELTS Writing task 1, for example, is not
seeking to discover a candidate’s own opinion on the topic, but
simply requires an individual to summarise data.
Always, always read the question and make sure that you
understand what is required of you before putting pen to paper.

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2. Write Notes Not Sentences

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Write notes not sentences
The “long turn” portion of the Speaking test requires a candidate
to speak on a topic for 1 – 2 minutes, after a single minute of
preparation time.
Avoid the inclination to start writing out your answer in full, as
even the quickest amongst us could never write a complete
answer in just one minute. Instead, try to plan your full response
through brief notes, thinking through everything you plan to say.
Even better, practice mind-mapping – an excellent and fast
technique for visualising a subject and making links between
topics.

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3. Timekeeping is Crucial

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Timekeeping is Crucial
Another obvious but frequently ignored area of preparation is
timekeeping, with many candidates failing to pay proper
attention to the full amount of time they have available to get
through every question.
For example, candidates have a single hour to answer questions
on 3 academic texts for Reading.
It is far better to rigidly allow yourself 20 minutes for each text,
than it is to attempt to meticulously answer each one and fail to
make it to the end.

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supported the language skills development of thousands of students,
helping them to achieve their target IELTS score.
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