Friends, hello! I want to tell you how I prepared and passed IELTS at 8.0 in 10 days, spending 95 bucks. I hope it will be useful for those who already have a good level of English, and who do not want to lose precious points on trivial mistakes.
Many have written about international language exams. I looked at recent articles on the topic. In the end, looking back, I find the most useful are a couple of publications that do not just sell their English course, but provide useful information. In one, they describe the structure in detail and give basic advice, without which, well, nothing at all. For example, in the Listening “part, take a quick look at the questions beforehand. While listening, you must quickly grasp the answer to the question and mark / write the answer in the draft. " In another article, a guy of my own level of language proficiency tells how he prepared for 9 months and, apparently, also scored 8.0.
I will not duplicate their advice, but I will fix my own.
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