Alright, so a language test that I’ve taken in the past has been IELTS as well. And I took it about two years ago. As you may already know that the IELTS exam expires within the span of two years. So here I am again. I took it in my hometown which is Vastabad Pakistan. And they had an IELTS center so I also went to a dedicated test or examination place. I was there for about three hours and a half I believe. There was the arrangement of listening, reading and writing. I don’t remember clearly if the speaking was before it or after. Yeah, but it went pretty well. I think I scored fairly enough. This time around I do wish to score higher. But well, we’ll see. I am not someone who puts a lot of pressure on myself for some things that I can’t control. The main skill that it acquired was good listening in English, then reading, writing, of course. Writing was a part that I struggled with a bit because of the time. But in the end everything seemed alright and I finished within the given time limit. Apart from that, the language that I was tested upon was English. And the knowledge that they mainly tested I believe was vocabulary, was vocabulary and grammar. Apart from that, I think you have to have like coherence, cohesion, with the knowledge of a lot of synonyms. You have to paraphrase and writing as well. It sometimes can be difficult. I believe this was a good indicator of my language abilities but not completely. I wouldn’t say it was the only indicator that could show my language abilities because in different situations I can use language differently and perhaps in some situations better than the others. That’s all.
Band 7+: Talk about a language test you have taken. You should say: Where you took the test How long it took What skills and language knowledge you were tested on And say if you think the test was a good indicator of your language level or not, and why.
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Alright, so a language test that I've taken in the past is the IELTS as well. I took it about two years ago. As you may already know, the IELTS exam expires within the span of two years. So here I am again. I took it in my hometown, which is Vastabad, Pakistan. They had an IELTS center, so I went to a dedicated testing or examination place. I was there for about three and a half hours, I believe. There was the arrangement of listening, reading, and writing. I don't remember clearly if the speaking was before or after. But it went pretty well. I think I scored fairly enough. This time around, I do wish to score higher, but we'll see. I am not someone who puts a lot of pressure on myself for things I can't control. The main skills that it required were good listening in English, then reading and writing, of course. Writing was a part that I struggled with a bit because of the time. But in the end, everything seemed alright, and I finished within the given time limit. Apart from that, the language I was tested on was English. The knowledge that they mainly tested, I believe, was vocabulary and grammar. Apart from that, I think you have to have coherence and cohesion, with knowledge of a lot of synonyms. You have to paraphrase in writing as well. It can sometimes be difficult. I believe this was a good indicator of my language abilities, but not completely. I wouldn't say it was the only indicator that could show my language abilities because in different situations, I can use language differently and perhaps in some situations better than others. That's all.
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