ukclarkes Posted April 30, 2015 Report Share Posted April 30, 2015 hello all, well we have finally started our visa process, just gathering all information to send to our migration agent exciting but stressful! Are the English tests hard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali Posted April 30, 2015 Report Share Posted April 30, 2015 Reading the boards, they're not as easy as people imagine, and the general thoughts seem to be to do some practise and preperation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocolevi Posted April 30, 2015 Report Share Posted April 30, 2015 Go on to you tube, lots of helpful hints on there. There's lots of ielts websites that can give you mock tests. My oh has his next Saturday, I think I'm more nervous than him x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOL Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Go on to you tube, lots of helpful hints on there. There's lots of ielts websites that can give you mock tests. My oh has his next Saturday, I think I'm more nervous than him x Is that the 9th from your sig? How about you as a partner? Or isn't that obligatory for English-natives? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocolevi Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Yes the 9th May. No it's just him that needs to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliomarie Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Hi UKclarkes, I have had to sit both the academic and general IELTS and to be honest I revised for both quite a bit and thank goodness I did. I haven't ever heard anyone say they were easy, but we all have passed even if it does mean a second or third attempt. That's why it pays to prepare as they aren't cheap! I used the official IELTS website which was fab, and make sure you do a few practice tests to get used to the timings and format etc. On the other other hand as English is my OH's second language he ha to sit the IELTS general with no revision and aced it which was a relief but also annoying! good luck ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TartanGary Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 The test is tricky if you don't prepare properly,i failed my first sitting by .5 on the reading,past the other 3 fairly easily but obviously need 7s across the board for the pass mark.Really frustrating for me given it was 1 or 2 questions that beat me but i have re-booked for the 9th May.Kept revising even after i sat it on the 18th April incase i failed just to keep it all fresh.I bought the official IELTS textbook off Amazon to help & have used youtube & the official IELTS material.Best of luck when you sit the test Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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