Established in 1989, the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is an international standardised test of English language fluency for people who do not have it as their mother tongue. If you dream of studying or working abroad, it is a must take a test. With around 800+ British Council offices around the globe, accessibility to examination centres is not a hassle. Even if an anomaly arises a one can’t reach the examination centre, the service for the online IELTS test in UAE is also available. You can sit in the comfort of your home and give the test. Some benefits of IELTS are as follow:
- It is widely accepted, by over 10,000 organizations and 140 countries.
- Your chances of being accepted into a multinational company, or in the foreign embassy’s via the government increase significantly.
- The course covers both American and British English hence allowing you to work for American or British businesses without any communication jargon.
- Many international universities require an IELTS on their admission requirements and have a good IELTS score raises your worth and chances for admission to them.
The Preparation
Nothing in the world is difficult if you have prepared for its arrival. The most significant reason why a lot of students find examinations difficult is due to how much time they put into their preparation or how long they prepare for. Being smarter than your peer is a myth, all that matters is how much work and dedication you put into what you do. IELTS preparation is relatively easy to pick up than other tests. The steps on how one should prepare to avoid examinations stress are listed below:
- An IELTS examination centre has a limited number of seats available so register for your IELTS at the earliest date to avoid the hassle and panic of a late application.
- While filling out the application form, pay close attention to the format of the test, the questions and tasks required by the examinee. All this information would be provided with the application form.
- Invent your own preparation method with ample time to spare for practice.
- Practice with official IELTS practice materials and sample tests questions.
- Study for 40 minutes and take a 20-minute breather, repeat.
- Begin walking or jogging as studies have shown that people who exercise pick up and store new information quicker than who don’t.
- Stick to a fixed timetable and practice waking up early.
- Avoid caffeinated drinks as caffeine is known to directly promote anxiety.
- Eat a well-balanced diet and go to bed early to catch up with six to eight hours of sleep.
If for some reason you are unable to find or reach an IELTS preparation academy, there is still an option to prepare for it online. Let’s say, you live in Dubai and find it difficult to reach such academies due to your busy schedule, there are multiple websites that offer online IELTS preparation in Dubai with up to date study material and practice tests. Visiting such sites for an hour a day helps you learn all there is to know about IELTS at your own leisure. IELTS is also reaching out to the teachers of the world through various workshops. At the end of 2018, workshops for IELTS teacher training in UAE were conducted. These workshops included various topics and tasks such as how a teacher must engage lively with their students, how a teacher should give their students practical tasks to keep them interested. The teachers were shown different interaction methods with the students, that were not hostile in any way. The response from such workshops has been stupendously well. The methods encouraged by IELTS to teachers have not only stuck to the teachers in attendance but also to those who take aspirations from teachers. Students before had difficulty in finding a role model inside their teachers but such trends have started to change. More and more students graduating or in schools and universities are coming out respecting their teachers, living a modal lifestyle and owing to it all to how their teachers inspired them to be great. The positive impact of the IELTS teacher training program starts with its teachers and travels down to the generations that follow.