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BOOK 1: 15 HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IELTS CANDIDATES
Introduction
Congratulations!
As a teacher, I’m happy you are serious about improving your English and IELTS skills.
Pick up these 15 habits outlined below so you are better prepared for the big exam day!
A short chapter follows with details of each habit.
You receive all the information you need to learn these steps flawlessly.
The 15 Habits
HABIT #1: Channel passion, persistence, motivation, and discipline for the score you need.
Habit #2: Execute your study plan flawlessly.
Habit #3: Be familiar with the IELTS format.
Habit #4: Build up your stamina through practice, and time management skills.
Habit #5: Answer every question.
Habit #6: Understand how to produce great responses to IELTS General and Academic Writing tasks.
Habit #7: Speak clearly and confidently under pressure.
Habit #8: Avoid (costly) common grammar pitfalls.
Habit #9: Build Up Your Vocabulary, Idioms, Phrasal Verbs, and Collocations.
Habit #10: Dominate the “hidden skills.”
Habit #11: Read speedily.
Habit #12: Use active listening.
Habit #13: Be familiar with different English accents.
Habit #14: Give yourself enough time to prepare.
Habit #15: Practice with an experienced IELTS teacher.
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Habit #1:
Channel passion, persistence, motivation and discipline for the score you need.
Combine your passion, determination, and discipline for the motivation you need to do well on the exam.
"I didn’t get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it." -Estée Lauder, famous global beauty company owner.
At the core, your passion, persistence, motivation, and self-discipline are the most important ingredients to form good habits.
These repetitive actions will translate your test preparation into success on the exam.
Now, let’s examine each of these drivers of a winning attitude not only during your test preparation but on test day!
Passion – You have studied English for many years and as a serious candidate, you are now ready to show the world on the IELTS exam just how strong your skills are.
Clarify your goals and harness the enthusiasm you have for achieving your goals.
Determination – “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” – poet Maya Angelou.
Determination is the key to successful IELTS preparation.
Major success seldom comes easily or without a great deal of effort and concentration.
Consistency is certainly a habit that can be learned and practiced over time.
Those individuals who reach their goals often find or develop the ability to keep going long after others have just simply quit.
For example, the habits described in this book require a daily exercise of a specific set of study actions need to be carried out in order to obtain a high score on the exam.
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The successful constantly outline specific, attainable goals.
Ex: I will score a 7 or 8 on the IELTS test the first time.
Adjust your study habits to reach this objective with persistence.
Motivation – You want to study at the best university. You need a high score for scholarship money. You deserve a promotion at the office. And you will have it!
Feel energetic and alive by visualizing already that you have received your score results.
You nabbed the score you needed!
Focus on the score you need and channel your energy into achieving it.
That makes easier and more natural the needed action to succeed.
Self-discipline – Successful people are self-disciplined. Pain-staking practice for the IELTS will yield a high score. I have seen the drive and determination of my own students.
Fortunately, self-discipline is something that you can learn by continuous practice, over and over, until you master it.
While preparing for the IELTS, keep your attention focused on the most important task in front of you every day.
Conclusion
BEFORE THE BIG TEST day, you are engaged in training for a marathon.
Your atti...
