Boost Your IELTS Bands Using Your Mobile Phone How many times do you check your mobile every day? North Indians check their social media accounts on average 27 times a day; young people in the INDIA spend more than 32 hours a week on their phones! So do these devices, which we all have at our fingertips, offer opportunities to Boost Your IELTS Bands? In this blog, we will look at three ways in which they do.
1. Start by practicing for IELTS Reading and Listening The official IELTS Guide for Teachers states that IELTS Academic Reading test passages ‘are taken from books, journals, magazines and newspapers and are on academic topics of general interest. All have been selected for a no specialist audience.’ This means that to do well in IELTS Reading, you need to familiarize yourself with this kind of text. You need to do some background reading. Your smart phone gives you access to almost every major English language newspaper on earth, and most of them are free. Mobiles are good for reading because you carry them with you like a book. It’s easy to take them out in a cafe or on a park bench and to spend a spare ten or fifteen minutes reading an article. This way you are preparing for your Reading test without even realizing it. Incidentally, you can practice for IELTS Listening in the same way. We highly recommend you to listen to English songs.
2. Move on to vocabulary work The British Council’s IELTS Word Power app is specifically designed to help you build your vocabulary for the IELTS test. It is organized according to themes (Work and business, Mass media, Social issues, Science and technology, and so on), with target words and practice activities for each theme. While you are having lunch or waiting for a friend you can spend the time learning a few new words — words which might appear in the Reading or Listening tests, or come in handy for Speaking or Writing.
3. Get advice from IELTS experts You are preparing for an important test. You may have read a few of these blog posts. Perhaps you’ve been working through an IELTS preparation book and it’s possible that you’ve also had advice from a teacher or from the IELTS website. It’s all a bit overwhelming, isn’t it? Clarity’s IELTS Tips app will drip feed advice to help you get the best possible band score. You will receive one tip a day for 30 days, in a form that is digestible and easy to remember. These tips come from British Council experts, experienced IELTS teachers and examiners from around the world. Like the Word Power app, the IELTS Tips app is free. Download it either from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. So next time you check your phone, remember that spending a few minutes away from Facebook could be all you need to nudge up your IELTS band score! For getting good bands in IELTS you need proper supervision. Join Knowledge Icon which provides Best IELTS in Jalandhar. Call us for free demo classes. For more details please log on to our website www.knowledgeicon.com Contact: +91-98555-51177/90412-22444. Address: SCO 408-410, 4th Floor, AGI Business Centre, Near Bus Stand, Jalandhar.