Hello everyone. Sorry for writing this post in English, as I’m currently preparing for the exam by myself, without taking courses. There are quite a lot of questions I have regarding the Speaking and Writing sections, but generally it is the following: do the examiners evaluate your work based on the marking criteria? I know this sounds odd at first, but hear me out: in terms of Speaking section, I know that it’s not important to sound too formal and that it is allowed by IELTS standards to use slang and/or informal words/phrases, but do the examiners know about this? There are tons of videos about dos and don’ts, but the one I think really explains correctly is this one from IELTS Advantage. Actually, I do think that what is mostly said in those videos from that channel is true (in my opinion). I’ve never taken the exam before, especially here in Baku, so I wish those of you who took can share your stories about how it went and how the examiners were.
Also, I heard that if I score 6.5 or higher, the university will pay the expenses only if they are part of the so-called "Education Development Fund". I’m currently doing my Master’s in Azerbaijan Technical University (AzTU).
Thank you in advance!
Posted by Kanan228
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Be natural while also having some nice terms and expressions ready for use, like secret weapon, don’t be afraid to correct yourself too. I got an 8 by speaking casually and occasionally using interesting but somewhat common phrases. I also got a bit lucky because the first topic was football haha, I can talk about that for days. Oh, and my examiner was a nice guy.
One advice I can give is to have a rough idea of what to talk about for most topics, especially the stupid ones like what’s your favorite color or season etc. and have some interesting vocabulary for each, good luck
Well,yes. If the university is part of the fund they will reimburse you the cost of an IELTS exam.