How can Global Village English in Canada help you improve your language skills and get a good IELTS test score? Find out below!
How can Global Village English in Canada help you improve your language skills and get a good IELTS test score? Find out below!
People sometimes ask me if it’s really necessary to take IELTS test preparation lessons before taking the test. That’s like asking me if you’d like to jump out of an airplane without a parachute and without taking lessons before jumping. Probably not a good idea, right?
And, if you take lessons before jumping out of a plane, shouldn’t they be from a qualified, experienced professional who knows what they’re doing?
Yeah, but why lessons when it’s just an English test?
IELTS test preparation lessons give you tips and strategies on how to manage your time during the test
The IELTS test not only tests you on your English language proficiency level. It also tests you on how well you handle the English language under a time limit.
Why is this you might ask?
Well, just think about how you use your own first language – sometimes you need to read and understand or to write something quickly, such as before a university lecture or for a meeting at work.
And of course, it’s no different in English when you’re living in an English-speaking country.
IELTS lessons can help give you tips and strategies on how to manage your time, how to know when you need to skim and scan when reading, and when to read in detail. You’ll also learn how to deal with unknown vocabulary.
Lessons help you write more effectively and efficiently – essential skills for the writing part of the test. And, you get feedback from an experienced IELTS instructor who can tell you how to improve your band score.
You only listen once during the listening part of the test, which is a reality in life
I remember one native speaker of English who, after the test, said, “At times I didn’t know what they were talking about!”
He said he hadn’t prepared for the test at all. I’m sure his English was excellent, but a big part of the listening section tests you on your skills of maintaining concentration during the tricky parts of the test.
Tricky parts? It happens in real life. People say something, then contradict themselves by saying something else. Or, because you’re not super fluent in English you need to be comfortable with not understanding 100% of the language and still know what a person’s talking about.
IELTS lessons can help you feel comfortable and confident by giving you the skills to be prepared when you have one shot at listening only once.
When was the last time you wrote an essay?
You probably wrote an essay last in high school, college, or university, right?
Not all people are skilled at writing, especially an essay. Even native speakers of English have attended private lessons at our school to help them improve their band score in writing.
Grammar when writing is also important. So, even though your vocabulary is awesome, if you’re weak at grammar, it could bring your band score down drastically.
An experienced IELTS instructor can give you feedback on where you have difficulties in all aspects of your writing.
Why do you need lessons to help you write a letter for the IELTS General test?
I’m sure you’ve noticed native speakers of English are extremely polite. You bump into them and they’re the ones to say sorry. How does that make sense? It doesn’t really, but you need to keep this in mind when writing in English.
Have you ever made a complaint in English? Did you get what you wanted in the end? When writing a letter in English (or any language for that fact) “cultural transfer” is important. What does that mean? It means you need to use all those polite phrases and modal verbs when writing in English.
When I taught English in a country where the language was more direct when asking a company to replace a malfunctioning piece of equipment the students wrote, “I want a replacement.” They found it strange that in English it’s best to make a polite complaint by asking, “I would be grateful if I could have a replacement.” They found this too “wordy”, but interestingly effective.
IELTS lessons will help you how to write effective letters. And, isn’t this useful in real life anyway?
Do you need to be an economist to handle all that data for part one of the Academic test?
An experienced IELTS instructor will guide you on useful vocabulary for describing trends for all those graphs, bar charts, and tables. And, how to organize your writing.
Oh, and of course it’s also a good idea to get help with how to describe a process or a diagram for part one. Yeah, sounds like fun writing, doesn’t it?
An instructor can also let you know about what proper grammar to use, because direct translation doesn’t always work. For example, I had some students who used to tell me after the lesson break they went “on” a coffee. I then asked, “Oh, why did you sit on your coffee?” Of course, they meant, I went “for” a coffee.
How do lessons help you get a good IELTS score on the Speaking part of the test?
A student once told me he had to talk about his favorite plant, who he got it from, and so on. He didn’t have a clue how to handle it, because he’s not a botanist. And, he didn’t even like plants. This Speaking test experience finally made him decide to take IELTS lessons.
An experienced IELTS instructor will help you with what to do in this situation and also on how to organize and handle this short talk, and all the rest of the Speaking test. And, also give you feedback on where you’re going wrong (even with the grammar).
Should you let friends or family members teach you, even if they did well on the test?
Have you ever had a family member help you with driving lessons? It probably wasn’t the best experience, right?
I remember, when I started learning how to drive, a family member thought it would be a good idea for me to learn how to parallel park downtown during rush hour on the busiest street with loads of buses and cars behind me. Not a pretty picture.
An experienced IELTS instructor will know how to prepare you well without freaking you out
An experienced IELTS instructor will have the patience involved with teaching you, especially when things get frustrating for you.
You also need someone who knows everything about grammar, spelling rules, and all that tricky stuff that could come up during the IELTS test you need to be aware of and be prepared for. You need someone that knows the ins and outs of the test like the back of their hand.
Can any English teacher be an IELTS instructor?
That’s like asking can any cook be the number one chef at a five-star restaurant.
Being an IELTS instructor is not for the faint-hearted. IELTS instructors are very experienced in teaching English and are similar to a coach or special trainer working with athletes. They’re teachers who are willing to go that extra mile and take pride in helping students achieve their goals.
I know because I was an IELTS instructor like it was my life purpose.
Global Village English in Canada has superstar instructors that can help you get a good IELTS score!
I can honestly say here at our school we have awesome IELTS instructors who I know very well, I respect highly, and they’ve had excellent reviews from students.
So, now ask yourself this question? Are you willing to take a risk and just jump for such a ‘high stakes’ exam? Or, would you like to try to do the best you can by being well prepared? And, meanwhile also learn something useful that can help you in real life anyway?
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From GV 6 Anais Ribaux was one our grads. She made amazing progress during her time here (23 weeks!). We hope the skills she learned will be useful to her as she goes back to Switzerland.
Maria Del Pueblito Cardenas Mata studied with us for 12 weeks. She will be returning to Mexico and hopefully be back in Canada again in the not too distant future.
Ki-Jung Chang made a great impression here with his positive attitude and infectious smile. I’m sure he will be missed
Francine Fioravanso Tramotina from Brazil left her GV5 class today and will be joining her husband for some travelling before returning to her home country. She was always doing her best to join in here at GV and helped others do the same. She will be missed.
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Brayan Felipe Nieto Alarcon left this week for Seattle where he will be spending a well-deserved break before returning to Colombia. Felipe was here for 24 weeks and graduated at the GV7 level – not easy! But Felipe is a smart guy and I’m sure he will continue to get even better in the future.
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It`s Graduation day at Global Village!🎉
As the cold January weather blows outside, we had lots of warm vibes here at GV Victoria. A few of our friends and family are leaving this week and their friends and teachers wished them warm wishes for their future.
Dongmei Jiang is leaving her GV6 class for a break but will likely return to Victoria to pursue a new career in Early Childhood Education. We wish her the best and look forward to welcoming her back to GV Victoria.
Manny Ignacio Daza Galarza has been here for 24 weeks and made lots of friends. He will be returning to Colombia to pursue his dream of studying design. He made lots of friends and we all wish him well.
Jenny Valentina Penuela Gonzalez is also going on to further study – this time at Royal Roads University here in Victoria where she’ll be getting a Master’s degree in Global Management. She was a fantastic student and friend here at GV but we hope that she will drop by once in a while to say hi and catch up with all of us left behind.
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🎓 It`s Graduation day at Global Village!🎉
Thankfully not too many goodbyes this week!
From GV 5 we had to say goodbye to Laura Caldas Sant’ Anna e Silva. Her teachers said she was like a ray of sunshine in the class – bringing positive energy and quickly becoming everyone’s friend.
From GV 6 we said goodbye to Brenda Pinheiro de Barros – also from Brazil – who – likewise, had a very positive effect on the classroom atmosphere – always smiling and trying her best in class and making the most of her time here.
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