Guest beach blonde Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Hi guys, Can anyone tell me if there is any difference for non- native English speakers in the IELTS test? Are there any non- native English speakers here, who can tell me about their experience/ scores with the IELTS? Thanks for your help! beach blonde:animal-bat: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dredg97 Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 The difference is that is quite hard for us to score four 8s, especially if you have always lived in a non English speaking country like me! Practice practice practice! This is the key, I just missed for a 0.5 that result! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lebourvellec Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 My OH is non-native english speaker and got - 9,8.5,8,7.5 - overall 8.5 Which was all we needed so just needed to sit it once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perthsunshine Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 My OH is non-native english speaker and got - 9,8.5,8,7.5 - overall 8.5 That's a pretty good score as well for a non-native speaker :-) But it does confirm what @dredg97 says "its hard to get four 8s" and get 20 point from your English skills. It's unfortunately not enough to have an average above 8, but you need 8 in all four sub tests. My experience with IELTS are: 50% is about English skills, 25% is about knowing the test format and 25% is luck. @beach blonde - no. The test is the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOL Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 We are non-natives. Writing was most difficult followed by speaking. Max score of us was 7.0 and 7.5 respectively on those two modules for the aademic test. Listening and reading is easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThistleandThorns Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Non-native speaker here but lived in Britain for about 6 years and I have studied English in public school since the age of 10. I thought IELTS was easy - I scored 8.5 and 9 in everything except listening where I got an 8.0. I found the most important thing was to know the format of the test beforehand. Use Google and you'll find plenty of free pages telling you what to expect and what format IELTS expects you to answer in. It's pretty much like any uni course you take - make sure you've done some practise exams, prepare for the format of the exam and don't panic. You'll do fine! Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithinoz Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I have some IELTS books going for free - happy to post within the UK. Anyone interested? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest beach blonde Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Hey guys, thank you so much for all your help. Appreciate it! Think I just gotta go and give it a try. Fingers crossed. I let you know if there are any news! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jaycris Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 9, 9, 8.5, 7.5 for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest beach blonde Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Hi jaycris, thats a pretty good score, well done you! Where are you from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jaycris Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Philippines... I think you just need to ensure the basics are there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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