{"id":68,"date":"2021-04-17T11:31:47","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T11:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/backup.aosacademy.com\/5-bad-habits-ruining-your-ielts-practice-for-8-0-band-score\/"},"modified":"2021-04-17T11:31:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T11:31:47","slug":"5-bad-habits-ruining-your-ielts-practice-for-8-0-band-score","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/backup.aosacademy.com\/?page_id=68","title":{"rendered":"5 Bad Habits Ruining your IELTS Practice for 8.0+ band score"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, we will look at what\u00a0not<\/em>\u00a0to do when practicing IELTS. The following are common bad habits among IELTS students. Engaging these bad habits can ruin your IELTS practice. So, if you\u2019re doing any of the following, please stop…<\/p>\n

Today, we will look at what\u00a0not\u00a0to do when practicing IELTS. The following are common bad habits among IELTS students. Engaging these bad habits can ruin your IELTS practice. So, if you\u2019re doing any of the following, please stop.
\n1.\tUsing Only Unofficial IELTS Prep
\nAs an IELTS trainer, I\u2019ve been surprised at how many of my students come to me without having done any official IELTS prep from any of the three organizers. On any given month, 90 to 100 percent of the new IELTS students who come to me haven\u2019t tried the official prep materials at all.
\nDon\u2019t get me wrong. Unofficial materials including the formulated questions you get online can be useful but nothing prepares you for the\u00a0real\u00a0test quite like\u00a0real\u00a0materials. If you don\u2019t use actual samples of exam sections from the authorities of the test, it\u2019s almost impossible to be fully prepared for test day.
\nSo learn how to use the official IELTS past questions. Also, know where to get official IELTS prep materials. Here at A.O.S Academy, we prepare and give our candidates official IELTS past questions. Above all,\u00a0make sure these official resources are a central part of your practice sessions.
\n2.\tConducting IELTS Practice with Just One Style of Native English
\nBritish English both spoken and written undeniably dominates the IELTS exam. However, there is a significant amount of non-British English dialect on this test too. In IELTS Listening, you\u2019ll hear not only standard British accents, but also the standard accents of Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia. So know what accents to expect in IELTS Listening.
\nAlso, be aware that IELTS Reading will include both British-style writing and North American written English. The most obvious difference between UK and USA standards is spelling. However, there are also differences in wording, common phrases, and even some grammar rules.
\nIf you\u00a0aren\u2019t\u00a0familiar with all the forms of English that appear on the exam, you can really get disoriented by unfamiliar accents or shifts in national writing style. Avoid the \u201cone English\u201d mistake in your IELTS practice!
\nOne beautiful advantage of studying with us at A.O.S Academy is that we prepare for the test by familiarizing you with the different accents of the English language which are employ in the audio recordings of the listening and speaking practice questions.3.\tTrying to rate your own speech and writing
\nThe IELTS has official band descriptors for Reading and Writing. This can help you measure the quality of your own written and spoken English to a limited degree. However, it\u2019s pretty much impossible to rate your IELTS Speaking and Writing accurately without help. Find another person to read your IELTS essays and listen to you speak in English. This could be a study buddy, a family member or friend who\u2019s good at English, a tutor, a teacher, or a conversation partner. Just make sure you get feedback from someone, so you can really know how you\u2019re doing in IELTS practice for the Speaking and Writing sections.
\nA crucial criteria for you in choosing a test preparation center should be the English speaking and writing proficiencies of the exam coach. When it comes to preparing for the test, you need the assistance and coaching of a certified English coach like one of our English coaches\u00a0who has backed up the TEFL (Teaching English as Foreign Language) certificate and has taught and trained numerous IELTS candidates like this student with a recent 8.0 Band score result.
\n4.\tFocusing on language skills at the expense of pacing
\nMastering your English skills can be a real joy. It\u2019s a thrill to be able to read, listen, speak, or write with minimal error in your second language. But there\u2019s a danger of focusing on language skills\u00a0too\u00a0much: you can forget to actually time yourself until shortly before the test.
\nPacing is a difficult skill to master in and of itself. If you aren\u2019t able to go through the IELTS exam fast enough in the final days before you take the test, you may not have time to get your pacing to where it needs to be. So practice pacing and finishing tasks within the time limits early on. This skill goes hand-in-hand with the English skills on the IELTS.5.\tNot practicing IELTS with Visual information
\nThe IELTS really emphasizes a somewhat new idea in education: visual literacy. You need to be able to understand graphs, designs, diagrams, sketches, maps, plans, tables, and charts (pie chart, bar chart, histogram, etc.) to do well on almost every section of the exam. IELTS Reading, IELTS Listening and IELTS Writing all include a \u201cvisual information\u201d component. Be prepared to interpret informational images quickly and accurately. It\u2019s pretty easy to forget this aspect of IELTS practice, but if you aren\u2019t sufficiently prepared to read, listen, and write in a \u201cvisual\u201d way, you\u2019ll lose a lot of points on the exam.
\nOur IELTS services
\nHere at A.O.S Academy, we give a lot of tips and tricks on what to do when preparing for IELTS. We also have various preparation classes based on the times of training. For instance, the part-time training last for 3 weeks before the exam, while the full-time is 5 weeks before the exam. For those who like to be taught on a one-on-one basis, they can sign up for our private coaching session. Visit this link to view our available preparation classes. We can also provide you with study materials and past questions on the IELTS test. For more enquiries, click on this link to contact us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, we will look at what\u00a0not<\/em>\u00a0to do when practicing IELTS. The following are common bad habits among IELTS students. Engaging these bad habits can ruin your IELTS practice. So, if you\u2019re doing any of the following, please stop…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-68","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/backup.aosacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/backup.aosacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/backup.aosacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backup.aosacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backup.aosacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/backup.aosacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/backup.aosacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}