for oral exams..easy *** questions...

what is your name?

what is the weather today?

how do you find your work?

- It consists of 4 parts: reading, writing, listening & speaking

- starts at 8 & ends at 12(for writing). Interview in the afternoon. Bawal ma-late or else...
unless na inaapoy ka ng lagnat, dika pwede magdahilan kung bat ka a-absent...
- For Metro Manila examinees, sa big hotels ang venue.
- Madali lang siya. Di ka naman maciadong time-pressured. Basic english skills lang naman
gusto nila madetermine eh... Sa writing portion, may mga charts & data dun na
ipapaexplain sayo pero gusto nila clear & concise. Ayaw nila ng long sentences using flighty
words... In other words, make it SIMPLE & understandable. & read the instruction first!!!
- Sa interview, maswerte kung native speaker or white yung interviewer, di maciadong
strict, di katulad ng pinoy na pahihirapan ka... pero yung iba lang, di ko sinasabing lahat...
- Bring what ur suppose to bring: Passport or ID for identification, pencil & eraser(bawal ang
ballpen), yun lang... Bawal magdala ng tubig o gamot unless kung may sakit ka talaga...
IIwan ang lahat ng bag at gamit sa bulsa sa concierge.
- Application form is FREE. Kung may nalaman kayong nagbebenta nun, i-report nio agad
yung agency sa IDP or BC.
- Note also that you need not take it unless it's needed. Sayang ang 9000!! If youve taken it
2 years ago, the examadmin will instruct you to take it again... kase yun din ang gusto ng
employers
- Make sure youre taking the right format. You have 2 choices: Academic, mostly for nurses
& students & other professionals; & general training for skilled workers & other immigrants.
Theyre NOT interchangeable.
- scores run tween 1 to 9. Most Filipinos fall tween 6-7.5 
-Only 2 agencies administer the test: IDP Australia(Makati) & the British Council(Ortigas).
But i prefer the latter coz mas strict sila sa procedures & requirements. 

yun lang...

Share ko lang my experience.. for those planning (or need to take the IELTS)

Better than tips-tips na iyan i pa mag REVIEW na lang kayo tulad ng ginawa ko. At hindi self review,
magtiyaga kayo at mag enroll kayo sa Review - Training school pero dapat pumili kayo kasi important din
pumili kung saan para naman sulit your effort, time and tuition (imagine added expense to RE-Take kung
bagsak ka!!) may personal horror stor(ies) ako dyan...
first punta ako sa isang IELTS review school dyan sa RECTO...AIG Center.. nakita ko sa Bulletin AD OMG!!!
ang pangit na ng lugar, ang dumi amoy surot!! looks like walang alam ang mga teachers, walang
credibility... buti na lang nag-refund sila ng downpayment ko

next sa KAPLAN, too expensive naman, hirap ng sked nila for working people like me.

then dyan may UP VILLAGE, sa PINPIN REVIEW.. hirap puntahan, ang sikip ng place, moldex ang upuan,
at mukhang xeroed lang sa Recto ang modules. I spent ONE day to review then nag-back-out ako - hindi
ko na nakuha refund - kakainis, pero on the positive side okay na din, better to lose money, than waste
your time, wala ka na naman matutuhan dahil parang hindi sila serious (at duda ko pati sila hindi pa nag
I-IELTS)

frustrated na talaga ako, sabi ko bili nalang ako ng reviewer then pag punta ko sa British Council mag-
apply dyan sa Ortigas Center, meron ako na meet (na applicant din for IELTS) nag refer ng Review Center
-

CAREERWORX and name - malapit lang sa British Council (katabing Bldg.,) - which i checked out.. Okay
siya..reasonable rates (parang price na rin ng reviewer na sana bibilhin ko), maganda/malinis ang
training rm, may track record 3 years na sila (may nkapost ng newspaper articles) nag IELTS Review -
may best awards pa - UP/Ateneo faculty may brit expat pa ! - ganda ng training modules grabeng drills
and practice , hindi siya run-of-the-mill Review Center. I met the owners (incentive- guapo the husband,
ganda the wife ) very friendly and concerned for you to pass ( they once gave refund to a student na
nag-retake ng IELTS 4 times) parang advocacy/hobby nila the school (may ibang BPO business sila) - at
kung mataon, minsan sila pa mismo ang nagtuturo ( i attended 1 na ang naghandle the owner). Puede ka
pang bumalik - balik sa school para mag practice. Mataas rate ng passers nila.

So i decided to REVIEW - 5 days !!!!!!!!!!! na kurta ang utak ko but i gained the skill and confidence. sulit
naman kasi nakapasa ako !! (honestly, I feel my Proficiency is not of the level na papasa)

If you have questions or gusto niyo magreview tawag na lang kayo kay Lyn yung mktg staff nila sa tel no.
631-7001 - I am not sure about the rm no (507? 08?09? yata) . pero i know its on the 5th Floor ng
katabing bldg. ng BC (Prestige Bldg.) yata yon or tignan niya sa Mla Bulletin alam ko may ads sila don.

Ang resulta sa akin ng REVIEW.....ang IELTS ko 6.5 sa Reading; 7 sa Listening; 6.5 sa Writing; 7.5 sa
speaking for an OBS or 7.0 !!!!!!!
Kaya yang TIPS-TIPS na iyan pang tamad lang, as in all things, lahat dapat pagtrabahuhan.. lalo pa kung
mga qualifying tests na tulad nito, that would spell the difference kung makaka-abroad ka o ma dedeny
application mo...

and the cost............ Php 8,900 ang test (imagine kung take 2/3/ or 4 ka) and the frustration and waiting
time to take it again, compare it to 5 days and less than 5K to review better your odds of passing. IMHO
lang naman

I agree with the posters, its really best to Review and not rely on Tips. Even better if you attend a formal
review-training.

I took the IELTS and passed it. I am masteral degree holder, have lived, studied and worked abroad, is
very confortable with the English language, but i must admit, contrary to what i thought, IELTS is NOT a
walk in the park (for a cold take) . I took formal review and it was worth the while. I also took my review
at Careerworx.

The materials at BC (British Council) are limited and the one-day review is not sufficient to make you
comfortable and confident. I took the one day course at BC and it wasnt enough. It would help knowing
the format but, you have to have drills to approximate the real thing which self-review cannot give you
(mention finding the time;discipline etc.).

Good luck.

Like gustymoon, i did the rounds of Review schools. My friends gave me a lot of tips including reviewers
but i did not find it useful it was confusing. My first formal review was at Kaplan which i only did half-
way then upon invitation of my friends to join them, I took a review/refresher at Careerworx. I got an
OBS of 8.0 for all my efforts.

Depending on what IELTS is required (Academic or General training) an OBS of 7.0 is very possible. 

I wonder gustymoon and trevi were we classmate(s) at Careerworx ? Like you, I was satisfied with their
program. My other referrals to them got satisfactory/average OBS so they must be doing something
right.