TIME MANAGEMENT
SKILLS:
YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND that as a candidate for the IELTS test, you have no control over the type of reading passages you might get. You must familiarize yourself with all the question types that could appear in the IELTS reading test and practice all of them. Your success and failure depends, to a great extent, on how comfortable you are with the questions in the reading passages.
After having appeared in the IELTS exam in Nepal, one common complaint many Nepali students have with IELTS reading has been: "I did not have enough time to answer all the questions".
However, when asked if they think they could score a 9 band if they were given (say) 2 hours for the Reading test, they would laugh and say 'No'. Thus, lack of a good time management strategy rather than ‘Lack of Time’ seems to be the root of the problem.
SO WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?
To increase your probability for scoring better, it is vital
that you incorporate ‘Time Management Skills’ into your IELTS practice. You
should keep in mind: even meager time saving practices eventually add
up. Saving a little time here, using an innovative technique there,
circling key words and phrases, underlining important points and/or ideas,
anything and everything can help.
During your reading practice sessions make sure that you use a
timer. Alternatively, you can use the ‘timer application’ in your android
mobile phone for keeping time.
Note: Even your native language can help.
If you stumble across a word (whose meaning you don’t know),
instead of frustrating yourself reading the word over and over again (trying to
figure out its meaning), interpret the sentence in your native language, take a
guess, and move on.
Remember, you cannot cultivate ‘Time Management Skills’
overnight. Hence, you should make it a rule to time yourself every time you
practice the Reading and Writing Sub-tests of the IELTS. You can also time
yourself at the end of the listening Sub-test to see whether you can transfer
all the answers to the sheet provided to you legibly.
After having appeared in the IELTS exam in Nepal, one common complaint many Nepali students have with IELTS reading has been: "I did not have enough time to answer all the questions".
However, when asked if they think they could score a 9 band if they were given (say) 2 hours for the Reading test, they would laugh and say 'No'. Thus, lack of a good time management strategy rather than ‘Lack of Time’ seems to be the root of the problem.
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