IELTS Speaking assesses the ability of a candidate to communicate freely in English. Unlike the other three modules, you cannot fully prepare for IELTS Speaking using the readily available material. You can only know and learn the basics and techniques, but the real problem arises when you apply i.e. when you have to speak. This is because you need to be spontaneous and speak instantly on the given topic.

Good home work is absolutely necessary to secure good band score in IELTS. No matter how good you may be at English, if you don’t do good home work, you’ll be starting from scratch in the real exam. As a result, you will be unable to deliver the essential within the given time
The following are few tips that will certainly help you in performing better in IELTS Writing.

One of the biggest problems faced by majority of the candidates appearing for IELTS is TIME. Its effect is felt more in the IELTS Reading module. You will have to answer about 40 questions from three long reading passages in just an hour, which most of the candidates fail do completely. Hence it is very important that you read the passages very quickly to complete the task in given time.

There are three basic reading skills that greatly help in IELTS Reading Test – Skimming, Scanning and Reading in Detail.

IELTS Reading appears to be the toughest of all the four modules for most of the candidates appearing for IELTS. In fact, when I had given my IELTS I found Reading to be the most difficult one. One of the reasons is unfamiliarity with the topics, sometimes they are strange. Second is that there is a time limit and the three reading passages are quite long. They are neither of same difficulty nor of the same subject matter; often the difficulty level increases from section 1 to section 3 i.e. from reading passage 1 to reading passage 3.

IELTS Writing assesses your ability to write two different pieces of writing in relatively short period of time. Unlike the listening and the reading modules, there are no right or wrong answers to the questions in the IELTS Writing test. All you have to do is to express your opinion on the given topic in about 250 words. So, when a topic is given, it is important that you make your position on the topic clear and develop arguments to either agree (support) or disagree with the topic. Your final piece of writing must be coherent and understandable.

The IELTS Writing test assesses your ability to communicate your ideas clearly in English. Here, you have to communicate in writing i.e. in the form of an essay. To master this module, you must know the basic test structure, and devise a strategy to accomplish the tasks in given time.

Time management is one of the most important factors that one should carefully monitor to achieve good band score in IELTS. Each Module of the test is timed very strictly. Examiners give no scope for any sort of deviation in this regard. Hence it is very import that one should carefully monitor his/her own progress so as to not to leave any portion of the test unfinished or untouched. For this, one should always keep an eye on the time to avoid future disappointments.

When attempting the task, it is very crucial for a candidate to understand the given topic/ discussion. The prime duty of a candidate before beginning the task-2 of IELTS Writing Module is to carefully read and understand the given topic. For instance, if the given topic/discussion is on “pollution,” don’t simply write about pollution in general, carefully read about what type of pollution is mentioned and on which aspect/s of it is the discussion based, and then carefully plan how to continue your discussion.

Analysing and understanding the Task is very crucial for a candidate when attempting task-1 of IELTS writing module. A candidate must carefully examine and identify the significant data or information presented in the graph/s, chart/s, table/s, diagram/s, picture/s, flow chart/s, etc. Further he/she should include the same in the description while focusing on the overall trends of the given data or information so as to give a complete synopsis of the given task.

Over 85% of college work requires reading. Students intended to go for higher studies will need to read more and more books. It may not be possible for most of the students to buy all the required books and read. Hence they go for other alternative such as going to libraries or use internet. In all these contexts, students have to read as quickly as possible and comprehend what all they have read, only then they can perform better in their chosen field. To assess these reading and comprehending skills of a candidate, reading module is included in IELTS.